The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-12
PAPER WOOD.
How 1t Is Made and It's Many Desirable
Qualities.

How II Is Made and It's Many Desirable
| Qualities.
| lChicsgo Tribune.l
NEW YORK, Nov. ga tall elderly man.
with a round, pleasant face took from the
marble mantel-shelf of a room overlooking
Printing House Square yesterday afternoon
section what appeared to be wal
the said. You may not be aware
that a process has been inv .mIeI
for utilizing paper pulp in the manufa :ture
of a substitute for natural lumber. A mill
has been erected in Western town for the
| purpose OF manufacturing artificial lum ,er
from paper stock. and number of capital
lists have taken hold of the matter. We are
thoroughly convinced of the perfect practic-
ability OF paper lumber in the manufacture
OF all articles at present made from wood
IL Is only question of a very short time
when paper lumber will come into general
n nse: feel confident that it will prove much
cheaper than wood, equally as durable and
1ully as good an article for fine work"
Attention was directed TO several articles
OF caoinetware made of the material. Two of
these were ordinary parior tables, one of
WI, ich was finished in the natural grain of
the lumber, resembling somewhat the
peculia, moltled appearance seen in sone
choice had woods. The surface of the
table was "a finished and highly polished
presenting asm.oothness equal to fine plate
glass. Tue other table was finished in exact
imitation of rosewood. A panel door was
also shown, the finish resembling mahogany.
A couple of jewelry or ladies work-boxes
made after an elegant pattern and highly
finished were also produced. showing the
adaptabily of paper lumber in the construc.
ton OF ornamental articles
The paper board" continued the gentle
man alluded to. lis susceptible of taking the
finest polish as well as any tint. shade, or
color. The lumber is made princi pally of
the pulp OF wheat, rye oat straw, and other
vegetable fibers, combined with che mical in
gradients and cemeuts. 1t is form ed of lay
ers about neQuarter OF an inch in thick
ness, and these layers are pressed together by
powerful machinery. and thus rendered as
hard as the hard stwoOd, besides much more
dense. The boards are also rendered water
proof in varying degrees according to the
purpose for which they are to be used.
The material is as durable at times
and can DE sold at good profit for almost
half the price OF ordinary pine lumber 1t
Will take any finish, and in thisrespect alone
is equal to the finest hardwoods. Moreover.
it can be marbleized in imitation of any kind
of marble, Roth in respect TO a high degree
OF polish and an exact imitation OF grain. 1t
will not warp. and can be rendered perfectly
waterproof ii desired. thus making it suit
able for the construction OF burial caskets.
1t makes Just rs solid a surface as
any WOSo, OS ildue Oh tue
hardness o. stone. AS substi-
tute for wood in the constructor OF
buildings it possesses qualities OF perfect
adaptation. 1t will make the finest material
in the world for roofing, not excepting slate
or iron 1t can be sawed, split or planed
and boards made of it are perfectly smooth
and fat from end to end on both sides, with
out any knots, cracks or biemishes of any
kind commonly met with in wood"
do you think the supply of paper stock is
sufficient to permit the general use of paper
lumber as a substitute for wood%'
why not? The production Of straw alone
is Sufficient 1t takes one hundred years to
grow 20, ESQ feet of natural lumber ON an
acre of ground. This is according to official
statistics. On the other hand, an acre of
ground will produce every year str W enough
to make 900 feet OF artificial lumber, and
hence in hundred years it will produce
200 600 feet-tcn times the quantity OF nat
ural lumber
What do we propose to DO? lt is our
purpose, besides entering into the manufac-
ture OF paper lumber on an extended scale,
10 lease machinery to other parties desiring
oh, IL