Evening journal., 1894-02-03
THE BURNED MILL.
History Of the big Enterprise Started
Years ago Along the Banks of this
Romantic Brandywine.

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Years ago Along the Banks of the
Romantic Brandywine.
The present Brandywine mills Of the
William Lea and Sons Company, upon
the north side of the Brandywine number
four and they have also a large mill
at New Castle Del The main
structure of the latter is seventy-two
feet square. and IL contains two runs Of
stones and fourteen sets of rolls, and an
elevator located beside II has a capacity
Of 60, 900 bushels of grain. The
Brandywine mills are provided with
five turbine wheels beside employing
steam, the two forces aggregat
ing about seven hundred horse
power The -four produced
by the mill is all purified by special
patent process owned and controlled
by the company. The mills are supplied
with the latest improved machinery for
manufacturing both -four and meal by
the roller process. The A mill was built
in 1891 So II is 1l0x53 feet, FIVE stories
high, contains twenty three sets Of
rolls and five pairs Of mill stones. This
mill is used exclusively for the manu-
fscture of four
The corn mill is five stories in height
aud ffty-6ve feet square. II is provided
with two sets of rolls and one pair of
mill stones The Jog" mil, seventy feet
square and three stories high, has four
sets Of rolls. The two mills Just de.
scribed are used In the production Of the
"Brandywine Kiln Dried Corn Meal %
The B MILL the most recent erected,
five stories high, aud Sc feet by 70 feet
in dimensions is devoted exclusively to
the manufacture of fancy articles Of
white and yellow corn specialties, such
as hominy grits, granulated corn meal
corn -four, ETC., and Is one of
the most complete in the country
The large mill was equipped with
eleven sets Of rolls and with all of thg
latest adjuncts for scientific milling and
the convenient an ] expediti )us handling
of grain.
In addition it has an automatic hoist
ing machine which lifts the full barrels
| from the lower floor and delivers them
into the cars.
The mills have a storage capacity OF
70 COO bushels Of wheat, and about
1875 600 bushels Of corn, beside ample
storage capacity for flour, meal, empty
barrels and packages necessary to the
business.
At these mills about $500 barrels OF
| -four and corn meal were manufactured
each day, besides the special products of
the firm.
Seized with a Fit After a Declaration.
Some men were talking of the fire OF
Lea's -four mills, in the post Office cor
ridor, early this morning. One of them
said that while the FIRE was raging Frank
Naylor, who was watching the flames,
hallooed out: This was caused by Levi
Bird
Naylor was almost instantly seized
with fit, and was taken to the City
Hall in the patrol wagon. After being
relieved Naylor was released. 1t is said
the latter aud some companions had beer
talking of the charge of Mr.. Bird to the
jury, on Wednesday, when the inspira
tion came TO him.
Notes of the Fire.
While going to the fire one Of the
large black 'horses attached I,
the Reliance engine fell dowI
at Twelfth and French street. TIT
horse was not seen to stumble bu
merely dropped to the ground. With
Jerk the other horse was brought to
standstill by the driver So suddenl.
was he stopped that, no too was thro WI
down This stopped the engine. AL thos
who saw the affair say it is
wonder that the horse was not killed
and wonld have been had not the engine
been stopped so suddenly.
Mr.. Lea gave the fireman a breakfas
between 4 aud o'clock. The whole de
partment were treated to the fire spread
A policy for So, 900 held by ]. NJ
Mather & Co., expired recently. IL wa
re written for s.. 800.