The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-05

unaffected by the sun. rain or any other
causes which Shorten the life of the
ordinary wooden pole. The pulp is cast
in a mold with a core in the center
forming a tube of the desired length
Collins, too. are now made in Europe
OF wood pulp. which are susceptible OF
high polish. look as we'll as the finest
woods, and are much less expensive
Still another German genius has con-
structed a good sized cannon out OF
pulp, it having a steel core, and the ex-
terror being bound by five layers OF
T metal wire. Il is far lighter than a
steel gun and is likewise said to be
much stronger than a similar thickness
of metal. Not to be behind the times
/ a Chicago genius mas constructed BIZ
/ cycle frame entirely of wood pulp, and
would like TO start a factory for the
j manufacture of paper bikes. Bicycle
handles made out of biotting paper,
which in turn comes from pulp, are now
not uncommon.
Everyone is familiar with paper
matches, which have come into gen
eral use. Strips of paper about half
an inch wide are first drawn through a
combustible vat, and are then, by ma
chinery, turned into long, thin stems.
These are cut into right lengths, and
the heads dipped into a solution of
phosphorus wax and dried. Paper
matches are cheaper to make than
those of wood, and within a few years
this industry has assumed such pro-
portions that it is not impossible that
the familiar wooden match will become
thing of the past.
In lis victorious advance wood pulp
now, threatens to invade the cloth and
leather industries, as it has that of pa
PEI. steel and others A Frenchman
named Clavies has invented a process for
making paper thread. Before being cut
N STRIPS, the paper is STEPPED in certain
chemicals which give it tenacity and
DURABILITY. and 1t is then wound on bob
bins and twisted into threads and after
wards passed through a pair of cylinders
TO coat it and give It a glossy appear
ance. This thread, the inventor claims
can be worked up into fabrics of various
kinds. and put to the ordinary uses Still
2@othsr Frenchman has found a way TO
make excellent sailcloth out of pulp, and
another genius makes a very good grade
OF carpet lining, which furnishes a moth
proof and elastic foundation for the car
pet Yet another inventor. of Vienna.
has found process for the manufacture
OF artificial leather from red beech ana
cams that a sole leather can thus be
obtained superior to animal leather in
fTmneSs and durability.
A pair of English chemists have dis
covered a way to make a water proof
paint of wood pulp, which is sprayed
o-er buildings. ships and the like. The
process is simple and inexpensive. and
for painting large surfaces much is ex-
Dected Of it. Still again a grenchman
has found way to make paper bags
that are imDervious to water, and
Berlin inventor has produced a fire
proof paper, thin and of good quality.
For that matter, not long ago a wood
pulp works constructed a stove out of
paper. which answered every purpose as
If il had been made of iron. 1t was, how
ever, purely an experiment. Paper win
dow Danes were made several years ago
in this country. and these have latterly
been much improved on in France. They
have the appearance of milky glass and
are admirable for greenhouse use. In the
later country. too. portable houses are
COW made of wood pulp, very success
fully, and a good grade of pulleys as
well.
Paper boats and especially paper canoes
--e not at all new. but they have not
come into general use as it was expected