A Paper Pulp Operation in Wisconsin 65 



electricity and press and dry out the stock until it comes out as 

 the finished product. Before the paper is ready for market it 

 is run over nine colander rolls which are placed vertically one 

 above another. As the paper is very thin, the operation is a 

 delicate one, and if a tear does occur, sometimes half a day is 

 lost before the machine is running properly again. All waste 

 paper is taken to the beater room where it is mixed with the 

 stock. 



The paper is now wound off from the colander rolls at the 

 rate of 550 feet per minute. When a thickness of 67 inches has 

 been reached the core is taken off. Such a roll of paper weighs 

 1300 pounds. The roll is then rewound and at the same time 

 it is cut into widths of 33^ inches. One of these rolls weighs 

 600 Ibs. It is in this form that paper is shipped to newspapers 

 to whom it is sold at the rate of $40.00 per short ton, or $2.00 

 per hundred weight. 





