The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-03-04
DEVELOP MENT OF
PULP INDUSTRY
: NOW BEGINNING
B. F. Heintzelm an Most
Sanguine Over Prospects
of New Alaska Industry.

Reiterating his belief that we shall
soon see the beginning OF the devei-
opment of n large pulp and paper III
tlustry in Southeastern Alaska, B. f.
IleintZelman, in very interesting
talk at its noon luncheon today at
the Arcade Cafe, told the Chamber
of Commerce members that the con
tract to be entered into, II any
will require successful bidders Tor
the Juneau and ketchikan units TO
be manufacturing $50 tons OF paper
a day al each place within five
years and 500 tons daily within ten
years fle explained, further that
the contract will permit of even fur
ther development and the allotment
OF timber sufficient to supply the
larger output. He said that it Is
possible that the plant which utillzcs
the Speel river power may be eX-
banded to capacity of | 900 tons
daily. He said, further, that while
the Forestry Bureau will not attempt
TO dictate as to where the central
manufacturing plant will be. he be-
lieved that. it would be found practi-
cable 10 transmit the Speel River
power to mills on Gastinean Chan-
mel
Mr.. Heintzelman spoke after the
lunch had been served to as manT
people as could be crowded into the
Arcade banquet room and after +. l..
1
w. J. Mcdonald. and Daniel Ross,
most of them from the Forestry Ser
vice, had been introduced TO the
members and after Thomas S. Scott.
Cordova banker and Third Division
member of the Legislature and made
short talk.
Why We May Expect Development
Answering questions that he said
had been asked of the Forestry Bu
reau. Mr.. Heintzelman said that de
velopment in Alaska will not be de-
layed on account of the growing pulp
and paper development of Washing
ton and Oregon because our projects
and the development there are on
different lines and are not competi.
tive. The mills that are being erected
in Washington and Oregon with such
rapidity that it is difficult to keep
up with them, he said. are small con
Germs. utilizing the timber from the
logging camps that are not suitable
for the mills and the waste from
the mills, while the proposals fol
Alaska are large newsprint plants
similar to those that are being bulk
in Canada where il is possible to get
timber reserves large enough to
guaranty a supply of large quantities
of timber for a 50-year period. Our
competitors are the Canadian forests,
he said.
We Have Canda Worsted
The Alaska projects offer more to
the manufacturer than the Canadian,
according to Mr.. Heintzelman. Dem
onstrating this he described two of
the last Canadian developments
where there are respectively 700
ton and G00ton mills. In Canada.
he said, weather conditions made the
logging and transportation of logs
to the mills seasonal matters, which
requires that very large quantities
of timber have to be carried from
year to year; sometimes, he said, it
Is two years from the time the
pulpwood is cut before it is made in
to paper Here the timber may be
brought almost Immediately from the
stump to the mills and used Pulp
wood, he said, costs the Canadian
mills about SO a cord at the mills
while for many years the cost in
Alaska will be less than Sc cord.
All this operates to make the over
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