The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-06-26
The Great Event Of YesteI dRy-A
Grand Day for the Capital.

Tuesday of active business OF srationI.
The structure they have reared Is five
stories high and so bolted t,gether
with iron and to the massive founda-
tioa stones that no tempest will ever
shake it. There are four sets of stones
/ of four feet diameter each, aud the
produo tive capacity Is 1875 barrels of
flour per dsy. The machinery and
8 ones are especially adapted to the use
of Nicaragua wheat, it being much
harder than the wheat of the North
west and making better bread. Each
grain of wheat 10 subjected In thirty
five sspsrs ions through nibet sen pro-
cesses. OLe purpose is to prevent the
heating OF the wheat by the too rapid
conversion of the gram into flour. The
whole mill machinery IS propelled BY
| turbine wheel slXiy-siX inches In dl
ameter. BY this wheel n wrought
iron shaft sever ty-five feet long and
| four inches in diameter is N lde to re-
volIe and by this shaft the whole ma
chinery of the mill Is set in motion. Il
may be proper tn say that this turbine
wheel Is pivhted within some walls OF
great thickness sud tn it 10 made to
reVolye with incalo ulable rapidity by
the rushing waters of the pent up Co.
Oradn. In the basement the shafts from
the wheel is connected by bands and
| gearing with the machinery OF le
mill. 10 the Iirst story the grinding
q id sacking are done; in the second
s.ory the boiling aud separations; in
the third story the second boiling,
cooling and purifying; here there are
two sets of chilled iron rollers TO crack
the grain. Ga the fourth floor refiners
and agi'ators, cleaners and coolers
perform TIER proper offices. The ma
chinery of the mill, as shown by its
oper, tons yesterday, moves with per-
feet accuracy and precision and there
IS not the slightest Earring In
the soli1ly constructed build
ing. The builders ana owners
of this splendid structure are the
Brothers Chambers, who confess that
tie perfection of the mill and its ma
chinery is cue to the wonderful skill
and mechanical genius Of
j. j. wAI.TERH USE, THE MAcHINIsT, ).
AND W. NJ. RAND, THE MILLER.
Both these are thoroughly educated
gel t!emen from the best polytechnic
school of the North. The interest felt
by the public in the success of-the
| Messrs. Chambers was shown in the
fact that throughout the day Tuesday
the mill was thronged with men and
women curious to see the wonderful
mills of which they had heard so
much. A table was spread fifty feet
! long. Ga 1t bread made of every grade
Of -four produced by the mill was prof.
fered the guests by the Messrs. Cham
bers, and other needful refreshments
were generously dispensed.
THE SPEECHES.
About 3 o'clock the throrg at the
mill was greatest. There were as many
ladies as gentlemen about the attract
i've place. Some one finally proposed
that Judge Terrell occupy the place of
chairman that proper expression might
be given to the opinions and wishes OF
the people. Then 1t was that the
crowd demanded the appearance of the
senior brother of the mill owners. He
said substantially:
Ladies and Gentlemen - In our COM
ing together on this somewhat novel
occasion, being comparatively stran-
g rs to you, 1t perhaps becomes duty
we owe to ourselves as we'll as you to
give short account of our being here
and beg leave to name some persons
that we feel indebted to IS the means
to this end. First, would name Paul
Bremond and Judge Crosby of Hous-
| ton, I. r. Hoxie and Mr.. Strayhorn of
Chicago; Fl. M. Hoxle of Palestine
Major L. r. Shryock of Austin, whose
labors in our behalf has been unceas-
ing, aud as to the result, it is before
you. We need not speak of the mill,
the occasion of our pleasant coming
together, it represents itself; we need
not speak Of what it Is doing in manu-
fscture of fl 1ur from Texas wheat; the
product speaks for itself; and if sue
cessful in manufacturing the Nicaragua
wheat, Of which we haven't the least
doubt, with the proper machinery, it
promises untold wealth for Texas which
| is destined to make her the banner
wheat-growing State of this Union.
Texas -four will then take the prece-
dence of sill other fl iur, as you Can
ship it safely to any cline under the
sun and successfully compete with
any -four made in the world. II 80,
the occasion we celebrate is the
small beginning of the grandest era In
the history of the vast empire and re-
sources of the State Of Texas. People
told us before we commenced that we
would fail tt make good -four from
Texas wheat that it was nonsense to
undertake to make -four from Nicaragua
wheat. You have the result of both
berore You, and leave you to judge of
the success. They also t)ld Us that
the Colorado river could not be sue
cessfully damned. Our effort in this
direction Is before you, and will say
this is only temporary. We contend
there is no computing the water power
of this rver, il properly handled that
will create an era in the manufacturing
interests of untold millions in the
midst of the greatest cotton and wool
growing countries OF the world. I
cannot close these few remarks without
referring to the vast importance and
bearing of the future OF Texas We re-
fer to the railroad interest; there is
much depending upon this for the de-
velopment of this productive land. A
liberal policy in the future as in the
past II all eLt ,rprising parties wishing
to emigrate will do more perhaps to
induce parties here, than all other
sources combined, and have an infiu-
ence to treble the business of the roads
and will pay both roads here, il they
will meet Us half way, which doubt
less they will. We promise them the
present is only the beginning Of enter
prIses heretofore unknown IN this part |
of Texas. And to the citizens of Aus
tin and vicinity we tender them heart |
felt thanks for their kindness, and the
interest taken in our new enterprise,
and will say that in the future, as in the |
past, we hope to make our stay still |
more pleasant and il { sresting, as |
now our interest is your interest, and |
hope together In action we may induce
other much needed manufacturing es-
Establishments to be located in our
midst, and IS We journey on in life,
that each and all will feel themselves |
constituted committee Of one 10 do
everything possible to help develop
this blessed land OF Texas. This done,
and our mi sion is complete, and bid /
God speed in the lsudahle pursuit of
life, and here bid you adieu
Z Mr.. GhAmbers's speech vss greet d !
with great applause. II
OTHER sPREcHEs
were made by Mr. Shryoek. Gen. Wal
lace and Senator Street OF Galveston,