Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-27

person, conveys but 81 vague meaning
How many of us realize that the COPY
of our favorite book. magazine, news
paper first came materially into being on
some forest hillside? How many know
of the tremendous forces harnessed dur
ing the transformation Of the living tree
trunk into tho printed page? How many
stop to consider what It means for our
splendid forests to furnish thia comfort
able world of civilization with nearly
1900, eco pounds of paper every day7
Once the pulp wood-whether in log
form or already cut up-hns safely land
ed in the storage pond the first stage OF
paper making has been passed From
the pond the stock ia drawn up on lifts.
heapcd into vast piles and seasoned for
while.
In 1926 some papermakcrs ct Turin.
Italy, conceived the Idea OF using the
thin bark willow poplar and other woods
as raw material, and In 1889 English pat
cnts were granted for making paper
from wood reduced to a state Of paste.
Poplar was considered best for the pur-
pose. In 1875 improvements were patent
ed, but still tho inner bark was held TO
as the only practicable substance. m
1862 pulp paper was exhibited as some
| thing Of novelty in London, tho wood
| having been rubbed down against tho
| face Of rough wheel and subsequently
mixed with rags. Five years later. AT
rarls. wood grinding machine made
! by a German, Herman Nocltcr, was put
! on exhibition.
| In 1867, at Stockhrdge, Mass. mechanl-
caly ground pulp was first introduced in
| America upon n specially imported ma
chine The primitive nature Of tho first
domestic industry is shown by the fact
that the Stockhrdse works produced only
| about half ton per day. BY 1858 the
processes had SO far been perfected that
at Otis Falls In Maine 5000 to 60 onO tons
Of pulp were turned out in "a hours. and
that all over New England plants were
springng up. Paper began to he manu-
featured under the same roof with the
pulp itself. and to-day We have mills
which turn out overy day 300 tons of
| finished paper.
In case tho wood Is simply to bo
| ground, and much Of It is. to form
supplementary fber for the finer chcmi-
cal products, II requires no special preDa-
ration. but Is put directly into the great
grinder. But for the chemical process
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