SWITZERLAND. 497 



Perlen Mill, Canton Lucerne; pulp for own use solely. 



Rondchatel near Biel, Canton Berne; manufactures solely for the 

 paper mill at Biberist. This is one of the best-arranged as well as 

 newest establishments in Switzerland. It works with 300 horse- 

 power. The horizontal grindstones rest directly on the turbine 

 shaft, thus avoiding all special gearing. The machinery comes from 

 the establishment of J. M. Voith, Heidenheim. 



Fabrique de Pate de Bois de la Doux, at St. Sulpice; employs 300 

 horsepower, grinding aspen wood exclusively. 



Landerest & Co., at Marby, near Fribourg; make brown wood 

 board. 



All of the above-named establishments have been in operation 

 for several years. No new enterprises of this kind are now under- 

 taken, and, indeed, two factories have been abandoned within a 

 short time. 



Cellulose, the pulp produced by chemical means, is manufactured 

 for sale by two establishments only, viz, Dr. B. Sieber, Attisholz, 

 near Soleme, and Gebriider Schonlan, at Kaiser Augst. 



The following establishments produce only for use in their own 

 paper mills: 



Papierfabrik Cham, Canton Zug. 



Papierfabrik Landquart, Canton Orisons. 



Papierfabrik Perlen, near Lucerne. 



In all these factories, the Mitscherlich, or sulphite, method is 

 used. The soda, or sulphate, method of production has not been 

 introduced into Switzerland. 



From the above complete enumeration of the manufactories of 

 wood pulp and cellulose in this country, it will be seen that the 

 product is employed almost exclusively in the paper mills with 

 which the pulp establishments are connected. The product sold by 

 the manufacturers is also used for making paper. Accordingly, the 

 report that European countries have extended the use of wood pulp 

 to the making of furniture and to other purposes unknown in the 

 United States has no application to Switzerland. 



American manufacturers who desire full, precise, and technical 

 information in regard to the methods and machinery employed in 

 European countries for the manufacture of wood pulp may be inter- 

 ested to learn if they are not already aware of the fact that the 

 standard work on the subject is Hoffman's Handbook of Paper Man- 

 ufacture (Praktisches Handbuch der Papier-Fabrikation; second 

 edition; 2 volumes; published by the Papier-Zeitung, 134 Potsdam- 

 erstrasse, Berlin). So far as I know, there is no English transla- 

 tion of the new edition of this magnificent work, the second volume 

 s c R P & P 32. 



