Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-03
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| Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
NEWARK. March 29.-"The great leo
age" was the subject of an Instructive
| lecture given by Prof. II. Carvill Lewis of
the Philadelphia Academy of Natural
/ Sciencee, last evening, before an audience
both practically and theoretically in the
dark, as fGr a. the slightest conception of
| the views shown was concerned.
Mr.. Lewis brought no apparatus with
which to Illustrate the views, cOnse-
quently the microscopic instrument
owned by the college hal to be used with
not very gratifying results, to say the
least, as a vivid imagi alton was quite
essential tn oiphering out the meaning of
the views shown. The speaker, among
other things, said and gave sufficient
| evidence of the truth Of his statement,
that this country was inhabited over
| 10, 900 years ago by q race OF beings now
entirely obitera.ed from the face Of the
earth by the great north pole glacier. The
next tins Mr.. Lewis comes he should
bring doesn't instrument to enllghten us
on the subject.
NEWARK, April 1.-Dswson Brothers,
-four mill builders Of your city, have
shout completed the -emodeling Of Cooch
Brothers extensive flour mill at Cooch's
Bridge. The building ia an old structure
| dating from 1904, and WAS at that time
| one of the most complete and thoroughly
equipped mills in the State. This, how
ever, was not the only mill built by the
Cooch family, as four generations Of Cooches
have toiled In as many mills, the remains
of which sre entirely vblitersted.
The mill In question doubtless had the
best equipment then obtalnable, and its
patrons were probably not vexed with
questions as to the properties of gluten
or starch, or bothered by the appearance
of speck or the slightest shade differ
enoe in color consequently there is
reason to suppose the genial proprietor
satisfied his customers with it's product,
just as we'll as the present proprietors.
Mr.. Dawson has had q large force of
men at the mill for some weeks, as 1t was
necessary to tear all the old machinery
| ont preparatory to placing in the new
appliances. The first floor contains line
shaft gearing, pulleys to drive rolls,
wheat cleaning machinery and elevators
the second floor has ten pairs OF
of Dawson rolls, corn and feed
burs, flour packers, receiving scales
and oommodious office; In the
third floor are situated three Smith and
one Wolf purifier, flour chests, wheat
gamers and dust ostchers. Boiling
chests, Silver Creek centrifugal reels and
bran busters occupy the fourth floor
while in the fifth floor are boltipg chests
and Eureka magnetic separator.
No money or pains have been
spared in any detail, which would
materially affect the quality aud
grade OF the flour. An inter-
esting feature is the large 80 feet over
shot water wheel, which after so many
years OF service, is still used. Four
grades OF flour will be made, and the
capacity will be about 100 barrels per
day. The mill works perfectly
as was stipulated in con-
tract, and the proprietors express
themselves IS fully satisfied with the
excellent work of Dawson Brothers. The
mill IL situated In Penoader hundred, on
the Christians creek, at Coooh's station
on the Newark & Delaware City railroad.
Superintendent Il. H. Carter has ordered
| a switch to be Immediately built at the
mill, which will enable them to ship
directly from their door to all parts
Of the world. The firm comprises j.
wilkins and William Cooch the former
state senator in 1881, and the latter a
representative of the last House. Msssrs.
Cooch contemplate adding steam engine
and boiler to their motive power, to
facilitate their running in summer.