Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-26

great deal of, credit. for-his conduct in
the matter. L We = shall review the
matter in our next.
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AN IMMENSE ESTABLISHMENT.
About two hundred yards from tho
Court House stands the spacious
building known /, ias Strauss
& Co.'s rice and grist mill. AS Il
number Of improvements have been
made there lately, sthe. following de-
scription Of the establishment may
not prove unintcrcsting to our read
ers.
To begin, let the. reader picture to
Himself Il monster stationary engine,
on either side Of wllsSc boiler is'd
large driving wheel, measuring six
feet i'll diameter, and calculated, when
put i'll motion, to drive" things in a
hurry. This huge engine is situated
under shed at the north
west end Of the main
building, and supplies itself with
the necessary water from tank close
by, by means Of force pump. It is
one Of the finest III use, and runs with
out us much noise as an old fashioned
hand corn mill would make.
When desired, all the belts
arc properly adjusted and
this giant puiIcr puts everything ii,
motion i'll tie building the rice mill,
the grist mill and The planning ma.
chine. a
The process Of cleaning. hulling,
pounding and polishing rice is very
interesting. Messrs. Strauss & Go.
have their rice hauled up to the large
double door facing Market Street,
where it is unloadcd and thrown into
n large bin on the first floor ut the
foot Of an elevator, which catches it
up and conveys it to the second story
and emptics it into two large screens,
where it is separated from every par
ticle Of trash. From here it passes
down stairs into another large screen
and is cleaned Of sand and grass seeds.
Failing at the foot of an clcvatot, it
is caught up and taken Lack to the
second story and thrown at the foot
Of another elevator which carries it
to ile third sto Try, where it is thrown
into II large hullinS mill, the rocks
OF which measure six fcctin diameter
and arc said to be the largest in this
country. After it cnlcrgcs from The
hulling mill, it is cnrricd by machinery
back to tie second floor and thrown
into Il large wind mill, out Of which
it. falls at the foot Of al elevator,
which carries it into another screen
that takes away the volunteers LETT in
it by the huling mill. From this
screen it passes into bin from
Whence it is carried and cmpticd into
mortars, where it is pounded. From
The mortaS it dcscends to the first
floor ut the foot Of OH elevator which
carries it up into Il screen which de-
tcrmines tic various grades Of rice.
This p ocess completed, it is carried
up to the third story again by means
o. elevators and thrown into wind
mil. From this liilit commences
It's descent for the last timo. Passing
down to the second floor it is run
through a polishing machine, whence
it dcsccn,ls to the first floor, passes
throu Ii wind mill, falls into bar
rrls, and is ready for shipment
It is really a treat to go through
this mill while it is running. One
visit Of thc-sort will make one forget
the old-fashioncd way Of "pcstling"
rice. Now you see II large quantity
Of rough rice thrown into screen
directly you behold it falling from a
wind mill, pounded and polished until
it glistcns.
Messrs. Strauss & Co. purchase
large quantities Of rice from Charles
ton, bnt say that their mill can turn
out better articl. from the rice
raised i'll the county This ought to