Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-13


ment nlsocontains q Sturtevant OK baust
fan, elevators, elevator boots aud con-
yeyars, one Kurth Cookie Separator,
and one brush machine.
At the east end of this h)or Is large
bin, for the storage OF grain. IL runs
full width of the building, and above
the third floor 1t il built on crib,
which rests on its own foundations,
has sbree compartments, and has ca
pacity Of 20, 900 bushels Of wheat at one
time. A conveyor runs from the street
TO the bin 10 receive the wheat brought
by wagons. For the unloading OF res
sells dock. leg has been erected, which
will unload vessels by pumping the
wheat out, at the rate of 2000 bushels
per hour.
The first floor Is fitted up in elegant
style, and pre- .ents q novel appearance
not often seen IN a flour mill. Upon
this floor are "A pair Of corrugated and
/ pair of smoOth rolls, which are used
IN reducing the wheat from its original
state to the different grades. This
room contains Ave Hursts, on whSch
the mi stones, or burrs, rest; the 6nrrs
are four feet In diameter.
The Hursts are finished in the east
lake style, with walnut trimmings and
are auite fanciful. The middings pass
to the silent feeder through large glass
globes instead Of a hopper, which en-
ables the miller to see just what Kind
of wheat is passing through and In
what condi,ian 1t is in.
This department also contains one
patent brush machine, receiving scales,
nrn" ,nnp'1',r J's,ar ' .,r Asn;r,,ors shat,iug.
naan,"n Da"n ur'Ss.' W.,
All the mHChlnery on ,no n.s' -. 10
ar''el ny 'ne n,"'n t ai,S u ~ his
naso','en1' a. '"e WV" "''A y"
~, ,ha s.caud an,r ,re six,sep i'm.
,,-on,d ha,,,,, .haats s..van n,rif;ers
savsn Kirt F,ndar dust catchers'
h;ns ,or n,;da,inoS .baftinp p.ariny
stn
Tbs third ,oor contains sixteen bolt.
inc .hes,s seven purifiers. with Kirk
(, Eandar anst catcbers on each Two
;n,rrn,sa Iu.t ca,chnrs for the recep.
,iop ot dusr from the slaves and rolls
ara oIs, ,,nn, tbis anor
ITnn,, ra,ob;ug the foprtb aoor Won
h.hal ,,,, Strrtsv,nt .xIanst Fans
,ar b,,,.;,,,, ,has,, two K;rL <, Eandar
ams, o. nstoS.rs ,h. nsce Law sbaffing
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sstIa hr,, d,,,t.-
Af,ar , roraf,,l aud tborouub insnec.
,;nn ef ,ha loyar an,r M, attic ;s
ro,hai 49,, ,,,,o,, ,,,a,,;n, ~, nf RI.
,.;n in,v, tha heboidar ia strpck with
,ha o.on;tn.rt yiaw ot tho c;tv tho
crs.Ls and NJ tho Da,aware river At
,bis nnint ,be mind naturally drifts
LacL unn, twe,tv vears 400 a,,J the
y..t a; T.r.nca hat vsan ,hen and now
in the imnrovape,t of our city. ia sur-
nrisina @ '' van
IN looking Founu 'he a..lo Sou ~
10 d the heaas Oh the elevators, which
,uh iroh the oase'neh'' r"usea 'ii, pu,,
Icy are seen; AlIo one E,cllhonu Will
separaor' .nIee orusn rH.Is WHO @ so"'p'
ipg sie'eS anu 'nieo eo"iPins '1o's ,
ine uh"c"ihery III lhe n.A - VI 'ne
most lmpfoVeu anu ms ~ CONSTRUCTOR III
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peiue ah iuon y, 'nat.no on 'n's nuo,
oh Clo seouuu no1, sno nr nuT,puH abut, n,
mines ",our az ;'oh ai, go, tha ,ra;,,
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me wniun uns p'tu.o' E.o' .%ia I,',hs as Ia ~
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"tsS elu VI I'LL, an uiSas isS' ,h'. ,ha ,auaa uu
sarv motive power to Iun the bolting
,hests and other machinery Oh the up.
nar aoors
An tbe east end of the building, on the
t.ir, iHolr a counter-line ar aft ia erected
IN dr,ye the elevators for storage bins.
onsrates the Dock lerapd runs one Rich.
mond Mill separator liz the attic. At
tbe rear of the building. on the first
floor, four Eureka patent -four packers.
have been erected, which are used for
nackingthe flour in barrels, preparatory
to shipnap, Closely adjoining these
hackers Ia A set of patent scales. made
expressly for weighing the Hour, when
mt into the barrels: the platform Is
evap with the floor and the barrel ia
rolled on IL without any trouble, and
the platform. with the barrel on is rails.
ed from the floor to a sufficient height,
to enable The weigher to get the correct
weight. The scales being in good trim
lbe writer jumped upon them and tip
! ped the beam at l55 pounds, equal to
over three fourths of a barrel of flour.
The mill is heated throughout bv steam,
lii by gas; lard oil being used for the
lanterns carried by the mlllers.
A oi,n,, hall ia n,.cea IN the first
a.. s"a. oonsr;,nnn. % n,sna M wv uhinh @
aoo,, orn,oatsS ~ ~ bp wirss 70 all nar,s nf
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p9n' w "ny al,
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lioot, anu lLuS .h1 onsin. o"n oo S.op-
per- MN In @ afeai na'y saw. Jp"," vi '' ro
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