Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-28
Grin ding up Forests.

Year by year the primevd forests OF
America are passing away. Already In
maDy places timber and lumber are be-
coming scarce articles. In years past
there has been great if not wsnton
waste of timber trees. In not few
sections people are planting forest trees,
for the time is not distant when they
will be needed.
Near the town Of Alta, across the
Sierras, IL California, they have started
works by means OF which they grind up
the wood of certain timber trees and
manufacture paper pulp. At Carson,
New, has been started box factory.
This is good industry and will give
employment to many workmen. But
there are alsoother Industries that might
be started. This of the Manufacture
Of wood pulp is one of them. All kinds
of timber can be used in this industry.
Not only is wood pulp made into pa
per, but it is also nodded into barrels,
casks, pals, bowls, and all kinds OF
woodenware. In the East We ale al
ready making boxes, fancy and plain,
ccrnices, picture frames, and hundreds
of small articles out of wood pulp.
White woods, that have long fibre,
are used for the best kinds of paper /;
but almost every kind OF wood can be
ground up and put to use IN making
boxes, barrels, and the like. Only the
non-resinous woods are adaptable for
white paper, while the resinous woods
serve well for colored paper and for all
kinds of woodenware, Thus these
woods might be utilized for making
boxes for berries, fruits, and for many
other uses.
When people first began III the busi-
ness of manufacturing wood pnlp they
used poplar, and for a time it was thought
that Only that wood, Eastwood, buckeye
and few similar kinds of wood could
be ground into a proper pulp. Now,
however, machines have been built
which turn out pulp with equal fac lily
from all kinds of wood, different stones
being required for different woods, how
ever. The longest fiber is made from
willow, Eastwood and poplar ranking
next, respectively, III that regard. Cedar,
fir and hemlock are said to work about
alike, the latter working little more
freely. Maple has a fibre shorter than
that of either spruce or pine and is
quite hard to grind. Birch is very hard
and grinds very short. Poplar and buck
eye pulps remain white for consldera-
BILE time, other woods changing color.
Birch becomes pink, maple turns purple
and Eastwood takes on reddish hue.
1t is estimated that over 200 tons Of
wood pulp are now daily turned out in
the United States.
The water power IN our mountains
might be utilized for grinding up such
parts OF the forest trees as cannot be
profitable made into lumber. In this
way the large branches and every part
of tree except the knots might be
worked up INTO pulp and made INTO bar
rels, fruit and berry boxes, cornlces
and the ike. No doubt the owners of
the pulp mill at Alta Will presently drift
into tins line as a means of profitable
disposiDg of such pulp as Will not make
a good article OF paper. Out OF wood
pulp may be made al such articles as
are manufactured of papier-mache; in
deed, 1t Is the same tn1ng. In moulding
articles 1t Is only necessary to mix the
pulp with size, glue, cement and other
similar adhesive articles or preparations,
owing to what use the thing manfactur-
ed Is 10 be pat to.