Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-10-21
WILL OBSERVE THE LAW

Game Warden VIM. Cole and his |
assistant Andrew Lund were among |
the callers at the Tribune Office on
Monday and stated that they had been
visiting the various paper mills along
the river with view to ascertain
ing what was being done by the diff
ferent companies in complying with
the law which forbids the dumping of
waste and acids into the Wisconsin
river. They stated that they found
that conditions were improving and
that most of the companies up river
had either installed or were installing
devices for the purpose of doing away
with the evil, and it was their opinion
that in the course of time all of them
would be complying with the law.
They stated that owing to the con-
ditiOns. that exist all over the country,
it had been impossible to obtain ma
chinery with the promptness that had
been the case in the past, which had
in some instances delayed the work
to considerable extent, so that work
that should EaVe been done at the
present time was only under way.
AT Rothschilds, where the Marathon
Paper Mills are located, they found
that the company had installed six
savealls which took care of the waste
pulp and whitewater from the ma
| chimes. That they were burning the
| bark, sawdust, and that the chloride
| of lime was being reduced the lir1e-
stone waste and the waste from the
| acid plant was being hauled into the
yard where it would not contaminate
| the river.
| At MOsinee, where there is a sui
plate plant located, and which was
conceded to De the worst plant on the
| river for communicating the water, they
are making elaborate preparations to
prevent any trouble of this kind in the
future. A fltering plant is being con-
structed which will probably be fin
ished within six weeks, and after that
is finished all acids will be run thru
this filtering tank, the slugs will be
saved and pressed and used for fer
tilizer. All sawdust and chips will be
conveyed to the boiler room and
burned while savealls take care of the
whitewater from the machines.
At the Stevens Point Pulp and
Paper company plant at McDillville.
which is a sulphate plant, the bark
and SawduSt is burned, and a save
al udS USOA IHSldll0u 10 take OIL Tile
industrial waste. The lime and acid
is run into a tank where it cannot
get into the river without first filter
ing thru the sand
AT the Wisconsin River Pulp and
Paper company at Stevens Point two
burn the bark and there are no
acids.
The Whiting-Plover paper mill at
Whiting is rag mill, and while there
is very little refuse from that plant,
they have offered to install any ma
chinery necessary to prevent the con-
tamination of the water.
At the Biron division of the Con-
solidated Water Power and Paper COM
pany the machinery has been ordered
to take care of the bark. Heretofore,
part of this has been dumped into
the river and part of it hauled into
the yard. No acids are used at this
mill, and two save-alls will take care
of the industrial waste.
AT the Consolidated mill in this city
no acids are used and three save-alls
have been installed to take off the in
dustrial waste. The bark is pressed
and burned.
At Port Edwards and Nekoosa the
conditions have been very unsettled
during the past three months on &C
count of the strike, but they also ex-
pect to have things in proper shape
down there in the course of time. and
report will be made on these mills
later.-Grand Rapids Tribune.