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Caiiadidii J'orcstry Mdfjaciiic, Oclohcr. 1^20. 



In 1867 ihey built what was at the time 

 regarded as one of the finest paper mills 

 in America, at Levels 16, 17, 18, 19 and 

 20 of the Old Welland Canal, at Merrit- 

 ton. It had a daily capacity of ten tons 

 of news and wrapping paper. 



In the early '70's the Riordans were 

 among he firs' on this continent to 

 undertake the making of groundwood 

 pulp, straw pulp and rags forming the 

 raw material for newsprint paper prior 

 to that time. In 1885, John Riordan 

 died, and his son, J. G. Riordan, succeed- 

 ed to his interests. It was at this time 

 that Charles Riordan became the active 

 head of the company. In 1887, Charles 

 Riordon, in conjunction with the late 

 Governor Russell of Massachusetts, 

 brought the sulphite pulp process to Am- 

 erica under patents of Dr. Kelner, of 

 Vienna. The company built a sulphite 

 mill of 30 tons capacity at Merritton, 

 which is still in operation. 



Turning once more to Lower Canada, 

 it is found that the next paper mill was 

 built at Portneuf, followed by one at 

 Valleyfield, owned by Messrs. W. and 



T. Miller, who afterwards sold it to the 

 late Alexander Buntin. Mr. Buntin 

 built extensive additions to the original 

 mill, and installed in it the first wood- 

 grinding machine on the North Ameri- 

 can continent. 



In 1859 the firm of Angus Logan & 

 Company was founded in ^lontreal, and 

 shortly after this the company had in 

 operation a small mill on the Magog 

 River in Sherbrooke. This consisted of 

 two cylinrlcr machines turning out 2_^ 

 tons a day. It employed sixty persons. 

 In 1866 they established a mill in the 

 village of Windsor Mills, and shortly 

 afterwards built what is claimed to be the 

 first pulp mill in Canada. This would 

 appear to be correct, the census returns 

 as late as 1871 making no mention of 

 pulp mills. 



From this time on the progress of the 

 industry has been steady and constant. 

 The 1881 census showed Canada to have 

 at that time five pulp mills, with a capital 

 investment of $92,000, employing sixty- 

 eight people, and having an annual out- 

 put valued at $63,000. 



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