The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-08
THE FINEST IN THE WEST,
The Royal FIGURING Mill Ready for
Use - Without a Peer in
Montana.
Equipped With the Latest Designed
Machinery - Cash to be
Paid for Wheat.

Diarh i'dSic udtll erected AT cost OF
100000 and now ready for operation.
will place Great Falls in the lead of
Montana towns in the manufacture of
the chief article consumed by man. 1t
has been the record Of this city that
whatever was undertaken was certain TO
be finished on a scale commensurate
with the history Of the towns achiey.
ments from the time tho first spaderul Of
dirt was struck, The new Touring mill
is IN keeping with that reputation SO far
as size, daily capacity and general excel
lcnce are concerned. It marks the com
mencemcGt CT the production of flour in
Montana on grand scale and will
give an Impetus to agriculture for
many miles in this vicinity. Work on
the plant was commenced last fall and
the buildings were all finished early in
the spring. Putting in the machinery
required about two months work as it
was task of no mean proportions. The
completion Of the power house at the
dam. which will furnish the power to
drive the mill. has been unavoidably de-
layed because of some fault with the
great turbine wheel which had TO be re
turned to the shops in Ohio. The power
house will be completed and the cables
which are to transmit tie power to the
mill put up in about two weeks In or
der that the mill might commence at the
time advertised Supt. Dickinson of the
Boston ~ Great Falls Electric company
rendered tie use Of some of the electric
fluid he makes SO easily at the dam. His
proposition has been accepted and two
large motors formerly used IN the Queen
Of the hills mine at Neihart have been
pressed into service. The connections
between the latter aud the power house
have been made ana tomorrow the elcva-
tor will be ready for use. Grain at pres
cnt is heirg stored ~ the warehouse hat
after Friday II vii! be carried by pove?
up to the top of the big elevator and
dropped into the great bins of which
there are tweEty-ore with capacity Of
5000 bushels each. The total capacity of
the elevator is 100000 bushels Il is a
building luy1u and about 100 feet in
height, covered entirely with corrugated
iron. IT has all the latest appliances for
handling grain and has a complete clean
ing apparatus.
Through the CountrCsy Of William VI.
Atkinson. the manager Of the Royal
Milling company. a representative OF
TUE TRIBUNE was shown through the
,,,ll tnr l,.,. ,ft
planned to him something Of the Won
derful mechanism OF the ma2es of mp-
chlnery to be seen on every floor. The
building is jOxI0 and six stories high.
Like the elevator it is covered with cor
rugated iron. The framework is Of
heavy timber and the whole structure
has an air of solidity which impresses the
visitor from TIE moment he enters the
first floor. Ga each floor there are me-
chanical cOntrivances Of various shapes
and designs, each of which plays part
IN the manufacture of flour. 1t would
require an experienced mill man to de-
scribe each piece and 10 tell what il is
expected to do. Mr.. Atkinson pointed
out the different kinds of rolls or
brakes told what the "scalpcrs' did,
dllatrd upon the flour drcssers." cen
trifugHi reels, etc, with an ease which
fairly t,.k the breath away from the
newspaper man. Everything is of the
latest make and the mill stands today
the most modern in America Without
any attempt to 90 into details the fol-
lowing may prove interesting;
The grain is taken from the elevator
to the mill by spiral conyeyor which is
a sort of an Archimedian screw runuirr
in Il tube several inches in diameter g."
means of cup elevators it is take
to the fifth floor where it passes throu-.
a separator which removes all tn H..
eign seeds. Then it passes 10 the .i,au-
er and from that To the scourer Next f.
runs through the cookie separato",a l,..
ingenious cOntrlyance. The co,l,p .
little black seed which givcsmiI.,r l..
end of trouble because il j.. . ar., 11i.
lar to a broken kernc' ... Hy
that time the naked ", .'...a.u.u o.
its numerous companions. is .H ,nHttiy.
tu run through tie ror.a-.-,l r,., or.
brakes These are two I....'., ,.,c.. =
steel perfectly round vii. ...s 81. ...s
on the surface Each rou wlr.. ..
pounds They rovo.yc towa,H %,
other, ur'aFjrL tie outer u...It 4. q.
wheat berry There are uH.u.t
of corrugated rolls. each SGT .a'.. .r.r
grooves Oh tie surface. VIZ. ... 't
uf rolls is what is called n,aii ,'..a
separates t.n bran from the st.r.. a.. q
glutnu, From that stage ii Goce I rough
Il process of holtlre. sewing. r.-.ty~-
and rolling on smooth rolls unit. the i'm
i-hcd prodI1t is turned into the flour
hIrs ready tor packing, after whirh il Is
ready Tor market.
The process after il leaves the CORFU
gated rollsis too complicated to admit II
an easy explanation. There are So many
little crooks aud turns through which
the product passes before reaching the
tIral stage that to accurately describe
the entire treatment would I've like try
ing IL tell every move a drop of blood
made from the time il left one vcrir,I,N
" the heart ara passing through the
arteries and VEINS " the body returned
~ the other ycutr,y'c
Starting nj the top " the mil aud ic
*trndlng the visitor will encounter the
y'Ncrrnt pieces " machinery IN tie tp,
owing order. On the 5ith tccy are the
tcamrg, securing, ari rNck,r separating