(Special to Pulp and Paper Magazine).
October 14, 1916.
Considerable interest was manifest in the New York paper circle
during the past fortnight by the resignation from the International
Paper Company of Arthur E. Wright. Mr. Wright has been connected with
the International for many years. At one time he was Vice-President
and Sales Manager, but several years ago he relinquished the former
position to devote his entire time to the daily distribution of the
company’s 1,500 tons of paper. Mr. Wright has been appointed Secretary
of the Perkins-Goodwin Company at 33 West 42nd Street, New York, and
has already assumed his new duties.
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Another addition to its mills is announced by the Union Bag & Paper
Company. At the offices of the big concern in the Woolworth Building,
New York, it was said last week it had been decided to build a
plant at Hudson Falls, N.Y., for the manufacture of paper bags. The
specifications call for a four story building, 100 by 400 feet. Work
will be begun immediately and when completed it is expected to increase
the company’s pay roll by approximately 400 people.
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Press dispatches from San Francisco, Cal., state that the Northwestern
Compo Board Company, which, by the way, is a branch of the C. A. Smith
Lumber Company, had negotiated with the Union Lumber Company to utilize
its redwood refuse at Fort Bragg, Cal., for the manufacture of Compo
board. It is also understood that work will be started immediately upon
the erection of a suitable mill at that place.
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Hans Lagerlof, President of the Scandinavian Trading Company, with
offices in the Produce Exchange Building, New York, has just returned
from a protracted trip through Scandinavia. Mr. Lagerlof left the
States last July, and relates some very interesting experiences during
his sojourn in the war zone.
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After being idle for about six years, the old paper mills at Mount
Holly Springs, Mass., will shortly resume operations. The Mount Holly
Paper Mills, Inc., has been chartered in Massachusetts to take over the
properties and good will of the old concern. The officers of the new
corporation are: Frank Locke, President; H. T. Maynard, Vice-President
and General Manager, and H. A. G. Locke, Treasurer. It is stated that
the mills will be placed in operations as soon as repairs can be made
and new necessary machinery installed.
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The Northwestern Paper Company, of Minneapolis, Minn., has amended its
charter increasing its capital from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
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Quite a number of the leading paper jobbers exhibited at the third
annual printing show at New York, September 30th to October 7th, where
they demonstrated their various grades of papers to the printers of the
country. This exhibition has always interested the paper jobbers very
much, and it was said that this year’s show was attended by a greater
number of people than ever before.
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The correspondent on the Pacific Coast of one of the leading trade
journals states in a current dispatch that the Hawley Pulp and Paper
Company is building a new pare mill at Oregon City, Ore. Orders have
been placed for the machinery and excavation for a concrete foundation
has begun. It is expected that the mill will be ready for operation
about Spring time.
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It is understood on good authority that the Kalamazoo Paper Company,
Kalamazoo, Mich., in order to have sufficient power to run its
new coating plant, will increase its present power plant by the
installation of a new 1,250 horsepower turbine engine. Other necessary
additions will also be added which will make the company have one of
the largest power plants in the state.
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The Delaware charters during the past fortnight listed the Roberts
Sulphite Company. Objects of the new corporation are to deal in wood
pulp and paper stock. The capital stock is placed at $2,500,000.
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Another large pulp corporation to be reported during the past fortnight
is the Filer Fibre Company. This is a $300,000 concern. It proposes
to engage in the manufacture of wood pulp at Manistee, Mich. It is
understood that the concern, which is backed by E. G. Filer, will begin
immediately the building of its mill, and be in operation sometime
about the early spring.
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Fifty newspaper publishers of the State of Florida, convened at
Jacksonville on October 6th and 7th to discuss the high cost of
printing paper and consider the advisability of establishing a plant
in Florida to manufacture paper from pulp of fibrous trees and bushes,
particularly the palmetto. Investigations, it is said, have shown that
fibrous materials are of better quality than the spruce pulp which is
used by the mills in the north. Several specimens were shown at the
meeting and those from the Florida trees showed more tensile strength
than any of the other grades submitted. It was said that the Florida
editors will endorse and promote any move that will bring about the
establishment of a mill in that state.