The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-02-01

For several years previous Ia 1884. the
firm of NJ. B. Cornell & Co. did small
wood AMI coal business at Arlington
| rhr concern also did some handling Z.
! grain, only one team, however, being
required for this branch of the buunrss
J About four years ago Mr.. Cornell's part
ner died and the business changed hands,
| the new proprieiors going under the
name of the Arlington Hay AMI Grain Co.
| Mr. Anthony Corcoran became the mana
| ger of its affairs, aud under his shrewd,
enterprsng adm ni-tration the business
has grown far beyond its former limits,
| Al the very outset Of his management
! Mr.. Corcoran saw that the company pos
-rssed most admirable location for
| carry ing on an extensive grain business,
and hc set to work 10 utilize its advanta-
ges. The mill stands close beside The
". Y. a. ". T.. r. II track. aud grain eau
be brought from the West and unlonded
at ts doors without the second handling
Even switching expenses, which is quite
IN item 10 city grain dealers. ~ herr
avoided Besides being the only mill ! 8
the country on "a main line Of railway, th"
Arlington mill IL one of the hest if not
tue best equipped mill in the United
States II Is provided witt n Sullivan
| corn cracker. which cracks up 100 bushels
81 corn in an h ur. The cracked corn
| then goes into Mnnson mill. which
| grinds mp 60 bushels in sixty MINUTES.
| Every'h ny in the mill is arranged 20 ~
| 10 AVOID the laburuus work Of shuveling
and carrying Of grain. a dozen cars Of
corn is left on the Arling on siding 10y -
New England freight, by means uf II
capsian, hawser and the big engine j.,
the basement they are drawn alongsidc
the mill. a steam shovel il placed in
one of the cars and in twenty five min.
utes the corn IL in a bin in the basement,
ana smother car il in position TO br
empied. From the basement tie grain
! is carried into receiving bins iu the
upper part of the building by means Of n
! bucket elevator aud from the bins il il
|
the ground floor; here 100 bushels can b"
weighed AT time and dropped into the
! first bin in the basement whore IL is
| again car led - the bins above From
there IT is drawn by means Of n convrn
! lent system II conveyors TO the cracker
and mill and pulvorzsd and ground for
u-e. The motive power Of the mill is
furnished by sixty hors power West
inghouse engine. automatic and self
ohing, which is supplemented by Miller
| boiler Of s1ty-six horse power. No
! engineer il required 20 run these ma
/ chimes as they need 20 little attention
that the miller can easily looh after them
/ in addition 10 his other duties. After
| the meal il ground it is taken 10 the top
| of the three story mill boy an elevator and
| there IL goes through n seive lbe ar
! rangement known as a ''cool-r' 90 that
/ when il reaches the lower hoDr / is per
| fecIly cooled before IL IL baRged and
I made ready for rbpment. The almost
perfect system ~ conveyors that have
I been llAcHn IN tblb uFl'l mll bbElAIf1
. the difficulty Of dealing with moist and
I heated grain az IL can be kept in coniiu-
ual milton unfl d-y. At the time Mr.
Y Corcoran took charge II the business one
car load II corn woul last for three
( weeks, now car load u grain il used
every day Where one team did the
wurk n cariing IL now requires sixteen
/ hrrses. Bssid-s the grain the company
handle large quantities II waiertown hay
and have a large loft for storage and the
T most convrsient facilities for handling IL.
The coal business il still carried On,
. but no, in an extensive way. The com-
pany own the large three story mill.
large building opposite r ,h- woo1 and
coal usin.ss with hay lof, In the Sec
ond story. large AMI handsome barn
and two story block on Crans,on street.
/ ibs, bee recently besu erected. Here 10
los,yi tbs Spacious otHcs II shs ccn-