, 1881-10-15


wheat into -four by means OF rolls instead OF
milIstones. Messrs. Pillsbury, after care
fully investigating this process decided to
adopt IT. 0at went the mill stones and in
! came the rolls. The old Pillsbury, now
called the ''B, - mill was enlarged to such an
extent as to increase the total capacity in all
the mills To 900 barrels. Yet SO great had
become the reputation Of their flour now in
the east that they were either obliged TO re-
fuse orders or buy or build more mills. They
could not bear to hear the people
CRYING FOR BREAD.
And feel that they were unable ta respond
to the call. And so after mature itllora
ton they decided to build, ans in hnilding
to erect mill which, for sile and complete
ness, should have no nl2l II t-e world.
With this end in view Mr.. Cn4ri s \ Pill
bury visited Europe to examine the methods
and processes in use there The mills 81
England, Scotland, France, Germany, Aus-
tria and Hungary We're carefully ms. ec;el
and all the methods which seemed t. have
any value TO them taken noie of. On re-
turning the general structure was agreed
upon, and early in the spring Of 1880 the
work was commenced, the ground selected
being on the east OF the river, about 400 fe t
below the falls.
In one of the mills tine Pioneer Press thus
speaks OF the machinery: Gf course In a mill
Of this size an immense amount OF machin-
cry is necessary The Messrs. Plllsbury
have what, in their Judgment, is the best Of
ITS kind whether made III this country or
Europe, and fortunes are locked up i'll costly
rolls and purifiers and other machinery.
Think Of 400 sets OF rolls for crushing grain,
the price of each one at the shop being $3.50.
Think OF 200 middling purifiers, the list
price OF each at the shop being $500. 1t is
no great matter to supply three-run mill
with its outfit, but when the requirements
are for one that consumes p, 900 bushels of
wheat in every twenty-four hours, it be-
comes AN altogether different matter.
ITS CAPACITY.
1t is the lmgest and most costly mill in the
world Says Mr.. Pillsbury 1T viii
make from 1000 to l,50O barrels more of
-four per day than any mill that was ever
built, and from the amount of machinery 1t
carries the statement would appear true.
The half that has been started up, and
which has been running now only about six
weeks, has already made I. barrels IN
taeI.ty-tsur hours, so that u full capacity
of tie mill will be over
FIVE THOUSAND FARRELS
Daily. One remarkable feature OF its con-
structiOn has been the perfectness with
which every part OF the work has been done.
On the second day after it was started 1t
commenced to make flour, which was deem
ed sufficient to pass for f'il!sbury's Best, and
which was barreled up and shipped along
with the product of his other mills, and the
second week it ran it made 2,2SO barrels IN
one day, which Mr. P. says {" was even bet
ter than made in his old mills. To give an
idea of its size compared with other mills,
1t might be well TO say that the capacity OF
the largest mil in Europe, which Is the
Buda Pesth, Hungary, is only ,, 800 barrels,
and this is donble miil-that is. two mil
of |. 400 arrels each under one rOJt Thus
It stands alone, in point OF SIZE and compile
ton. without a rival in the world
WHAT IT'S NEEDS ARE.
Tb. r.auirements Of this mill when all
the rolls are in operation will be 25,OOO
| bushels Of wheat per day, while that ct the
other mills will be more than half as much
more. or altoge,hsr nearly 10000 bushels
daily OF course, there are always more or
less stoppases and repairs about any mach
merry SO that full capacity can Lot at all
times be maintained, yet Mr.. Pilisbury es-
t;na:es tha. the needs Of the trm will be
about 100 car loads of wheat fer day.
To meet this immense Gema;,d the whole
| N,rthwes5 Will have 20 be scoare,i, bat they
| have been anti :iPating the requirements,
ami are better liked 10 supply tilv:r needs II
! That direction than any firm III The United
| states. In Minneapolis they have an eiera-
tor with a capacity OF 100000 bushels; IN
Granite Falls another with capacity oi
300. 900. while way 10 the north IN The Red
river valley, along the line OF the St Paul,
| u,nneapoiis ( Manitoba railroad, they have
| M less than tbirty-three other elevators,
| having total capacity OF nearly l,JV0, wv
| bushels
WORK FOR THE RAILR0sDS.
The requirements of this flrm Will be lOt
car loads of grain for grinding daily, and
100 car loads -four and mil feed shipped
ayay-for comparatively nothing Is lost IL
manufacturing. Thus ten trains OF twenty
cars each will be nesded 70 supply the de
mands of this great establishments busl
ness sufficient to make any railroad corpora
ZION wealthy in brief term Of years
WHERE THE FLOOR GOES
Almost everywhere. For years the braaC
of high grade -four made at these mili'
known as "Pillsburys Best, has been II
preat demand IN tue Eastern States, and 4
constantly increasing in popularity. IL Il
used not only in the families OF the nch, bu
by the poor as well, for it is fact tat man,
have discovered that tie extra amount o
nourif hment 1t contains, On account OF IN
large proportion Of gluten IN II. makes
cheaper 10 use In the family than the nor
common grades. 1t is also the healthies
flour in the world, as by their lmprove'
process all these choicest par Of the whea
containing the gluten and pt pilates, whlc
formerly went into the lowest grades Q
, | -four. are put into their highest grade hou:
whicn is branded - Pillsbury Best, and TN
band of -four viii make the ,rhitest, a9hts,,
! and heaItIiiest brad that can be procured
. From the Atlantic shore ii has foundpts wa
an over Europe and even to Africa, aod IN
area from which the demand comes is col
stautly wilening. and hardly day pass
, but tha. representatives OF some icreis
house are in the city 10 purchase from son
Of our miIif. A great demand Tor the 70 ~
grades has sprung up IN Germany, and 1t
S almost impossible 70 supply the cM fro
Z these quartera