The next morning the electricians arrived and began stringing the power cables from the paper mill to the newspaper office.

This rendered it necessary for Mr.Merrick to make a trip to Royal, to complete his arrangement with Mr.Skeelty, the manager.

He drove over with Arthur Weldon, in the buggy--four miles of hill climbing, over rough cobble-stones, into the pine forest.
Arriving there, the visitors were astonished at the extent of the plant so recently established in this practically unknown district.

The great mill, where the wood pulp was made, was a building constructed from pine slabs and cobblestones, material gathered from the clearing in which it stood, but it was quite substantial and roomy.

Adjoining the mill was the factory building where the pulp was rolled into print paper.
Surrounding these huge buildings were some sixty small dwellings of the bungalow type, for the use of the workmen, built of rough boards, but neat and uniform in appearance.