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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
Cnlsm Paper .Mill- Works .; Wondsrs Hourly Oiibf the Most Up to Date Paper Making Plants in the World is the One of the Oregon Pulp and Pffper CottipanyT Doing Business Here - i -4' 1 1 , 5 .-. , - . - ' ' . " ' ' - i . ; . . . .;':'--.. .',' . v- " . ' ' ,l .""I r 'i.'i7'"ii"'." ' . ' " 1 "" . ., .1 ' . ' . ; 11 J 1 .,' .Mills of the T.he .paper mill of the Oregon Pulp and Paper company. In Sal em, is in the Iirtn year ol Its op-' eratoa.',' The. tlrst car , of paper for the market was shipped front this, plant October 1, 1920, The plant of the Salem paper mill Is one of ; the most modern and best equipped in the United States, or In the world. It ia op erated every hour in the year, ex cepting Sundays; three eight hour shifts ara employed. The sulphite process is employed, and there is little . or no - competition on this coast In a number of the lines of papejp manufactured. . "-Performing CTondets Wonders of modern mechanical Ingenuity are being worked, mir acles performed, hourly, at this mill, or at any paper mill employ ing the sulphite process cord wood1 from our farms, trees from end and turned out at the other end; in the form of the finest pa per"' for the markets -embossed glasses or various colors, grease proof papers, wax papers, bond various special uses. - , There are really two plants the .sulphite plant and , the paper mllf proper. The wood room of of 0,000 feet of white f i or hem loci .or spruce 'or, balm In eight hour. The daify" capacity of the ' to ten nnn ..linn. 'From 375,000 to 400,000 pounds of sulphur are consumed here each month." It would take an expert to, describe the. splitters and bark ers and ether, devices In the wood room', preparing the. logs and cord wood, for its various- processes of beicH turned into cellulose; sep arating the Ugnln, which makes up about '5 5 per cent of the chem-. ical 'composition of ' the wood, leaving about 45 per cent of cel luloid, or sulphite, The cellulose is -the same material from which celluloid combs and billiard balls are made. - The bleaching plant, 3 part 01 the sulphite en-of the-great fac tory,1 la new, put in a lew years ago. f It la one of the few of Its kind 'in the world; 'recently in vented.' It cuts the time in half Adam Engel A Man Whose Business is to Make Salem a City, of Beautiful Residences and Gomfortable HomesHas ? Built and Disposed of 75 Houses Here A city .is judged by its general apnea -ncias much as an Jndivld uaL The wide well-paved "streets of Salera," kept'scrupulously clean; the number. of beautiful homes set in well kept grounds s made more attractive by-'the profusion -of flowe: i ty.be H seen.,r during ten months -of the year, is a tangible asset ;to . eyery , inhabitant .of ' the city. r , :;...,:;;J;;',; It was, this appearance of cul ture and refinement whlch attract ed the attention-of Adam -Engel, three ears ago. while4 on his way to California, and induced him to locate in Salem instead of continn ing. hi, journey jto;the amous Los Angeles, country. ' ' ... Mr. lingle is a1 builder. I don't mean Just, a ptrsoa employed In constructing 'houses but his entire instinct is to build for the sake of buildir. j. It is his pastime as well as hte -passion. He builds for the same reason that some men fish, or huftt or play golf. 'His building activities become- his pastime as well as his profession.- st jv Eo'iu on a Canadian farm he re ceived -his education and training at hi native town of; Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. Here he learr.M the carpenter trade and follo ed it for feeverat years. "His first move from Weyburn was to Los Angeles where he was employ ed for five or six years with the California Home Builders. This was -r i organization engaged in erectir.? homes in Los Angeles to Le gold on the instalment plan. It was t; large and active, company. Mr. I.r-sle states that they built a 3.ou?e a week during his connection with tl.em. : ". . : -;.. - -1 ; . After five or efx' years in Los An rsles Ilr. i-r-'.3 c .'iel to to back to f.i cU ia C -.;.a. l;-jt l.fa C ' 1 fil src'.lsd hi3 ' ' ' i : i l- 1 he Booa ' ' ' to Cal.fornU. - .. - Oregon Pulp and Paper Co.! Salem, and adds to the, completeness of the bleach, thus making for both economy and quality. . : y .T ; i Much Power, Much Water ',-1, " There are 170 electric motors in the Salem mill. Steam power used, about 1200 horse power: There re three paper : making machines. The whole cliy of Sa lem, outside of the paper; mill, used an average of 2,898,769 gal lon a day of water for. 1923 The Salem paper mill uses about 10 000,000 gallons of water a day of 24 hours; averages something like three times as much water as the whole city of Salem. The paper mill filters the water it uses. Anil the Salem paper mill' takes about as much electrical energy,, for (the 24 hours as all Salem takes, j It takes about a third of the "peak load" of Salem at the busy ; hour of the day but the : paper; mill goes right on using power for the 24 ; hours. Its' "peak load" is on all the time, '' J.' ;; ' The 170 motors are. capable of taking and delivering 6406 horse power at one time. They do take and Cdeli ver on an average i about 3 600 horse power all day and all night. - ; ! ! The Main Paper Mill I There are three "., paper. ; mak ing . machines.'; The mill : start ed tfith onev Present capacity, $5 tpng a dayn .Tereja coatlnuotis growth; has been" from the" ! first. In the main mill there Are. 13 of the 2000 pound beaters; 12 of the 4000 pound stock chests, : and many large and small folding ma chines and cutting machines, jaiid other machines of various . kinds. Everything Is. up te date, j com plete and labor saving, to the last detail There is even a separate small plant for experimental pur poses. ; The managers do hot pro pose to miss a single discovery or invention found worth while. They keep on experimenting and watch- lag the experiments of others the world over. ' l " j '? " t Thumb- Xa U -.Items f. The world will always need pa- per and paper is made from cell ulose, and cellulose. Is j found , In every vegetable growth, ; that I will stand up. So there "will always is Builderitlof so "but. while on his way to Califor nia he "stopped Jn 5?alem to yisifT, a few' days - and" was so. impressed with the' beauty and the opportun ity offered here that he decided to locate. . "That is . howv Califorhia lost a mighty good citizen and Sa lem gained one.' i v That was three -years ago'an Mr. Engel is more- enthusiastic about Salem now than then. - He decided to go into, the home building business here ;in Salem. He specializes in the modern fnocj est homes' ranging, in. cost' from three - thousand to. six! thousand dollars. ' - i Mr. .Engle has a , thrifty habit which makes paying rent look: to him like an almost criminal waste Of 'money when; byr.':his :f plan P of home building the householder can buy a home . for ; practically what the rent amounts to. j His pa trons may select their own lot and their own plans for a home. , By making a small payment down on their contract with Mr.? Eugle be will build the;horoe complete and turn it over to the householder at a nominal monthly, payment whieh puts a good home within the reach &: very family which is paying from ?40 to $60 a month rent. From the monthly" payment Is de ducted the interest and the balance is applied. on the purchase price Of the home: On this basis a home costing around 16,000 can be pur chased at $30 a month. This plan makes a special appeal: to youttg couples depending upon the sal ary of the husband for a living. That it is popular in Salem Is shown by the fact that during the three yeari Mr. Englej has been using the plan here in Salem Le has buil and sold about 75 such caes and not a single one of them has defaulted so far ia payments. Every month the interest payment is jess ana tfie credit on the pur chase priee la more.- -, : - i -' The most Vattra'ctive"; f;i': re out his cysten. -asi.:? frm Oregon f De raw - products, ir any tnmg better in raw materials shows up, the Salem mill will get it, 1 ' Theri are directly employed in the mill, and furnishing raw ma terials tor the mill, here In Salem and in the Salem district, over 350 men. Counting fire, to the fam ily,', this means over. 1750, people here dependent upon the. paper mill operations for their living; or about one In every 14 of pur pop ulatlon. . - is.--l-.' ' l ';- :; . The mill's payroll is over $40, 000 a month.- -t; -r'1 ::, It pays about $32,000 a month for cord wood. -f'v; -i";" V ' The success of our paper mill is the more gratifying on, account of tthe fact . that It Is very largely a Salem enterprise, and. has been from the beginning. . It Is largely owned and managed and mannedM by Salem people. - 7 - " .Major Leadbetter before combin ing with Charles K. Spaulding and other industrial leaders here to put . up the paper mill satisfied himself: that Salem was.: the center 1 of the largest pulp wood supply of the worldt ;-i--.-; v-.i Hilf Well Slanaged i The president of ; the --Oregon P. V. Lead better vvlee - president Charles K.; Spauldlngjf secretary, Walter .!.; Spaulding; treasurer, William sJ'Waltoais These men are directors of the company, and the following, are the, additional directors: E. S. Collins, John in McNary. E t. Barnes. Frank A. Andreae, Walter; E. Keyes, Tru man Collins, Dr. H. C. Findley and c; F. Beyerl. ; : i -!.. C. F. Beyerl is general manag er; Thos. . B. Armstrong, superin tendent of the paper mill; J. B. Wilt superintendent of the sul- pmie mui; ueri uross, zoreman of- the finishing room; F..' H Odom, master mechanic; F. M, Peyton, chief electrician;' Jack Lucker, chemist; H E. Inferey, oince manager; O. A. JLundquist, timekeeper. 1 ' -; j- j The operations and jbusiness of the Saleml paper mill are under splendid management. . Major F. W. TLead better, ij the president of the company, ! has Cozy Homes ing a good home within the reach of every family of moderate in come, is the flexibility of the dan which permits every purchaser to eelect the location of- the home and have the house constructed ac cording to their own plans. : The style of house, the method of heat ing, every detail is at the option of the purchaser as much as though he were having a house built for cash. ' Mr. Engel takes pride in helping in so substantial a manner to make Salem a real home city a city of home owners. His houses are always of the most substantial construction. Nothing; cheap or imperrect is permitted to leave his hands. The name of Adam Engel, Contractor and Builder, is always a mark of sterling quality of work manship and material. He is care ful to select for his customers men of the same sturdy character and inns he Is able to build and sell these homes at a r price which would be impossible were he to deal with many customers r who would default in1 payments and increase the cost o! operating the system. v. -. ;-, ; When asked as to his Judgment of the near future in home build ing Mr. Engle said he believed Sa lem is on the front edge of the big gest building boom it i has ever known. He is also of the opinion that the general cost of material and labor will increase as much, possibly, as 15 per cent within a short time and that the prospective home' buyer who contracts now will be .the gainer by several hun- area aouars over " a contract for the same house within the - next few months. u He says that the residence sec tion of Salem, Is rapidly extending to the north and that in his judg ment there is no more desirable lo cation in Salem than In t!-? Oils ad ditMa. ' .The-' r-rn f r -ri tiere is r,.:.i, the 'tc: ii ; , ; t-e !ra!-'3 u all ttzV i ' : : -. spent his whele active life In this the operation, and general management and financing of paper mills. Charles " K. Spauldinft, vice president, has realized his drean of seeing In Salm.his home:cIty. a great paper mill.' and one with substantial reasons; for its entire Success. f These two men were the moving spirits at the inception of the enterprise. !Mr Spaulding has been' Interested) In 1 wood working plants ever since he was - a very young man. - " 'lf ' ' He is still young; In years and" ambitious in spirit,: and, while his activities have already conferred upon Salem and the Salem district enterprises using immense quan tities, of raw materials and em ploying, many hundreds of men. it is predicted .that he .is tb'be come a still greater; factor in the development of these chosen lines, lie has not lost hia ambition, and his -vision is still active and clear;;.' i .ttj ; He . Bears- the! Brant- The man who bears the brunt of the battle in keeping- the hole great paper mill in all its depart ments in trim i for ; efficient and profitable work j is Carl F. Beyerl, the ; general superintendent. He has no hours. He; is some where on the job day and night; during all his waking moments. -' It is his life. Mr. Beyerl received his tech nical education in Vienna, Austria, and it was thorough. He com menced his paper mill experience in a plant in Bohemia that turned out - the highest quality papers known; jinen papers. Then -he worked in some of the best paper mills in Germany, ! Belgium and England. . He came to the United States 25 years ago, and he had his first experience In paper mak ing in Pennsylvania;; making such papers as are turned out at the Salem mill; especially the highest and best grades. Then Mr.- Bey erl went into . : the j engineering branch ; . building 'paper mills in the. United States i and Canada', and he came to Salem from Can ada - .three years S ago. He . has helped to make this a model mill. up-to-date in all particulars -and, under his charge, the. yalueof the output of the Salem mill has trebled and It is still . growing." It will grow as long as he is. in charge. - V-. ''J'; ; f f V':i'- :-: "t Mr. Beyerl i ot ftiere me cbanic He is'' chemist and scientist. ' Modern', paper making is largely a chemical -proposition. tn; w i.t. .t JsnlJt j j i' . j learn ? the "newi ? things tha: com'e up - In - chemical . research., . . a Imoa t every day. He learns them; v He" has seen the . progress ol the , In dustry, -and been, a , part of . It. from the time when "60 feet of paper -wis wont to beTpnt through a machine in a minute, till now 1000 feet a minute is a common thing. lie has listened to stories ever since he was a" mere" boy about the exhaustion of the raw supply; and he knew all the time there was little fn -theni.f6rj.he has known that every vegetable growth in the world that has fiber and can stand up . contains cellu loseand cellulose is ; what the reader has before him in the pa per., on which these words are printed. - The ;reader j sees it in hundreds of other articles of com merce, from combs to golf and J billiard ball; hut, that If' another 8tory,t-Paper is all cellulose; but there j are at least four' different processes of making it; for in stance, grinding to ; get the pulp, and . using the soda and the sul phate processes;' and the way it Is : done here. This is the sul phite process. j . i : But what the writer. Is trying to convey to the reader is the fact that Mr. Beyerl knows all these things! from the ground up. and all the reasons why that any one yet knows: and tie lis learning all the new things that come up and they will not; likely quit corn- Ling up In this or .the next genera- i tion. And there, will be naoer mills and" lpaper ai tiong,as any thing grows on the; earth that has fiber and can stand up. j Thos. B. Armstrong is superin tendent of the main mill. He was foa years with ' the .. American Writing Paper i company. He made the first air dried bond paper .turned out? in. Michigan. He made fine colored cover and bond paper at Hamilton, Ohio, where for eight years he superintended the making of stamped envelopes for the United States government. He ! wasr j jwith : the International Paper company, Jthe biggest of them all. for three; years. . ... ' 'J7 ,B. Wilt, superintendent of the sulphite mill, came to Salera from Parsons, Wst Virginia on July 4tht last. For 22 to 23 years ha has ,i been - employed in this field, making sulphite lor bond and other papers., Under his di rection some of the finest stock tor this purpose in the world has been made, Including sulphite tor manufacturing imitation silk. Modernism; Chewing gum parked under a barber chair. .Nobody j really needs a, ixt!t sense, except to .warn him hcn there's wood alcohol In tho stuff. It is called a wave of prosperity.- Waves,1 as you know, affect only those at the top. Correct t c 1 .".rit r' ' rt ' - 4 . r." iijHH One of the Financial Gianto of Ore-on Lumber Busineoo Adds. Build inS Material Store for Accommodation of Users of Building Materials . For many years the Chas: K. Spaulding Logging company . has been" one "of the most valuable as sets, riot only jo' 'lem 'but to the, entire; Willamette valley. So intimateiv i the life and activi ties of this company woven into the financial life of this t alley that its operations may fairly be taken as an index of general com mercial f conditions in" Western Oregon. The company maintains it general headquarters in -Portland. . Its JbuUdings . In Salem coyef more 4 than ten acres t along Front street back . to the .Willa mette TUer. The river supplies a most important factor In the oper ations of the company, giving it water i transportation tor ita logs and holding grounds. The ; com pany maintains a sales office at Portland in the Northwest National Bank building where It keeps In touch with world t mar kets. , ? , .' Plant and Factor ; In addition to Its large saw mill in Salem it also operates a sash and . door department and a box factory.. Its box factory alone uses annually 6 million feet of lumber. It has . a saw mill and frame factory at Newberg; a sash and door factory and retail yard at McMinnville: . with retail- lum ber i yards at Woodburn and In dependence. In its various log ging camps it employs about 250 men to supply its; several I mills and ; factories with the raw mat erial. 'Their mills,! factories and of flees employ between 500 and COO ' other persona. This enor mous " business ' Is' under direct charge of "Chas. - K". Spaulding. president and general' manager. His son. Walter L. Spaulding. is secretary and U. O: Holt is sup erintendent, of logging operations, a position which gives him a wide range of duties, directly and in directly. juThe success of any busi ness enterprise i to be judged by the ability of the officials respon sible ior. Its operations. From that standpoint ,the ' Spaulding Logging : company ' officals f ; have demonstrated . themselves to be j men of great and unusual ability, j The "expansion of the opefatiolns of this company the past year is I a certain ; index of a successful year. ,. uuring the year it nas m- stalled , Improvements' in, its Sa- '0wir- BMiJLdimg - -r; ,yy- , - j , . , :;l-'i':; :..;.: ; j 1 - ? J : - I - !' : ;;'-;;, "; :J" ( " T : haTe added a Building Material departraent'to our lumbering business and are now prepared to serve ihe j YY public with every form of building material, including certain classes of furniture. To & very large extent i7'ourstock.tif own manufacture, but in order to make our stock ps complete as any line of building material - -"'" ' carried in Oregon we have also become dealers in standard makes of such articles as we do not manufacture. -V'r Loolc oyer our .lists below and learn how very completely we are prepared to serve-the. building trade of the TOlamette valley;. s , 4. .:...!; . ". ' PRODUCTS OF OUR OWN MILL AND FACTORY ; . 5..-.' Breakfast Nooks' Buffets Flour Bins--Cupboards .6. jGairage Doors--Barn Dodrs-iScreen Doors - Cupboard ahd Panel Doors Lumber, Mill-Work and Fire Wood ; 1 ':fvv:FP;';;r-;---:--i' " ! -' - ijf-''-:p :t'":,'-''-' 'Jj'.i ."-.-' li' W-.p1' ' -j! j" ; . ' 1 ': ' .Lumber, alLdrniensionsr rough or dressed; timbers, rough or dresced; soft yello7 fir SPLIT OR SAWED CEDAR POSTS Lath. Mouldings,' Precision built 'Mill work, General Mill-work WE ARE Roofing Materials Malthoid in 3 weights, Crino lite in 3 weights, Johns-Manville Asbestos, ' ' ''-i'' "':v...''-f ' ;'T::I ''I -'::! '-"'1 r" '-:': - i Brick: common, face and fire ; v Salt glazed vitirif ied sewer pipe -r v ' Strip shingfes,1 red or'green , - : " Lime ' i ""Shingles V ' " ' Cement 1 " i v Hardwood Flooring Plaster . Chimney Pipe ' Sand and Gravel Ec limbics cheerfully given. The public cordially invited to mcnt, firct door north cf main office, Frcrxt Street. iiillg: SALi::r - lent "'mill' which increases its cap acity by 20,000 feet'per day. This brings its; dafly output to 140,000 board feet. ; It ' has also increased its sash and door making capacity and has added a large building mterial store, where lit Is prepared to sell, all. kinds of builders mat erials and certain forma of built-in furniture direct to the consumer. For this purpose jit erected a commodious buitamg adjoining its general offices on the- north. Here it has installed more than a $10,000 stock of the finest rrade building materials to be found on the. market. , as well as handling the output of its own factories and mills. , J i 1 Its Offering "to ' i he" Trado . " t From lita own factories' It offers. In the line of .furniture, kitchen cabinets, j Theie are made in various s!xes."They are also prep ared to make such cabinets to or der ao that patrons wishing cab inets to fit .individual nooks or Epeeial places may - secure Just what they wish Their Breakfast Nooks are made in1 various pat terns and finished ;ln theMmost urtistie arid substantial ; inanner. They include, in this list of their own manufacture, various, forms of panel! doors, and feash for spe cial purposes auch as jgarage doors, barn sasn of various sites," hot bed sash, flour bins.? cupboard panel;! doors or; various siyiea ana.sizes.. Also step ladders,' common ladders and ladder stools, j; A 4 complete line of general mill work is manu factured Jas well as precision mill work-7-an article which f will be greatly appreciated by builders. In additlonlo these many arti cles of their owVraanufactnre they carry in; stock practically every line of needful material for build ing " operations. Some of these articles i are of rather unusual merit and deservingj ? of s special mention in an -article of this kind. One of jthe. most interesting of these is an" Oriental one-piece fire place J frbnC This Is manu factured of a special form of ce ment re-lnforced ontil it is strong as iron, j faced with a special prepared material which' gives each completed front an indivi duality essentially different ' from every other OBe-: The artistic de signs arid j delicate 'shadings ': of colors- ahd -tints make it a work ........ , - , ; . -.1 , .,: j . . . Built-in Furniture Kitchen Cabinets Sash and Doors. unish, mill wood DEALERS IN THE art """7 - :'Z7i;i:i:G. i yards: i:;c::p::ndz:;ci:, vcodlui::i; of real building and interior dec orative art. r They carry ' a full stock f of magneslte stucco and all colors of rock agregatei for stucco work. Rock agregate; is the trade name for the small crystals of varlgated rock which are ao popular i- out side flrilshing of buildings, pillars, stucco panels; etc. Mantel brick tile suitable to every taste Is also one of their lines. Also a line of magneslte flooring for-public buildings and offices. This is a tile-appearing material especially adapted to use in floors subjected to much rough wear. Among their specialities Is found monolith damp proof ce ment. Thi is the -material much used ' in basements and for -the base of stucco. i work. Vitrified salt-glazed sewer pipe is- also car ried In stock. The great advan tage of this over ordinary pipe so often used in sewers, is apparent from its name and description. - Everybody interested; sub stantial roofing material. Anim perfect roof, or; one which, fails to stand up to; the strenuous con ditions" of thisclimate, is expen sive at any price." The Spaulding company has given its customers the benefit, of loriff experience In this line. It has put in stock In its building material store the celebrated , Jphns-ManvSlle asbes-. tos rooting as well as several stan-r dard lines of; built-up felt roofing and t&e MAP shingles, in red Or green' shades. i . . !l In its building material store It carries a ; line of brick, both common and face, as well as fire If You Have Something to Sell j Why Keep It a Secret j Let Us Show You How to Tell the World with i , DUSTIN'S 170 S. Material Step I-adders Common Ladders Ladder Stools Ironing Boards . Medicine Cabinets Fancy Front Doorii L Barn SasK Hot and four root slabs BOXES Fruit Boxes, Hallochc, .Paclang, Cases, Shooks. (We use 5 million feet of lumber annually in cur : ; box making department.) FOLLOWING MATERIALS New metal weather strips which keep out the cold in winter and the dust in summer. Monolith damp proof cement for basements zrA stucco work. Oregon Portland cement. Magnesito stucco and all .colors of rock rrrc-2 for stucco work. ; Magnesito floorings for offices and public bullr ings. ; - -,'": Fire place tiling; glazed,. unglazcd cr dull flr.iih, in all colors. i Oriental one-piece fire roce front a v.crl: cf r rt and one-piece her. rth. ' tile metal lathe linie cemer t fc. ' plaster as well as. Oregon port land cement.1 ; It is making a special feature of an all-weather metal wlnJoiv strip which "keeps out the ccLl In the winter and ll,e dust in Un strmmer. The housewives of tLi Willamette valley v!U appreciate this -being applied 'to ivlr.iow ar..l doors. Their .appreciation will extend " throughout the rntiro year. , ; ' Another change made' ty the company in Its Galen plar.t the past year was the moving: cf tl.fl office of the sash and doit tuc tory into the main office. that now customers transact! any line of business with the company may do so without the incovenienJ ce of having to go from one build ing to another. Everything is done, by the company .which will expedite business and render bet ter service to the putllc. ; It will be seen from the fore-' going thar the Spaulding Lc nlng company is not only a lar. fac-j tor-in the commercial li3 of western Oregon, and of Salem par-; ticularly, but that It Is aha , a prominent leader In taking : ad-; vanced stepa looking '-to future development , of the state. Us every move hot only emphasizes its faith In the future but also its courage to face that future on its Judgment as to the require ments this development Is going to make upon the business later-i eats which will becalled upon to stand responsible for the.prosress Of the industrial 'development of the -state. ' : - ".7;' j L The Spaulding Lumber company; has not confined its activities solely to the lumber business and the manufacture and dealing in building materials. It is largely; interested In the paper industry of i Oregon, as demonstrated ty its . (Continued oa p2 ) .' SIGN SHOP Liberty ... . Sim Cupboard SacK Bed Sash . ' vizii Ctz C i ' . - v s- 1 3 Cil:l : " tr c : c