The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-14
LOCAL MATTERS.

WAawIcx AND BABKsDALKs MILLS. - The
brands Of Hour manufactured In Richmond have
long been celebrated in our domestic and foreign
wheat markets for their purity ndsupenori'y Thsy
are but little affected by changes Of climate, and rea
Oily command the highest market prices. One Of
these brsndi. termed the Galleso, 10 manufactured
by Messn Warwick 4 Barksdale, in their immense
mills, fronting the lower side of the basin. We are
indebted to The poliieness ofMr Joseph II all, SUI
perintendsnt Of the machinery Of the mill, and the
skilful directing and supervising miers ct the es-
adjustment, Messrs NJ Jenner and D Berry.
Tor the chief items Of the following sketch Of the
operations of these mills
The present main wheat mill was erected in
ls47, Immediately after the burning of the former
MILL and is le4 feet long BY "a feet deep. Height
from the basement, facing the canal 80, and from
the lower pavement liz feet. ltcontsns seven dis
nct stories. To the left of the mill ID large store
house, and to the right still connected with it, il
the corn mill. This main mill contains 20 pair of
burr mill stones for grinding. and pair for clean
Ing and smutting wheat. They are turned by q
volume OF water from the BASIN equal to 225 horse
power. From IL to 1200 barrels of -four can be
turned out in "a hours; and, through the medium of
some improvements now being made in the mill
during the present slack time, it is expected that
when work commences again upon the new crop,
say in couple of weeks, that still larger quantity
of -four will be ground out and barreled daily
During the year, ending the 1st of July, 1853, be-
tween and 800 600 bushels of wheat were ground
making about l40,0 900 barrels Of No / quality of
Gaileso -four. Estimating the value of the -four at
the average market prices, sc, So so and ~, the
total value of the aoar would amount to nearly q
million of dollars. Nearly one hundred men, in.
cluding draymen, are employed during the business
season about the mill.
Last season Messrs w. & B. purchased building
located about mile and half up the canal and set
TO work seven pair of burr grinders, upon wheat,
turning out sbeut $50 barrels ON good working
day. Some 10000 barrels was the result of the
labor at this mill up to the LIST of July. New i'm.
provements also being made to this mill for fu-
ture use. This would augment the amount of the
finest quality Of -four milled last year to 10000
barrels.
AS we have already stated, to the right of the
main mill on the basin is the corn mill, smaller but
more substantial building. This is under the charge
of superintendent Robert BEDFORD. This mill has
four pair Of urrgrinders, two Of which were EN-.
ployed last ye ar in the manufacture of crossmiG-
filings, inferior quality OF -four worth from So so
to "a so per barrel, and one in grinding corn. One
psir was not run regularly. 1t Ia capable of turn
log out from one to two hundred bushels of corn
ana rs barrels cross middlings per day. Up to the
LIST of Iuy, 1885, 20 657 bushels of were ground
at the mill, giving nearly S 600 barrels, and IL OO0
barrels of the inferior quality of -four prepared.
Ten men were employed at this mill. Nj king a
rough estimate, he value of the -four and corn
manufactured in the several mills of Messrs w. &
B. during the past year, must have amounted to
some S1,290,000. This will give slight idea
of the interest which Richmond has in one single
article f1cur and her name is famous throughout
the world for its unrivalled quality. The name of
the brand of this mill, Gallego, is that of the first
proprietor of the mill, who subsequently sold cut
to Chevallie, who again vested the right of
ownership in Messrs Warwick & Barksdale for a
suitable pecuniary consideration-and through all
theae changes the name and character Of the brand
hes vain od OH