New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
ENTERING DEPARTMENT. PARSONS PAPER COMPANY, HOLYOKE

progress that three years later second n.
had 10 be erected A town go vel adapted r
the production OF paper as H0iyoke naturally
attracted the attention OF the manufaciufr
world. and in 1857 another large paper Part
was started by the Holyoke Paper COMPANY
with a capital ~ S3OOrUO Then came the WI
ing Paper Company. organized "th L'i
Brown. Of Adams. As president aia "-.hn
whiting as agent and treasurer THIS c'h''7
also succeeded So well its goods bad such go
erous sale that a second mill aas SON o-t
and the great output ~ the ..n..ih 'dI'' -'
name Holyoke 10 an ends NJ 'h' country 'f
paper trade increased steadily AMI .h -" ~
town had fourteen concerns which H.r' etgasi
in the manufacture of paper and If"ll7
about forty ighttons ofpaperdaiiy Ihepf.l.r
,ion al the present time is about three hal-'E
and twenty tons a day. from twenl-sh ms
As the paper business grew the p'i 1'A-.n
the Mace increased and from a total q 80
Inhabitants in 1880 and i'iI9 IN $50 $50 l'An
after the first paper mill was started u'e
uolyoke has advanced to the i'"' nis
About one-eighth II the entire population is s-'
ployed in the paper industry.
HoLYoKEs HIGH GRADES
Where there are so many paper nils y
natural that the visitor should expert ~ -~'
that commodity in all its various giad's' ~
colors and degrees Of commercial value. h1' -
authorizations will not be realized pe'4-N
Holyoke leans toward the high grades % p@."
stock. and has gained its name as manuia''-''
ing town from the superior writing. BOOK an
An TX =
successful manufacturers and their chiefs ah'
superintendent are men who have had eNl'''
ence in all branches Of the trade. ana nave i"4-'
paper, from the coarse brown stun known
butchers straw paper 10 the crisp ana hs-'
respectable article on which Uncle IAN e.
graves his promise to pay; but while a 'eN "
the manufacturers make coarse, heavy AHNs
paper, wrapping and coarse book. me sftA' ~
jorty belong to the high grade class ana mAA'
what are known in the trade as fine linen ~
pers.
THE word linen, when used In connection VIZ
paper" said one Of the large manufacturers u
to denote strength; but the average buyer
paper who knows nothing about It's mana'r'
ure takes II for granted that the name h'r
Gates that il is made from all-l.nen stock III
he tells TO his patrons, they carry the H'NN -
thus the idea gains ground, although II is ~
on error Everybody knows that rag s'''A
the base Of all good paper but only 70" w
pie know that paper made entirely ioh '.'s.
rags would be almost worthless II "'u'1
hard and brittle and would break when 80
Linen paper * made from mus no ana men
and the proportion in the best goods -
the same AZ In a mans shirt of when a. ~
the front and wristbands is made q nils.'A
While the coarse cheap paper when $ -
out OF inferior stock and wood pulp goes 'n'.-
the mill in a few hours and j. ready i.' -.
ment in day after its manufacture h"S
begun the fine writing or ledger paper VIII"
the pride OF the Holyoke manufacture 80
be produced In much less than m'hih -.
To comprehend this perfectly one mus
tina material through q mill and see TIE '"