New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-15
The BROOKLYN City Mill.

The Brooklyn City Mill.
Wehad an opportunity on Friday of visiting
this establishment, TO see what appears TO be the
perfection of milling 1t is situated Just at the
Fulton Ferry and vessels to deliver Wheat or re-
ceive Flour can come up to the very door OF the
mill. This establishment was built mainly for
the purpose of testing Ansell & Paynes seli-re-
gulating plan OF ofming and the result is all that
was anticipated.
The power is derived from two 25 horse pow
er engines made by StiIlman s. Allen Novelty
Works, which are sufficient TO drive the four run
of stones, for which the mill is calculated, al
though at present there arc but two run of stones
in operation. The whole complicated machine
ry of this mill, contained in building of six
stories and half and pcrfecting every operation
of the process of making -four, is kept in steady,
untiring and rapid motion by their iron horses in
the basement Every portion OF the machinery
works in perfect harmony and the jar of the bull
ding is almost imperceptiblc. The carpenter
work of the framing and gearing is in every por
ton in the highest finish and put together with
screws and wedges 50 that it can be tightened
with facility. The stones mae 236 revolutions
per minute. The fly wheel is | feet in diameter
and weighs .! tons. In one portion OF the mill,
a single coz g.wheel communicates power to TWEEN.
ty. four others which are used in the bolting ope-
ration.
The mill building is about 80 feet by TO- and
G. stories high. The machinery fills one half
the mill entirely, the last wheel of the pyramid
projecting about an inch above the roof, in which
hole is cut for Its accommodation. The en-
gines occupy the basement Of the other half Of
the building, and the remaining rooms are used
for storing wheat empty barrels, flour, &c. The
engine being set in motion, the wheat is taken
from the g7anary or from the vessel, by small Tin
conductors running on all endless band, and car
iied to the fifth story, where it passes through
TIVE screens, and winnowng machine, and af-
forwards through smut machine. 1t then drops
into bin whence il is carried to the hopper,
after being ground, the flour is carried by
very ingenious contrivance OF wooden teeth, run
ning in horizontal shaft, like the stripes on
BARRIERS pole, to conductors which take 1t up TO
the cooling boxes in the fifth story.
1t hes now been carried from the ground floor
to the top Of the building, down again TO The
ground floor, and thence to the fifth story. From
the cooling boxes ii drops into the first boltlng ma
chine on the first floor, and is carried by the shafts
with wooden teeth, before spoken OF, successive
y through three sets of bolts into the flour BINS IN
in the next story below, whence 1t is barreled'-
A portion is conducted to the lower floor, where
the various qualities are sold at retail to the IN
habitants of Brooklyn.
The average power oi water mills with one
run OF stones is about 10 TO 5O bbls per "a
hours; but this mill will grind with two run Of
stones, 300 bbls. with ease, and do 3OO bbls. Ii
required Indeed, with one run Of stones, the
proprietor is satisfied that lie can turn out aOO
bbls. per dav. This is to Western mllers no doubt
an astonishing rate of speed. Mr.. Payne IN
tends, as soon IS navigation is resumed, SO that
choice parcels of Western wheat can be obtained,
to supply New York and Brooklyn with fresh
fancy -four in any quantity every morning
This mill was put up under the superlntend-
ence of Mr.. Wainwright, celebrated mill
wright from the west, who is now building IN
Brooklyn another precisely like it, for Western
miller. These Improvements of Messrs. Ansell
s. Payne are considered by all millers who have
examined them as extremely valuable where ws-
ter power cannot be obtained, as it renders NIL
ling entirely independent of that agent
The mill is owned by Jaira Payne, formerly oi
Michigan, and the agent in this city IS g. 1. ii.
| Gibson, l3l Front street.
IMPORTANT MoyE-It will be seen by the pro-
ceedings of the Franklin Typographical Society
published in another column, that new Scale
of Prices has been fixed upon by the Graft and
adopted generally by the Employers throughout
the City, without the slightest interruption to the
good feeling which exists between them. On the
contrary, that feeling has been augmented and
rendered more durable by the recent steps taken
in concert by the Employers and the Employed.
This era of good feeling is to pc celebrated this
morning by discharge Of artillery IN the Park
in front of The Tribune office.
II The Clay FLAGSTAFF is the name OF
spirited campaign paper just started at Norris
town, Pa, by Messrs. Jones & Keesey. Circulate
the documents.