Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-04-02
PLAN FOR PAPER MILL
NOT SPONSORED BY
ANY UTILITY CONCERN
(By W. E. johnson, Secretary
C.hawhar af rsorn,,a,c.

Chamber of Commerce.
raising Of $75O,0O0 capital for Grays
With reference to the proposed
Harbor's First Paper Min, you are
advised that this amount has been
divided into quotas: Aberdeen to
raise $4,000, Hquiam 100000 and
Montesano 100000; each eommuni-
ty to have one trustee to handle the
funds subscribed until the formation
these trustees viii be directors Of the
Of the corporation, after which time
these trustees will be directors Of the
corporation itself.
Business.
The manufacture of pulp and paper
in it's various forms has been most
profitable business throughout the
world and has been almost UNIVERSAL
ly successful. This Is particularly
true where plants are located near
raw mateial, ample water supply,
cheap power and good transportation
facilities. Grays Harbor enjoys all
of these things.
Company
Grays Harbor's First Paper Mill
viii be built for the manufacture of
sulphite pulp and tissue paper such
as toilet paper, fruit wrappers, paper
towels, paper napkins and so forth.
A third unit of the mill will be a
converting plant which will prepare
all of these products ready for the
jobbing trade. There is no similar
plant west Of st. Paul and the mar
ket for the company's entire output
would be on the Pacific Coast.
Management.
The management of the company
would be in the hands of Mr.. Henry
G. Hanke, who has been In the paper
business for Is years and for the
last eight years treasurer and man
ager of the Rhinelander Pulp and Pa
per company, Rhinelander, Wis. Mr..
Hanke took this work over at time
when It was emily reasonably profit
able and developed one of the most
profitable operations in the state Of
Wisconsin. The output Of this plan
consists Of the identical types men,
toned above. Mr.. Hanke win bring
to Grays Harbor the key men Of his
organization including sales manager,
superintendent, office manager and
bookkeeper, all Of whom with himself
will be financially interested in the
company.
Plant.
It is proposed that the plant be
located, built and designed under the
supervision of Mr.. L. A. DeGuere,
architect and construction engineer
of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Mr.. De-
Guere has built many successful pa
per mills, is one Of the foremost pa
per mill engineers of the Middle
West. We are assured that Grays
Harbor's First Paper Mill will be
one of the most modern, efficient
plants Of its kind in the country and
es experience of Messrs. DeGuere and
Hanke are an assurance of this fact.
Earnings
In the Middle West earnings on a
plant of this type run from 1917 to
2596 on the capitalization. A paper
mill located on Grays Harbor will
have the advantage in the purchase
of raw material, their price for slabs
delivered and ready for the manufac-
ture of paper will average around
$3.50 a uait as compared with
price in the east Of $12 per unit and |
up. By reason of the plentiful sup
ply of refuse from Grays Harbor
mills it viii be possible to manufac- |
ture steam which is a large element ]
entering into the cost of paper at
around $3.50 Of the cost prevailing in
the Middle West. These are just a
few of the reasons why the opera
tions on Grays Harbor on the lines
contemplated should be highly profit
able. Not only can paper be manu-
featured cheaper here than in the
Middle West but it will be sold on the
Pacific Coast at q lower freight rate
than similar products shipped from
the East. The United States manu-