The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-01
Hundreds of Thousands of Acres of North Caro-
Lima Scrub Pine to be Utilized by Big Pulp
Mill in Production Of Wood Pulp For
Paper Manufacture
nEAL CLOSED AND SITE PURCHASED

pulp mill costing more than a
,,;r,;.n dollars to be built in this
,-;,;r;1v at an early date. The
site for the plant has been pur-
chased and cleared Sand it is be-
1;eycd that the company behind
the rroiect is the same company
that ru1nor says has quietly |
bought up more than quarter
million acres Of scrub pine tim
her lands in the Elizabeth City
territory within the past few
months.
Eastern capitalists familiar
with the manufacture of paper
and with ample capital to back
their project are behind this mil
lion dollar venture. They are re-
presented in Elizabeth City by
Hon. W. A. Worth who recently
handled the sale of the property
Of the Dare Lumber Co. In what
way the new owners of the Oar
Lumber Co. are interested in tho
deal is not known, for Mr.. Worth
isn't talking. He admits on.
that the facts are substantially a
Indicated, but gives no details.
He says he or his people may
have a statement to make with
in Jew days.
The site of the paper or pull
mill consists of 80 acres on the
Norfolk Southern R. R. and Pas
quotank River in Camden county,
opposite the old site Of the J.
Boyd Anderson column mill. The
site has already been cleared, in
dicating that the actual work O
construction will begin atN once.
Some idea Of the magnitude OF
this new industry may be gained
from a study of similar indus
tries in other parts of the coun-
try. The fact that it is to cost
more than a million dollars ena-
bles one to classify it among sim,
liar mills giving employment to
more than 200 skilled and com
mon laborers, which means a pay
roll of more than $4,000 a wee1
Probably much more. =
1t may interest those not TAM
iliar with the magnitude Of a mil
devoted to the manufacture o
wood pulp for paper, that such
mill will consume three car load
Of coal. one to three car loads o
lime and 100000 gallons of wa
ter a day, say nothing Of othe
chemicals. To operate such a NIL
requires 100 cords of pulp WOO
day.
Northeastern North Carol1n
fortunately possesses an lne1
haustibIe supply of timber su1ta
bic for pulp wood from wh1c
tie wood pulp of the paper III
dustrv is obtained. North caro-
line scrub pine, or second groWt
pine, hardly fit for other manu-
featuring purposes is the WOO
70 he used. The saw mills c
northeastern North Carolina haV
cut off the best pine timber an
Left millions of acres Of this scru
pine. Saw mills can't wait upo
sccond growth; the paper 1ndt
Try can. Reforestat1on give tr
wood pulp mill a new growth
timber big enoughAfor pulp WOO
every ten years. It is believe
that there is enough scrub p1r
III Dare county alone to keep
pulp mill going. The old Da1
Lumber Co. saw the possibility
D:o years ago and was dispo
NJ OF pulp wood to paper mil
at IIopeweIl, Va. at the time tt
company closed down under r
ownership several months ago.
This then is the biggest 1ndu
rial news story 'ever publish
concerning Elizabeth City.
means that without any effo
upon the part of the Chamber
Commerce or any other organ
z.tion, Elizabeth City has secu