The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-20
THE MENACH Mill.
One Of the Best Equipped FIGURING
Mills in Iowa.
AT WORK NEXT WEEK
Description Of Mr.. Menagh's New Enter
prlse--C Capacity 1875 Barrels-Latest
- Patent Process.


prlse--Capacity 1875 Barrels-Latest
Patent Process.
Mr.. George Menagh has placed Deni-
son under great obligation to him by
the erection of his large, splendidly
equipped mill which will commence
operation next week. The new mill
will greatly improve Denison as a wheat
market, will be an added source of
profit and accommodation to the farm
er, will give employment to number
of people and will greatly add to Deni
abroad. Mr.. Menagh is one Of the
quiet, thoroughly business-like men who
are strength to their community and
who do more for its advancement and
welfare than dozen so-called philan-
thropists.
In building the new mill Mr.. Menagh
spared no expense to have all the ma
chinery and equipment of the highest
grade and the latest improved style.
He realized that in order to compete in
the markets with the great mills of
Minnesota and of Kansas, it is necessary
to prepare for the best grade of work
and for the most economical and labor
saving machinery. The large outlay at
first is in reality an economy in such
case as this. With the milling facili-
ties which Denison now has there is no
necessity for single pound of flour to
be shipped in. We should patronize
our home industries and enterprises
especially when as in this case the
goods will be as fine as can be procured
any place.
The erection of the mill was begun
last March and the work has been push
ed steadily. The machinery which is
very intricate and is we'll worth visit
of inspection, was placed by the famous
Barnard & Leas Company of Moline,
Illinois. Mr.. F. A. Bigelow, late of
Marcus, Iowa, has been installed as
head miller. He shows himself to be
thoroughly informed as to all of the
delicate machinery and processes neces-
sary in flour making, indeed he shows
that pride and affection for the giant
machines, which are only possessed by
those to the manor born.
Mr. Menagh, during his business
career in Denison, has earned for him
self most enviable reputation as a
man of the utmost honesty and reli
ability, he now comes before the peo
pie and asks their patronage for this
new enterprise in which he has invested
SO much and which is to mean so much
to Denison. Every householder is urg
ed to give the new -four trial on it.
merits and the farmers are requested tt
bring in their wheat, rye, buck whea
or feed to be ground, and they are as
sured of the best possible treatment.
The building is three full stories higl
with basement underneath, the dimen
sions being 3Ox44 feet The engin
honse beside it is 36x36 feet, and con
tains a l00-horse power Corliss engin
and l25-horse power boiler, capable O
driving the vast amount of machiner,
in both the mill and the two large ele
vators. This part of the building i
almost fire proof, being built of brick
The mill and machinery were bull
and put up by Barnard & Leas, of Nc
line, Ill, who control the most valuabl
patents and improvements in the mill
ing business. On the first floor are 81
double sets of wheat rolls, one three
pair high feed roll and one double Sc
for rye, making a grinding force capa
BILE of turning out l25 barrels of fou1
besides about 80 tons of feed every day
All these rolls take up but part of tn
first floor space. They are driven b
great ropes in lien of belts, from tn
big engine, the ropes being the mos
popular driving belt now days, prevent
ing any slip or waste of energy.
The second floor space is taken III
with eleven huge bins, which will hol,
all the -four and feed for one day
grind, the purifiers and dust catchers
Here, also, is the fan which serves t.
draw out from the rolls below all tn
hot air OF sweat which might accumu
late inside The purifier takes off iron
the wheat all course OF foreign sub
stance and sends the pure middling
back to be made into the finest flour
The dust collectors take up all the dus
and conduct it back into the chute
which finally dispose of it. Indeed
these dust collectors, purifiers, etc.
with the neatly jointed, perfect fitting
spouting and pipes all over the mill
will keep the mill almost clean and fire.
from the usual sutfocating dust an,
dirt.
On the third floor are the wonderful
ssnlan sifters " which +ol,a +ba ,,lo.o n