, 1888-11-29

| passes through the machine which
fashions it with exquisite precision
aud nicely into continuous sheet o.
paper having any width and weight
desired. This sheet is cut by ma
lchinery into required sizes, trimmed
and the waste carried back to be
made over, while the finished pro-
Educt is folded and made up into
reams and bundles for market. An
other department of the mill is used
for making paper from straw. About
1.SQ0 tons of straw are used annually,
furnishing q market for that article
produced by local farmers. The
straw is placed in large deep watts,
sprinkled with lime and steal1ed or
boiled for 48 hours, after which it
goes through machines similar to
threshing cylinders, only with finer
teeth. The pulp produced from this
grinding is Eut through bleaching
and refining process, and the machine
which converts it into paper turns out
280 reams per day. All kinds ofrags
are used, no matter what their text
ure or color, hemp, jute, old rope, or
any such substance, together with
any old paper. The rags are thor
ougbly beaten by machinery, after
which they are put into an upright
rotary boiler where they are slowly
steamed under heavy pressure for II
hours. This process separates every
bit of dirt OF coloring matter, and
renders the rags fit for the next pro-
cess which makes pulp of them.
Then they are bleaehed, every par
ticle of colloring matter taken out of
them, and the water is squeezed out
of the pulp. After passing through
this process the pulp looks something
like dry snow, but on examination is
found to be more like lint. 1t is
then mixed with the wood pulp, in
proportion as heretofore indicated.
The paper mill is near the steamer
landing, which is an arm or lagoon
from the river.
The streets of the towa are laid
out with due regard to future con-
venience, and land is sold to anyone
who desires 1t, at reasonable prices
particular advantages being secured
by those who will undertake to make
homes and improvements The aim
is to build up substantial, prosper
GUS, manufacturing town. Good
business lots can still be secured for
$500 to $500 each. A creditable pub
lie school is maintained, and we no~
tieed two fine looking churches
The matter which interested US most,
however, was the fact that franchise
bad been secured for
RAILROAD BRIDGE
across the river at this point. This
is more significant from the fact that
here is the only point-from Astoria
to The Dalles-where it is really
practicable to bridge the river. The
Northern Pacific r. r. Co. operates
its road via Kalama with transfer
boat, necessitating not only delay and
heavy expense, but liable to freezes
ups and blockade of travel every win
ter. At La Camas there is-1st, a
rocky bottom; End, an island in the
river, making two short spans in.
stead of one long one. Unquestion-
ably this is the point where the
"Port Townsend Southern" should
cross the Columbia river and be ex-
tended into Portland. 1t is but little
out of q direct line between Port
Townsend and Portland, and road
extending through it would traverse
rich farming country all the way. In
fact we do not believe there is ten
miles of the whole line but would pay
its own expense of operation, to say
nothing of through business. 1t must
be apparent that La Camas is destin-
ed to become fine city, and that in
the very near future. If the west side
railroad enterprise were extended on
from here through Wahkiakum and
Kliekitat counties, it could be pushed
into the most fertile portion of East
ern Washington, and the wheat pro-
duct of the vast inland empire could
be brought by very direct and easy
grade to Port Townsend for ship
ment. Mr. Miles c. Moore of Walla
Walla, a gentleman who has had ex-
tensive experience in railroad build
ing in our Territory, and whose ac-
quantance We pleasantly renewed
last week, thinks that the outlet in.
dicated herein is the natural outlet
for the greater part of Eastern
Washington's productions.
Now the question arises: Are no
these pointers worthy of investiga-
tionf Prompt action and energeti,
management will turn them to some
body's profit.
| The vice-president of the RyaI
Smelter Company at Tacoma saw
that fha smelfar will ha raa6x, 70