Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-25

average and their time was good. there
were several other very creditable acts on
the programme. which closed with funny
act, entitled "A Hot Night in the City"
Opening OF Mannheim Steam Mill.
The people of Mannheim celebrated
Thanksgiving by formally opening the
new steam Touring mill of Eby, Stehman
& Co..-the firm, ccnsistin. Of Jacob Eby,
Henry E. Stehman and Ezra Reist. A
large number Of guests were present from
abroad as weii as from Mannheim and vi
cinity, most of whom are interested i'll
| the milling business. Among them may
be mentioned Mr.. a. F. Dawson of the
firm Of Dawson s Bro, Preston Minne-
sofa c. J. Carmack, millwright, Mechan-
icstown. Md, who put mp the mill Dan
iel Danbery, Of the Pillsbury mills, Minne-
apolis, MIMI. Alex. Duncan, of the Variety
iron works, York w. w. Jones, Of the
grain exchange, Philadelphia ; II. F..
| Claimer and Ii. Herman. who put up tic
gas works with which the mill is lighted !;
Samuel Levan, Of Lancaster, aud y score
Of others from Maheim and vicinity.
The party met in the office of the mill at
l o'clock, p. m, and proceeded in body
to the residence Of Mr.. Jacob q. Eby, one
OF the proprietOrs, where fine Thanks
giving dinner was served. Returning to
the mill, Mr.. Dandy, who is to have charge
of it, started the machinery aud everything
moved off with the regularity of clock
work, to the delight of all present. The
party inspected the mill III all its parts.
The building is 1O5 feet in length by 81
feet in width, and is three aud a-half
stories high and is run by steam, being
supplied by 4 100 horse power engine.
The capacity of the mill is from 12J to
$50 barrels of flour per day, and the pro
cess by which the -four is made, it is
claimed, produces much better flour and
more Of it than can be made by any other
process-6O per cent. Of the flour being OF
a fancy grade, 81 per cent. OF second
grade aud per cent. of third grade.
The process of manufacture may be
briefly outlined, thus: The grain passes
from the Car into an elevator which
carries it to the receiving separator, which
takes out any chaff or other imperiection,
and the grain then passes Oh to the storing
bins. Then it is drawn out for milling
purposes and passes through tie milling
separator, and through the Becker brush,
which scours the gram and then over the
magnetic separator, which takes out any
iron atoms it may contain, then goes
through an automatic scale, which weighs
every pound of wheat and makes known
the exact product Of the mill. Then il
passes to the first reduction rolls, which
split the berry, passes through six sets OF
rolls. corrugated and smooth, and then
over the mill stones, where tho best ant
finest of flour is made.
After hayin" inspected the mill, tht
party returned to tho office aud was ca!let
to order by Owen p. Bricker, esq, ant
congratulatory speeches were made by th'
proprietors and several of tho visitors
some of whom related their milling ex
periences in various parts of the countr!
and by various processes, and all OF when
declared the new process to be the best
yet devised. The party separated at
late hour in the afternoon.