The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-05-28
A Crowley Enterprise,
WHERE ARCADIA'S ABUNDANT
STAPLE Is MANIPULATED BY
MODERN MACHINERY.
The Peoples Independent Rice Milling
Co. and It's Magnificent Plant.

One Of the great factors OF the rice
Industry which places Arcadia among
ne banner parishes OF the s5fsLe, Wis
-rowiey as ito grand center, 10 the
copies Independent Rice Milling Com
s5any, Aeimlsed, a corporation whiah, II
Is bfic1 eXls tence, has largely contrib
"ted TO the general prosperity OF THAI
When the development OF the inn
mense agricultural resources Of the
1Arlsn Was begun and Iae zoe OF lnnls
sratton, induced BY LIBERAL sders 70 set
mat way, Crowley ana New Orleans
capitalists saw The necessity of y min
u prepare the staple rlcS prOduc. for
market. To Chink was to act with such
lien. and III snort order company was
9rsdni2ed WIlh a paid Up capital OF
,'V,OoV. w uAk was a. once commenced
, IN nul, which Was formally opened
or business in the fall Of 1895. III The
CONSTRUCTION Of the mill neither labor
9t expense was spared either il ma
!. chinGsy or material. The very latest
improved Appliances for the manipaia-
Ion Of rice WAS secured, embracing a
idFSe COOK Water tube boiler and En-
seibrrg hulscrs, guaranteeing an output
81 Inc very highest grade, equal 10
milling in every respect 70 THAI OF the
cost II Ghg world. Ia short, Crowley
wanted The best. ana She got 1t. K
came high but when once CrovleVfs
eAterprising peopio undertake to do
anything, the results may ne eQHAlled,
but never excsiied. Fifteen hundred
barrels a day Is the estimated capacity
OF the mill. and during the busy sea
son b Is taxed 10 its full extent.
In he matter OF location the charac-
tetlSjic good judgment of the promot-
efs vas displayed. Selecting u ste con
venient 70 The railroad depot, shey laid
series of switches bringing the cars
70 the very doors OF the mlii aud ware
houses, facilitating operations as wei
As InlnnlziuS the cost of handling Ths
| mills ana warehouses are OF brick ard
~ u J. u. I
s5antlauy maSs, wsTh a special view 10
convenience and cleanliness, as well as
resiS ance 20 ire ana Tia clements gen
| crafty. the dimensions Of The waUe-
house for tie reception of rough and
cleaned y.ce is 3tNx10 feoF. Blfl eFen
TINS vast area has been found 20 be too
small and hence it is y1ae a contract
has recently been awarded for the
erection OF brick warehouse icy 100
1cet. This, r Is supposed. VIII suffice
for the present, enough If business con
| tinues in the same order Of progression
that it has done since tho opening Of
the MIL, there will have 20 be greater
operating rcom, particularly with ate
advent OF tho rwo additional lines Of
railway projected wEh every indica-
ton 81 early fulfIment The dirccf0rp
Of the Peoples independent Rice Milling
Compan consists Of Messrs. A, kap-
kan, president; NJ. Abbott, vice prsai-
dent, john Green, secretary aud treas
urer. J. trankel. of Crowley, and !. NJ
Lichtenstein. w. ". Leugsfield and /.
Hechingcr, Of New Orleans.
Aside from their interest in tie mill
these gentlemen have large real estate
and mercantile holdings in Crowley aud
throughout the parish.
The Peoples Independent Rice Milling
Company Is prepared 70 receive and
store raw rice and make liberal adj
vances. In fart they Will 10 anything
IN the interests OF the producer. ana IN
their live and let live policy are ALWAYS
ready and willing 70 eEtend helping
hand in the .encouTagemeut Of srug-
Cling enterprise.
Situated in the very heart of the most
fertile rice section Of the State. 1856
miles from New Orleans and 900 miles
from Houston. Tex.--in no danger OF
overaow--Crowley is blessed among
Louisiana towns. It's future Is assured
and with X that Of its industries.