, 1909-11-13
NEWFOUNDLAND PAPER MILLS
OPENED.
GREATEST INDUSTRY In The CoLoNY.
Cost ,006.

October 9 was a notable day in the his
tory of Newfoundland. 1t witnessed the
opening of the great paper mills at Grand
Falls destined to supply the paper Tor
IHe DuiIY Null and It's kindred pubIIca-
tions-which have been i'll course of erec-
ton there during the last th1ee years.
The mills comprise eleven concrete and
steel buildings, covering four acres and a
dam in which were used 10000 barrels OF
Gem mt. The horsepower generated IS
10000. The mills are equipped with the
most modern aud best machinery III the
world.
The total outlay in the enterprise was
f1, POO, 900. The ceremony OF starting the
machinery was performed by Lady Williams,
wife Of the Governor OF NeWtoundlnnd,
Lady Northcliffe, and Mrs. Mayson Beeton.
After two da03 Of inspection Of the mills
and of opening festivities, the great hydraul-
ic and electric mills for the manufacture OF
DlilY Mil paper were inauguruted with
impressive ceremony.
After a dedication by the Bishop of New
foundland, Lady Williams, wife Of the
Governor Of the Colony, Lady Ncrthclltfe,
and Mrs. Bsetou, wife Of the president OF
the Anglo-NewfoundIand Development Com
panv, the proprietors of the mills and forests,
railways, and steamships comprising the
company's possessions in the Colony, touch
ed electric buttons which set IN motion three
of the worlds largest paper-maklng machines.
The Governors Speech.
The Governor made a speech congratu-
lating the company on the completion OF
the mills and hoping the enterprise would
enjoy every success.
He congratulated the Colony on the
prospect Of enormous development along
now lines which the industry embodies,
because, he said, it was certain that this
undertaking would lead to many other
similar ones.
The Governor also congratulated the
working people Of the Colony on the oppor-
tunity which the enterprise afforded OF q great
number Of men coming as skilled workers.
He extolled the company's p~raiseworthy
policy in laying out q model town Tor It's
operatives, with workers cottages which are
being provided with water, sewers, and cleo
trio lights. Each house stands in its own
garden, ard there are telephones, excellent
hotels, a hospital, and well-payed roads.
"a New Era"
The Premier, Sir Edward Morris, also
spoke, declaring that the vast enterprise of
the company, with it's colossal buildings,
scientific equipment, modern methods of
business, ana careful If orestation, opened a
new era in the Co,ony's history.
Many speakers praised the new model
town, the Youngest in the world, but pro-
missing to assume international Importance,
because it opens u new chapter in the his
tory of the world paper-making industry:
Already anothe English company is COM
mencing large operations, and IN view of the
fact of the de mutation of the American for
ests by re ckless wood cutting, Newfound-
land offers eff ective competition with the
United States paper trade.
A banquet took lace in the evening, $50
persons being pre- sent. Tn guests includ-
ed the staff and the chief employees, with
their aides. The function was the most
elaborate ever given in the Colony,
Lord Mort hclitfe received a most enthu-
siastic welcome from the assemblage, and
the warnest encomiums from the speakers.
At noon 1900 workmen, many of whom