Daily globe., 1879-03-21


Mammoth Mill in This City-One Hun
dred by One Hundred and Fifty Feet and
Six Stories HiEh-A Good Example for
Others to Follow.
For months past the atmosphere of St.
Paul has been impregnated with rumors OF
the establishment here of important flour
ing and numbering mill enterprises. AS
these rumors, SO pleasing to the ear and
cheering to the heart of st. Paul man
one of your true blue kind with no divided
interests-were waited about, the GLOBE en-
voys, ever on the a'ert for news, more es-
recially if it had reference to the advance
ment and future welfare of our
BEAUTIFUL AND ENrERPR1s1Na CITY,
would seize upon the one appearing to con-
tain the most germs of probability, and with
a glad heart and brisk step start out on a
mission of tracing it to its source and get
ting at the bottom facts. While no one of
these missions have been entirely fruitless of
results, there has been until the present CO.
casion, coupled with the information given.
the cautionary, 'Wait little time longer.
Everything is working all right, and there is
no doubt the - will be located here, but
until all details are positively arranged, it is
better to say nothing.'' And so, the envoys
and the GLOBE, have patiently biued their
time. And now the time for the announce
ment of one of these
GREAT PROJECTED ENTERPRISES,
one of the most important as affecting the
future interests of st. Paul, has come, and
the GLOBE, as is usual with everything, es-
pecially affecting our city's interests, is the
first to give it publicity. The enterprise re-
ferred to is the immediate construction of a
SIXTEEN BUN OF STONE FIGURING MILL,
by the Messrs. John M. Archibald and Henry
Schurmeier, proprietors and operators of the
Capital CITY Touring mill, the first merchant
steam Touring mill built in the city. The
new mill will be entirely distinct from their
present mill property. at present, the pre-
limlnary arrangements having but just been
perfected, it is impossible to go into minute
and scientific description Of the
IMMENSE STRUCTURE,
as some two weeks will be required to COM
plete the plans. These plans are in the
hands Of one Of the most celebrated mill
architects in the world, and as his instruc-
tions are for the most complete ediGce of
the kind known to modern science, the
character of the improvement can be easily
imagined, with the aid Of the following
general outlines The building will have a
groundage of, in round numbers, 100 by
100 feet, more rather than less. and ba
SIX STORIES IN HEIGHT,
making larger building than the Davidson
block, occupied by the great dry goods house
of Auerbaoh, Finch, Culbertson & Company.
The first story, and perhaps the second, will
be of stone, and the other four of brick.
Internally the mill will be supplied with ali
the most improved machinery of tho day,
with such Improvements as the long ex-
perience of the Messrs- Arch;balds can sug-
gest. Such is in brief an outline of tie
size and character of tho mill, and while it is
not the
LARGEST MILL IN THE WORLD,
it does in its dimensions compare favorablv
with any of the mills of the country. and
will in its completeness of facilities for man
ufacturing the best grades of -four expedi-
t1ously and economically, stand second to no
institution of the kind ever built. Indeed, it
is proposed to make it occupy first place in
80 pronounced as to be universally acknowl-
edged.
A NEW ERA.
The Inauguration of this most important
improvement marks new era in the history
OF st. Paul. Its Importance goes far beyond
the mere fact that it adds to the manufactur
ing industries Of the city an institution that
will require the expenditure in construction
alone in the neighborhood of
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND no,r.ns
and many tim"s that amount annually in it's
operation, not less than q million dol
lars being required for the purchase
of wheat alone, and that it brings
to our city increased population and
increased trade and business incident there
to. It has, and will continue to have, from
the particular standing of the parties inter
ested in the enterprise. marked influence
in settling the long continued controversy
ss to the relative advantage, facilities being
equal for shipping the product and for buy
ing and receiving the grain, of
STEAM AND WATER
as the motive power for Touring mills. The
Messrs. Arohibalds are, as all know, among
the most experienced millers in the State, as
Mr.. T.. L. Archibald is one of the Oldest and
most successful. Located in the little in
terior town of Dundas, Rice county, such ia
his knowledge of the business, such the skill
with which he brought the most improved
machinery of the day to apply in his mill,
that the
ARCHIBALD "a" BRAND OF FLOUR
OF that mill is known more extensively to-
day, and commands better price in the
leading markets of this country and the old
world, than any other -four manufactured
from spring wheat. With lifetime expe-
rience under his fathers tutelage, tho Hon.
John M. Archibald. something like two wears
ago located in Minneapolis, the city of flour
dust and brag. Not liking the outlook his
stay in Minneapolis was short and in Sen
tember last he purchased the interest of NJ.
j. Jacob IN the Capitol City mill, then op
Grated by Schurmeier & Jacob, the new firm
becoming Archibald & Schumacher. Since
this purchase the Capital City mill has been
thoroughly overhauled, and new and
the most improved machinery ad-
ded, giving it capacity of
$50 barrels every twenty-four hours, which
1t is now turning out and has for months
past. The result of the practical experience
TINS gained of steam as motive power, has
been to satisfy the gentlemen interested in
the mill that steam can
SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE WITH WATER
IN the manufacture of flour APPOINTS situated
as are st. Paul and Minneapolis, and thew
show their faith in their practical experience
by undertaking the erection of a new mill
with four times the capacity of their present
structure. The value of this example in at- |