Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-12


from wagons or by means of wagon dumps,
and from cars by means Of ''conveyors' ex-
tending out to the switch. In this part Of
the building is also located a large hopper
scales, capable of receiving and weighing
at one time an entire car load Of wheat,
thus making the facilities for receiving and
loading wheat and -four very complete.
In the basement is found all Of the heavy
machinery and chatting of the latest manu-
facture and improvements, which furnishes
and communicates power to the mill above:
and, here also is one advance brush smut
ter for cleaning wheat. On the
FIRST FLOOR
is located fourteen sets OF chilled iron rolls
having all of the late improvOme nts, incud-
ing celluloid gears for driving the rolls,
which renders the running of these ma
chimes noiseess. There are also located
four pairs of stones for handling lower
grades of middlings, one Barnard & LEAFS
wheat separator, four Eureka -four pack
ers, one Eureka bran packer, and several
pairs OF scales, and a hopper scale, for re-
ceiying wheat in small quantities. On the
SECOND FLOOR.
is found the wheat and middlings stock
bins, boiling chests, middiings purifiers,
scalpiny chests for the breaks, aud other
necessary machinery, while on the
THIRD FLOOR
may be seen two more middlngs purifiers.
several boiling sheets, two bran busters,
one Brush shutter. rolling screen, and
three "Siver Greek Centrifugal Flour
Reels for dressing fionr. These machines
have 4 very large capacity and are capable
OF boiling four times the quantity of flour
that can be handled on an ordinary reel.
Each of these mfddlings purifiers is provid-
ed with one Of the latest improved dust coll
lectors, by the use of which all dust is
caught and carried out to other machines.
where another separation is made removing
a low grade flour, that which now remains
being carried to the offal bin, instead of be-
ing blown into large dust room Is former
IT, On this floor the elevators also Dis,
charge their several products to their res
pecuve bolts and machines for treatment.
and passing down through all Of the floors
is a yeritabie forest Of elevator trunks and
spouts.
After weighing the wheat goes TO a re-
ceiying hopper, is elevated aid goes
through rolling screen. then passes to the
wheat bins. remaining there until it l.
needed for grinding. After leaving these
bins il is passed through several zigzag
separators and shutter and thence
through two brush machines tor finishing
thus in every way being thoroughly
cleaned.
After leaving these machines il il
passed TO a set OF cOarsely corrugated
chilled iron rolls by which 1t is split longi
tudinally through the seam or crease. This
splitting frees or exposes the seam mpuri
ties and germs, and the miller, in setting
or adjusting the rolls for his preliminary
splitting or first break" exercises due
care to prevent the wheat being too much
broken, yet to know that each berry Is
acted upon sufficiently to split.
The product of this first break is sent TO
a scalping reel, suitably clothed with wire
loosened germs, and whatever first Hour
may have been produced is taken out, Will
the split grains pass over the tail of IT,
reel and are spouted to the next two set,
of rolls, where the treatment is similar 10
that of the first set, but the reduction finer.
1t is then passed to other rolls, and so on
from one reduction to the other, until the
wheat is all reduced to the proportions of
middlngs, flour and bran.
The middlings are sent to busters and the
several purifiers where all impurities are
removed, and the pure middlings are then
sent to other sets Of rolls where the reduc-
ton is made TO flour. From these rolls the
product is bolted and the -four -pouted to
the packer-ihus producing their celebrated
brand Of roller patent, called :" Imperial"
That portion of the wheat which is re-
duced to a proper fineDess in the principal
reductions. together with the product of
other middlings go to make up their various
other grades OF -four
The middlings containing the germs are
taken from the purifiers and sent to smooth
chilled iron rollers. Of which there are two
sets of large size in the mill. These rollers
reduce the middlings sufficiently to crush
or flatten out the germ particles. which are
of very waxy nature. and do not pulver-
ize on the rolls, so that in boiling the germ
flakes Will pass over the tail of the bolt 10
the offal. instead of sitting through the bolt
and into the -four. n is done by the old sy.-
TEN of grinding with stones. The -four
from this germ middlings goes into what j.
known rs their Fancy Flour
This mill has been overhauled and reno
delled At various times, in order to keen in
the front ranks OF scientific milling IL has
succeeded from the start in putting such
brands OF -four upon the market ~ create
for the City Mills wide extended reputa-
ton. and q constantly liner a>ing demand
for the various grades Of -four produced.
The mill was built in the summer OF lS,4
with daily capacity Of l25 barrels. From
this 1t was changed in ls,o to the "New |
Process" or "high grinding" with $50 bar !
rels daily capacity. April 3, 1854. the |
mill was started up after "A con. plete recon-
,;ruction and remodelling an the ..Roller |
system" with SOL 10 400 barrels capacity |
daily.
uS auu tteNttOE run Nv 4 III (
liar -Corliss engine, two /
large tubular boilers furnishing the steam. |
The water before being introduced into the |
boiler is subjected to a lime extracting
process. The steam is all condensed sr,er
use and therefore but little new water is
necessary
The arrangement IL now such that this
irm can furnish the trade with ms many
brands Of -four As there is any demand for.
they have already added TO those brands
ong since established two new ones, max
ng in all the 'lmperial'' troller PATENT.
White Rose" extra fancy roller. "NLCl
fancy roller, 20 H. (choice family.
Queen, NNN, and Clipper M
Since this firm has been established their
rade has been constantly extending and
reaching out, until to-day their -four nnds
place on the markets from Boston to
and from Galveston. Texas, 10
northern Iowa, besides a large export trade
10 Europe. IL is worth al ones time 10
make an inspection OF these mills, and any
one OF the gentlemaniy proprieiors will
take pleasure in explaining its fine and in