The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
RIcEINDUSTRY IN HOUSTON
FIRST RICE MILLING FOR THE CITY
OCCURRED YESTERDAY.
The Grain to Be Sold at the Cotton Ex-
change Tomorrow Morning
at Auction.

The FIRST rice ever mlled In Houston was
millcd by Captain Philip Rahm In his little
mill at the t, II. Thompson & co. mill
yesterday morning. This was not only the
first rice Houston has ever milled but 1t
was the nrst rice Of the 1901 crop milled
in Texas. The rice was grown by c. IL.
Berng OF this city, who has about 30
acres in rice this year. 1t was harvest
last Friday. threshed Tuesday, taken 10
the mill wednesday, and millcd Thursday.
Captain Rahm, who owns the mill was
very proud or having miled the FIRST rice
in Houston and the first Of this year $
crop mllled In Texas us he had with The
same min mllled the hrst Of this years crop
In Louisiana. Messrs. Thompson & Co. are
having Captain Kahn put them in large
rice mill of the most modern and up 90
date pattern, with all latest improvement $
aud a daily capacity Of 400 barrels, he
plant being so arranged that al Il merely
nominal cost the capacity can he doubl d,
OF the mill given a capacity of 1900 bar
rels every twenty-four hours, twelve hours
hcing considered a days work. Captu n
Rahm is taking great pains with th,9 NIL
aud says when IL Is finished IL VIII he he
nretuest working mill in the State, IN adj
dition TO being the first rice mill in Hou'-
Mr. BORING was also very proud Of hav-
ing raised mud gathered the 1rst rice inllcd
In Houston ana said " WIS but the be-
| ginning Of sha biggest Industry Houston
/ las cVur had
/ There were goody number Of persons
/ present at the milling OF this rice, and all
were well pleased with the manner In
which II was done and the distinction it
achieved for Houston and Hous on inuus.
trcS. Nh. II. n. Gray, Sfcrelnry OF lhe
/ Houston Manufacturers association. WAS
! among those prescut, and was deeply in
/ terestea as well as very enthusiastic over
the milling and the rice industry. He said
! that the rice crop this year Ina this state
/ WI amount 10 about 100000 barrels In
round numbers; that there are over 10000
acres In rice In lcxua; that while many
| crops VIII 20 considerably over IL he put
I the average Yield at ten barrels to { c
acre; that the Industry Is In iIs infancy.
ana ihe acreage next year would In al
/ probability hc doubled or moro. and thpt
~ consequence one OF the great ueeda now
llS more rice Mills' that VIC should have
three or four more here n Houston; TINT
handle the crop this year, and us % result
ruby one-hult Of the rice grown lu Tex s
WI have TO bC taken 10 LOFTS ma to- he
multq that under any circumstances there
would be considerable rec blu.bi ul New
orleans mlllcrs and shipped Their. for IN ]
iuS but owing to the lack OF mills n would
be case OF compulslon this year. THE
Post representative was shown through IN.
large mil By, Captain ltahm The NV
mn covers q large area of ground with 1t
mills, warehouses, elevators, tit The
main building IS eighty feet high. the high
est building In Houston, and II wilt all bC
completed and ready % handle the rice croI
Il was suggested at the time OF the mill
ing Of Mr.. Behring'S rice that The riCe h.
pa; up a pnbllc auction MIR Il. ". Gral
look the cue. and in the afternoon informed
Tho Post that he had seen Secretary War
nor OF abe Cotton Exchange and had III
ranged with him tor the rice To bc nucre,
{ nc public auction ut the Cotton Exchaug
saturday morning at n o'clock Nlr era
! stated that be had visited every whole
sale grocer In Houston aud O goodly mum
tor OF the rotaii mon and they had al
PROMISED TO DO present mt tho sale arr
/ that he looked for a large crowd To- he 4
' attendance and good round p,tco obtaipe
4 Tor the hrst Houston milcd rice III r
z are only six barrels " &C. Mr. Boring h,N
. Ing cut this much from, as he snys, aIou
o oue-quarter of an acre