St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
MINNEAPOLIS MILLS.
Personal Mention and Notes.-The
Canal improvements.


Many of the millers are becoming appre-
hensive lest the work of repairing the ca
nal will be prolonged into September To
some this would be little short of diSas-
ter, but the steam mills would be the gain
erS thereby, and stiff rise in flour might
result. OF the progress Of the work, the
Miller says: A considerable portion of the
iron work has been placed in position at the
lower end of the canal, and the work is
progressing quite favOrably. Owing to the
peculiar formation of the rock on the bot
tom of the canal, it will be blasted out sew
eTal inches deeper than was originally con-
| templated. Ii was supposed that the upper
strata at the lower end ran the full length
Of the canal at nearly uniform thickness,
| but when blasting was commenced il was
discovered TO run the full length of the ca
nal. This necessitated going down another
strata, where the blue limestone is reached.
which it is believed extends the whole
length OF the milling district on a uni
form level. On an average, this will
amount to the deepening of the
canal about 20 inches. at some places where
there are ''humpS'' the excavation being
four feet. This extra depth cuts off that
much of the water head. unless tail races.
intake pipes. etc. are lowered correspond
ingly. 1t will neceSsitate quite expensive
changes for nearly all the mills, many of
them having already decided TO go on and
lower their intake pipes, water racks, etc
The power company has notified all power
users that after the present improvements
are completed the further removal of the
ledge will not be permitted. Ii is intended
TO make the bottom of the canal level
throughout. and place everyone on the same
footing. The tedious job of putting i'm a
coffer-dam at the head of the canal is going
along only slowly. There are a good many
who claim the partly constructed dam has
been moved or bulged more or less by the
water on the upper side of it, but those in
charge deny it and seem perfectly satisfied
with the way matters are progressing. On
Tuesday Agent de Ia Barre stated that he
thought, without unforeseen accidents or de-
lays. the work on the canal could be
closed up in another monthly Aug. %.
liver Schei and Horace Chalfant. old en-
ployes and miller and millwright respect
lively of the Washburn mills, have purchased
seventy-five barrel custom mill at Osakis,
Mimi. and. after Mr.. Chalfant has made
some Improvements, viii operate il.
The Pillsbury 4, Phoenix and Columbia
mills are running. and other firms whose
mills are idle are using the -four manufac-
The Northwestern mill has put in the dis
trict telegraph system, which registers the
Waterman and eXpediteS the calling of the
head miller or manager at their homes.
Alex Davidson of the Crown Roller and
Walter johnson of the Northwestern mill
have returned from a trip through Ne
braska.
Gus Pritzlaff, at the Humboldt mill, has
gone to Hanover. Mimi. 10 run the mill at
that place owned by Jacob Vollbrecht.
The Pray Manufacturing company is
! furnishing large gears for the new water
wheel at the Humboldt mill.
4 meeting of the Operative 1Iillers was
held last evening, report of which will be
found in another column
The Crown Roller mill is putting in the
foundation for its engine, which has been
placed in the basement.
A. J. ii. Hogan, president of the Column
bus (Neb.) Milling company, is in the city
visiting friends.
L. B. Whitmore, head miller at the En-
cry mill, Three Rivers, Mich, was in the
city recently.
Arthur Stafford of Pillsbury & Co. IS Office
is in New Hampshire on a vacation.
w. c. Miller of the WaShburn A is visit
ing his parents in Amboy.
A 54-inch New American water wheel
has been ordered for the Palisade mill, the