The Newtown bee., 1888-08-17
The Bridgeport Paper Co.

The Bridgeport Paper Co. is now firm ly established and, since the re-organi- zation, ill 1883, has done large, emil nently satisfactory and steadily increas- ing business. Officers of the company are: President, George Curtiss; treasur- CT, Nelson Curtis; secretary, Charles $. Garfield. The original building was of stone and was used for years as wool en mill. It was converted into a paper mill and all manner of paper goods were made; but it never proved a success un- til a few years ago. brick addition, 176x40 feet, two stories high, was built in 1887. The entire building is lighted by electricity furnished by plant locat- ed in the factory. Power is furnished by 250 horse power water wheel and en- zines aggregating 550 horse power. The combined 800 horse power is amply suf- ficient to drive the huge machines, cap able of.turning out IA tons of white pa per, ready for the press, ill 3 hours. 1t is necessary to stop one hour ill 24 to clean up the machinery and adjust ma terial A large part of this comes from l Nova Scotia as spruce wood pulp, while the rags are imported from Europe. The
 process of preparing raw material does
 not differ from that in vogue in all paper
 mills, heretofore detailed in the BEE. The materials are placed in a tub, beaten
 and torn while revolving in water and,
 when reduced to pulp, passed into the
 room occupied by the Fourdrinier paper machines. The one recently put in was I pointed out as the finest i'll the country. l 1t is called the George Curtiss machine
 and was built by the Fitchburg Union
 Machine Co.,, Fitchburg, Mass. It is 96
 inches wide and 40 feet long, weighs
 135 tons and produces tons of paper a
 day. The water containing pulp in solu-
 tion, looking much like buttermilk, is
 projected upon screen of fine brsas wire
 what water does not pass through IS
 drawn out by suction pumps and a set o1 , rolls press out the residue. The pulp k
 now forming continuous roll of paper
 and is passed over and around set of l( , rolls, heated by steam, which rapidly , dry the paper, so that it is ready for tht
 calendering machine at the other end O1 the FOurdrinier. This has II calender ;tht t bottom rolls are 20-inch, the top l5 anC
 the intermediate s. It is then wound up
 on reel and, when full, new one sub :. stituted. The full reel is then unWounC Il and the paper trimmed to the proper sig v and put up in suitable rollsto ship. Fiv e hours suIHce to cHauSe eHc Ia s 5 anu Woo : pulp into paper and but two minutes o
 this is consumed by entering the ms
 chine as pulp and emerging as finishe
 paper. The speed is regulated by
 Marshal driving train. A similar ms e chine is in use, but is smaller and doe y less work. Paper is furnished regularl l. to all the local dailies and the Bosto : Herald, New York Journal, Press, Sta :, are among other large out-of-town cu n toners. The quality of the finished p; as per is determined by the quality an ,s quantity of the materials in the fir ,1 stage. Fifty or 60 tons, including pc = feet goods and raw material, are handle IT. every day. It is necessary to transpo n yall stock from the city by truck. Fl re company employ 9o men ana make spe
 ial qualities in addition to the regul;
 grades of all sizes.