The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-04

stories, are the large recelviu9 gSinsis' .o hicn
the roof and having passed Through rotary Greens,
IL discharged From these earners the graz being
frs freed rom all extraneous matters ls ed to the
rnn Of stone on the first moor INTO the fou fteen hop
ners hours fourteen streams OF wheat q ich stream
by the nicely Of machinery graannsSI to the sx
no more Just SO fast and no faster The stones are
each four feet in diameter, and whel pushed make
minnte il their general average speed Nothing
could be poised more dellcately than these stones.
BY the way they have introduced here as an expert
ment two Georgia burr stones, which are found 10
work Just as well as the rmP orted French-an i'm
portant fact in connection with future -four milling
operations in this country. We would here remark,
servation, that these stones possess that de-
gree OF cpaqueness that 1t requires extraordinary
optical endowment for one man to look further into
them than another. Immediately from the stones
the crist IS conveyed by five elevators to the sixth
ers carrying the grist back and forth distance OF
$50 feet before entering The boiling chests. AT the
end or each chest are gateways through which the
grst is discharged into the bolts where the bran Is
separated rom the -four by two bran busters. the
nour is now ready for packing II Is first received
into four nour chests fourth noor each cnest
capable of holding 260 pounds OF -four. SHAFT,
with screw on the end, running through eacn
chest packs the -four. The -four IS packed into bar
capable each OF packing fifty barrels an hour. The
barrels, fast as packed are lowered by elevators,
branded ana maue reaay ,or spen Hshsat
into -FOUR There Is much OF interest upon wllch we
might dwell with partlcularity-the four Dat sepa-
rating machines used for taking oats cut OF spring
wheat ana barley out OF California wheat; the smut
mills, where the grain Is received FOR securing,
which is effected by being rapidly whirled be-
tween two concal stone surfaces; an air tight
casing conceaing the operation from view ana Keep
ing the dust from escaping INTO the MILL me ps Vi
wheat, the lines OF shatlng and distinctive puleys
for distinct operations; the hopper suspended on
patent scales Tor weighing the gram after 1t IL
cleaned ana Teaay iSf 81 Inc ' s and bSaU
the means employed to prevent lire, ana various
other mechanical appliances Tor the varied otner
required purposes. We might also speak OF tue
fact OF duplicates being kept OF every wheel used in
the machinery, OF the engines, &C., by which any
OF the stones may be disengaged from the machinery
and stopped or set going at pleasure without inter-
ferng with the motions OF the engines or The other
machinery, and the absence OF all cogwheel gearing
in driving the stones, thereby overcoming one OF the
most formidable difficulties In this important point
OF mill work. The engine Is 400 horse power: There
are eight boilers, nearly new. Connected with the
motive power are two pairs OF osciliating engines
solely employed IN driving two large drums TO each
OF which are attached seven belts, each belt driving
It's separate stone The design OF these engines ana
avoidance OF c0gwheel gearing to which we nave
referred original with the proprietor The mills
run night and day, sundays excepted. Thorough
system ana the most thorough neatness are conspcu
In every department. They make all grades
Of hour, from the coarsest Tor shipping purposes To
the finest for family At the Croton NILS Nos.
203 and 205 Cherry street, very strong brick build
ing about $50 barrels OF hour are made daily but the
principal articles OF manufacture as Is wei KNOWN,
are prepared nodr, farlna and wheaton grits.
ATLANTIC MILLS.
The largest Touring mills In the United States,
since the burning of the celebrated Haxhall Mills
Richmond, Va, are the Atlantic Mills OF +. f. Smith
a Co., NOS s, 10 and ~ Hamilton avenue Brooklyn.
These mills have been built only three years, and
consequently III their construction every advantage
taken OF former experiences and all the modern
improvements introduced. The mills are acknow-
lodged TO be the most complete and perfect in every
respect that are now working IN this country. The
buildings are built OF brick and are six stories HIGH
including the basement They have front OF seventy
i've feet on Atlantic avenue and a depth OF 200
feet besides an elevator OF 30X50 iee IN the rear,
touching the Atlantic basin. For receiving grain,
besides beng within two stones throw OF probably
5000, 600 bushels Of wheat nearly all the time on
storage, possesses facilities no other mills IN this
section ENJOY. The wheat s brought in canal boats
Darges INTO the basin direct To the elevator and
thence by aid OF the latter is raised into tine mill
the elevator having capacity OF taking out 5000
bushels an nonr Tne mills nave twelve run Of sone
inches IN diameter Their engine Is go horse power,
win four boilers Tx21 ieet IN dimension. They turn
out 100 barrels OF -four daily, although having
pacity 10 turn out fully quarter more. We have
said that the mills about near approach to
perfection be- To be convinced OF tlis fact 1t Is
only necessary TO visit the mills and go through the
Considering the ponderous machinery employed,
the amount OF wheat that Is daily handled, the num-
Der OF barrels OF Iour that are each day made and
packed and got IN readiness for shipping TO the
market, II Is singulary noticeable now almost
noiselessly the whole work Is accomplished, how the
engines move with scarcely Earring motion,
how in the rapid evouions OF the heavy millstones
ana RAPID movements OF BELTS and wheels, and pull
legs and elevators IN all directions there IL hardly
tremCr 10 be Ielt. The machinery seems endowed
with almost sentent intelligence, easily, so
quietly, so expeditousy and so faithfully and well
does accomplish It's adversely complicated duties.
mammoth Pile OF wheat lies before you, and presto,
as II accomplished by the swift powers OF magic, 1t
the boilers ana storage OF coal. On the secono moor,
or first floor proper are the offices, engines and stone
or grinding room. Flour barrels waiting shipment
are also stored here. The next 1oor is used for
packing and for the storage OF grain feed and bar
reis The boltng chests, OF which there are five,
with forty reels; the smut machines SIX In number
SenarArOrH Qarlers 0fctnv q uurar
floors. The usual process Is gone through with pre-
minary and subsequent 10 the grindlns-that rs, the
wheat, alter being raised IN the elevator, Is
weighed properly distributed in gamers, secured
and freed from al foreign substances then IL Ia led
to the stones thence conveyed TO the top OF the mil
into the boiling chests after which II II
cooled and put into proper condition to go into
the reels Of the bolts. From here the coarse feed
goes " It's proper place OF storage according 20 the
quality anu the -four conveyed the packing chests
each capable OF holding 200 barrels OF loose -four
and thence let down through coaical tub into bar
refs aud packed The first Is extra Hour. The mid
dhngs or sharps go through another grinding for
lower grades, and the cOarser bran Is carried on by
special machinery and separated into feeds, ship
stui1s, nne feed and bran. AFTER packing the -four
then follows the branding OF the barres-tne closing
processthe nour now being ready for sale and SHIP
nent. There - an elevator running through ALI the
liOor capable Of raising lowering, as the case NAV
be- 900 barrels an hour. ON the iifh ioor " a mill
wright shop for repairs and at intervals throughout
the building are water tanks, hose ana other appi
ances for use in case OF hre. A more perfect mill
could not well be devised. The propretors were
othN1tV
grandfathers were miilers before them. They under
stand their business thoroughly. They buy oniy the
best wheat and they make the best four and, what
~ Of more Importance TO the great consuming class
sell u Tor nearly three dollars barrel than Inc
rcling prices OF Western hour.
BROOKLYN CRY MILLS.
Here ~ another model mill, a large SIX story
brck building, at tue left OF tie dock ut the foot
rulSon street Brooklyn, Il is no wonder IL IS
ouei or the late A. +. Jewell, who built the Allan
uc Mills, also built this. The original mill on this
slte was Quit IN 1866, and was then owned BY the
nrIn OF smith, Leech Jewell the first the senlo
proprietor OF the Atlantic Mills the second the owner
Oi the Leech Mills, In Williamsburg ana sons OF the
iasi. Herbert :. and Edward NJ. Jewell proprietors
OF tbe brooklyn City Nils This nrst min was
purned uown N 1880 another mill was erected on the
same ground, which Ia 1884 was also burned and Inc
preseDtstfucture, began shortly after was compIefad
ABOUT Two years ago. II IL Of the best arranged
mhis either az the West or East. ON the FIRST moor
VI tbe NH are the offices, powerful though com
pact engine, working with walking beam. and
the boilers. They have eight run OF stones
each four feet four inches In diameter and turn ont
800 barrels OF -four daily. AT present they hoist their
grain by tubs, but propose to erect an elevator M
the spring. The stones are run with betting and
the former are no arranged run with no lar or
tremor. The grinding room Is the first floor az
also the weighing On the second door are Inc