Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-24
FIBRE LICENSE COMPANY
 IS HOLDING CONCERN Does Not Intend to Start Factory Soon and with Little Chance of It's Be- ing Located Here.

There has been a deal made with J. T. Collins. holder of the process for making wood pulp from waste mater ial as well as for other available wood, including yellow pine, by which the Fibre Process company secures it. This company is a holding company for the process and the intentions are, it is stated by one of the officials. to lease Or sell the process to manufac- turers of wood pulp There are nu- merous Canadian pulp makers and some in this country, including. one at Portsmouth, N. H., with whoih it is thought deal can be made for the use of this process. The incorporation and organization of the company have previously been referred to.
 About year ago. W. F. Hill inter ested Mir. Collins in coming to this city for the purpose of showing what he could do in the way of making pulp and with the idea of starting a pulp mill here. The process was tried out here, the necessary machinery being located in the Bacon Arms company building, where a batch of wood was cooked" as it is termed, and samples of the white pulp obtained were sent away to- be made into paper. It was found that there was an excellent if bre and excellent results were obtain ed when the material was put through the paper machine The pulp was pronounced excellent in every respect and number became interested. in the project, with the view to locating a large plant here, to make pulp. and possibly to make paper.
 Efforts to interest capital were suc- cessful. but it was impossible to se- cure it as desired Morton F. Plant became interested in the project after giving it a thorough inspection, com ing here to see it made, and it is un- derstood he was willing to finance the project to start plant capitalized at over a million dollars. The terms of the deal were not satisfactory to MT. Collins and it was dropped
 Others were then interested in the plan, and now the first step towards putting it into use have been taken. There is no probability of any immedi- ate steps being taken to start con- cefn to use this process, said one of the officials. and nothing has been doEe concerning a local factory. It is pos sible that in time there may be such d plant on the Thames river, hut 1t will require a capital of about million dollars to start such a mill. There are available locations at Trading Cove, Kitemaug and Best View, but it is thought that not enough water could be secured here for the use of the bus mess.
 There will be a big demand for the product of the company making wood pulp by that process and could a con- pany have been started for the purpose of manufacturing it the entire output could have been contracted for.
 It is chemical process which Mr. Collins has worked out and by it it is possible to reduce spruce to pulp in an hour and half against eight .o nine by the present method, while vel low pine can. be cooked in four hours while by the other methods. sulphite and soda. It is understood that options on a large tract of land have been secured which will furnish the wood for such mill the tract containing about 100000 acres. There are endless uses for wood pulp and from yellow pine there would be nu- m erous by y-products.