The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1873-09-26
At the Crossing of the Hiwassee--.
A Fine Miil--The SchOOIS-.Etc.

A the Crossing of the HiWaSSee---
A Fine Mifl--The SchOOIs--Etc.
1t may not be known to YOUR readers
that we have the finest water mill in
McMinn county to be found in East
Tennessee. This mill belongs to Geo.
W. Saulpaw Esq, well known in Ten
nessee as an experienced and successful
Railroad contractor. In 1868 Mr.. Saul
paw bought of the heirs of the late COL
H. NJ. D. McElrath, that beautiful pro-
perty known as Millwood, situated at
the mouth of the Eastanallee, on the
Hiwassee, for residence for his family
and moved to it. Upon this property
there was an ordinary country MILL
This Mr.. Saulpaw, at an expense of
81, 800, attempted TO repair, but could
not get it to work to suit him. So he
went to Dayton. Ohio, and made con-
tract with the celebrated Globe Iron
Works Company to take all the old ma
chinery out of his mill and put in new,
and make it in all respects a frst-class
merchant and custom mill. The Com
pany shipped the machinery and sent
Mr.. d. B. Morgan a number-one mill
wright, to put it up, and he has made a
fine job of it. The machinery and
gearing are all iron, and of the latest i'm
proved kind. The mill has three Ameri-
can Turbine wheels which run three sets
of French bur mill rocks. Two of these
wheels are 25 inches in diameter, and
each use 4S2 cubic feet of water per
minute. The other is 42 inches in di-
ameter and exhausts 1,416 cubic feet of
water per minute. Mill owners along
the Eastanallee can understand some OF
the advantages of improved mill ma
chinery when I state that the Eastanal-
lee affords an abundance of water to
run these three wheels the entire twen-
ty-four hours Of the day all the year
round, besides running a saw mill on
the opposite side of the dam most of
the time. The mill is capable Of grind
ing 600 bushels of grain every "a hours.
The machinery furnished by the Globe
Company and putting it up cost $4,000,
and your readers can form some idea of
the completeness of the finish of this
mill, when state that it has two bolt
ing chests-one for the merchant mill
and the other for the custom work
, q, e-->,,A Cor tho ,narchant mill cost 81. .5nA
| out there being any orna au1enraI -
necessary work about either of thtfaYE
One of these chests has four reels aEV
q ic lna SnH
to W. J. Doyle Sc CO., of Atlanta, and
is run bv Mr. J. Fl. Girard, an expert
enced miller, from Ohio, and one of Mr.
Saupaw's sons is staying in the mill 20
learn the milling business. Everything
about the mill moves like .clockwork
All the grain is weighed and toIled by
weight, and the millhouse is kept as
clean as any ones business house. The
| leases have three mills. two in Eas
Tennessee and one in Atlanta, and are
doing a heavy grain business. The!
have only been running this mill aboh
two months, and yet their -four all o
which is shipped to their house in At
lanta. is acquiring a fine reputation
They are now shipping two car loads {
week. Their -four is packed by paten
packing machine which can fill 3OI
sacks in a day. This mill will be ;
great benefit to our farmers along TIL
river, as it will afford them a convenien
market for all their surplus grain, ant
a place where they can get their grind
ing done with the assurance that all tn
flour which is in their wheat will b
90: out and returned to them.
Our schools are doing well. Mr.. Cate
at the Masonic Institute in Calhoun, ha
/ lI3 students, and Mr. Crawford at tn
) Charleston High School has 110, an
there is large number yet to enter th
High School, this being only the secon
week. Besides these we have colore
: school in Charleston with about I
t scholars in attendance.
y We need rain as it has been very dr
D for several weeks. The corn crop lool
0 fine, and our farmers are busy wit
+ their fodder.
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