Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-03-12
WOOD PULP is USEFUL.
Enters Into the Construction of Many In
portant Articles NOWADAYS.

Enters Into the Construction of Many I'M
portant Articles Nowadays.
The denand for pulp for other pur-
poses than paper making is likely 10
increase largely the next few years
should the various branches of indus
trywhich hare cropping up around about
here meet with the great success which
sanguine inventors and patcntees
anticipate. Whatever opinion may be
expressed with regard to these new
ventures there are already a couple OF
manufacturers who seem to have struck
out in the right direction in the making
of marketable goods where pulp is the
chief factor as raw material. One of the
undertakings which deserves to be no.ed
is the Fieldhammer Brug, started by
the go-ahead and enterprising H.
Bache-Wug, and managed by the well.
known CEristiania firm of Ambrosius
Hausen. This mill began operations
about two years ago. making roofing
tiles, and is now shipping to different
parts of the globe product which has
gained n reputation for its superior
qualities over all other states in the
market. Norway tiles" as they are
termed, are made from wood pulp,
which, under very high pressure, is
formed into thin cakes of sizes like the
ordinary roofing states. After ohemi-
cal treatment, which is the inventor 8
secret, the tiles become hard, like brick.
and attain a deep black appearance,
which lends itself admirably to give a
soft tone to houses with prominent
roofs and gables. 1t is claimed for the
Norway tiles" that they possess every
advantage of the best states in the
market; their composition makes them
light and durable and they are not so
liable 10 breakage as the ordinary
states; they are not subject to any ex-
pansion or contraction, and when a
roof is once covered with this material
it will stand for a good many years
without 'epairs whatever. The price
of Norway states" is very low. aud
compared with what other roofing
costs admits of a saving of IS per cent,
an item c; no small Importance in our
days, when competition is so keen.
Prominent architects who had The OPP
portunity to examine Norway tiles
pronounce them superior as to quality,
appearance and price, and the insur-
ance companies appear favorably dis
posed and stamp the tiles as very be-
sirable ann safe roofing material. The
new mills 1t Embretsfos, Thursfos end
Skein are covered with Norway tiles"
and from Information gathered .he pro-
prietors of the mills are well pleased
with the new roofing.
An enthusiastic advocate of wood
pulp for building material as substi-
tute for stone is e. ID. Rice. who has
made the subject one of close study
and investigation. His conclusion is
that it possesses the needed elements ;
of a durable constructive substance,
being at the same time devoid OF some
of those features which de'ract from
the value of stone and brick. He sum-
marizes come of the qualities presented d
by this new factor in building as con-
sisting 0f being light in weight, ex-
ceedingly hard, poor conductor of
heat and sound, and sufficiently elastic
to meet all the usual requirements for
the purpose; it is tough, though nail
can be driven into 1T, and it con also be
drilled, while the other necessities of
a stone substitute. are enumerated, to-
gether with resistance of frost and
heat, with ability to stand strain, and
so on, are said TO be met, besides the
transportation. 1t is urged further
that the difficulty OF producing per-
fectly square stone blocks, except at
high rates, is thus overcome, for .he
pup blocks, being cast in square
r:old, are necessarily uniform. Diff
fering from stone and brick, which
absorb SO much heat in summer, the
proposed material is claimed to be
cooler in summer, while in cold weather
it prevents dampness, so common in
stone.-World's Paper Trade Review.