Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-09
!. HUGH CHISHOLM.
Great Developer Of Wood
Pulp Business Dead.
Began Life as NeWsboy and
Later Employed Hundreds.
Native OF Canada, But Long a Popu.
lar Resident of Portland.

New York. July S.--Hugh ] ChisA
holm, a pioneer paper manufacturer.
former president of the International
| Paper Co. and president of the Ok
| ford Paper Co. died at his Fifth av-
| enue residence. this morning. in his
eth year. The remains will be TAX
en- to Portland, Me-, where funeral
| services will be held, Wednesday. A
| widow and a son, Hugh, Jr., survive.
Mr. Chisholm was born at Niagara
on-the-Lake. Canada, MAY 2, 1347. and
| was The son of Alexander and Mary
| Chisholm, formerly of Inverness,
| Scotland.
Young Chisholm passed his boyhood
in his native town. and his first en-
plovment was as newsboy on the
Grand Trunk Railway. It was the
| custom in those days to pay the boys
on percentage basis. but he was
Iamhitious to greater extent than the
Iordinary newsbey and early gave a
| demonstration Of thrift and enterprise
| He accumulated sufficient sum to
buy his own stock. assuming the risks
| and enjoying the entire profit. He
realized in his early career as a
| newsboy that an education was of ex-
| IRENE importance i'm the business
| world and he invested the first $50
| that he had saved in course in the
Commercial College of Toronto.
During the time that he attended
Lthis college he continued his work as
| a newsboy by day and devoted the
night hours to study. Within year
| from the time that he had begun to
lworlS the increase in the field of his
| operations reached to such an extent
that he formed a partnership with his
brothers
The firm of Chisholm Brothers start
ed In 1861. They employed ether lads
and the firm soon had control of the
! business of nearly the whole system
of the Grand Trunk as far East as
this city. Railroad and steamship lines
| between Halifax and Chicago. in all
covering 1000 miles We're served by
this firm within six years from the
time IL was organized. More than 200
boys We're employed with the head Of
flee in Montreal and branches in 9TH
| err cities
This Business continued for IL years,
and then Mr.. Chisholm went to Port
| land
| He sold his Canadian interests in
1876 and purchased of his brothers
their interests In the New England
Estates, carrying on the train service
land establishing a publishing house
lat Portland.
| Mr.. Chisholm became interested in
the wood pulp industry in 1880 ami
Iengaged in the manufacture of fiber
lware by a process by which he was
one of the patentees. Portland was
the scene of the experimental plant
but the factory was built in Water
vile. being destroyed by fire after
brief career. and another factory was
built in Windham. This industry be-
Jeanne complete success before Mr..
| Chisholm retired from its manage
ment. He had decided to devote his
entire attention to the manufacture
of wood pulp and paper. He organ
lied the Somerset Fiber Co. at Fair
field with capital of 100000. 80
years ago. and also established the
Umbagog Pulp Co. at Livermore Falls
and later the Otis Falls Pulp Co. waa
Ialso one of the largest mills in the
United States.
He organized the Rumford Falls
IL ONfI tO.s puiNtttSGQ the olu anu III
FINISHED Rumford Falls & Buckfield
RAILROAD. re-organized under the name
lof the Portland e Rumford Falls Rail-
troad, built extension at both ends from
lCanton to Rumford Falls ON the north
land from Mechanic Falls to Auburn
ION the south. Other capitalists were
Iattracted by his perspicuity and be-
lcame allied with him. Among the
Corporations which they brought into
lactive existence were the Rumford
Fails Paper Co. the Rumford Falls
lSulphide Co. the Wooden Co.. the
Light & Water Co. and the Trust Co.
Iall of the same town.
Mr.. Chisholm was instrumental in
bringing about the organization of .the
International Paper Co. This corpora
ton was capitalized at $55.000000. in 1898.
and nearly all the paper and pulp mills
in New England were merged as the
result
Mr. Chisholm also promoted the OK
ford Paper Co. II years ago. and this
! great plant has thrived at Rumford
Falls in common with the other indus
tries. Among the immense contracts
awarded to this company was one for
a series of Years by the government.
providing for the entire supply of post
cards.
The Portland & Rumfotd Falls Rail-
road Co. was leased to the Maine Cen
trail. in 1907. and is now part of the big
system. He was elected a director of the
Maine Central few months ago. as a
successor of the late Governor John F.
Hill of Augusta. He was intimately as
sociated with fnanciers of Maine and
ed as director of the Casco National
| Bank of Portland
Mr. Chisholm recently gave the sum
of 5000 0to be devoted to the establish
ment of the Medical Dispensary in Port
land.