The Crocker Manufacturing Company.
The building known as the Crocker Mill, No. 1, was erected in 1870, by D.H. and J.C. Newton, and was intended for the manufacture of collar-paper only. In 1871 it was purchased by the Crocker Manufacturing Company, which was organized with a capital of $60,000, with S.S. Crocker as president, and D.P. Crocker as agent and treasurer. The new company added new calendars, super-calendars, and a new machine, and continued the manufacture of collar-paper and engine-sized flat card, bristol, etc. The No. 1 mill, which is a T-shaped building, is arranged as follows: on the upper floor is located the office ad repair- and rag-room, also store-room and the engine-room, with 10-450 pound engines, and in another room is the machinery for dusting and threshing. The lower floor contains a fine 76-inch Fourdrinier and a cylinder-macine. This company is 1878 also purchased the old Albion Mill, which is a spacious structure two and a half stories high, and is devoted to the manufacture of book, news, and colored medium papers. The Albion is known as the Crocker Manufacturing Company's No. 2 Mill. In the attic are located 2 threshers, and the next or second story is used as a rag-room, and contains 2 threshers, and the next or second story is used as a rag-room, and contains 2 of Daniels' cutters and another duster. Seven engines, one of them Jordan, are on the lower floor, and prepare the pulp used in this mill, which is afterward run over a 62-inch Fourdrinier machine. The same floor also contains 1 rotary bleach, and a set of super-calendars, 2 cutters, a trimmer, and other machinery.
This company engages largely in the manufacture of a peculiarly-colored and ornamental paper, under a patented process which it owns. This paper is used for safety ticket and other purposes. Capacity of No. 1 Mill, 4 tons per day, and of No. 2, 2 tons per day. Daniel P. Crocker is treasurer and agent. Capital increased to $90,000 in 1879.
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