Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1900-03-03
BIG MILL FOR MORRIS
PROSPECTS ARE THAT A 400
BARREL TILL WILL BE
BUILT HERE SOON.
1t Would Require Two Elevators to
supply 1t with Wheat 1000
Bushels to be Used Daily The
Promoters Are Messrs. Quirk
and Goodman.

The topic of paramount importance
this week has been the discussion re.
lative to the location of large -four,
ing mill at this place by Messrs. A
D. Goodman, of Waseca, and James
A. Quirk, of Minneapolis.
In response to favorable reports
W hich Mr.. Goodman received from
here relative to the desirabilitY of
Morris as point at which to locate a
a mill he this week came to Mo iris to
look over the ground personally. His
plan is to put in mill with a daily
capacity of 400 barrels. To procure
wheat for such mill il would be
necessary to have two elevators, the
plan is to build one of these and for
the other to see if the present Farm
ers' elevator can be secured. The
site which is preferred for the location
Of the mill is thai portion Of the Har-
ris addition abuting On the transfer
between the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern tracks-the reason
for this being that the mill could
thus ship and receive freight over
either line.
Mr.. Goodman will have associated
with him Mr.. Quirk, of Minneapolis,
who is interested in a number of
other mills throughout the state and
has therefore had a great deal Of ex
perience in the business,
The cost of putting IN the mill
which is at. present planned would be
about $4,000, which would mean
that building operations here this year
would surpass the phenomenal
record of last year. After it was put
in operation, the mill would give
steady employment to about 20 men,
which would thus mean the addition
to the population of Morris Of fifty
persons. Ali this would aid to gen.
eral prosperity of the town.
The most direct advantage in the
location of the mill at this point
would be the better market which
would be made here for wheat. The
mill would need about 1000 bushels Of
wheat per day to keep it going, and
as it always is in mill towns, wheat
would range higher than it otherwise
would.
In order to procure this very desir-
able industry, Messrs. Goodman and
Quirk ask that Morris offer small
bonus, the amount of which they
haye not definitely stated, but have
intimated that site and $1,000 bonus
would cring the mill to this place.
Both gentlemen returned to their
homes on Thursday. It is to be
noted that Mr.. Goodman, who will be
the resident manager of the MILL was
very favorably impressed with the
cordial way il whicn he was received
bv the business men, and was fully
satisfied that Morris being in the
midst of a good wheat country and
contiguous to a.large supply OF fuel,
would be an ideal location for mill.
The Farmers Elevator Association
has called a meeting for next ztWednes-
day in order to decide what terms
they will make relative to turning the
elevator over to the new mill.
AS far as we have been able to
gather the sentiment of the business
men there is slight aversion to pay
ing any other bonus than furnishing
q site on account of the desireability
of Morris as a wheat center, but
nevertheless feeling is strongest that
an opportunity to get a large mill
located here must not be let slip.
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