Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-19
WICHITA CITY ROLLER MILLS.
THE LARGEST AND BEST APP.
POINTED FIGURING MILL
IN THE WEST.
Introduction of the Latest and Bes'
Improved Machinery.

!. in 1879 MIR. Hargis disposed OF his iuteres
to Mr.. A. W. Oliver, Of this city, and il
d 1888 the interest OF ID. S. Shellabarger wa
S purchased by the other members Of the firm
-shellabargcr, Imboden & Oliver, who
:. have since that date operated these mills
which are located on the corner Of Dougla.
: and Fifth avenues, near the Santa Fe rail
q road.
u The mill and elevator, including engine
I and boiler room, is Of cut stone, and is l2ox
A. feet, three stories high, with basement
making one Of the most commodiou.
mil buildings in the state,
while adjoining the same and next to the
railroad switch is -four warehouse capa.
BILE Of holding thirty car loads Of -four,
and from the doors OF which can be loaded
two cars Of flour at time, and in thirty
: minutes. The elevator building, also ad.
joining the mill, has storage capacity OF
$1,000 bushels Of wheat, and is provided
with all the necessary machinery for re-
ceiving and delivering wheat, either direct
, from wagons or by means of wagon dumps,
and from ears by means Of ''conveyors" ex-
tending out to the switch. In this part OF
the building is also located 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 flour very complete.
In the basement is found all of the heavy
machinery and shafting 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 improvements, includ-
ing celluloid gears for driving the rolls,
which renders the running of these ma
chimes noiseless' There are also located
four pairs of stones for handling lower
grades of middlings, one Barnard 4 LEAFS
wheat separator, four Eureka -four pack
ers. one Eureka bran packer, and several
] pairs OF scales, and hopper scale, for re-
ceiring wheat in small quantities. On the
SECOND FLOOR.
is found the wheat and middlings stock
bins, boiling chests, middlings purifiers,
scalping chests for the "breaks," and other
necessary machinery, while on the
THIRD FLOOR
may be seen two more middlings purifiers,
several boiling sheets, two bran busters,
one Brush shutter. rolling screen, and
three "Silyer Creek Centrifugal Flour
Reels" for dressing -four. These machines
have 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 middliugs purifiers is provid-
ed with one of the latest improved dust col
lectors, by the use of which all dust is
caught and carried out TO other machines.
where another separation is made removing
L low grade flour, that which now remains
being carried to the offal bin, instead of be-
ing blown into a large dust room as former
iy. On this floor the elevators also dis
charge their several products to their res
pective bolts and machines for treatment, !
and passing down through all cf the floors |
is veritable forest of eie vator trunks and |
spouts.
After weighing the wheat goes to re- |
ceiying hopper, is elevated and goes |
through rolling screen, then passes to the /
wheat bins, remaining there until it is /
needed for grinding. After leaving these /
bins it is passed through several ziszag
separators and shutter and thence |
through two brush machines for finishing |
thus in every way being thoroughly |
cleaned.
After leaving these machines it is
passed TO a set of coarsely corrugated |
chilled iron rolls by which it is split longi-
tudinally through the seam or crease. This
splitting frees or exposes the seam impuri.
ties and germs, and the miller, in setting
or adjusting the rolls for his preliminary
splitting or ''frst 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
4 scalping reel, suitably clothed with wire
cloth, where the seam impurities, dust,
loosened germs, and whatever first flour
may have been produced is taken out, while
the split grains pass over the tail of the
reel and are spouted to the next two sets
Of rolls, where the treatment is similar to
that OF the first set, but the reduction finer.
II is then passed TO other rolls, and SO on
from one reduction to the other, until the
wheat is all reduced 10 the proportions of
-four and bran.
The middlings are sent to busters aud the
several purifiers where all impurities are
and the pure middlings are then
sent 10 other sets Of rolls where the reduc-
lion is made to -four. From these rolls the
product is bolted and the -four spouted to
the packer-thus producing their celebrated
brand of roller patent, called 90 Imperial
That portion Of the wheat which is re-
iuced to a proper fiDeness in the principal
'eductions, together with the product Of !
'ther middlings go to make up their various !
,ther grades of -four.
The middlings containing the germs are J.
AIKEN from the purifiers and sent to smo tn
,hilied iron rollers, of which there are two I
educe the middlings sufficiently to crush d
n flatten out the germ particles, which are n
II very waXy nature, and do not pulyer-
re on the rolls, SO that in boiling the germ a
lakes will pass over the tail of the bolt to 7
he ofal, instead Of sitting through the bolt r
nd into the -four, as is done by the old sys- /,
EN- of grinding with stones. The -four -
rom this germ middiings goes into what is
nown as their Fancy Flour a..
This mill has been overhauled and reno .
eled at various times, in order to keep in
he front ranks OF scientific milling 1t has
ucceeded from the start in putting such ),
rands OF -four upon the market as create
or the City Mills a wide extended reputa-
ion, and constantly Increasing demand
Or the various grades of -four produced.
The mill was built in the summer Of 1874
18th daily capacity of 125 barrels. From
MS il was changed IN Isso to the "New =
recess" or "high grinding with 80 bar :,
els daily capacity. April 3, 1854, the :,
ill was started up after complete recon. ~
ruetion and remodelling on the ROLLER "a !,
ystem," with $50 TO 400 barrels capacity W
ally.
The mill and elevator are run by a I25. 81
orse-power Harris-Corliss engine, two &c
rye tubular boilers furnishing tie steam. C
he water before being introduced into the u
Oiler is subjected TO lime extracting
recess. The steam is all condensed after 10
se and therefore but little new water is u
~
The arrangement is now such that this ID
rm can furnish the trade with as many 50
rands Of -four as there is any demand for. q
hey have already added to those brands Is
ng since established two new ones, max p'
Y in all the "Imperial'' (roller PATENT, u
White Rose" extra fancy roller, 'X e'
- fancy roller, 80 K' (choice family, III
ueen, (XXX,) and Clipper (XX.) az
since this firm has been estadI;. shed their b.