New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
PULP MILL POLLUTION.
The Increment for Pure Streams
Stronger.

TOesnite the continued acts Of violence and at
tenpts at murder by the laWless element in the
Adirondacks the ranks Of the residents and prop
ertv holders round and about Lake Champlan en-
gagged in the fight against the further pollution Of
the waters OF the lake by the pulp mills gain in
numbers strength and influence.
AS president Of the Catholic Summer Home Asso-
citation. with its properly on the shores Of the
lake. near Plattsburg. the Rev. Father Lavelle
rector Of St Patricks Cathedral has interested
himself in the contest In speaking pollution
OF the lake Father Lavelle said that he had often
noticed the presence OF impurities in the waters,
which he had been told had been caused by the
refuse Of the pulp mills However" said he. 4
an not well posted on the subject the super
intendent % the Catholc Summer Hone and
have written him TO make full investigation"
Governor Mccullough Of Vermont when at
his Office. No. = Corlardt-st.. declared that it
his intention do all in his power 70 stop the
further pollution Of the lake by the offending mills
For some time" said he. I have been trying 10
get the authorities of the States Of New-York and
Vermont and OF Canada to unite in taking some
concerted and uniform action tending to abate the
and also to stop the illegal SEEMING Of the
waters
A G. Paine jr general manager Of the New
York and Pennsylvania Company. said yesterday
in regard TO The pulp mills
The New-Tork and Pennsylvania Company has
had pulp mill on The banks Of the Bouquet River
for the Iast tw nty years. ana has manufactured
there pure cellulose from white poplar WOOD.
which is dissolved by the boiling with soda. and
this soda after the boiling. is practically all
covered. that the onlA rcSiduum allowed TO
escape Is race Of soda and a trace 81 spent lime.
which is equivalent - nothing more Jess than
sand. The examined ul recently made by Professor
Landreth VIII show. whom Ee makes his report,
that. Instead 81 rendering the water impure. the
1owaCe frora the mili has a tendency purify II.
and this facf viii EC doubt bo embodied in his
port 10 tho Stale alrfur-tl.S myself have a resi-
denCe TclIt ~ Tho lake near Iho mouth Of the
river. which have occupied for more than fve
wears. and ddfilc ihat time have used the
for al domestic purposes. with absolutely no i'll
effecfe
u about fifteen veere AK, that the first
plaint vas mad0 against orr mill. and remedy
we ceased duinping our lime sludCe into the river
Whflc fhc iish were running. some people crrO-
nrCusly thought 81 harmful them. You
see. not witllstauGing lIew il bene-
fetal than harmful 20 The fish. respected the
complaint. 4 few years later received more
complaints about the presence Of our limo sludge
1 the river ana lake. a1ri. result. VIC built at
large roSt greet dixie 70 keep The lime Sludge
from escaping into the river thence OUT in the
lake So now dump nothing i'm tho river but
clear waste water. having in IL bat trace Of soda
aud spent Glus. which rrct. just like the lime
iuice served 80 Spca fountain in drug shop only
infinitely more weak On fact ID is the thing.
only not nearly strong. tho lime iUica
DAYS generally PIT in milk on which babies
l0irished. Indeed. our waste water. with its trace
81 soda and lime. d me public Only knew a. tends
30 stir the waters ~ The lake and make them
brighter and more sparkling than nature could ac-
Complish. A. matter 9f feet. instead OF being