The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-03-04

The Inland Empire Paper company
is Spokane's largest manufacturing in
dustry. Organized only nine years ago,
it aggressively pursued policy of ex-
pansion which ha scaused it to as
sumo such large proportions that today
! it ranks among the foremost paper
manufacturing concerns in the United
States.
The company is located three miles
east of Spokane on 50-acre tract
near the Spokane river. Its many
large buildings are highly modern and
substantially built. It's big, efficient
| ly operating machines represent large
investments. The magnitude of it's op-
erations are strikingly evident.
The company is constantly enlarg-
ing the scope of it's activities. After
operating paper mill for short time
| it added a ground wood mill, which is
| a distinct unit for making ground
wood, which is raw material used in
the manufacture Of paper Hardly
had the ground wood mill been COM
pleted when it added a magazine for
converting old magazines into raw ma
terial for the paper mill. A little later
ruling plant was added to rule some
Of the papers manufactured at the
plant. One Of the greatest additions
to the plant is the new sulphite mill,
which makes one of the most impor-
tant raw materiasl required for the
manufacture of paper. The sulphite
mill consists of five brick and concrete
buildings, one of which is 100 feet
high, and three concrete towers, all Of
which are 80 feet high.
The expanding activities Of the
company have been extended also to
include large timber operations. A
saw mill and two camps, in logging dis
tricts prepare the wood for shipment
to the manufacturing plant.
The paper mill is equipped with two
paper machines. They suggest the
highest achievements of technical en-
deavor and represent marvels of in.
dustrial progress. One of them is de-
signed especially for making high
grade papers, such as Bond, Writing
and Book. The other is a large, fast
running machine, built primarily for
making News Print paper. On 1t
sheet of paper IL feet wide and 500
feet long Is produced every minute.
Other machines cut the paper and put
high finish on 1t. The high-grade
papers are cut into sheets and used
in schools and offices. The News
Print paper is most largely shipped In
rolls for use on printing presses. Fifty
tons Of paper are produced daily.
The ground wood mill Is equipped
with three saws and three machines
to remove bark from wood. It has
also seven grinders. The large stones
revolving at the rate of 240 revolutions
them under heavy pressure. Forty tons
Of ground wood pulp is made daily.
The magazine mill cuts the waste
magazines into small pieces. cooks
them in a rotary cooker and washes
the ink from the paper stock In a
washing machine. Six tons Of prepared
stock are made daily.
The ruling room Is equipped with
the most advanced type OF ruling ma
chine, in which many different kinds
Of rulin can be done.
With the enlargement Of its manu-.
featuring facilities the company has
been ale to ebxpand its market. The
exceedingly large demands for paper
manufactured by the local concern are
causing 1t to use every effort to In
crease its output by operating at max
imum capacity. It is attempting to
satisfy the many demands for its paper
in the large markets which 1t has al
ready established in Washington, Ida
no, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Utah
and California.
The company is continuing its adopt
ed policy of constantly improving the
quality of its output, which is already
extraordinarily high. No efforts are
being saved to make the characters
tics of its papers such that they will
be unexcelled. Encouragements are
being given to increase the efficiency
and interest of employees so that much
care and dexterity will be evidenced
in their workmanship.
The Industrial activity of the Inland
Empire Paper company makes 1t a val
liable asset to Spokane and the North
west. With 1t ssulphite mill in oper-
alton the company will use $4,000
cords Of wood annually, most Of which
is secured from territories immediate
ly surrounding Spokane. It can ad-
vantageously use much wood that can
not be used for lumber. This elm.
mates the incident to burning small