Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-13
TnH NEW FLOUR MILL
oun ~ SnE FINI ST EQUIPPED
rnoU - lIluLs THE COUNTRY.
- uew Hlsur Mill ef wsa. Lea 4
ou1o AAeus Completed ana
meoAy Tor Active work.
4 DescrtptiOn Of tho
Duilaing, machi.
, merry. etc.

'.sAN.sss sssAvyL " y Hss r., So 5csired Accord
.il1sN ,.at .ss.Sa ra,arta,s sbouldered
~. .sx S,r,s,k .nJ ,nsae bis way over
~ Ms.rs~ y 90, soutn of the Brandy-
i'....ass 's..s n, A ~ n;Io,ing his wav
wsn1 wsn1as4'ss' ,b;nb thare waa
.'S..s ~ shi. yic;ri,v the mill was
1890 r Af,1r a short conversation
.si.h IA p.as,op Lea one of the tirm,
~. .,sss.es ,,rs introduced to MIR. Tay.
~. ~ s.s,cs snved him through the new
ss.ln,Ss W. -,,d ~nl.ire1 ,borouphly All
~. J..... 49, sas-rv aud other things of in.
s.-.ss ~ ~ snnl in this imp,sipg
-. 1890 -
=, wsSsss ..t.,,, r. into , dissertation of
~ ,stti ~ would he we'll to give a
shrrt ~ sSstrh Of the firm, which will add
ss. ...ss.s s..s~~Sst An the article,
-'TsS srs.n t,,s,,s~.s row carried on by this
-s-S-n.-s, nd influential firm. was
s"ss..i ~ .r.rteJ almost a century ago
ssn. 49,. ~ T,rnall 4 Lea. They
sy...s.S 80 Mill. one ou the south
.sds era nS,nther IN the north side OF
~ vss,Xvvjne The former was
.rscts6 -, ~ "a hack AZ the wear 1862 and
sna ;sSe.r II ,T70 They were located
~ ,sS H~sd ~ rid. water. built of stone
!. Nv. a '.-nst substantial manner,
'.....,....sa ..s,h ,he lest aopliapces of
sSsa! ks~a q hs had At that time, and
~. 49,, ,s.e~v .~ars were the most complete
- .. i. IN 4. tha most extensive tlour mills
.rsacr,ssr, The bus,1,ss operatiops
= NJ. sh.ss rsronrirtors were even more
xsSi- N, r,asou of the enormous
$1,000 n rain annually handled and
49, ".,.s,s 81 COUNTRY covered by their
~. S NJ a sv1s q onerations of this one firm
.-.~ x.s ESSvr that thev controlled the
49, ~ ~ cvsin throughout a wiheextent
~ ~ s.s.s,,xs-s- nnr,ng the war of the
p..sirSs.:ss 3 the American army was
.,..- isss~iv sn,nlied with flour from
~ nr-,,S Srx,inr mills
20 Ws'.. sEara mills fnallv came into
,Ah.rds'cT William Lea a. sops. The
isr,n -" y. sai.sS spcc.ssors of the ori. inal
-. s,.rv ,mnortant alterations and
~. n, !, ,,,sv~rssrts y ere made ia order to
sIsrt .I thsm to the newer and better
..t.s,as N ,millinu that had been in.
.a....s.s -,,scs ,hev YER, first built. and
~ Il the uresert time com
.'Is;.,s .rrtrnad win modern and eff
i ,0s I ~ =, chs scchsperv and anpoIntmeuts and
~ r.sch ~rades of aonr and meal tbey
c-ca 49, "a unsu, pas,ed by any mil.s
l 4 ~ corntrv' In 1880, the business
\ Y ~ IN Arm having 40 far increased, they
I S.s..~9 ~ ad v;aaSle TO erect a new mill
,,,.s s~lSctaa New Castle as the site.
Q Z - sh~r arected a large and imposing
serrctnvs especially adapted for the
,,r,,d urt1ns, nj tbe high. at grades of
rratsrt dnnrs IL is constructed In the
mnst thorough manner, il essentially
rrT.asvm m eyery respi ct, every II yor
heirc ntnvided with speakjng tuGes,
ivnsl ksils and steam apparatus, ana
~ hmIldirv ,.onoectsd with the Brandy.
-sre- miiis in this city--seyen miles
r~asir~ urder the Christiaua river by
,,sahIa Nav and improved machinery,
~ ING treatrnent and manipulatjou of
rainN Il order 10 its conyers on into
~ rnvinv trades of -four. was put into
! INA MIN
The nresent owners and proprietors
of the Rrandvwipe Mills are Messrs.
Prest0n ana Henry Lea, doing business
{ u,n,lar thu name of William Lea & Sons.
. Aathouah Mr.. VIM. Lea. the senior
samker' dted in 1876. The firm name is
rakSatlad snder which the house has ac-
nniyn.a &0sxi ide reputatiou and so ex-
= scr1ed Z demanl for its productions,
II T9ka al,nraxions of the original firm, one
hnn8ssd wears and more ago, we're
\ som,af hiSls remarkaole for those days,
y ahnt sUsnii In conparis,n with those of
) m sINneeeors.
usscS1 Snsruetic. far.,eeing men of bus
!iI~Sr1 thnroughly enterprising and pro-
b svsSsivn In their methods. public
h sniritad witbal. and pledged to every
1ussmamt that looks TO The advance
11sx NJ Inc welfare of the city of Wi.
lWSt6n5
TIS mond f,r their various grades
. ~ ~ Savinp far exceeded their pro
due Sh became neces sary to incre lse
tha r. ctjon. For this purpose they
haSS comrleted The erection of an
lnrS 1z7 fiye.story baildiug, immedi.
afSIr S6inininy their old mil on the
a0ril 1iAe of the Brapdywiue creek.
~ w K6ildinp is a fiye-story structure
\ viff2 SXxIc more commonly calle6 a
i,@5l Sin1v buildinp with h ,sement and
y S1l 7x q ne tirst story ia built of stone
IN hers of bricx. covered with a
. 11H 1cof and snrmounted with stone
21Siprs. The dimensions of the
5{inr' Are 1Ot;x5O feet. Immediately
1f3ninc IN. building ia a one story
j r. ansine. boiler and wheel house,
n \ Y nmoke stack 125 feet high. and a
i xnch whistle ON ton of tn. engine
!, ,157
= 5 - ~ y boiler room are two largo 3 h.
4 SSSInch with foundation and annie
|, Ir anotb.r wb, II neei.d.
! n a;atelv adjoining the boiler
|, 3 ths enuin ne room. which con-
!, a. of .Jarome Wheelock steam
IS,o,s calehrated Cor,iss enp,nes
mower, with an is feet fiy
inch face: also a Knowlss'
-. aam nnnn and an I. b Davis
!, I'M This IL known "a a syphon
\ \ ~ ~ and ia dnsipned TO eondense