Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-11-08
.Sixfv- -Fiue Additional Men To
Be Added To Force AT
Work On Big Plant

According to present plans OF Off
c;als of the oregon Pulp & Paper COM
pany, newly organized paper manu-
facturing concern erecting a mill at
salem. the plant will be erected and
the task of making paper will COM
mence August /, 1920. With the en-
ployment at once of an additional 65
men to assist in construction Of the
mills, work will be expedited and by
the middle of November it is planned
20 have building well under way.
There are now 65 men engaged in
building foundations for the new mill
These men, since commencing work on
june 10, 1919, have removed the old
Salem FIGURING Mills, from the site
where the paper mill will stand, pro-
yided for foundation bases and are now
working on the foundations and walls
of the new mill.
Cost no Be $500, 900.
According to estimates of company
officials the paper mill viii cost ap-
proximately 100000. The paper ma
chine that will be installed costs
S125,O00 alone. The mill will have a
capacity Of 500 tons OF high grade pa
per--the only kind to be made in this
new mill--each month, until the plant
Is enlarged, as Is planned when condi-
tions so shape themselves that this can
he done.
The Oregon Pulp & Paper company
was organized early this year by f. W,
Leadbetter4 Portland capitalist is
president; Chas. X. Spaulding, presi-
dent Of the Chas. X. Spaulding Log
ging company. Of Salem. vice-presi-
dent; Roy III. Mills, secretary Of the
Chas K Spaulding Logging company,
is named secretary Of the paper conf
pany: A. N. Bush, prominent Salem,
banker. treasurer, and Jacob Kaster,
fer 20 years mill superintendent. Of the
Grown Willamette Pulp & Paper COM
pany. will act as general manager.
Payroll to BE Large.
The Oregon Pulp & Paper company
was incorporated with capital stock
OF $500, 900. Articles of incorporation
were filed with the state corporation
commissioner late in March.
The mill of the company is located
hut two blocks from the heart of the
Salem business district. 1t will be BIS
feet long and Sc feet wide, with three
stories on the west end of the mill, and
two stories in the center and on tht
east end. The building housing thu
'sdigester'' will he S0x6o feet and 81
feet high This will adjoin the pape'
mill. ~.
When the mill begins to operate II
August 1876 employees will be REQUIRED
This will mean an addition to Salemi
payroll wealth Of approximately $l5,
900 monthly.
The operations of the mill will b.
confined solely to making sulphite 10
grease proof and book print paper
These are the highest grades OF pape
manufactures White fir. hemlock an
spruce. ail to be taken from orego
forests, will be used to make this pa
per. 1t is estimated that As cords Wi
be used daily.
Process Interesting
The process of making paper, know
TO but few persons is very interesting
The timber from which the paper
made is first cut into blocks about 2
inches long. These blocks are shorn {
their bark by specially made machine
They are then placed in grinders
coming out in chips about half IN
size of n mans thumb,
These chips are placed in the ID
gesfer., cast iron tank Is feet
diameter and 40 feet deep, Steam an
suIghuric acid are then turned in o
these chips. cooking 1t, and eating o,
everything but the finest fibres OF II
wood. This cooking process in the I'd
gesters usually takes from nine to
hours. The result of this process,
puIpy substance, Is what is terme
s'suiphite.''
Pulp Is Treated.
The sulphite is then taken to II
heaters" a circular tank eontainir
running water. This reduces the su
phite to a finer degree than when
left the digester Coloring and 9TH
necessary chemicals are then adde
From the heater the pulp drops into
tank after reaching certain finenes
Powerful pumps then force the waite
mass into Jordan engines where ce
frifugai motion reduces 1t TO yet II
err state.
II is then conveyed onto screei
passing over which It is reduced
thirteen thousands Of an inch in sii
Swiftly moving tables convey II fro
the screens on to the apron clotl
which tends to remove part Of the W
ser and spreads il into the desir
width for the paper machine.