Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-12-28
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HAVE z new
MACHINES

The purchase of two new large pa
per machines and the building of a
large paper storage building at Port
Edwards and the installation of new
1900 H. P. hydro-electric unit at the
NekooSa mill, were announced as part
of the plans for the near future by
l.. M. Alexander, president and gener-
al manager of the Nekoosa- Edwards
Paper Company lately. The new ma
chimes will probably be in operation in
the early fall of merit year.
Construction work on the new paper
mill building and the large paper stor-
age warehouse will be commenced as
soon as possible and will be pushed
TO completion as rapidly as conditions
permit. The two buildings will cover
nearly an acre of ground and will be
located between the present sulphite
and paper mill buildings at Port Ed
wards.
The new mill will house a new 1872
inch Fourdrinier paper machine known
to the paper making world as a yam
kee." The 110-inch machine known as
the No. 2 machine at Nekoosa will be
moved to Port Edwards and will also
be housed in the new mill building.
This installation is calculated to bring
the production of the Port Edwards
mill to over 100 tons of wrapping pa
per per day. The 110-inch machine,
which is to be moved is the famous
Worlds Fair Machine made by the
Be lott Iron Works and was exhibited
at the Chicago Worlds Fair. The
makers recently inspected this mach
Inc and pronounced it in such good
condition that they did not recommend
any major changes when moving it
to the new foundation at Port Ed
wards
The first unit of the new mill at
Port Edwards will he ready about next
July l, and the second unit about Au-
gust /; it was stated.
The second new machine will trim
l32 inches and will be of the Yankee
type. 1t will be placed on the founda-
tions of the old No. 2, or Worlds
Fair machine at the Nekoosa mill. Of
flcials OF the company expressed the
hope that this new machine would be
IN operation by Sept. l, 1928.
With the two added machines, the
total production of the Nekoosa-Ed-
wards Paper Company, in their two
mills will be in excess of 200 tons of
paper in "a hours. The mills are al
ready equipped with raw material
mills for these new paper machines
and boiler plants have already been
installed. 1t is therefore, only neces-
sary to erect the new buildings and
place the new machines to balance UP
the already large holdings of the com
pany.
The new machines were ordered
from the Beloit Iron Works and the
necessary new beaters from the Val
ley Iron Works, both Wisconsin ma
chinery builders of worldwide fame.
Everything will be of the latest type
which is used in equipping these new
buildings, not only making them the
most up-to-date in the state, but eco
nomical as WELL" Mr.. Alexander stat
ed in describing the new installations
and buildings. "These new machines
will increase the pay rolls of the COM
pany by the addition of men for both
construction work and operation, the
increase necessary amounting to a.
bout hundred men, probably"
The new paper storage building will
have three floors and basement and
will hold many thousands of tons Of
paper, should business conditions re
quire such storage.
The NekooSa mill will require new
electrical installations and new 1900
h. p. hydro-eiectric unit and two Blead-
er steam turbines, one at Nekoosa and
the other at Port Edwards, as auxili-
aries with capacity of over 5000 h. o.
to complete the installations in the
big building and expansion project.
Preparations for the construction
work, the housing of crews and the
handling of materials are now under
way.