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Fort Frances, after many years, has at last come into it's own. The gigantic
waterpower, furnished by the Couchiching falls has been harnessed and the
first industry to be located to use its power in Fort Frances is now under
way. The accompanying illustration shows a view of the big new paper mll
under construction by the Ont. & Minn. Power company. This mill, when
completed, will be so far the mill west of the Canadian Soo in Canada. It
will be modern in every respect and the beginning of what will develop into
a huge paper industry. The following description of the new mill and its
dimensions will be of interest:
Boiler Room -- 72 ft. x 72 ft. One storey high; stone, brick and steel construction.
Containing four 400 H. P. boilers.
Pump Room -- 30 x 72 ft.; two stories high; boiler feed pumps, blowers for
boilers and smoke stack. Upper floow reserved for wet machines. Building
of stone, brick and reinforced concrete.
Machine Room -- 90 x 227 ft. 6 inches, two stories high. Built of stone,
brick, reinforced concrete and steel trusses. Basement 22 feet high, containing
suction and stock pumps, heaters and Jordan engines, also 2 500 H. P. steam
engines for driving paper machines. Upper floor 34 ft. high, containing
two 186 inch paper machines; capacity 60 tons each in 24 hours. Each machine
has eight screens locate at wet end,
Finishing Room -- 109 x 96 ft.; four stories. Built of stone, brick, and
reinforced contrete 67 ft. high Basement containing blowers for heating
and ventilating mill, also machine and repair shop. First floor is used
for finishing paper (wrapping). Two top floors will be used for storing
paper.
Screen Room -- (west of machine room) 55 x93 ft.; two stories 40 ft. each.
Built of concrete and refinforced concrete. Basement contains stock chests
and pumps. First floor contains screens for ground screens for ground wood,
pulp, decker machines for ground wood, and sulphite.
Wood Room -- (South of Chuch St.) 48 x120ft,; one story, 18 ft, high. Contains
saws, barkers and conveyors to prepare the wood for grinding room.
The total length of the mill, excepting ward room id 466 ft. 6 inches; width,
72 ft., at south end 151 ft. including screen room; 96 ft. at machine room
and finishing room. Between mahcine room and Canadian Northern tracks are
switching tracks and track with platform for loading finished paper.
The mill is to be completed in July and will be operated continuously. 100,000
cords of spruce wood will be required to feed it each year which will afford
a market to the settlers for their pulp wood and give a steady employement
to hundreds of men.
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