The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-08
THE CAIRO CITY MILLS.
A Bulletin" Reporter Among the
Flour Barrels.
A Description Of the Mills and Some
Facts About Its business,

! A Description OF the Mills and Some
Facts About Its Business,
An enterprising business firm deserves.
and usually acquires, success. As the
friend Of enterprise, and as the mouth.
piece Of Cairo's business community, the
BULLETIN occasionally finds space in Its
columns for the enllghtment OF the public
as to what may be occurring Of interest
in the business world. II Is peculiarly
pleasing to speak OF msu who has been
Identified with the interests ofour city Tor
q number Of years; and who, during that
time, has always laborsd Tor the advance
ment of the clty's interests. With these
considerations before him, represents
tive OF the BULLETIN yesterday called at
the Cairo city mills where he found the
proprietor, Mr.. Gallagher, and requesting
permission to take little ramble over
the premises, was accorded that privilege,
and started out under the guardianship
Of that accommodating young gentleman,
Mr.. Frank Gallagher. 1t may be we'll here
to Civ. briet statement Of the capacity
of the mills. number Of employ.
es, number Of run Of burri, ETC
PLACE OF BUSINESS.
The mills, which are located at the
corner OF 2Ota street and the leyee, con-
SYST OF three buIldings--a store house, the
cooper shop and the mill proper. The
latter is a large frame building Its dl>
mensIOns being 60x7O feet, and is four
stories in height besides a basement. 1t
has an irou roof, and all necessary pre-
cautions against lire, as upon each moor
are conveniently located two fire appar.
atus, to each of which is attached 40 feet
, OF hose. Direct communication exists
between office and engine room. and In
case Of emergency all that is necessary
is to notify the engineer who turns on
the water, and the apparatus is immedlr
stely ready for action. The store house
r is a three STORY frame building which Is
used exclusively Tor the storage OF bran,
shipstuns empty barrels, etc. The coop
or house, which il Just in the rear Of the
latter building, is story and half In
height and here all the barrel. required
for use are manufactured, 10 men being
constantly employed for that purpose
III. INTERIOR
Entering the mill from the office
the ilrst place visited was the GELS
lar. Here We end seven sinks where the
grain Is stored from the ears, each OF
these sinks havinga capacity of three
cars. Ascending to the 2nd or grinding
door We here fad the buns together with
the -four packing machines, the former
being seven in number, all of which
, are in constant use during the entire
week, both night and day, with the ex>
Iceptlon Of Sunday.
The third floor is used Tor the purpose
of storing wheat and where are also six
, purifying machines by which the o6sl IS
, separated from the -four By patent pro.
cess which is 50 intricate and confusing in
=. ito nature that the reporter does not at
i. tempt lucid explanation OF 1t. On the
fourth door the grain 10 cleansed and til.
n -four deposited in gigantic cooler FOL
!. the purpose which it5 name indicates.
!. Descending to the first floor we enter
: tt engine room where - horse power
engine With fly wheel 30 leet in diane
ter, together with TWO boilers furnish ,h'
required power Tor running the mills.
EXTENT OF BUSINESS.
a. Mr. Gallagher, the proprietor OF thu
of mills has been in business for the past !
=. years all OF which time he has been loca
le ted where lie now is. In the cOnductiol
VI OF the trade it is evident that larg
expenditure yearly i. necessarily requlr'
ed; and, in fact, the running expense
~ are about $1,000 per day. The princpa
Al points to which the -four manufactured
III here Is shipped are New York, New Or
" leans and Liverpool, together with othe
ac points throughout the country, and t
~ supply this trade (the enormty OF which
OF is apparent from the statement that tn
sales last year aggregated 100000 owe
$4,000 barrels Of flour arG produced year
ly.
IN The steamship Mexican. which loadc,
be at Port Royal, 5. c., for Liverpool, SOM
= two months since, and has never Since
IN been heard from carried an invoice Of Il;
be barrels OF -four shipped from these mills
ty Wheat is purchased from difteren
De places, about ! OF the entire amour
40 coming from local points being delivered
ne In wagons, and there are now stored a
T. the mills in the neighhorhood of 5000
Of bushels.
I" REIDENCE OF rHE PROPRIETOR.
80 The Office is In direct communication
NJ, by telephone with the elegant residenc
'' Of the proprietor, over OF mile dis
y tant, on Washington avenue and 2st
street. 1t is situated on tine piece O
land, comprising forty lots. ana lite sur
roundirgs are OF the most pleasing char
On acter.
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