The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-12-17
EAST LIBERTY CHIMES.

The limestone quarry opened few
ago, one mile from East Liber-
ty, mas given impetus to trade, employs
80 men, and is now shipping 25 to 80
car loads of stone per month. At Co
lumbus test of stone from different
quarries, was decided in favor of that
from East Liberty, aud orders for
building and paving material will fol-
low, and during the coming year many
more men will be employed at the
quarry and crusher.
East Liberty Is considered slow
town, but II is far from being somno-
lent. Besides limestone it ships from
25 To 30 carloads Of lumber per month
from the l""sl hard wood mill and i'm
p ,rts pi . In ,ber and other building
m ,terial. /. also forwards about q
dozen carloads of live stock every four
weeks, and 1t is one of the biggest
poultry shippers on the division, as
Joseph Dill shipped 1,2O0 barrels OF
fowls to New York, last season, and
now East Liberty is hilarious with
hundreds Of cackling geese and ducks
and ROSTERS aid the chorus. Flour
from the roller mill, aud grain from
the elevator are also shipped, and coal
brought In, while about 10O, ,00C pounds
of merchandise In less than car lots,
are received every month. but that in
Guides merchandise for Middleburg.
The post Office receives six daily
mails, four by rail, and two by the
star route, and the money order issue
approximatess $500 per month, and the
express business frequently exceeds
that The stores carry an aggregate
of SO, 900 worth OF go ods, are preparing
to shipi in constantly to meet the wear
of stock on the shelves, and the soprano
of the saw, the baritone of the roller
mill. and the anvil chorus do not sing
''slOw town."
East Liberty has many beautiful
cottage homes, betokening snug COM
fort and refinement with windows
adorned in lace and beauties of the
floral kingdom, and better still, with
beauties OF East Liberty, and three
churches and q ine school. stand as
guards over the cuddling cottages.
The East Liberty Roller Flour Mill
should be visited by some millers, and
example taken as to Its scrupulous
and is as busy as any OF
them. Farmers come for q dozen
miles away, and the merchant and
farmer trade keep 1t rolling six
days In the week. The mill was re
q year ago, and has the
latest machinery, including the cele-
brated Nordyke and Marmon swing
sitter, and Ave double stand Allis pat
ent rolls being three, 9xl2, and one, sx
9, and one OKLA respectively, granting
q cap acity Of so barrels of Liberty Bell
-four per day, and two sets of 20 inch
burrs are utilized for corn meal, and
buck wheat -four.
The owner VIM. a. Potter, was born
in Delaware county, Ohio, and began
milling in youth. For ten years he
was milling in Russell county, Kansas,
rising to head miller and manager at
Fairp0rt, in the SunflUwer state. Last
he came to East Liberty to
make it his permanent home, and is
proving q decided acquisition COM
and socially. His experience
has been with all kinds of grain and
different machinery. and his reputation
Is as white as his flour.
The East Liberty Elevator was
bought in November, by Jordan and
vanica from the Greely Company, who
mad operated it for q couple of fyears.
The elevator has capacity of Is 600
bushels of all kinds of grain, and has
good machinery propelled by a 16
horse power gasoline engine. In the
,st month it has handled 400 bushels
,f wheat, and 1000 bushels of corr,
ieeds, timothy, clover, also -four and
eed, salt, coal and lumber, and Jordan
md Vanica have hopes Of better /