The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-10-27
THE WONDERFUL USES OF PAPER.
Every Article of Household Furniture. and
the House ytsolf Haade of Paper.
G0urier.Journdi.

Courier Journal.
The display of paper articles exhibited
in tho Exposition by tie Bremaker
Moore Paper Company is something re
maixable and shows TO what variety o.
uses paper can LS applied. In this col
lection, which iscomplete in every partic
ular, can be found almost any article
that is commonly made out of wood, iron
or steel. On the outside or the railing
which surrounds the display arc two
large paper car wheels, such as are gen,
orally made of steel and used on reilroad
cars. These arc beautifully made and
much more durable aud cheaper than the
ordinary wheels. Inside the railing
where the display is, almost every article
VI kitchen furniture can be seen. There
are wash vessels, pots, tubs, trucks and
stand. The process by whic.. al the ar.
ticles arc transformed from iuen rags
into useful and ornamental ,,.ticles is q
very long and tedious one, and very little
is known about it except by those who
assist in performing the transformation
The process is so long, and 80 many diff.
ferent things are used, that it would take
whole column to describe it minutcly
and do the subject justice, although tho
general outlines ofthe work are very sim.
pie and will be of considerable interest to
thoDe who see the display and wonder
how it is made. A reporter .. the Con.
rier- Journal met Mr.. Ross nc the Expo.
sition las. night, and from him obtained
some points about the work.
"The fact Of the matter is" said Mr..
Ross Of the Bremaker- Moore Paper Com
pany,, "there are very few things TINT
can't be made of paper, and the people,
as general thing, have no idea of its
general usefulness. Take this first ar
ticle in the displays paper car wheel,
made entirely of paper, and much more
durable than steel one. The wheel is
made entirely of paper rings pressed to-.
gether under pressure of six tons, and
then fastened. When the rings are laid
loosely upon each other they form n
stack as high as the shoulders of au ordi-
nary man when this great pressure is put
upon them they sink to the thickness which
they now are. They are then fastened
by means of bolts, and steel tire put on
them, when they aro ready for use. In
running these wheels are much more du-
rable than steol ones, and also much safer
and easier to run, as they nro more nexi-
BILE. If the steel tire should chance to
wear or fall off the wheel, the paper is
compressed SO hard that it would not
cause the slightest accident, as the wheels
in use on trains have been known to run
to their journeys end with tire off a
wheel and the pressure on the paper.
Then they are much cheaper than the
other wheels. For instance, take paper
wheel, which will run 100000 miles
without wearing out; the cost for the en-
tire Instance will be $3.50, or thirteen and
three -fourths cents per l 900 miles. The
cost of steel or iron wheel to run 20O,-
600 miles will be $33.S4, or sixteen and
two-thirds cent per 1000 miles. The
paper wheel is as much moro durable as
2,400, 900 exceeds 100000, which il vast
difference. If the train should chance to
run of the track there would be no dan
ger Of a wheel breaking, as they are very
flexible and would spring. The hardness
to which paper can be pressed is very re-
markable, as is also itsstrength. A paper
ball or any article can be made out OF
linen fibres and compressed 30 hard that
nothing but diamond tool can mako All
indentation into it. At our mill there is
a square block of compressed paper fas-
tened on turning lathe, and it is 20
hard that if fine steel chisel is held
against it when it is moving, instead OF
cutting the paper it will breGk the chiscl
into e hundred pieces. The most re-
markable thing about the paper is its
strength. will take for illustration. n
a bank note of the Bank Of England.
These notes are made by q peculiar pro.
cess, which is known only to the English
mints.
The process is such as to make the
linen tibre into paper without destroying
any of its strength. You can take a
fivc-pound note Of the Bank of England
and twist in your fingers into kind OF
rope, and you can then suspend 329
pounds upon one end Of it and not in.
jure it in the slightest. Here is another
article-a small kitchen or house truck
on wheels, used for wheeling loads around
the house. The sides and bottom Of this
are very thin, but made of finely com.
pressed paper, and it is capable of bearing
q weight Of five tons. These bath tubs
and pots are made in the same manner by
COMPRISING the paper made out of linen
hbres and annealed-t that is painted over
witt, composition which becomes part
of the paper and is fire.proof. The tubs
will last forever, and never leak, or you
can put them in the FIRE and they. not
burn up. 1t is almost impossible to
break them, as you can beat on them,
with a hammer and not injure them in
the least. This bust Of President Gar
field is made of paper and pressed over q
mould and made very solid. In making
such articles as these itrequires but little
pressure. These plates are made of paper
compressed aunealed and are also very du-
rable; you can wash them and not injure
them in the slightest, or can drop theri
on the floor and stand en- them. The
plates are cheaper and much handsomer
than China ones, and will, / think, come
into use. The knives and forks are made
in the same manner as the others, by
COMPRISING the paper. The fork can be
used for any practical purpose, and is as
good as &. steel one. and the knife will
last forever and can always be kept sharp.
Then another great use for which paper
can be applied is to substitute it for any
kind of wood. 1t is q growing complaint
in this country that black walnut Is get
ting very scarce, and furniture manufac-
turers are talking Of substituting cherry
and other woods for it. Here are some
picture frames made of paper and colored
like walnut, and are SO perfect that no
one could detect them without cutting
them. The paper makes much harder
aud better piece of furniture than wood
itself. A beistead made OF paper looks
beautiful and is everlasting. 1t is made
In the same manner as the car wheels
only they are made out Of long strips OF
paper rings. Another very valuable ar
ticle which can be made out of paper is
q cooking or heating stove. These paper
stoves are annealed, and tits impossible to
hnrn them out, and they are much cheap