The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-28
/ Mill to Purchase New
!. Machinery at Once.
-.
OUT ORIGINAL PLAN
iran Tive Months the ueeHs-
=. R~sehed That the ero"'"s
j n~s Demands Enlargement "a
.~x-Tw~nty More sets "'
..r,~rs Are 10 he e""sr"e'e" ~"
~.rrh i-Oatpni 1000 Barrels.

- centennial Nal Of Seattle, Ehien
a., month we're turned over - the
-. bv the nniilwEighfs. the Aliiz Com
Of Milwaukee. and which started
-.k,ag fs0uF al the rate Z 20, barrels
~ss, before tho isrst day II March.
...,rsets for machinery that VII
es eapacliy more than three times
r. IL at present. This increase IN
n,,,,s possible output VIII make II
=. rank with any OF the great -four
q ,.s3lz on the Pacific coast aud VIII
ar.sssateIy Increase the value 81 TIE
-, "a ore Of the commercial factors 10
s,...snt elopfnsnt Of Seattle as the
-....t producing port OF export at the
.sssru edge Of the United States
r. eosclu sion 10 add TO the mechanic
,au Of the plant was reached az a
ling Of the stockholders OF the Cen
.nssl Mil Company. held in Spokane
3,aary -. The Poss-i8teliie told
.fery at the time Bids will he
1@1 for from the four leading manu-
,~~-nr.rs OF milling machinery ia this
-.,ry Al the time the determination
~ reached the Centennial mill people
~s,.s 10 the Aliis company that II they
.asd install the additions To the plant
!. the same terms that the first machin-
~ vas sold 10 the mill the contract
rsua be given them without any fur
Der axuring Tpe milwaukee, firm an
,~xsed that the price OF their machinery
IA advanced - l-S per cent. This re-
1snse led TO m. inviting of other mill
ssebln.ry dealers 10 submit tenders for
fAAfv1rk.
a. mill was established and began
rAaAg early. in IncrHber-s There were
i5Sdeen roller mills sHt M. ~frd rollers
- Inches. and the present plan is to add
aunaty m IRE roller mills. making thirty
fsur in all. which will turn OUT over sci
barrels daily. When the Centennial mill
vas planned II was believed by many that
N ThoEnpsen's views were optimistic.
a he built for a possible increase. and
AZ 81 the machinery that was put In was
mzhilshed up and down one side OF the
III building Now the demands upon the
"a Ii less than two months OF opera
uoa, are far In excess OF its capacity. and
& NEE, the growing trade and the future
markets Ia the Orieat for American -four
lie movement TO enlarge the mill Is
!gsad necessary.
he contracts. which Will be placed by
March l. Will require some time for exc
elin. and at taN six weeks VIII l.s sie-
nasde9 by the contractors for delivering
ne machinery In Seattle and ten weeks
wager will be required to Install the new
arts Of the plant While this l. going
s ,Ae fourteen sets of rollers now at
ssrk VIII keep on grinding out anywhere
fsm 20 u 80 barrels a day. and every
- Ealing 10 Japan and China, on which
- can be secured. viii carry away
~ product OF the Centennial mill
RS IN respect To shipments that M
Hkmysen spoke last evening when he
md that 1t liz a matter of extreme DIFF
Assy 10 get freight space Ter the Orient
" month he was fortunate eneugh To
tssse q shipmspt by ta~ * ins,serr Maru
he Nippon usen kGtsha-~ al - no
Iaska Of hour.~sSts .new days ago ha cent
an sacks 20 Vancouver 10 be shipped
~ the Empress line. This was made pos
raas by the fact that "A shipper who had
Stfkaged the space did not use II. Ae.
zsssdsns to Mr. Thompson a preference is
2fgsn 10 transcontinentai freight shin
ssEsats by the transatlantic lines, the En-
ssftss ships favoriug the Canadian. the
~ 7 X the Great Northern. and the
fswiAsrn Pacific It's own line Were II
ffass4aie go secure return Cargaes Mr.
4ihenpsen says that the mill might en-
Fsse tramp steamers for sending the
esaAr % the Orient. bus there would be
fassning In sending ships across the Pa
xsnt that would be compelled to return
81 ballast. For this reason he saws the
sssanship property which le sfri sorne
- Dis business associates have secured
- net. as has been said b. put into the
ssesr carrying trade. but the intention IL
r pa Il into the Alaska business. as ne
sssas announced
lie entire plant az the MIL with the
ssufpiiaa Of the buildings Viii h, en-
xas.e A II stands N present the Cen
ssw.1ss mil Is the most thoroughly equin-
- snd np-so-date plant on the Coast
80 - Increased capacity viii make II
- 81 TIE greatest producers in IN. West
fsMss IS no feature % modern nour~rnll
IAstfuc''on That has uur been ineornor-
and tho same liberal plan will be
ss<7'ea on In The enlatgsmeut~ The ware.
ssase capacity Viii also he increased hv
- II NNa' feet alongside of the
80 one. which Is Skis feet TIE
s.ssas'6a'ie demand npor the plant in the
- tlAo Of ifs existence IS an atte~ta-
- 81 We taf-sighted and conservative
TAKEN hy its promoters when the.
"a 10 Seattle. ard Mr. Thompson eavs
= sae docking facilities alone ais, worth
more ihan tie original price, psi.f
W' SITE OFT tho tde fats