The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-03

/ Tn1 FIK1S9 lIiISsn mn brAttH
OF KAxgAs.
The great solid four-story stone structure
Of ShelIabasyers, Imbodsn 4 Oliver, standing
1.-THE east end u tie syesu6, from whose mas
sive stack volumes OF blxck smoke seems ever
pouring, is one that our citizens have ever
looked upon with no small degree Of pride.
For several weeks past the rumble Of it,
wheels has not been heard. In fact they are
no longer there. Scarcely anything remsins
Of the mill erected in 1874 except it, solid
walls and metallic reef Almost eysry wAeel
and SHAFT, every bslt and pulley, have been
torn out and replaced ~ new ana inpuDvsd
machinery. Not only that, but The capacity
has been more than doubled. In other words
il il in point Of fact . new mill with improve
ed facilities and double the grinding capsei.
~ Of the old mill. The fear Of the old pro-
prietors that the old mill would prove too
large for the demand. were never realized.
The new machinery was selected and has
been placed in position by F. o. Ladd, Of
Detroit. superintendent for the famous mill
wright, John Webster. He unhesitafingiy
declares that the new Wichita City Mills sur
pass in completeness any mill in this section
Of the West and that nothing in the State Of
Kansas will compare with them. All the lat
est and valuable machinery tor the produc-
ton Of superior flour has been added. Com
mencing in the basement, instead Of tho old
cumbrous wooden frame work, an iron hurst
frame OF solid iron base weighing many tons
imbeded in solid masonry from which run
solid cast iron columns supporting seven run
Of the largest size stone placed ON the floor
above. The rest OF the basement 70 taken
up with heavy shAltins and innease cog
wheels that move without jar or noise IN .
manner that 10 surprising. In the basement
is also the decorator or wheat scourer, con-
sisting of cylindrical stone In sections co.,
tanning scourers. On the second floor all
wood work, exclusive of machinery, has been
thoroughly painted with white lead and all
the dark woods and machinery vanished or
oiled Here are eight run Of stone, seven
side by side and the eighth hung in patent
cast iron yoke swung to the floor beams, and
all driven by the new endlesx belt. On this
floor has been placed two 'roller mills" or
middling crushers, consisting each OF two
heavy horizontal case hardened, polished iron
cylinders between which the middlings are
passed crushing every particle Of -four from
them and nattening the germ Of the wheat
to small oily dick. Two packets Of large
capacity with new hour chests md lied chests |
holding hundreds Of bushels, with scales, |
scoops. slides all complete from which the
contents can be emptied in the handiest and |
most dextrous manner. The third floor con- |
tains the boiling machinery and chests, the |
former being run by new devised spur
wheel. The boiling chests set one above the |
other in solid frame of hard pine timber. |
the posts of which run from the second floor |
to the roof into which they are solidly bolt |
ed, so that the entire boiling machinery |
stahds Independent of the floors through |
which the frame work runs. On this floor |
are four middling purifiers and two agitatOrs, |
a bran cleaning machine and brush machine. |
The latter is furnished with revolving BRUSH
es run at an immense velocity and out Of
which the wheat comes FURNISHED until it |
shines. Also on this floor and running di-
rectIy over the stones below is line Of
wheat gamers. Among the machinery on
the fourth floor is bran duster connected
with the dust room. new building just
erected as 4 receptacle, being 14x2s feet on
the ground and forty feet high. The engine
house, which is on level with the basement
or first floor, contains the engine and pump.
The former is splendid machine Of the
Harris Coriss make of 100 horsepower. The
steam pump is supplied with 200 feet Of two
inch hose which reaches every part Of the
building. The boilers and coal bins are sep
arate from the engine-rOoM. All the steam.
Is condensed by an improved apparatus and
used over and over. A side track runs along
close to the mill and coal bins and -four room
and elevator from which cars are loaded with
either wheat or -four in the speedcst man
ner All wheat is received on the west side
where four dumps are placed with q weigh
ing and clevating capacity of 5000 bushels
daily, direct from the wagons. The -four
room on the east side is I4x65 feet and con-
tains only -four in sack. The building, cx-
elusive of side rooms, dump sheds, scales
and Office is 45xl23 feet, four stories high, all
Of solid stone masonry. These magnificent
mills, which will start up within few days.
have q grinding capacity of 1000 bushels of
wheat or 200 barrels of -four and 800 bushels
Of corn every day of twenty-iour hours. The
prOprietOrs always stop the machinery At
every Saturday and do not start up
I'LL midnight Of Sunday. While we were
making our inspection the engine was put
in motion aud every wheel, shaft and machine
moved OF without the slightest perceptibls
Jar. The cost of the new machinery and i'm.
provements has been about twenty three
thousand dollars and We congratulate our
selves and people that we have men in our
midst possessing the means and such COM
spirit OF enterprise Their brands
Of -four are known and sold Us far east as
Boston and Philadelphia and west AS far a.
Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.