1869

"Merrill and Houston Iron Works"

Paper Machines:

Keeney Brothers

72" Cylinder                          Illinois

Fiske and Hopkins

62" Cylinder                          New Hampshire

Brownell and Miller

56" Cylinder                          Illinois

The Northwest Paper Company was chartered about this time,  

being the successor to the "Wright and Newcomb" paper mill. The newly

formed company was capitalized at $100,000 with one mill located at

Rockton, Illinois, and the second mill at Quincy, Illinois. Both paper-

mills produced wrapping, print, music and book papers, with a capacity

of six to eight tons a day. The president of the newly formed company

was T. L. Wright, with vice president R. F. Newcomb of Quincy and

C. Newcomb of Chicago as secretary and treasurer.