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Show PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN 6 Papermaking by Machine in Indo-Chin The first paper-machine to be erected by the Frenchi Indo-China was in 1892 when a small machine was se in operation by M.Schneider, near Hanoi. Schneiderha been a successful printer in the French colony and it wa his desire to manufacture printing paper by making us of native fibers. Apparently this venturein making pape by machine was short-lived; the establishment becam involved in financial difficulties and the narrow machin was finally acquired by a group of Anamese gentleme who moved the machinery south, establishing the smal Tu Duc mill, near the city of Saigon. T! is same Frenc equipmentwasin use in producing paper for many year after thesecond installation. The nextventurein makin paper by machinery in Indo-Ghina was in 1gos when small machine of French construétion was setin motio in a handsome buildin of tropical architecture near th village of Dap Cau, Tonkin. Like the original Schneide mill, this undertaking suffered financial reverses and wa forced to terminate operation In 1911 a group of French and English capitalists,in tent on some additional Asiatic dividends, established pulpmillat Viétri Tonkin,a building ofugly Occidenta factory construction that did not at all harmonize wit the pleasing landscape of Indo-China. For making int ulp the green, freshly-cut bamboo was brought to th mill through the rivers and waterways in rafts compose Digital image © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |