The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-03-19

THE CL1ARvvATeR FIGURING
MILLS.
OAe ~ the Best In the state.
About twelve miles below St. Cloud, ..
tho Mississippi river, 10 the thriving villag'
OF Clearwater. II IL = live place, having
Two srist mills, saw mill, stave factory
Two furniture factories, planning mill, goof
aetel' stores, &c., Sc. A few days siao'
We paid visit to the new Touring mills O.
Messrs. Davis h Beal, tho former Of thi'
city. the latter Of Clearwater. This enter
prise vas first commenced in July last. b.
Gan vsrk in November, aud was fully com
plstsd in January Of the present year
1hs building is 40x5O, four stories high
Tho basement, in which are the waite,
wheels. 10 Dix feet high; the first floor i.
thirteen feet the second, eleven feet; The
third, fourteen feet; the fourth, eleven
feet; and the entire height, from The base
msnt to tho top Of the eupalo, sixty-six
feet.
On the fret floor il the zig rag separator
and the shutter. Here is also nice piece
OF machinery, called suction fan, which
IL used primarily for cleaning corn, but al
20 sucks tho steam from the burrs, thus
keeping the spouts free from the dough that
there would otherwise be. 1t also keeps
the space around the burrs entirely free
from dust. On this floor are likewise tho
storing elevator, connecting with the
~weigher on shs second story, bran bins and
= good storage room.
On the next floor are four runs Of
frst.class burrs, each two having a sepa-
rate water wheel ~ motive power. Just
by the burrs are two wheels for hosting
the water gates, and close by arc the ele-
vstor and hopper gates, all within easy
reach Of the miller. There are two -four
psckers--a Moline patent. which will pack
from forty to sixty barrels per hour; and
custom packer, for use with either bar
rels or sacks. In one corner is the bran
bin Of merchant work for retailing. When
this 10 full the contents can DO let of into
the bin below. The bus mess ofi:e 10 on
the second Aoor. A door also opens out
into large two.story wareroom, used for
storing dour for shipping.
Twenty feet Of ono END Of the third aoor
10 used entirely for storing grain. and il
capable Of holding ten thoassnd bushels.
This space 10 divided Of into bins for sep
aratins the grain according 70 kind and
quality. This department contains and
d over No machinery, % that the heavy
pressure can In no wise affect tho working
II any part. To the loft Of this Is . spec
ial garner holding Ave hundred bushels,
30 that if farmer brings . considerable
amount Of grain to b. ground, it is put in
here instead Of the storage bins. and kept
until conveyed to the hoppers. Adjoining
his are two other gamers for oats and
corn, from each Of which. in making feed,
he spouts bring An equal qu.ntity, 50 that
"hea. taken up again by the elevators the
Two kinds are thoroughly mixed. Another
'et Of gamers, holding fifteen hundred
bushels. stands directly over the stones.
Into these tho grain is put after having
gone through the shutter and teen thor
oughly cleaned. When here it is ready
Tor grinding and goes directly to the burrs.
Besides these is still another garner, capa-
bio Of containing the ''middlings'' Of fifty
barrels Of -four, which are collected there
while the mill is running on merchant
work. When full it 10 drawn off and re-
ground, making what Mr.. Davis calls elm
aisn'' -four. People here know tolerably
we'll what that il. On this floor il mer-
chant bolt with . capacity Of ono hundred
md fifty barrels per day. The full oapac-
Ity Of the mill IL over two hundred barrels
per day. A bolt for sitting corn meal is
also near BY. A packing chest, holding
lily barrels, stands directly over the No.
line packer, already spoken Of.
On the fourth story IL the machinery Tor
Irving the elevators also coarse screen
'or cleaning the grain before storing it.
The motive power Of the mill consists Of
|Ares water whsels-"Buckeys Double Tur-
IS inches in diameter, each
driving two runs Of stone; and the third,
rs inches in diameter, drives ali the BAL
snce Of the machinery, elevators, sspsra-
tors, smut machines, &c. The amount Of
power derived from these small wheels is