Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-30
THE MILLING INDUSTRY.
The Improved Machinery nj the
GunlgaI Willis.

A visit 10 the great Capitol mills on Upper
Main street would astOnish an oldfashioned
miller By the novelty aud perfection Of the
new steel roller process Of grinding grain.
This superb machinery Is now In operation,
and the proprietor, Mr.. Loew, kindly showed
q HERALD reporter all through the Immense
establishment. Mr.. l.. Is very proud Of his in.
yestment and thinks this Il IN no way behind
any other city In the excellence Of her mill
ling machinery IL should be remembered
that ten years ago there was no Hour manu-
factufed IN Los Angeles, while now the
daily yield Is about 400 barrels. Mr.. e. A.
Gould. from the great mills Of Minneapolis
the greatest milling center Of the c0hilneht
the foreman of the establishment. explained
the uses and application Of the various ma.
chimes. The capacity of the min Ut present
IL $50 barrels per day.
Wheat IL coming In daily, bbth ~ tennhs
and ears, from the San Ferniidn Nhlley'
This IL all purchased, rs there " no 1hhchp
connected with the mill There are hihe
sets of rollers, made In San Ffahelscn hhl
were put IN by J Is. Cross, another MINI, .lii',
| sofa man In the second story are two cen
| trifuRal reels. three Richmond busters three
| BOnet q Lee packers and hYc sealplng reefs.
| In the third story are three mlddlingA purl-
fers patent dust collector, eignt hlo9lnins
| chests aud four Hour garners. In the ionrth
| story are four additional middling BURNERS,
| aud four more boiling chests, on eeentrliug II
| reel. one MOrses elevator bolt Up above,
| ON the roof is the elevator, In cupola,
| where ali Of the flour, middlings and shorts
| ascend, aud are carried down again to the hrst
| story by another set Of shafts. The addition
| to the old mill the new engine aud boiler
and all the new machinery cost po,VoO, me
establishment employs thirty men
walk to the large wooden box lust
above the mill on the back, which
holds water for Its use. that nows
into II on q level from the zlnla that runs
A. als la nj hA
mill, showed II Ia be about One-hali mud
The cross pieces had quarter OF an Inch Of
mud on them, ana the water looked dhrk
brown color. Wondering how such NTH
could he used In a boiler attached to an en-.
CINE running first class mil without burn.
Ing II out, or elogglng the ilues up, the re-
porter was shown the engine room, where
the engineer, Mr.. Roe, explained the
machinery. The engine, Coleman cut
OF, $50 horsepower, was also made
in San Francisco, and Is the only one on the
coast outside of thnt city. The NY wheel
makes $50 revolutions per minute. The en-
CINE IL known AZ compound cOndensing
machine. One side IL high pressure, PTS
ton Finch diameter aud @inch stroke The
other side Is low pressure, "a inch diameter
and 3G.inch stroke. In addition, there Is
the compound condensing maehine' WIN
15inch stroke. The muddy witer
is pumped into the boiler, which
was made for the purpose. On
| each end Of It are about ffiy heavy nuts,
| with screws outside. These connect with a
mud box In the center of the boiler. Before
| going Into the boiler the water goes through
| the condenser. The two engines and the
| compound condenser, with the mud attach.
ment, seems to be the only way TO m IKE
| steam from mud. The engineer states that
| II Is only necessary to clean out the mud
| once a week, on sunday, when the mill Is
| idle. II drops 50 that II does not Interfere
| with the ilues or the heating Of the fire box.
| The visit was very interesting. Everything
Is new aud first class. and adds greatly 10
| the business Of the goodly city of Los Anse
| les, which Is determined to have the best oi
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