The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-23
Seattle to Have the Largest Flour
Mil and Elevator on The Coast.
NEW INVENTIONS UTILIZED
Columbian Basin Wheat viii Now Bc
Diverted to the Sound 10 Greater
Quantities than Ever Before.

a marked innovation In the method
u handling wheat ~ elevators and
large Touring mills ih about 10 BE- in.
stltutod la Seattle. which will br the
first place IN the West whore tho lat
cpt modern improvements arv 10 b.
utilized X, r. Kelsey IT,, one ~ ths
dirrolorB ~ the company operating the
pcorlonA Touring mill. 10 BE- crrctcd In
that city within the next few months.
II now In the East arranging for the
machinery of The plant which viii in
cluda two or thrrr ~ the flrr.proof
stocl grain elevators manufactured by
the Steel Storage and Elevator CON
htruction Company. Of Buffalo. S Y.
This special machinery VIII consist u
an elevator tower and the alr-tlght
cylindrical tanks In handling grain In
lhcao appliances Il In cmptlcd from tho
sacks AZ tho railroad track into hop
prru. and conveyed th6rce by air cur.
rrntH through large plpoa TO the stor-
asv tanks ON the way thu wheat II
blown against Stoves. aud the air pass.
Ing through It clcansrs ami dries u 30
that by tho tins Il reaches the tHnks
II II thoroughly cl~an and as these re-
cclying vaults Rrr air.tlgtt II may re-
main there an indefinite time without
sweating or brlhg otherwise injured
Whom the mill dcslron u une the grain
Il IL blown back TO thr mill hopp-rs
OF bins an desired. In similar manner
10 the flrst movement.
This method Of taking care of grain
du-n away with The frequent handling
necessary 10 prchorvc the quality In the
ordinary methods Of storing Il In
woodcn bins. and also rcnd-ru inAur-
lng unnecessary as tho tanks are Abso-
luicly nrrproof Another advantage II
that the mill equipped with this feat.
urr may engage IN the commercial
handling OF grain. without extra effort.
AA the same method of blowing into the
ship IL used one oi thu plpcp h-ing
placed into each hatch of the vessel.
and tho grain movvd "a rapidly aa
thc immense suction Of the air can
take a.
Thrac tanks are bclng adopted by
many ol the large institutions II the
East. and arc found to h. such an Inn
prpvrmcnt iha, their installation Is cX.
pcotcd to become gcnrral Tho Cana.
dian Pacific hallway company has re-
Gently built steel elevators of this type
az Fort Williams. Canada. twcn,y.four
" them having capacity Of 5000 900
bushels.
MIR. Kelsey is IN Minneapolis at pres
cnt looking over the large milling
plants and arranging the details Of the
construction Of the Seattle establish
mont neforc he returns he will exam
inc plants In PittsburR. New York and
Boston. he writes from Minneapolis
that a great deal or interest Is being
manifested there in the progress being
made by seattle and other parts of
Washington In the Touring mill Indus
try. and that they Nrc beginning toi
realize that this coast Is becoming
strong competitor to the Flour State
for business. not only across the Pa
clhc. which position {, already holds
hut also In the states between here and
Minnesota,
Contracts Tor the construction work
Of the Peerless mill are expected TO be.
let within the next six weeks II is
the intention 20 nt first MI In the entire
block Of ground north of Battery street,
between Elliott ana Railroad avenues
and the buildings and elevators Will
then be constructed on masonry piers
supported by heavy clusters of heavy
pillng driven through the filed ground,
The mill building will be Ave stories In
height, The capacity will be 1000 bar
rcls day to start with, but the mill
viii be so arranged that this may be
Increased at will to 5000 barrels n day
which would give Il larger output
than that OF any other mil now ON the
Pacific coast. II IL expected that the
mill will DE in operation by next sum
mer.