The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02

district, e. 600 cords come from the Cana
dian dominion.
Spruce is the. main reliance Of the
makers of cheap paper. 1t has 4 good
fibre and color Hemlock has come into
considerably use lately. and as a good
substitute for spruce. excett the color.
1t cannot be bleached white, but is used
for Manila papers and other Coiored
stock. Hence the manila CT today may
have nothing of Manila about it except
the name. Spruce is adulterated some
times with pine ard Eastwood, but these
do not have the first class fibre. Eight
years ago spruce wood could be bought
for $3.50 cord. It now costs $3.50. partly
due To scarcity and the cost Of tcanspor-
tation.
Surprising as may be the step from
blocks of wood TO soft, white blankets.
IL IS conlonplace by the side OF the next
step. The pulp has to go into solution
again before being fed to the paper-mak-
ing machine, known as founrdiner. The
pup is SO thoroughly beaten up with
an abundance II water that the solution
looks for all the world a soapy water.
which one will have to examine closely
first section OF the fourdinier presents
10 the eye a bread endless celt runiAg in
q horizontal plane around rollers about
fifteen feet apart. on close examination
one finds that this belt is woven uf wire
with a mesh SO fine that Is will permit
water to through it but not take the
woody fbres. The soapy looking water
is turned on the revolving belt in thin
stream and flows toward the farther end
because Of a slight inclination in the wire
screen but the water gradually oscar
through the meshes.
About FIVE feet from the far end OF
the belt It IS bridged by a metal box
which conceals four or five inches OF its
length on the hither side, 10. and be-
hold, the water is covered with a thin
layer Of white paper, The transformation
is 50 sudden and so unexpected 20 a
novice that his first impulse IS 70 sus-
pect magic. And II IS magic. bat the
magic Of modern mechanics As the
stream % water fowed anded the II .dee
a suction machine simply sucked out the
w1ter from below. the WOO dfbTe vas
deposited in the belt. and. presto. change
there IS The paper.
LN tli- illie llt LeA - Al-1-e sll--t o.
paper reaches the end OF the belt thu
fbres arc knitted strongly enough 10
bear its weisit- and j. IS carried 70
series Of drying cylinders. But Is IS
stal an exceedingly fragile product. and
the superintendent pointing az TIE DE-
icate web stretches from the wire blank
e % the driving follcrs. may explain.
Yes, IL is So weak that Il would be
q calamity 20 have a - lieEt n that
sheet J 7souldnt even take chances with
a mosquito
Like q Dos on tho thin ice. the fy u-igft
SO through and Incidentally start 2 ser
ser ~ crackr that vo.ld extend 20 the
fa-thest edges BGt she fumes ~ ilTae
90 not make tfIs wholesome zesSlstor-
hood Tor f5es--or for smallpox. Tie So
perinten6a1t adds After passing between
a dozen o. more rollers hsatsd ~ steam
the ra1er IS nuuud IL r-ezs rolls
Paper can De made az "a astonishing
rate. some 81 the machines turn K cut
a. tlls -ate o. so tees = nainute- = yol
are iaoinel 20 be mathematical ySu nay
90 q cst ~ Interesting EsreFin'. Tie pro-
duct o. - mir1tls wouId te 400 Eek
or ahoet foar ard one hail mliss- 4 6ay
o. tEsrfy-four hours would give * r-sies-
Ignoring cd tzys siuEle uacasns
might So e year rurn - a sErlp C r1per
= as5a miles ions sz0uFh - rrap arou1d
the equator ard then -sln banLzze Up 70
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