The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-30

: full paintings, the images, the wondel
fdl stained glass windows, and the
many interesting things to be seer
there, 1t is really we'll worth ones
while to visit such a place, no matter
whether they be Catholic or Protest.
ant, or even a non-believer. After
visiting the shrine we viewed the
~Cyclorama, where VT visited one of
the most wonderful paintings Of the
Holy Land and the Crusitixion We
have ever seen, and said to be the
most famous in the world today.
We were guests of the Quebec Press
Association at Kent House, one of the
historic houses in that vicinity, and
located just outside the city OF Que
bee near some very beautiful falls.
After luncheon we returned to the
city and were taken for an auto drive
about the city. visiting the Govern
ment House and grounds, the Plains
If Abraham, and many other interest
ing places about the city.
Our train left Quebec the next morn
ing at 1 u. IN and our first stop was
at Grand Mere where We visited the
great pulp and paper mills of the
L%aurentide Co. Here our party were
shown through the entire plant and
we left there knowing more about the
process of paper making than we ever
dreamed Of knowing. This plant
manufactures 2l0 tons of news print
paper every day, $50 tons of ground
wood pulp, and $50 ton Of sulphite
pulp, besides 40 tons of pressed board
each day. We saw them taking the
logs from the river, then ~elevating
them to the shed where they were
sawed into four foot lengths and then
saw them pass through the large cylin
der barking machines, where all the
bark was taken off the logs, then pass
on to the great grinding machines
where the logs were ground up, then
the ground wood pass on to the great
cooking watts, and finally saw the pulp
go to the great paper machines, and
finally saw the finished sheets coming
from the great machines and being
wound up in great rolls of paper
weighing almost a ton. We also saw
the manufacture of wood into sulphite
pulp. This is really the best grade OF
wood pulp, and out of this pulp is
made much Of the bond papers that
are used today. The process Of the
preparation Of the wood Is much the
same up until it comes to the grind
Ing machines, but instead of being
ground the logs are cut into very
small chips, and then the chips are
conveyed TO a large vat where they
are cooked with sulphuric acid for a.
bout eight hours. and then the process
Of making the pulp is much the same
as the other and cheaper process. We
saw the workings of both processes,
and also saw them making the sui
Dhuric acid. Only about % per cent
Of sulphide pulp is used in the manu-
facture Of news print and Is per cent
OF the ground pulp. 1t certainly is an
interesting process, and we inspected
this plant very thoroughly. The
mills seemed to have an abundant
supply Of pulp wood for present needs
and the present shortage of print pa
per seems TO be more a question of
machinery to produce paper than it is
a question Of raw materials. The
"hoggishness" Of the big city papers
especially with their monster Sunday
editions are a big contributing factor
to the present print paper shortage.
From Grand Mere we went to Shaw
inigan Falls where we inspected the
great water powerplant, and also Wis
tied the large paper and pulp mill Of
the Belgo-C canadian Co. This company
Is entirely owned by Belgian capital,
We were invited to inspect this plant,
which we did, and were given a most
royal welcome by II. Biermans, gen.
erai manager Of the company and pre-
sident Of the Canadian Export Paper
Co.. the organization that controls
every pound Of paper that Is manu-
featured In Canada for export. This
company manufactures 1875 tons Of
news print, l65 tons Of ground wood
pulp and 80 tons OF sulphite pulp
every day, and they are contemplate
Ing increasing the capacity. For u
especial benefit the power company
opened one Of the gates of their dam
and we were given a beautiful demon
stsation Of what the falls were like
before the waters were made captive
TO provide power for their
great hydro.electric plant. Many will
remember the entertainment and
hospitality extended to II party by
the Belgo-C Canadian company on the
occasion OF our visit TO their plant.
Besides the paper and pulp mill at
sha winigan, the only aluminium re-
duation company in Canada has a
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