Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-12
M ODEL MILLS
The Most Complete on the Line Of
this Road.

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he good plan to give our reuders
some idea OF the internal arrange
mcnt of this most valuable auxilery
to our commercial prosperity. Mr..
Baker, of the mill company, very
courteously took us over the entire
mill and explained its machinery,
arrangement etc, so clearly that we
could almost see it us 1t will be
when running. We will now try to
give our readers some idea of what
it is.
THE BASEMENT
is decidedly well arranged. The
first thing that strikes you is u
stands of elevators occupying the
center of the room east and west
and running from the basement to
the top of the mill. On the south
side Of these is the line shaft that
runs the whole mill, on the east
end of which the main belt of the
mill is located. In the west end is
the reel that carries the wheat from
the main hopper to the elevators
and bins above. You pass from
the basement which is 32x44 in size
into the engine room cast, which is
l0x32 in size, in which is IS horse
power Buckeye engine that looks as
trim and handsome as woman,
and is one of the very best these
celebrated works could produce.
The walls to this room are of solid
masonry-brick and stone. Attach
ed TO the line shaft of the basement
is a 10-inch drive wheel. eight
feet in diameter. From here you
pass still east, and enter the boiler
and fuel room, 14X32 in size, mostly
underground. The boiler is I2x5i,
with As fiues, made of steel in the
very best style. In here is also
pump of the celebrated Cameron
patent, that supplies water for the
boiler. The entire arrangement of
the basement, engine and boiler
rooms is as perfect and complete us
it well can be, and everything is as
handy as pocket in shirt. We
now pass up flight OF stairs at the
east end and emerge upon
THE SECOND FLOOR
or the first above the basement.
Here we find 81 double sett of LiY-
ingston rolls, built by The PRAY
Manufacturing Co, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, under the eye of their
master mechanic and foreman Alex.
Inghram, which, in itself, is a
guarantee of their superior quality.
These are OH the south side of the
elevators that pass through from
the basement. On the north side
and west end is one Three high
Monitor Roll for feed, and east of
this one Richmond brush machine.
a most complete article, In the
northeast corner arc two latest
patent Eureka -four packers. At
the west end and opposite the eleYa-
tors is a 60 bushel hopper scale
east OF it and resting against the
side of the room Il 1000 pound
platform scale, all Of the Howe
| pattern. On
THE THIRD FLOOR
You are first confronted by four
reel boiling chest, OF the south side
of the sett of elevators, IA feet long.
On the north side are the bins for
the various brands of Hour in the
mill-tirSt at east side, "CGteau
Queen" next " Excelsior, and next
Daisy" then large screening and
| feed bin. Here in front of the two
last named bins for brands Of flour
| is u No. , latest improved Richmond
Scourer. At west end and in front
of the elevators is another large bin
for ground feed. On the south
east end of room is an improved
Pyes centrifugal reel, and east of
| this near the center OF room Geo.
II. Reed purifyer with cyclone dust
catcher attached. \ line shaft runs
the whole length Of the room east
and west, that drives the purifiers
and cleaning machines. Continuing
! our assent we come to
TIE FOURTH FLOOR
and found ON the south side Of the
elevators, a six-reel scalping chest,
and the main belt that drives Gle
yators and reels. On the north side
of the elevator is Il separator and
cookie machine combined-Kruth's
patent of 1880; and OH the cast side
of room, two Geo. Y. Smiths puri-
fiers with cyclone dust catcher at
tached, and in the northwest cor
ner, a huge bin, capable Of holding
five thousand bushels of wheat.
Like all the balance of the mill
visited, everything is arranged for
economy of space and convenience
in fact so thoroughly and care
fully have these particular features
| been observed, that the whole mill
is 4 marvel of oompactness and
convenience,
Every piece Of machinery in the
mill, from the top to the bottom, is
the very latest and best to be found
| in the market, and the whole bust
ness is just what its name implies,
a " Model "a mill of which onr
| citizens may well be proud.
Though smaller tkere is not j
single mill in Minneapolis, OF any,
where else in the northwest, better
equipped for the work, nor one that
. will BIO able 10 produce any better
brands of flour. Several cxper
fenced millers have visited it during
the past month, and not one o
them, after looking the mill over
that have not .unhesitatingly pro
/, nounced i the host OF the lin,
of this road.
: Mr.. T. A. Baker, the manager o
the mill, is agenial, pleasant gentle
man, who thoroughly understand
the business, being Il practical mil
j Ter of long experience, and for first
a class work will not take back sea
e for any other man in the trade
9 Having managed some of the largas
mills in the congtgy and given sue
satisfaction that hls services wer
always in demand, he comes to tn
control of the internal affairs o
= this mill with an experience an
a ability rarely found III country miil,
: No matter when you caii there 70
viii find him always the same plea:
ant accommodating gentleman, VIII
s will be always ready to impart il
y formation on any matter Hartainin