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Salem's Big Paper MiD, One of Our Most Important
St&ntly Growing, md -WilKKeep on Growing jforTal
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! The laper mill occupies all the
c space between Trad street and
South .-Mill, creek, from South
Commercial ... street west . to the
t Jiank of the Willamette river. The
I three-story t part shown In the
I front hs not yet been built. - That
Ntpace Is now occupied partly by a
I I temporary office building. When
I 4hat part Is constructed, It will
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1 The Men Who Had the Vision But Are No Visionaries,
IV , Maior F. W. Leadbetter
Who Planned Long for
JOe Kaster, Who Knows
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.Major F, W. Leadbetter and
Charles K, Spauldins are lhe
moving spirits" in and' among the
largest' stockholders of the tora
pany . qwning : andr operating the
j paper mill In Salem. - -
i; Major Leadbetter"" has for, drer
quarter, of a century, been en
( gaged In paper mills. " He Is a
practical paper mill man in every
i department. lie is a stockholder
pt the Crown-Willamette - com
?pany, owning paper mills at Ore
gon City; Camas, Wash., and. in
California. "... ,t ;. i. -$. a
: He is president of the Calif or-.ftla-Oregon
Tissue mills of Los
; Angeles.- -,y
f Vj He is interested In other com
f. panics operating paper mills, 'and
j Jie is one ot'the outstanding or
' S,antiers and operators on the Pa
cific .coast, in different lines' of
Manufacturing and business.
1 Major Leadbetter's home is in
rPortland; but be has said many
times that he thinks a great deal
f Salem, and then is no doubt
that he will become a constantly
"larger factor, in the upbuilding of
'this city. , i
Charles K. Spaulding has tor
years been engaged In supplying
julp wood to the paper mills ot
'i &un , V..HJ . ic is isu one vl
me ii wnyui luuiuti uta oi mis
Section, and his interests in this
i fjeid are constantly growing. " For
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a 1 ions nuia " uiu - ueen am
. Htlous to Rive Salem a paper mill,
and new bis ambitions. in this line
-are feeing realised in good meas
nre. . The writer predicts that
ih will not be atWicd witli even!
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contain the offices of the company,
as well as additional space for ma
chinery and for other uses.
Excepting foe. that part, all the
rest of the buildings shown in the
picture have been erected. Next
behind the office is the main ma
chinery room, showing in the pic
ture two stories, with a high foun
dation.. Back of that, showing
BEHIND IE SALEM
and Chas. K. Soauldinq,
It The Superintendent Is
Paper Mills from the Ground
Every Minute.
this splendid accomplishment, bat
tnat he will be found further in-
8trumental in adding to the in
dustrial activities of Salem, which
in his home town, where, on
Court street; opposite the cap!
tol, he has one ot the most com
fortable residences in the capital
city.
Joe Kastner, superintendent Of
the mill, is one of the mont
thorough paper mill men in the
whole country. He knows every
detail of paper making.' and he
is on the Job night and day
There Is not a single department
or process he do$s not under
stand, and he has a constant ov
ersight of the smallest details of
the running of the plant,-as well
as the successful operation of the
whole system. Mr. Kaster owns
his own home in Salem In the
Sunuyside addition. .
Carl P. Nehren Is the sales
manager. He is an experienced
man in this department of parer
mill operation, and bs is a Sa
lem booster.
Harry Jones, who has also be
come a Salem home ' owner. Is
superintendent ot construction, as
he. has been from the start."'
. F. D. Kibbe Is office manager
and head bookkeeper. f
J. E. Jones is paymaster, and
O. Lundqulst is clerk. - -'
.Grant Holt Is ' the buyer of
pulp wood.
There is a toretnan In, every
department of the 43a tern .paver
mill: all men with exDertcnce In
the lines over which they have
control. . f . ' ,
EXPLAINING, IN BRIEF, THE ABOVE PICTURE OF. SALEM'S NEW, PAPER
three stories, are the beater
tooms. Then comes the Oregon
Electric track, running onto Front
street and Trade street from
Front to the Willamette river has
been vacated in order to give
room for the boiler. room, shown
in the rear, and other buildings,
including the connections between
the plants of the Chas. K. Spauld
ing Logging Co. and the paper
THE MOVING SPIRITS IN
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MAJOB F, W, LEADBFTTKU
HISTORICAL BRIEFS C01ICE11 THE
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The First Pick Was Stuck
1919, and the First Shipment of Paper Was Sixteen
Months Later There Has Been Construction Work
Going on Ever Since, and More Is Being Planned for
a Long Time in the Future.
- The first pick was stuck inthe
ground, beginning the construe-j
Hon work of the Salem naner mill,
on June 1, 1919.
: Weeks on end were consumed
In the excavati6ns for the founda
tions, and In building with rein
forced concrete from the hard
pan UP ; for paper mill machinery
is heavy, and the superstructure
mnrt rest on the' rock; or what Is
better than rock.
The first paper was turned out
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mill plant, for conveying saw dust
and other fuel, etc. In the ex
treme rear of the paper mill plant
the reader will see shown the saw
dust and fuel warehouses, the acid
towers, the sulphite mill, and,
right down at the river's bank, the
wood rooms and warehouses,
where the pulp wood is barked
and chipped and ground ready for
the "cooking" process. Over to
THE SALEM PAPER MILL
CHAS. K. SPAVLDIXG.
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in the Ground June First,,
on September 10 of the following
year; a few rolls of print paper as
i a try-out. The Statesman of a
year ago tomorrow was printed on
this first paper turned out.
The first car load of pa nor was
shipped from the mill on Septem
ber 30, 1920; a year ago tomor
row. It Is a long time to wait from
June 1. 1919, to September 30,
1920. for the money to begin to
come the other way. All the In
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the north of the paper mill plant,
f rein Front street to the river, and
for several blocks down the river,
north, are the dry kilns, sawmill,
office,' box factory, sash and door
factory, lumber yards, etc., of the
Chas. K. SpauWing Logging Co.
Railroad tracks run along side ot
and into those plants. Down Trade
street, from Commercial, clear to
the river's bank, between the vari
tervening days and weeks and
mouths the money had been
poured out in a constant stream
for labor and materials and ma
chinery and freights in jbullding
and assembling the great plant. It
ran to a point around a million
and a half dollars.
The Btream turned the other
way, it has been constantly in
creasing. If it has not already
reachad that point, it will be $10,.
000 a day; then it will be $20.
000 a day, and more, expended
mostly in and around Salem, for
labor, pulp wood, etc.
But the substantial rewards for
the common stockholders, for the
men who dreamed and . planned
and put in the first money, are
iikely yet some distance in the fu
ture for there has been no time
when some Improvements have not
been under way. and more and
more needed and planned. And
this condition will persist for a
long time to come.
Mountains of Materials
The Statesman of a year ago to
morrow said:
The reader will be able to
sense the bigness of th under
taking of the men behind the
Oregon Pulp and Paper Co., per
haps more comprehensively than
In any other way, by reducing to
terms of car loads the materials
that have rone into the build
ings and the machinery that lias
been installed. Thus considered,
the following Is the picture:
Cement, 51 cars.
Lumber, 60 cars.
Sand and gravel, 114 cars.
Steel, li cars.
Motors, 5car.i.
Paint, i c&r.
rick, 5 cars.
Pipe and fittings, 4 cars.
Paper machine, 17 cars.
Other machinery, 60 cars.
In all, 32S cars; 6. train. loadJ;
or three miles of cars.
Many Improvements
Since the . above was written,
additions and improvements have
been constant. A second paper
making machine has been added;
there were 60 electric motors at
first. There are 89 now, from one
tnd a half horse power to 400
horse power. There Is no waste
power, it au tne motors were run
ning at one time, they would be
using 3000 to 4000 horse power.
But each' one runs only as its
power U needed. This Is the mod.
ern. economical way. The watrr
power, ot South MUl creek, run.
TOURSDAY MORNING.
fnr1iicfaiAc IHIoe Roan (fOTrn-
rora1 LonglTime inl the Future1
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ous buildings of the paper mill
plant, the Southern Pacific rail
road company has its track; a
double track west of the line of
Front street. The steel wagon
bridge across the Willamette river
is shown in the rear and the
Southern Pacific railroad bridge
is just below. A steamboat is
shown in the Willamette river. So
these great concerns have both
ning along the south side of the
mill, has been harnessed in mod
ern fashion, and It gives 350 hors!
poller. Later, as mentioned else
where, the North Mill creek pow
er will be harnessed, and it is
estimated that this will give over
1000 additional norse power. The
balance of the power is furnished
by the Portland Railway, Light &
Power company. All the power
Jlows In like branch streams into
a main river; the "steps" ar
ranged mechanically, and showing
on the great mam switch board.
The more power of its own the
company develops, the lees it will
have to buy.
Mention is made elsewhere of
a number of improvements, mak
ing for economy, greater effi
ciency and greater safety.
The sulphite and raw materials
end of the paper mill, below the
line of Front street, has sufficient
capacity to keep going two ma
chines now running and the tvro
planned for in tho future.
The Statesman of a year ago
tomorrow sid:
"Joe Kaster, the superinten
dent, who-has spent all his active
lite In making paper, is at last in
his element. He has been with the
construction work from the be
ginning. It has been a long,
tedious, worrisome wait, with a
million details to look after; and
it is a great satisfaction to htm
to see the wheels moving In or
dfr and the beginning of the flow
of checks and drafts ready to
come back; and for a product
that really fills a long fet want
in this territory. Now our fnits
and vegetables and other finished
products will go out to the
world's markets In wrappers and
containers that are made at home,
by laborers who will spend their
money at home."
Captain Harry Hansen
Portland Matchmaker
PORTLAND. Sept. 28. Cap
tain Harry Hansen was today
chosen matchmaker ot the Port
land Boxing commission. The
commission decided to hold the
first boxing exhibition the night
of October 12. Captain Hansen
served overseas In the World war.
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Classified Ads. In The
Statesman Bring Results
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water and rail connections, right
to their doors and through their
plants.. To the south, across Mill
creek, : the company owning the
paper mill has a considerable acre
age of vacant property; i.vallable
for extensions. And they also
have -the North Mill creek water
power, plans for the development
of rhich are now under vay, and
some thirty acres more of land
IE SALEM m MILL 151 Ml-
OLD AND HIS II
It Is Now Employing 150 Men in the Mill, to Say Nothing
of the Forces, in the Timber Chopping Wood and De
livering It to the Mill There Are.:.Constaritlllm-
provements Being Made, and More Are Contemplated
An Almost Exclusive Field for a Large Part of the
Product.
The Salem paper mill has been
in full operation for a year. Tfco
first car of pajer for the uar
ketr was shipped from this plant
a year ago tomorrow. Tha States
man of a year ago tomcirow was
printed from paper maj, at this
mill from a :rll run on wood
pulp secured iroin om of the
Ofgon City n'llls. (The output
of ue Salem mill Is cor fined to
t!se Eulphita : recess, tiongh it
is expected thai m' the course of
:irr.c news ;.il will in turned
oit Lere fr-n wood pulp.- a dif
ferent proc-sf. fcr the preparation
of the wood: the wood pulp be
ing ground w'lb grinders.1
"Jhiee ei?nt-hour shifts a day
are employed iu the Salem mill;
Z4 Lours a i .y. six days in the
jpee'n. All tt'.J available machin
ery 2s. kept in full operation, and
tnere Is a roietant ;, Increase In
the output, through the installa
tion ot new fl:..chinery and appll
f.nces and the better woik'ng of
all departments. ,
A Very Fine Parr Mill.
Tte plant o! the Oregon , Pulp
& Ptper company;-owning and
rperating the Salem paper; mill,
it ere of th3 roost mod. rc and
bct equipped of Its kiul la the
country. - ? . . t- -
Jts main paier-jnachliio was at
the time of its turctasg the rery
Ust word in i a per making eluip
mant. and. in th words of its
builders, th .fcremost pap.' ma
.!;'n. :y nou t,be, woiid. VH
13 s far ahead of kny thing built
up to the present ime, that other
manufacturers could afford to
scrap their present machines cost
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along thai creek suitable for still
further extensions, and the s'or-j.
age ot pulp wood. etc. It Is not In
the nature of western development,
and growth, nor in the nature o4
the men behind these great enter
prices, that- a single foot' of all
these available sites,' or a slngli
pound of the undeveloped water
power, will be left. unused
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VERY LUSTY 111
ing into hundreds of . thousands of
dollars and put In machines of
this kind and effect a saving on
tbeir total investment
The reason lor this fact In that
the "clothing coat, andjT power
consumption. Is fednced : so ma
terially that the cost of operation '.
Is enough lower' to pay a hand-
some dividend cn th Jncreaaed
investment. ' ; ; ;v' ,,
The machine clothing consists
of several endless woolen" felt .
blankets which cost Into the hun
dreds of dollars each, dryer felts
made of a woolen blanket one-"
half inch thick, and endless bronze
wire mesh eloth. This wire Is 11
feet wide and- from -JO to 75 feet.,
long, and in these days ot high
prices the cost Is very heavy. -
The machine is so built that all i
rolls and bearings that are moved
by these felts or wire are boused
by the finest ot imported ball .
bearings and the pull or -friction
on the clothing is reduced so that
their life Is nearly doubled. 'Often "
a felt subjected to hard service
lasts but a fev days, and. wires.
sometimes last only a week or
two. -Added to the cost ot the ,
clothing is the loss of production
while the clothing is being
Changed. ; " , ; ,
) ' Ha IJUIe CompeiitioH.
: This mill has little competition '
In several ot the classes of paper
it manufactures, as all paper Ot
these kinds is shipped from the
eastern or lake states.
- The class . of products turned
out are known as specialties, and
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