Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1886-01-22
Tao Crescent Milling Co.

lHC lnCOIpOIdJlOn VI liC dpoNO
styled company, which took place
this week, is an event of more than
ordinary importance and one deserv-
Ing Of more than a passing notice.
The Crescent Mills have been opera
ted for several years by Mr.. f. j.
Brownell, but that gentleman dcsir-
ing to conduct the business upon a
much larger scale has secured the
necessary capital by the plan set forth
in the articles of incorporation pub
lished elsewhere. AT a meeting of
the stockholders held Tuesday Jan.
10Th, 1886, the following Board of Di-
rectors was elected Il. j. Brownell,
r. Il. Petree, Chas. w. Radford, Geo.
o. Thompson and r. II. Wilson. AT
ter the adjournment of the stockhold-
ers a meeting of the directory was
held and the following officers elect
ed: President, Chas. W. Radford ;
Business manager, f. j. Brownoll;
Secretary and Treasurer, r, H.DeTre-
vile. The gentlemen composing the
corporation are of the highest charac-
ter and represent Hopkinsville's very
best and most sagacious business
men. The business manager of the
concern has for years been one of our
leading citizens, a man of energy, in
dustry and enlightened and progress
siYe ideas who has made a success of
his business and built up trade ex-
tending to many points throughout
the south, which has made it neces-
sary for the facilities to be increased
from time to time until the present
manufacturing capacity is 200 barrels
Of -four per day. This flour is un-
surpassed by any made at home or
abroad and goes largely in wholesale
quantities to distant markets. The
local business of the mill is one that
any dealer might justly be proud of.
Every facility for making the very
best grades of flour has been supplied
and the mill stands a model of COM
pleteness in all its parts. The boilers
are entirely new and the machinery
is all of the best and most improved
kind. 1t stands directly on the L. &
N. railroad and has its own switch
for receiving and shipping goods by
rail. In fact the cost OF running the
mill has been reduced to the mini
mum and the local and merchant
trade of the city can be supplied at
the most reasonable rates.
When we consider the great facili-
ties Of this mill and the abundance
of wheat raised in this section and
the unsurpassed quality of our grain,
the possibilities of the business to be
done by the new corporation appear
to be unlimited. 1t will improve and
strengthen our wheat market and
by giving employment to citizens
benefit all classes by keeping the
money at home and building up our
manufacturing interests and increas-
ing our influence as city through
out adjoining counties and states.
There is no reason why all Of
our wheat crops should not be
manufactured into fine flour here
at home and the flour shipped
to other markets. The stor-
age capacities of the mill, which
covers almost a whole square, are
almost unlimited. Farmers here
have an opportunity to stow their
grain, until they see proper to place
1t upon the market, at very small
cost and this will be made one of the
principal departments of the business
of the new company. When we take
into consideration all these advan-
tages, there seems TO be no reason
why the company should not do an
annual business of quarter of a
million dollars and build up and
maintain reputation for its flour
unequaled by any mill in the south