The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-11-22
F. GOODNOw & CO.'S FIGURING MILL.


e more pride than the Touring mill recent
e built by +. Goodnow & Co. Connoisseur
pause before handsomely executed oil paint
s ing. and their rapture is unbounded at tn
a rich coloring here and 4 true-to-life subjeC
Y there. The delight of a person who has eve
O beheld mill is just as unbounded when
: enters the new mill and beholds at every ste
some new machinery he never saw before
wood work that would almost be suitable TO
. a parlor; contriyances that astonish persO
:, with their simplicity and yet efficiency
and which were never dreamed of ten year
ago. As you would say OF full rugged ship
you would say of this mill shes beauty.
Some two or more years ago we heard MI
Goodnow make the statement that there wa
room for third mill in Salina, and for con
venience in shipping it should be located q
the Railroad track. 1t was stated to him tina
no mill run by steam could compete with
mill run by water power. His answer was
"Yourl see mill started here before many
months, and it will be run by steam. 1t viii
be able, too, to compete with any water pow
er mill in the country" And sure enough, 6
steam mill is now established which, by its i'm
proved machinery, engine etc, can surpass in
efficiency and equal in running economy
any water power mill in the state. Yes, Sail
ma has the best Touring mill in Kansas, and
she casts the gauntlet at the feet OF all other
towns in the state, defying them to combat
with her upon that question.
Since SalIna has grown to its present import
ance as grain market, it is but natural that
not only three but more mills are needed TO
manufacture into flour the vast quantity of
wheat which collects here. The building of
these mills is of advantage not only to the
producers but to the buyers. 1t creates better
prices. Hence all are delighted that Salina
now begins to put on the airs of manufacture
ing town.
The size Of the new mill building is 55x65
feet, 8 stories high. Work upon it was COM
menced in July last. All the stones were put in
motion for the first time last Monday. The
material for the building and the machinery
therein were furnished by E. p. Allis & Co., of
Milwaukee, the largest mill furnishing estab-
lishment in the world. This firm has not only
furnished the largest, best and most reliable
the world. Last year it was building and fur
nshing mills in Japan. 1t is now building
and furnishing mill in New Zealand. The
mill here is one of the best specimens of the
workmanship of E. p. Allis & Co. Mr.. U. III.
Odell superintendent the construction OF the
building and putting in the machinery. He
has proved himself remarkably well-skilled
mechanic In other worsls no ic az If ba
first magnitude" in mill building. Messrs.
Goodnow & Co. feel that no better man could
have been employed in putting those thousand
and one articles Of mill mechanism into a COM
pleted mill than Mr.. Odell From the first
day that the machinery was put into motion
there has been no trouble in running the mill
Everything seems fitted to its place land as
com plete as ii the whole thing had been ere
ated by magic. This is all due, first, to the
mill builders and furnishers, E. p. Allis &
Co second, to Mr.. Odell, the superintendent
of building third, to Mr.. S. A. Mapes. ''first
mate Of the mill, and one of the best millers
in the United States; fourth 20 Mr.. Thomas
Andrews, "Second mate''-than whom there
is no better stone dresser between here and the
Great Lakes.
1t would be impossible, Of course, tor us to
give complete description of this institution.
A partial one will have to suffice. The mill is
situated conveniently close to +. Good
now & Co.'s elevator. The grain is conducted
from the elevator to the mill by a capacious
In inspecting the mill the visitor first
enters the engine room, which is built of brick, |
4. - ~
ed on the north by large coal house. The
Corliss engine was also furnished by f. L.
Allis & Co., having been designed by Edwin |
who was superintendent Of the Cor |
liss at the. Centennial. Its cost was $500; its
power, 80 horse. 1t is certainly a thing OF
beauty. 1t Is the most economical engine in |
use. 1t is built expressly for economy and
Of action. 1t is claimed for the Cor
liss that 1t uses and works out all the power of
the steam, and exhausts it only when it can be
utilized no longer. There is no power going |
to waste, as In the ordinary engine. The fur
mace, too. disposes of all the substance OF the
coal, and at the same time utaliZes even the |
coal gas created. The 6 run of stone last
Monday were run on from 40 to 30 pounds of
steam. Inc usuai power rtuulrcu 10
start other mills Is from so to 100
pounds of steam. The Corliss has not been in
general use, for the reason that it was patent
which only recently expired with sll other pat
,nts, and was an expensive luxury. But now
md hereafter they are within reach of all and
must supplant all other engines, Mr.. ID. 5.
Fuller put up the engine referred too. He has
,een engaged % years in putting up Cor
iss engines. He was employed at the original
Corliss shops, located at Providence, Il. |. lie
Isslsted in putting in some Of the first Corliss
Engines. He is an intelligent, agreeable gen.
leman-an enthusiastic champion OF the Cor
ISIS. All who desire to inspect that famous and
piece of mechanism should not fail
o have Mr.. Fuller for their cicerone.
From the engine room you pass into the
Mill building proper, striking the basement
ioor. There you find a massive iron hurst
rsme bolted down TO a solid stone foundation,
md judging from appearances it would be i'm
'ossible to move or even jar it. We also find
N this floor gang OF cleaning machines, con-
isting of two Barnard & Leas separators,
ne stone decodicator and two OF Becker's
rush machines. The wheat must pass through
II these machines before il reaches the stones
o be ground. On the grinding floor we find