Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-06

IMPROVEMENTS AT NEW CAsTLE-THE NATIONAL
FLOUR MILLS OF 7. II. BROWN " son.
In anticipation of the revolution In business
which surely awaits New Castle, 7. II. Brown &
Son have erected one of the most extensive and
complete Flouriug mills to be ionnd wihia me
borders of Delaware, Maryland or Pennsylvania.
1t was finished, and mt RSe'SSs'lo2 10 septem-
Der, and is 60 feet trout by so deep,and three s-
ries high. The stone and brick work was done
by A. NJ. Hizar, of New Castle, and the carpenter
work by Ellis NJ. Garrett, of Newport
The capacity of the mill Is $50 barrels per day,
but at the present time they ME turning out about
| 100 barrels.
| the second engine of the kind used In the United
States The simplicity of its construction and the
| great case with which IL worked impressed US ~
| once as being an engine of the first order. Its
raid revolutions ohvato the necessity of large
fy-wheel and Is great saving IN the way of belt
| lug The shafliDg and other rigging Is OF the
| simplest construction put In n very substantial
| manner and in II way so as 10 AVOID all unne-
cessary friction. The smut and othcr clean.
| ing machines are in the basement OF the mill
| from which the grain is carried in lilters to any
part of the mill required. In the second story oi
/ more properly In the first story above the base
ment, are i've ron Of burs. four OF them Tor grlpd
/ ing wheat ard Que for corn. The ground grain
is Stirred by cooler and then conveyed by lift
ers to the next story and deposited IN The bOlter
| where 1t ia hoed and separated into the dif
fercnt grades of flour. The extra flour Is con
| yeyed ilom the bul,ers and deposited iuto Q
| laipe funnel terminating In very ingenious ina
chine for packing -four by which 30 barrels NJ
hour are packed. The mddngs arc then rul
through Another pair of burrs peculiarly adapted
to this purpose whcn they are packed into barr, Il
| witbout further proctss. In tie second story
prapaIy, capable OF holding several thousant
bushels of wheat, made Of two inch plank sawet
into siIlps four inches wide, each strip laid on,
on the other on its fiat side aud securely fastened
thereby making solid wooden wall around th
prapary and preventing the bulgiug ont Or burst
ipr which SO often happens 10 the injury OF TN
mill and sometimes loss of life. curiously con
structed dustipg machine on the suction priucipl
with pipes extending through every departmen
of the mill, gathers up all the .oose flying dus
md conveys it to a large receptacle, which pre-
vents the accumulation of dust which proves I
be q great annoyance iu many mills. long dc
J Ginning platform extends from the mill TO T.
, Railroad where grain Is received by the car-loa
and flour sent away In the same car. Mr.. Brow
, and Son are now erecting large cooper shop
, which to manufacture their own barrels. Coz
: uected with IL is sufficient stabling 10 accon
modate the neighbors' horses while load oil grai
! Is being ground. Not only are they prepared
: supply flour and feed by wholesale, but speci
} attention is given TO transient custom from
I prist to q larger quantity. The farmers In II
a community will fud this mill to be OF great AZ
! vantage in opening TO them market for the
" grain at which The proprictors state, The highe
cash prices are paid. We congratulate the pr
prletors on their success, and the people OF Ne'
2 Castle upon what we hope to be the commenc
ment of new era Of enterprise and improV
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