Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-24

Beautifully situated, at Lockport, N. Y,
are the large Improved Mill Machinery
Works Of Mr.. James Richmond, ,-one Of the
gres. inventive geniusss Of the present age.
The works are four stories high, and, though
occupying % much space, are well filed
with numerous different machines in every
process Of manufacture, and the powerful
and intricate machinery BY which they are
fashioned. The means Of transport of freight
are close at hand, a railroad running
behind the works aud canal 10 front of
them. The most interesting, to the careful
observer, of Mr.. Riehmond's Inventions is
Improvement in transmitting motive power
by wire ropes which he offers TO parties
owning and using steam or water power,
who desire to have power transmitted to diff
ferent parts Of ci,ies or villages, from any
point from sixty feet up, TO and from three
TO i've miles, and power from ons to three
hundred Orse-powsr, with one rope. This
power can Se diverted from the main hne,
and in any direction, or at any angle, over
buildings, into the Easements, and drive
mills, factories, or any power" desired. II
has been in successful operation in Lock port
for about year and half We understand
that there 10 some talk Of using this method
Of motive power in Rock Island, where it,
extraordinary Adaptabili,y to any class o
work requiring machinery TO be worked il
positions where il is necessary to have th'
motive power take up as little space as pos
sble will make it very useful. Among th'
improved Mill Machines manufactured 9
this establishment are Richmond's Smu
Machine; Grain Separator; ana Grain Duster
the first of which took Diploma, and the ,w
others frat medals ct the Industrial Exhibi
ton held at Buffalo, N. Y, in October 1868
The character and reputation Of this Fail, an
those under whose auspicssIt was eonduc
an3 the fact tbs. the Com miises VII
made the awards were men thorough
Aeduajotsd with the subject, add
materially to the value OF the awards
None but practical mlllers and mill-wrigh
should ever be on such q committee. TheI
machines have also taken numerous prem
ums at State Fairs and other exhibition
The Dusting Cylinder in Riuhmond's Brs
Du.tsr is a horizontal core of wire clotl
aud revolvss against q stationary brush c
the top, regulated By two thumb screws
means Of which the wire cloth is kept Gle,
without rApping or jarring. A series
brushes revolve in the inside of the cy!iud,
which is regulated bv means of q screw
which they may be set closer without ste
ping the mainline. There being no knoC
era, the operation is uniform and stead
free from disAgreeable noise and injurio
jarring and vibrating. Riehnonds sm
Machine 10 such an entire improvsme
upon the old kind that to attempt to do
the slightest justice would occupy me
spsce than we can devote. We, howev
direct the attention Of millers to it, sssuri
them that they will find il ezoels any n
chine OF a similar kind now in use. Th'
machines are made both perpendicular g
horizontal The Improvements in Ri
moud's Separator are remarkable and .
prisiug for the purpose of cleaning gre
and separating from it the foreign 81
stances and impurities with which itaboun
The remarkable efficiency of this perfso
machine, has caused il TO be Acknowlsd,
to be the best grain cleaner and sepsrs
vet invented. Its simplicity, economy,
ability, and the general excellence
which il psforms its work stamps 1t az
ing without equal as is Immediately
knOwledgsd by al who try il. We
only mentioned few of the many imPr
men,s in mill machinery which Mr.. ia
Richmond has invented and patented,
these will be enough to stamp their pro
tor a. one Of the foremost mill mschins'
the United STATES.