The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-02-10

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odastflil l6stitutl0n. the pride ~
Me- eng w Jshxe. and " uai4ae
im0ng the Industries shlth manu-
'ictufe by pfp3geis from The yellow
pins Tree
IN The past the eifgfts N the Yet.
low plns Paper MIL Company at
Dfauge have been frequently pfe.
sentod ~ its readers ~ Southwest |
which bas watched tHe struggle ~ /
this nfm fof success thfuuab the
seven years that the nfm has been W.
ana 10 Is % great pleasure 10 |
know that complete ana exemplary
success has attended the owners "
the company aud promises 20 return
~ them with justinanle interest the
large sums " money which they "a.
pended through q series ~ years IN
trying to perfect a method for manu-
featuring commercial paper from vel.
low pine that could cope successfully
with the products Of the spruce mills
" the far North. That this attain.
ment Is already theirs has been sue
ccssfully demonstrated TO the snLis.
faction 0f the most strenuous "
doubling Tbonascs, aud W. IL a uni
versally acknowledged fact that today
the stock from this mill IL more than
holding It's own Ia competition with
us hitherto impregnablc competitors
from the North and the demand is
more than equal TO the supply which
this huge mill can turn out.
HISTORY or THE BUSINESS.
| In It's annual issue the Orange
Leader had the following To say about
the history and present condition OF
this great concern, which Is very In
tercsting:
The plant of the Yellow Pine Paper
Min Company Is the outgroHtb OF a
small experimental plant, started up
some seven years ago AS a means Of
utilizing the waste Of the large saw
mills The first year was devoted To
demonstrating that marketable
product could be made from long leaf
yellow pine something THAT had not
been accomplished before, and Of
which the experienced paper makers
OF the North were extremely doubt.
ful. This having been proven 10 the
satisfaction OF those interested, 10
was then necessary To perfect, on a
broader scale, the chemical processes
and mechanical equipment needed TO
make the project commercial sue
cess Ia 1908 a completely equipped
pulp and paper min was installed
which operated for several years and
proved beyond doubt that the under.
taking was commercially sound aud
needed only to be enlarged 10 that
point where its capacity would com
pare fayurahly with that OF the larger
paper mills Of the North with whom
Its product was brought In COMPETE
tion. In the fall OF 1909 plans had
been drawn upand construction was
under way OF what is now one OF the
largest Industrial establishments In
the South No more notable achieve.
ment along the lines OF conservation
aud utilization OF waste products has
been brought about In this century In
recent years than the permanent
establishment OF this great industry
at Orange. Its development has been
gradual, conservative and sound 1t
has called for courage and patience OF
the highest order on the part OF those
whose faith In its ultimate success
has made the results possible, This
plant represents an Investment OF one
million dollars, OF which many hun
dred thousands were spent before any
returns were made. It's capacity is
10000 pounds OF pulp and 10000
pounds OF paper daily, The build.
ings are az steel and concrete through.
out. One OF the finest Westinghouse
electrical installations Ia the South
furnishes power To drive the many
motors throughout the plant Over
200 cords OF waste wood from the saw
mills are used every twenty. four
hours To furnish steam and pulp
wood In the chemical department
10000 pounds OF lime are used daily,
and many hundred tons OF other
chemicals are brought down from the
North each month for use in prepar.
Ing the liquors needed to reduce the
yellow pine refuse To pulp aud paper.
The product Of these mills is mark.
eted In all sections OF the country
from New York 10 California, much
being shipped TO Cuba and Porto
Rico. Paper OF the highest grade
used for wrapping purposes is made
at this mill, its exhibit at the Inter.
national Exposition az San Antouio
In November OF this year having been
awarded first premium. The com.
Ipany is strictly a local one, the entire