The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-25
hing known i'm particular or general about

thing known in particular or general about
/ the freight sheet. Nor was Wichita the
acknowledged metropolis of anything
! particular or was any point in the south
west in the metropolis business to any
alarming degree. The leading fact which
caused the gentlemen concerned to decide
! to put some money into the milling bust
ness was found in the fact that the Arkan-
sas valley was a wonderful wheat country.
Soft wheats in southern Kansas were
known TO be a success and although the
country knew at this time there was no
doubling the wheat productive qualities
of the country. The conclusion was reached
that a mill in the midst of great wheat
country could find in some way a market
for the -four.
The mill was put in and that year is not
referred to as being noted for its big wheat
crop, but there was no complaint from
those interested in the mill as the business
was as extensive as had been
expected The following year Mr..
Bowers sold his interest to Mr..
Isaac Shellabarger. In 1879 Mr.. Har-
gis sold his interest to Mr.. \. w. Oliver;
in 1873 Mr.. d. L. Shellabarger sold out to
Messrs. ImbOden, Oliver and Shellabarger.
\ year later Il company was organized
with a capital stock of 100000 under the
style of the Oliver & Imboden company
with |. Shellabarger, president; II. limbo
den, vice president and manager, and A.
W. Oliver secretary and treasurer. The
officers of the company have remained the
same ever since.
In 1874 the main mill building was the
-. l,rs hot
many additions have been madeto conform
to the increase in demands and slight
changes in the business. The capacity
was one hundred barrels of -four per day,
using four run of burrs.
In 1873 an addition was made TO the
building on the north end with a storage
capacity of forty Thousand bushels,
used mostly for wheat. Hopper
scales were put in weighing car load of
wheat at one time which enabled the COM
pany to handle wheat for eastern markets
sends thousands of cars loads to St. Louis,
Chicago and New York.
In '76 a warehouse was added on the east
side of the building with n storage capacity
TO accommodate sixteen car loads. Four
years later it was decided to make radi-
cal change in machinery in the mill de-
partment Forty men were set to work
removing machinery from the building
and within three days the floors Were
cleared What was known as the new
process consisting ofhigh grinding stones
using midings PURIFIERS was put in. and
TO make the change complete, it took 100
days and cost So. 600. This called for eight
run of stones, doubling the capacity max
ing the daily output 200 barrels Temporary
wheat storage just south of the mill with
1900 bushels capacity was added.
In 81 the will was remodeled again put
ting in roller process which took nineteen,
and three days less than the sine allowed
by the contract. This cost S12 600 TO keep
up with the Improvements in this direc-
ton. It give a capacity of $50 barrels per
day, which was the last radical change
made. The same year a ware house on
the west side Of the building was added |
with a capacity of thirty cars of -four or
1900 thousand bushels of wheat. Last |
year the main elevator building was !
erected in the yard just west of the mill |
building, fronting on Douglas avenue It |
has capacity of - 600 bushels of wheat. |
At the same time railroad track scales I
were put in on the east side Of the build |
ing. This enables the company TO weigh /
ear with its load, remove the wheat and |
weigh the empty car, enabling absolutely /
correct weights of wheat 10 be made. |
Wheat Is removed from the car on the |
scales TO the elevator by means OF a con-
veyor
Scarcely 50 many changes and additions