Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-26
4 New ENgzRpRisE SUCCESSFUL!
Missouri StRE1 UP with
the Times.

or the recent improvements in this
region, the leading work, par erceL
tence, of the year is the completion OF
the new mill in 1ronton by the Arcadia
Valley Milling Co.; and as it is now in
successful operation, the time has come
to lay before our readers an account ol
the mill, its construction, operation
and the benefits that will accrue to
Southeast Missouri from this new en-.
terprise.
IT'S ORIGIN.
1t has long been evident that addi-
tional and better milling facilities were
needed for converting the excellent
wheat of Southeast Missouri into first
class merchantable flour that could be
sold in any market, and early in the
present year Judge J. G. Clarkson,
VIM. Crommer and JAS. H. Clark, OF
this town, decided to form an associa-
ton and supply the want by building
in the Arcadia Valley q merchant
mill of capacity commensurate with
the necessities of the district. Judge
Clarkson and Mr.. Crommer have each
successfully engaged in milling, and
all the members of the association are
mon of ample capital, ability and en-
ergy to carry forward any work of the
kind, and it was soon determined upon
that the new mill should have al the
appliances for Touring whose merits
had been fully ascertained, and that it
should be
NEW PROCESS ROLLER MILL.
This decided, the company received
bids from the leading mill furnishing
houses of the West, and after careful
investigation the contract for furnish
ing the machinery and placing it ready
for Touring was awarded to Messrs. I.
of the Oldest and best known houses of
the West.
The location adopted, a few rods
south of the Ironton railroad station,
is we'll chosen, both on account of its
nearness to the railroad, from which
spur track extends past the mill, and
the bold spring in the lot, which con-
stantly yields an abundance of pure
water; and DR.. Edwin May, the for
mer proprietor, promptly conveyed it
to the new firm, at very reasonable
price, when he learned their purpose.
THE BUILDING
was erected by Louis Miller, of Area
dia, and the accuracy with which ev-
cry detail of the plan was fulfilled only
adds to his well-earned reputation for
conscientious attention to his con tracts.
The man building is forty by thirty
six feet in size and consists of base
ment, first or grinding, second or bolt
ing and third or cleaning floors. The
frame is of pine on a heavy wall of
stone, and not stick of timber or
piece of lumber was used in the build
ing that would not pass inspection as
first-class. The height of the base
ment in the clear is nine feet; that of
the main floor, twelve feet; of the Sec
ond story, fourteen feet, and Of the
third story, twenty teet-giving ample
room for any machinery required.
Every floor above the basement is
laid with best dressed yellow pine, and
the three floors have an aggregate area
of four thousand three hundred and
twenty square feet. Although this |
surface would seem more than ample !
for siXty-barrel mill, the impression |
upon the mind of the visitor is that no |
space is wasted and there is very little |
to spare.
THE ENGINE
S of the plain slide-valve pattern of the
most approved proportions and mas
;ive construction, with cylinder twelve
)y' twenty inches, mounted on stone
oase, and is rated at fifty-horse power.
rhe poweris distributed to the various
machinery of the mill by main line
haft extending through the basement
and a vertical shaft to the
oof centre.
THE MACHINERY
f the mill proper is all of the latest
nd best patterns, and several Of the
oils are built under patents issued
his year.
THE GRINDING FLOOR.
The machines by which the wheat is
round are all on this floor, and consist
f three double and one single set of
oils. made by Allis & Co., of Milwau- |
ee, Wisconsin, under Gray's Wag-
lan's patents, all noiseless in opera
on, and two pair of middlings burrs,
nd pair of corn burrs is mounted on
ne same husk frame.
The rolls and burrs are SO arranged &
1at the wheat, after being thoroughly v
leaned from dirt and foreign substanc- h
;, is, after short stcaming process /
, tougher the bran and make it easier t
from the inner part of the v
lot a,,t