The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11
PAPER LUMBER.
Tmitaiing Ali Sorts OF Natural Wooa
in Grain, Color and Soiiaity.

in Grain, Color and SoIidity.
New York Sua.
A tall, elderly man, with a round
pleasant face, took from the marble
mantel Of a overlooking Printing
House Square, yesterday a%frernooa-a
section Of what appeared to be wafupt
board
THAT is paper lumber" he said.
"You may not be aware that a process
has been invented for utilizing panar
pulp in the manufacture Of q ssbstftnta
for natural wood. A mill has been erac.
ted in q Western town for the purposa
of manufacturing artificial lumber. ana !
number of capitalists have taken hold
Of the matter, We are thoroughly con
vinced OF the perfect practieability Of
paper lumber in the manufacture Of All
articles at present made from wood. II
is only a question Of a very short tina
when paper lumber will come into GEN.
eral use. ! feel confident that it viii
prove much cheaper than wood, equally
as durable, and fully as good for fine
work"
Attention was directed to several arti.
cles of cabinetware made of the material.
Two of these were ordinary parlor tables
one Of which rSsembled the peculiar
mOttled appearance seen in some choice
hard woods. The surface Of the table
vas vanished and high polished. The
other table was finished in exact imita-
ton Of rosewood. A panel door was al
so shown, the finish resembling mahog-
any. A couple OF ladies' ~Work-boxes,
made after an elegant pattern and high
" finished, were also exhibited.
''The paper board" continued the gem
tleman, lis susceptible Of the finest poi
ish, and will take any tint or color. The
lumber is made principally Of the pulp
of wheat, rye and Oat straw, end other
vegetable fibers, combined with chemical
ingredients and Cements. 1t is formed
in layers about One.guarter OF on inch in
thickness, and these are pressed together
by powerful machinery, and thus rem
Gered as hard as the hardest wood, be-
sides being much more dense. The
boards are also rendered waterproof In
varying degrees, according to the pur-
pose for which they are to be used. The
material is as durable as time, u can
be sold at a good profit for almost hall
less than ordinary pine lumber. 1t Will
lake any finish, and in this respect alone
is equal to the finest hard wood. More
over, it can be marbleized in imitation
OF any kind of marble, both IN respect to
a high degree of polish and an exact imi-
ration Of grain. 1t will not warp, and
can be rendered perfectly waterproof Il
desired, thus making it suitable for the
construction Of burial Baskets. 1t makes
Just as solid a surface as any wood, and
may be made Of the hardness of stone.
AS a substitute for wood in the con-
struction Of buildings it possesses quail
ties Of perfect adaptation. Ii will make
the finest material in the world for roo
ire. not e=certi.s slate g &c: L ees
be sawed, split or planned, and boards
made Of it are perfectly smooth and flat
from end to end on both sides, without
any knots, cracks or blemishes OF any
kind commonly met with in wood"
"Do you think thatthe 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. lttakes che hundred
wears to grow 10000 feet of natural lnm-
Der on an acre ofground, Thisi is accord.
ing to official statistics. On the other
hand, an acre of ground will produce
every year straw enough to make 2,00G
feet of artificial lumber, and hence In y
hundred years it will produce zoo, 00t
feet-ten times as much rs the quantit.
of natural lumber"