The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-14


the chamber of commerce meetings that
the finest opportunity was open to
Wilmington TO follow the example of
Orange, Texas. in the establishment of
a wood pulp and paper mill TO utilize
the waste product of our saw mills.
The Orange Lumber Company be-
came the promoters of the enterprise
TO which we refer and it was taken up
with such enthusiasm by that company
and the business men of Orange that
the result was the erection of a five ton
paper mill. The mill simply utiIizes
the s~havings and slabs from the saw
mills and converts into q money pro-
duct WHAT had really become a prob
EN- to get rid of economically. For
steaming purposes it Is a matter of
impOssibility for the saw mills TO con-
sumo the ~shavings and slabs andA1he
custom is TO get them cheapIy as pos
sibIe into the 'heII-hOIe' where they are
consumed by fires that burn day and
night to get rid of this waste product.
How TO turn this waste and actual loss
into money was the problem that was
settled by the Orange people. Their
mill has been a paying investment and
other milling districts in the southwest
are following suit.
Mr.. J. A. A~rringdaIe, the enterprising
general manager of the Cape Fear
Lumber Company, recently brought this
.n41far I'M in tho D-ilrnJnnf4- ho-.I.0
of commerce and afterwards. as has
been stated in The Messenger, decided
20 try and establish a big paper mill
N Wilmington. In fact an expert in
the technology OF paper manufacturing
came here a week ago to make a labor
atory test of the waste product at the
cape Fear mill and to make an analysis
of the water of the Cape Fear river
with a view to ascertain its availa biIity
and adaptability for the manufacture
Of paper.
The expert who has been in Whining
o the past week is Mr.. Robt. Thomas.
VINO was, by request of Mr.. Arringdale.
sent here by the Pursey & Jones Com
pany, of Wilmington, Delaware. manu-
f%acturers of paper mill machinery. Mr..
Thomas finished up his test yesterday
III liz OulCOlIle VI lis INV SSllSdllOllS
IS Of a very 1attering nature. He found
the waste product of our pine timbers
and the waters of Cape Fea in every
way suitable for p making. and
as a matter of fact right before the
yes of the gentlemen interested he con-
verified shavings and slabs into the very
oest quality of wood pulp-a product as
white n almost as fleecy as cotton.
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in Wilmington. but from what The Mes
ssenger can gather ii is bUt a drop in the
bucket to what is to follow. We say
this because it is pretty we'll settled
lat Wilmington is TO have a paper
mill and in all probability a thirty-ton
mill calling for an investment of about
$500. 900. By a t~hirty-ton mill is meant
an establishment that will produce
thirty tons of paper a day.
Mr.. Thomas said yesterday he had
never seen the situation and conditions
more favorable for a paper mill than he
tinds in Wilmington, and that there is
enough waste from our eight saw mills
TO manufacture at least eighty tons
of paper a day. He is the expert who
went TO Orange, Texas, to start up the
Industry there, and he says that. like
cotton manufacturing. the south offers
She best field for pape manufacturing.
We have here the very best material
Cor manufacturing wool pulp ard the
waste material from our cotton mills
and gin houses affords an immense
source of supply for the manufacture Of
rag" paper.
The Messenger hopes the business
men OF Wilmington will enthusiastical-
Iy and substantially stand by Mr.. Ar
ringdale in his efforts to put this big
enterprise on DOT in Wilmington.