Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-07-12
NEKOOSA-EDWARDS
PAPER COMPANY
ENLARGING MILL
$50 Men Now Employed On the New Works
|. A. DeGuere, Hydraulic Engineer
Is In Charge

tile for roofing purposes, size 3x12x18
inches, and 1900 pieces of Gypsum tile
3x12x30 inches; 10000 pieces of glass
10x16 inches, $4,000 square feet of
roofing; 100000 square feet of con-
crete floors; 1000 barrels of cement.
This will give the reader an idea of
some of the material that is going in
to the construction Of the following
buildings:
New Smoke Stack Completed.
On Saturday July 7, 1917, the new
smokestack was completed and several
members of the Company examined
the workmanship and went to the top
of the stack where they secured a
bird'seye view of Nekoosa and the
surrounding country. This stack is
.21O feet high from the top of the con-
crete foundation. The inside diameter
at the top is IA feet and 16 feet at
the base. The outside diameter at the
base is 20 feet and 5 inches. The first
or initial letters of the Nekoosa-Ed-
wards Paper Company were setin the
chimney with white tyle letters seven
feet in length during the construction
of the smoke stack, so that the letters
can be read long distance off. They
are on the north side of the stack. IN.
E. P. Co." The tile used in the con-
struction of this stack is hollow and
the stack was built by the Alphonse
Custodic Chimney Company of Chica-
go, and they did an excellent job. Six
weeks was required to erect this ex-
cellent piece of workmanship
Store House
This building is fire proof and is
60x72 feet and two stories high. The
Construction is of concrete, steel and
brick. The roof is of book tile, in
ches thick and covered with compost
ton roofing
The windows are steel and each Win
dow has ventilating sections, automa-
tic locking and operating devices. The
storage shelving and fixtures are all
of steel.
Carpenter Shop.
This building is 40x60 feet, two sto-
ries high. 1t has a modern travelling
crane extending the entire length of
the building. The construction and
equipment of this building is similar
to the store house. The carpenter shop
is connected with the store house with
arun way ten fee wide and Sc feet
long. This shop has an elevator oper-
ated by electricity.
Machine Shop.
The machine shop is 60x4O feet, two
stories high. The construction is the
same as the other buildings. The Sc
cond floor has an opening 14x40 feet
for lighting purposes. Roof will have
a sky light 1Ox40 feet so as to give
splendid light thruout the large ma
chine shop room. This building will
be provided with a travelling crane
full length of the building. This new
addition more than doubles the ma
chine room capacity formerly enjoy
ed by the old mill.
Recovery Building.
Is 108x112 feet, one story, 40 feet
high. One part of This building is II
X108 feet, will be partitioned off and
will be used for storing salt cake. The
equipment of the Recovery Building
will consist of rotary furnaces, waste
heat boilers, evaporators, and storage
: tanks-all Of modern design and pat
tern.
Alkali Room.
Will be 34x50 feet, two stories high.
The machinery in this room will con-
sist of two liquor tanks 6x14x25 feet,
all steel construction. Five alkali tanks
ten feet in diameter and 13 feet high.
When filled they will weigh so ton
each.
Screen Room to be RemodeIed.
This building will be 5Ox55 feet
two stories high. The machinery of
this room will consist of five fiat
screens, five centrifugal screens, two
knot machines, which remove the knots
from the pulp and two concrete stock
tanks.
Remodel Sulphite Digester Building
The present building is 34x52 feet
so feet high. Added to this the new
building will be 34x33 feet and 90 fee
high. The construction will be the
same as the other buildings, concrete
! steel and brick. The present sulphitt
! digesters are 15x40 feet, capacity 4t
/ tons per day. The new digesters arr
| f8x40 feet and their capacity about 8;
ton each. An elevator is used as
( means of getting in different parts o.