Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — Paper Houses. [ARTICLE]

Paper Houses.

The adaptability of paper is regarded as likely to lead to a solution of the problem of rendering dwellings and business structures fire-proof. It is now found that paper can be made perfectly fire-proof while remaining amenable to the same treatment in the matter of color polishing and handling as most woods. Such a material offers all of tha advantages as an ideal substance for floors, and it can be used equally well for the walls of buildings. Besides this it can be used in the finish and furniture of houses and would unquestionably do much to reduce the peril of fire, against which insufficient provision is but too often taken.