The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-12-27
MAINE THE PULP MILL STATE.
The Lumber Trade Giving Place to the MAX.
ing OF Pulp.

The day seems near ut hand when
the lumber industry of Maine will be
OF small Importance compared with
the making of pulp and paper, and. Sd
far from being regretted. the change
now III progress from sawmiils to
pulp mills, is welcomed by the owners
of timber 'andS and all concerned.
Twenty five years ago. when the luni-
Der trade OH the PcnobScot began TO
decline, Bangor shipped from 100000
600 to 215.000000 feet of lumber annu-
ally 10 markets on both sides of the
Atlantic, aud in four continents. Since
then the shipments have fallen to from
125.O00,000 10 $50 1000. 900 feet annually.
and the only foreign trade now re-
manning is with Great Britain. where
Il few million Of deals are sold annu-
ally. The South American trade. 10
Bu"noS Ayrcs. Muntcvidco ana Rio ia
Metro, is supplied with Canadian lum-
Der. shipped direct from the maritime
provinces or from Quebec via the
Grand Trunk road to Portland. The
African trade. to the Canaries, Cape
Verde and the Gold Coast, was lost
long ago, and the once extensive West
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nothing. The domestic trade. also,
has declined, chiefly OH account of the
increased use of metal in construction.
but largely. also. because of the COM
petition of southern, western and Ca
madam lumber which thu &pine pro-
duct must meet in every American
market
With the lcsSencd trade and the
keen competition has come such de-
cline in the prices Of oas,'uy. sprrce
that ii is no longer profitable to saw
logs int lumber. and so n change :
incvitablc-r" logs lmust he Gevot'
to other uses. This year Many of
Pcnobscot river sawmills have be,
idle. others running on reduced time.
CarGocs Of spruce lumber. shipped 10
New w., after all expenses were
deg !. have yielded only about SD
pc Jusand feet, or less than the cost
Of the logs.
Within ten years there have been
erected on the PcnobScot half dozrn
In, 20 mills, i'm which many millions OF
feet Of small logs are annually ground
ana cooked into pup. These mills nre
so prOftabl" that several new and lar
ger structures are now planned, AMI
the various pulp and paper manufact-
uring projects now under way VIII re-
quirc millions Of capital. At Vim a
large pulp and paper mill = To b.
built an extensive cut, rurise is
planned at Milford, and company
has just been formed here whose pur-
pose is to erect al North Twin Dam.
on the west branch of the PcnubscOt.
the largest pulp and paper mill i'm tn,
world. At this point the river Will
furnish 10000 horse power ana there
are millions of acres of timber land
surrounding
Big logs will some day he scarce on
the Penohscot, but no man cs.id tell
when the supply Of material suitable
for pulp will become exhausted. The
pulp forests are Practically unlimited.
ana no fear is Jlt even by the 50.
called forestry rrformcrs tIat the pulD
mills di2cs i1rS-tyi!l cvt1% hungry.
I'uIp pays. lumber dsl =. Tb.,l
Is the whole story. Pulp gt. iumbcr
loses. The brick mills. wifi, their ac.
IDS ard grinders. are rising on every
hand: the wooden mills. with their
eauss ana Tulcy saws. arc docaying.
ana Maine will soon no best known ms
the pulp mill stntc.-Ncw York Sun.