The Newtown bee., 1891-12-04
TRUMBULL.

heavy orders of late, requiring several
hours overtime daily and the increase of
business hes made it necessary to add to
their plant machinery of the latest and
most approved design. About five tons of
finished product is turned out daily, vary
ing somewhat with the quality of board
required. Years ago, the firm used straw
in large quantities in their paper mill,
but now trimmings from paper box shops
is the principal stock used. The various
processes of soaking, grinding and con-
veying the pulp to the machine where it
is converted into board are all interesting
and no hand labor is required after the
stock leaves the soaking vat, until it is
received at the other end of the works,
where it is baled for shipment. Two
huge boilers furnish steam for their en-
gines and for use in curing and drying
the board. A new engine has been plac-
ed, this Summer, to drive one of the
grinders and is a model of compact
strength. So little water has been avail
able, this season, that little more than
that required by the various processes
has been furnished by the Pequonnock
since early Summer. The two engines on
the lower fioer, where the machines con-
vert the pulp into paper, drive the heavy
machinery easily. Getting the water out
of the pulp after it leaves the endless,
slowly turning wide belts of coarse
cloth is the science of paper making. By
the old process, still used to some ex-
tent by the firm, this was done by laying
in the sun or placing between tiers of
pipes heated by steam. The large addit-
ion recently built, not quite finished yet,
was put up for the improved straw board
machine the firm put in, within the past
few months, at an expense of several
thousand dollars. Water almost drips
from the board when it leaves the form
ing machine. The dryer consists of iron
cylinders about two and half feet in
diameter which are kept hot by steam
and revolve slowly. Fine work is need
ed to keep the proper speed so that the
board shall pass over the II or 10 cylin
ders smoothly and, when it reaches the
knives where it is cut into sheets, it is so
thoroughly dried that it is at once packed
in large bales for shipment. The office
is conveniently arranged. The work can
be readily. Overlooked and an employe
spends much of his time making repairs
and alterations, as their growing bust
ness demands. The latest Improvement
is cupolas giving light and ventilation to
fIoh 0,I Co. l,tr
frequent and much of the board now
made is lined, frequently in colors. With
so desirable a site, centrally located and
with the railroad near by, TAFT & Sons
can easily compete with others making
the same lines of straw board and look
forward to yet larger business.
Willard Plumb has built an ice house
on land of John Somers, Plumb Nichols
doing the work; new siding has also been
placed on the outbuildings of Mr. Som
ers's farm.
George A. Booth, nine-year-old son of
|. E. Booth, while playing with Merton
Nichols, but eight years old, son of Aus
tin Nichols, Thanksgiving day, was shot
in the eye by the accidental discharge of
an air gun, the ball lodging, probably,
back of the eye. The Inflammation rem
dered it impossible to locate its exact po-
sition and its removal was necessarily
deferred. The toy gun was a new one
and George went to Mr. Nichols's to play
with the attractive but dangerous weap-
on, which was accidentally discharged by
Merton while he was loading. The in
jured boy was at once removed to the
for by DR. Wilson, the oculist, who con-
siders the wound only dangerous as he
may lose the use of the eye. The ball
struck the cheek bone just beneath the
eye and, it is thought, glanced upward
and penetrated the cavity where the eye
ball rests, so that it was forced from it's
socket and almost hung upon the cheek.
To the active, studious lad of his temper
ament, it is a sore trial and his ambition
to gain the prize at the White Plains
school will be useless, if he is so FORUM
ate as to have the sight of his eye restor-
ed. His escape from fatal wound is
thing to be thankful for.
M. E. Wentworth and family, Charles
p. Noyes and family. Mr. and Mrs Clark
of New York were Thanksgiving guests
of Capt David Human.
Mrs r. M. Sherman, who has made her
home with her sister, Mrs David Hin
man, during the Summer, was to return,
this week, to New York, for the Winter.
A subscription was circulated by Capt
Hinman to build new fence about the
White Plains burial ground. A neat
fence of board has been built next the
highway aud wall on the other three
sides, surmounted by low post and
board fence neatly painted, makes the
grounds look attractive.
Arthur Schaffer has been home from
work at the Hawleyville telegraph office
on sick leave.
f. and A. G.. Plumb broke ground for
the tenant house, 24x23, which they ex-
pect to build as soon as possible. We
think the move wise one and hope that
the venture may pay SO well that other
houses may 60 up and Trumbull grow to
be what it easily might, village of
homes for wage earners of small means.
LONG HILL, HUNTINGTON.
Delos Platt and son are working in the
brass shop again.
Miss Flora and w. S. Beard were home