1874

" Merrill and

Houston Iron Works"

Paper Machines:

Winnebago Paper Company

72" Fourdrinier

Wisconsin

A. W. Patton Company

72" Fourdrinier

Wisconsin

Clafton and Campbell

60" Fourdrinier

Ohio

Claften and Campbell

66" Fourdrinier

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Comments;

This year saw the first fourdriniers manufactured

by this company.

The Neenah Paper Company was sold to Kimberly

Clark and Company turning out 3,000 pounds of rag

paper daily.

The Winnebago Paper Mill was located south of

the Kimberly dark Globe Mill at Neenah.

Patten Paper Mill started their new fourdrinier

in Appleton, Wisconsin, producing three tons per 24

hours of print, book and manila paper using old paper

stock.

The Winnebago Paper Mill was started by John

Davis, Sr., John Ford, C. Newman, H. Shoemaker,

C. Servis, Mrs. E. A. Servis, and S. M. Brown. In

1875 George A. Whiting purchased Shoemaker's stock

and became secretary of the company at Neenah.

Kimberly-dark purchased the Neenah Paper

Company, the first of along series of expansion moves.