American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-05-31
STEAM MILL.
From the Salem, ". J. Messenger.

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The Steam MIL now in operation in this town
i, Of stone, three stories high exclusive Of the
basement story. There are fire floors, which
makes the building equal TO fire stories. |, con-
tains four pair OF first quality French Burrs. All
the grain is raised by the power Of the steam en-.
CINE, and deposited on the third floor The wheat
purchased by the company, and intended for mer
chant aoork, is there weighed and is conveyed bya
spout into large garner erected upon the second
hoor from this garner it is conveyed by screw
and elevators to the upper floor where it is screen
ed, from whence it passes to the next story below,
and is there famed and from thence it is conveyed
by spout to garner on the third story over the
stones; from this garner it Is conducted to the mop
pers.
The -four is conveyed from the stones by spous
20 trough and by screw and elevators to the up.
per floor; here the middlings separated, the
-four going by spout into the hopper boy (where
it is cooled) and the middlings by another spout
returning to garner one pair OF stones rea.
dy to be ground over. The -four from the hopper
boy enters the bolts (being four in number) and
from thence BY spout into packing room upon
the lower floor, where the packing machinery IS
also erected There also sepaa ate bolts convey
ers and elevators for the middlings and bran, ands
variety OF machinery connected with the opera
tons, not here enumer ated. All this machinerys
moved by the power OF the engine no human
labor is applied to the wheat from the time 1t IS
weighed, until the -four, having gone through all
these operations, is ready to be packed from inc
room above mentioned. 1t is estimated that from
$50 to 200 barrels OF -four can be manufactured IN
% hours.
The company have spared no expense TO hi ms
mill for country acork. The grain 10 this case y
raised to the third floor by the machinery, and then
| nh inf Iaro fror xyhence conveyed
to the stones The flour is raised by elevators aho
carried into country bolts; this part OF the ma
chinery is entirely separate from the merchant 'co'A
Between and 500 bushels Of grain can be grouhu
in "a hours.
The mill wright work and machinery which We
have described is admitted by Judges to be supeIO'
to any thing of the kind in this part of the country
The wheels and shafts nearly all Of IRON i.
The whole of this weight of stones, wheels pun
ions shafts and attendant machinery is sci 10 nv
ton by Steam Engine, connected by crank 10
large horizontal iron shaft. The engine is pac.u
in house adjoining the mill it is 80 by 80 lss',
under its roof also are placed the boilers. Nv
|engine is said to be of superior power and "o'S.
manship. The contractors for the whole mill woln
and engine are Messrs. Streppel x Mayha'o'''
Baltimore
VIRGINIA CROPS.-A gentleman whoss
business lately called him through virgh'a NJ.
counties Of Shenandoah, Cupeper, Madison ho.S
ingham, Augusta, Rookbrdge, Boietourt bes,O 0,
Franklin, Monroe Greenbriar, Giles ana MyD,
gomery, and, on his return, through fauqusr
Loudoun, and Fairfax, informs that he has ne's,
although he has often traversed the same 'ane
country at about the same period OF the year, ""
messed more cheering prospect to the labor .,
farmer. The ravages oil the fly were no wnere uo n
planned off, except he approached TINS CIV, .;,e
Loudoun and Fairfax, and grain had ATTAINED #
that seemed to Danish almost all apprehe''a'Ss";o
danger about it.. He heard also equai'y s'a.IS;bb
accounts of many other parts OF the aia.e' "'''
he did not himself pass through.-.Naf. in'e''
Tho New York papers state that BASE n HH
are in circulation, viz Spanish MIllso no" i'm.
dated 1898, and Fire Penny Bits OF 1907 w. W. 10
pressions of both are very bold, and they aPp'''
be newly made, and are very imposing. \
The Norfolk Herald says that letter re- caro-.
officer on board The United States ship Nor" al
lima, dated off the Western Islands, INFORM, aroysd
were well on board, and that the ship haa Pr
herself as fine vessel at sea as ever f'oa'e''