The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-08-03
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Friday last, we had the pleasure of going through tn
ETA FLoURiNe MILL, ct that place, carried on by Mr.
Gro. BuEl, formerly Ravenna man.
The Etna is large ve-story building, situated lit
tie OF from Howard street, in eligible location benf
by of the best and powerful of pow
ers This Is just as good as ten
gold dollars In any mans pocket. The Akron water
power can hardly be surpassed east or west and can b
depended on any season. whether it be swet or dry
The interior arrangement of MI. BUFLs Mill is com
plete The adjustment of the machinery is ingenious
skfu and labor saving. From the basement to the attic
It is q model mill At the street platform the wheat
sslier is met by car from the mill Ia railroad
capable of boding wagon load of wheat. This ia
back upon the scales, weighed the wheat ptied
and run out for another load quicker than five bushels
could be measured by tho old Upon the canal side
of the Mill o similar arrangement for loading and unload
ing exists canal boat can be loaded with shorts or
-four recurring the services of but single man from the
Mill boat load CT grain is received weighed. and
only one person.
In the sale Of shorts mddngs and screenings one boy
can measure aud bag thousand bushels, before man
can tie up the bag striDgs-and all this without lifting
single pound. q
This perfection of machiuery exists in every depart
ment with the same beneficial results as in the depart
ment men toned One hundred men with half bushels
and shoves cannot accomplish, per day, the amount Of
labor done In this establishment BY ten men,
Mr.. BuEI il now engaged in putting in large and
poverful iron water that win give M capaci
ty for manu- acturu q every twenty four hours two
dred and twenty-five to two hundred fy barrels OF
flour. He also adding bolt thst with selected
wheat, will enable him to send market finest four
q good miller can produce.
Durng the past tao years. mills have been run
ming at the rate of one hundred and barrels of
rne MIN has eap.oity for storing fifteen thousand bush
ala Of wheat at time. and is suml;ed with all the best
and ,nost roderp p,cbinerv knoyyn To mill wrivbts
Tba Etna Mills in the hands of a man of Mr. gur1,s
business activity and enterprise are nrzs
and bile o mr. ooes tn arket The Elm. Mills win he
f,ors Co.. ,rodc;n, =. No .r,;c,s and while ,vbes,
and water rms the miIl.stones will be kept in
motion .,tr.5
Mr. BuRL has just associated with himself in the pro
rietorship Of the Etna Mills E. B. TAYLOR Esq, of th
town,
To Mr. BuErs attention we were indebted for visit to
the Akron Steam Flour Barrel Factory This institution
while It is most ingenious curiosity is me valuable
aid to the Fiou. Mls, !. Is owned and carried On oy
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Ia''ofJ "oni '1 p'A''' 'po. E Ie .-"..' Ao'.'s,
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ep.
Inc iactoly gives elnp,oy"eh' 10 mtse nu'"oe. u
men, ana wnen i p'sss turns ou. par
day. IL Is situated IN NOrtn Akron, near the
JUNCTION of the Ohio & Pennsyvana and Ohio Canals The
main budipg and cooner sbop. ara buit of brick with
stone oors tin roofs and iron doors and window shut
ters.
The process Of manufacturing begins with saving nj
a log TO the proper length for and heads, mex
these parts are split into pieces and plnced
tla
masnins 'moAs no.' pas ,lo" I'M " ~
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the The heads are cnt ont as fast as mar
.o,ct Ave and On tbronob the drvip1 ,receaa witt
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Sonn.ct. v;,t ,,s r,.r-.I F.,,o-v 4. machine .hop
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The supply of barrels can always be relied upon TOR n
nome ns osmaaa ~n,en ns.' saun, . .a' supply
a,, naas a,Mass n1as ie.as
visit from the curious and, as q business enterprise
mn., be ~ v.lue to the town in which It exists
C..,.on,.,,. Tn ,art ~ o,,r edition lac
OoRREoTioN.-in part vi our eu'''on '0s
ee an error in the of the Erie An
e,c..,s.-o,o. ,o.osd,,,. IT, - ..;d th.t :. p.r r
nuai Son.ei s"s 80 -, o0es - e.
kingsoury rom the COMMITTEES on slavery mace re
port" &c., whereas it should have been Rev. Calvi
~. sna n.mas ss coass-ansa .oa.
po,sd the committee ON slavery.
a. Kinosav i. Kinnex EJ T. R.L., n N
searns, A. Burgesse, A. Fouts, r. A. Caruthers, J
enieios'' o onniian' .. orun.
repor. on aulniraoie ior It's thoroushnes
ano 'o"e' auu 'ne IN regard 10 amend
ing 'ne "ensfA. nue. nA'ne,s' ine ouying selling
noioing OF transferring OF my human oeing to be used
slavery aoop'ed oy the Senefai Conference, must,
"ouid seem, remove .ne amoigu''y vnich mas SO Ion
eompfcaeo Ine suo,ees WIN diine eolies'