The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-20


ing from the dgester.
From the agitators to the Jordan
engine, and then to the wet machine
and calendars the pulp runs Off just
like wood pulp and is delivered in
blanket form ready for baling. Spc.
cial calendars have been provided so
the same operation can convert the
pulp into heavy wrapping paper or
building or roofing stock or card
board stock atwill.
In another building is a separate
machine shop with separate small
power plant so that in case some
thing should happen to the main po-
wcr plant room the repair depart
mont can go ahead with its work.
As far as possible everything about
the big mill has been designed to
make it INDEPENDENT of the outside eX-
ccpi for fuel oil
The power plant is very handsome
and Of high quality. There are
three big water tube boilers with
combined capacity of 5000 horse-pow-
er. The fuel oil will be controlled
by the Breeding burner which saves
one third the fuel and has an auto
matte control that maintains the
pressure evenly at all times and does
away with the hand adjustments that
are necessary in tended boiler
room. As nearly as possible every
thing is automatic. The electrical
outfit consists of very large West
irehousse generator, 575 horsepower
run by a C0rliss type steam water
plant. This WAS used instead OF .
turbine where the loss of power in
a turbine Where the exhaust steam
is caught and used as it is here Most
Of the processes depend upon eN-
haust steam. supplemented at GER
tain intervals with tets of live stsam
fresh from the boilers.
Beth waterworkS and sewerage
systems have been Installed The
water being supplied by two large
double centrifugal pumps. each throw
ing a forced stream four inches in
diameter. This IS supplemented
by the thirteen circulating centrifu-
gals scattered about the plant. The
gravity storage is of fifty thousand
gallons capacity, but the system is
capable of circulating three million
or more gallons every twentyfOur
hours running at normal speed. The
pumps as well as the remainder of
the machinery. except for the emer
gency gasoline power plant in the
machine shops are attached to cleo
trio motors ranging from ten to sew
horse power each. There
are fifteen of these motors.
Discouragement Ignored.
That such an immense paper pulp
mill is almost completed and ready
to begin producing is due to the
harhidood of a group of men who
through a period of four
ton has been particularly prevalent
ment, fought their way through OPP
position. dOggedly and persistsently
carried out their ideas of organiza
tons rather than submit to big cap
selling expense, and constantly pre-
vented the struggles of big interests
to get strangle hold upon the new
industry This last named condi-
ton has been particularly prevalent
during the last eighteen months
since the processes We're finally work
ed out and samples of the big paper
product found their way into the la
boratories of some of the big paper
pulp interests.
1t is common knowledge that while
he paper using people of this and
other countries hav been hopefully
seeking for the fiber that would be-
come Il substitute for spruce pulp.
here are interests and individuals
who were just as hopeful that the
finding of such a fibre would not
come for many years. in fact some
Of them have gambled against this
and have tied up millions
Of dollars in forests remote from the
centers of population. Their belief
that when the pinch of timber short
aage came the price of paper would
soar and they would be able by man
ipulation to force it still higher as
THEY did during the war. Then
their remote forests, millions of acres
would come into play and bring
them still more millions of dollars.
These interests are naturally DESTROYS
Of obtaining a stranglehold upon the
new Florida industry the only sub
stitute for wood pup that has been
discovered so far that can be manu-
featured on a large scale and at a
cast that will permit it to compete
with wood pulp.
Cost Surprisingly Low.
This matter of cost is the strong
Est assurance for the permancy of the
new Florida industry. Careful cal
of every move necessary in
the manufacture, every possible cost
Or expense, gives an estimated cost
Of less than $25 a ton loaded on the
cars. Freight rates out of Florida
are naturally somewhat against the
industry and unless the Florida
roads see fit to establish a preced-
ant and assist rather than handicap
. new industry this will make diff
ference of a few dollars a ton be.
tween prices here and prices at pulp
mills in the North. but the pulp
quoted at $50 ton up to $120 ac-
oording to quality, the freight rate
eannot endanger the industry. The
liner bleached product from sawgrass
IS not only equal to the finest spruce
sulphite, but it is superior to it and
.ttparior. IN anv v-nod null, fhaf hos