The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-04
OUR ROLLER MILL.
At Last Princeton has a First
Glass Seventy-Five Barrel
Flour Mill.
It is q Boon that the Farmers of
Princeton and Vicinity
Appreciate.

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Appreciate.
at last, after many vexatious
delays and disappointment Prince
ton has a frst-class roller -four mill
OF Is barrels capacity daily.
Long before the advent Of the
railroad there was talk. of having a
good flour mill in Princeton, but
it ended in talk. Several times in
the past few years it was thought
that arrangements had been com
pleted for the erection of a mill,
but for some cause or other the
pro- ect was abandoned, not
through any fault Of the citizens
OF Princeton though, for the neces-
sity of a good -four mill was APP
parent to all. Last spring, after
a voluminous correspondence with
mill men in all sections of the
country, the editor of the UNION
commenced negotiations with
Messrs. Joseph Craig and Alb.
Matthews, Of Annadale, this State.
70 be brief, in consideration Of a
bonus of $4,000, these gentlemen
closed a contract to erect a mill Of
Is barrels capacity and have it in
running order within 80 days, and
they have faithfully complied with
their contract. Work was com
menced on the structure on the
2Sth day Of April, and on the 28th
day of July the first grist of wheat
was ground. The village of
Princeton has also complied with
its part of the agreement, and the
last 81, 900 Of the bonus has been
paid to-day.
The mill building proper is
located on the southwest corner of
Oak and Depot streets, within
half a block of the depot. Its
dimensions are, exclusive Of the
engine and boiler room, 28x36
feet and it is 80 feet high. It is a
frame structure, solidly built and
of the best material. The motive
power is furnished by a 40-horse
power Westinghouse engine built
in Pittsburgh. The machinery
throughout is Of the latest and
most improved pattern. There
are six set of rolls, three of which
are double roller mills, with scalper,
graders, purifiers, centrifugal and
round reels; there are also three
Wheat-cleaners and steam heater
for tempering wheat in winter.
The feed mill which is. capable of
converting corn, oats and rye into
feed at the rate of so bushels per
hour will be in operation in a few
days. A corn meal mill will also.
be running before long. The ma
chiinery was. furnished by. the Will
ford s Northway Manufacturing
Co., Of Minneapolis. We risk
nothing in asserting that it is one
Of the most complete little mills in
the country.
Already almost every housewife
in the village has sampled the pro
duct.of the mill, and all unite in
pronouncing it a superior article,
equal to any, flour ever brought
into Princeton. MIR. Craig has
been connected with a mill ever
since he was 10 years of age, and
he understands the business Of
making flour down to the minutest
detail. There is no more pro-
fcient miller in the State than MI.
Craig. He informs the writer
that if the Princeton Roller Mill
does not turn out as good flour as
IS made in any mill in the State he
does not want people to patronize
his mill. Every merchant is hand
ling. the product of the home mill.
The farmers are immensely
pleased. Heretofore they have
had to haul their griists to Cam
bridge and Elk River and haul
back flour and feed. Now they
have a mill in Princeton where
they can get equally as good flour,
bran and shorts, and are assured
Of fair treatment. Craig & Mat
thews are pleasant gentlemen to
do business with, they are hard
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