Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
PAPER MILL BURNED.
The Large Plant of the Hennepin Paper
Company Destroyed by Fire This
Morning.
PAPER AND PULP M!LLSA TOTAL LOSS
Fire Started in the Wood Room and Com
pletely Destroys the Entire
Plant
PER AND PULP MILLSA TOTAL LOSS

ABOUT 4:jO NlOnHnV morning I'LL
alarm was turned in which proved
to be from the Hennepin Paper com
pany's pulp and paper mills. The
fire department responded at once,
but the fire had gainrd such head
way when the department arrived
that it was impossible to get COLI
troll of the fire. The fire started In
the wood room between the paper
and pulp mill and when the night
Waterman first discovered the fire
it was but small blaze, but as he
was there alone and there was con-
siderable shavings ana other mate
rial around the woou room the fire
soon communicated to the paper
mill.
The wind was in the south and as
soon as the fire had burned through
the roof OF the paper mill 1t
was impossible for the fire DEPART
ment to do any thing with the fire.
The fresOon communicated to the
pulp mill, although the department.
did everything i'll their power to
save the building. The pulp mill,
however, is not u total loss, the
walls and the nCrth side of The
building are still standing, although
they are badly burned.
The Office of the company on the
extreme north portion OF the build
ing is still standing and is not
damaged to any great extent, al
though the fire and smoke damaged
it some.
The boiler room on the west side
OF the main building was not dam
aged and the store room situated on
the west side of the paper mill south
of the boiler room is still standing,
although considerably damaged by
fire and water.
The fire is supposed to havestarted
from a stove in the pulp mill, which
was located near the wall OF the
pulp mill near the west side of the
mill. The mill was shut down at
Z o'clock Sunday morning and was
IT, have resumed work again at z
o'clock Monday morning. No one
was near the mill at the time the
fire broke out but the night watch
man, who at once gave the alarm.
The following is quoted from a
recently published description OF the
plant:
The inill runs day and night all the
year round, the product being ship.
ped to newspapers throughout the
northwest. Paper Is shipped In
both rolls and sheets. The bulk of
the products of the mill is run into
rolls which is used exclusively by
the great dailies. The company has
it's general office in Minneapolis.
This company formerly operated q
mill in Minneapolis. but removed to
Little Falls in 1890 an account of the
superior advantages here Of water
power and raw material with which
to make paper. .
LOCATION AND MACHINERY.
This mill was located at the south
end of the hydraulic canal on the
West side, the main building having
a frontage OF 30S feet. The other
buildings consist OF a boiler house
warehouse, barn and oil house.
They are all substantially built,
Little Falls brick and lumber being
used exclusively in their construct
ton. Power for driving the machin.
cry is supplied by two 66-inch, one
42-inch and two 16.inch new Amer.
can turbine water wheels, and one
.42-inch and one 24.inch Hunt water
wheels. These wheels are all placed
in a granite flume resting on the
native, solid rock. The walls OF the
flume are five to seven feet in thick
ness, the granite used in their con-
struction being quarried a few rods
from the mill. This tlume is known
as one of the most substantial and
heavy pieces OF hydraulic work in
the west. .....
The equipment of the pulp mill
consisted of four D. T.. Mills largest
wood pulp grinders using grind
stones "a inches in thickness
and 81 inches in diameter, each
grinder having three hydraulic rams
attached, with which to force the
wood against the stone. The water
pressure is supplied by a Davis four
plunger force pump. There are two
pulp machines, saw, barking ma
chine, water and fire pump. The
equipment of the papermill consisted
of six mixing engines or heaters each
capable OF mixing pulp for 1000
pounds of paper, to Jordan refining
heaters, one 66-inch, one 84-inch
modern and thoroughly equipped
Fourdrinier paper machines with all
tho latest imnr0vements one Ein6lav