The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29
FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 20, 1902.

st. Anthony mills, with assdaily capacity
of $500 barrels Ia 81
In51s76 the Humboldt mill was built by
Hull, Newton & Co. This mill was de-
stoyed in the explosion of 1878, was rebuilt
IN 1879 and sold to- Hinkle,S Greenleaf &
20. Ia 1880. 1t had capacity of 700 barrels,
Which was later Increased to /, 200 barres.7
In 1875 the Petit mill was built by Pet
tit, Robinson & Co. This mill was among
those destroyed in the exposition of 1878,
but 1t was rebuilt the next year and was
operated by this company until the fall Of
1879, when j. A. Christian & Co. came into
control, operating the mill until 1886. Mr..
Christian died in that year and the firm
was changed to Petit Christian & Co., F.
R. Petit entering as a partner and act
ing as manager. This mill became the
property Of the Northwestern Consolidated
Milling company in 1891, when it was
changed into a grain elevator of 100000
bushels capacity.
In 1877, Russell. Roots & Trosen built
the Model mill of Ave run of stone. 1t
was operated by Russell & Co.. until 1882.
when it burned and it was not rebuilt.
In 1879. Christian Brothers & Co.. built
the Crown roller mil, the firm being com
posed Of J. A. Christian, L. Christian, G..
M. Hardenburg and c. E. French. In 1886
J. A. Christian died. and the firm was in
corporated under the name Of the Chris
became the property of the Northwestern
Consolidated Milling company In 1891. q,
=, In 1879 the Northwestern mill was built
by Sidle, Fletcher, Holmes & Co., on the
site Of the City mill. and also the old gov
eminent mill. This firm was soon incor-
porated as the Side, Fletcher, Holmes
company and after a good many changes
in stock ownership, the mill was sold tc
the Northwestern Consolidated Mullins
company in 1891. It has a capacity o.
| 1900 barrels. '".--
In 1884 the Washburn Mill company
| composed of w. D. Washburn and w, D
| Hale, began the manufacture Of -four
| Mr.. Washburn had previously been g
| member of the firm of Washburn, Crosby
& Co., but he retired from that firm
and organized the. Washburn Mill com
pany, which" purchased the Palisade mil
| and also the Lincoln mill at AnOka, {
| town eighteen miles north of Minneapolis
Later this company was consolidated Will
| the Pillsbury company, and the whole
| property was sold to the Pillsbury- Wash
| burn Flour Mill company in 1889 Mr.
Washburn has continued his connection
with the -four business as a resident di
rector of that company. Mr. Hale retired
from the business when the mills were
! sold. :
In 1882, J. B. ,Bassett, Ernest Zeidler
| Fred D. Zimmerman and Horace S. Wad
built the Columbia mill, with a capacit.
Of /, 900 barrels, which was increased tt
| 200 barrels two years later. The North
western Consolidated Milling company Sc
! cured this property in 1891.
English Corporation Comes In.
| In 1889 English capitalists bought thu
flour mills of Charles A. Pillsbury & Co
and their grain elevators and also tn
| -four mills Of the Washburn Mill com
pany and the entire water power of tn
falls of St. Anthony, owned by the Min
neapolis Mill company and the st. An
thony Falls Water Power company
The English syndicate Incorporated as tn
Pillsbury- Washburn Flour Mills company
For several years Charles A. Pillsbur,
continued to manage the property unit
his death in 1899, when he was succeede,
by Henry Little. ..-
In July, 1891, the Northwestern Con
| solidatcd Milling company was organize
T with capital of $2,250.000. The compan
I was made up by the consolida ton Of ST:
| Ct the smaller mills, as follows Crow
i Roller, Columbia Northwestern, Zenith
Galaxy and Petit, the latter being intend
ed for use as an elevator in which tn
grain supply of the company could b
stored John Martin was elected pres
ident Of the new company; J: B. Basset1
vice president; G.. T. Fox, secretary an
treasurer; F. G. Pillsbury, Ernest Zeidle
and A. G. Loring, managers The capacit
| Of the mills at that time was 800 bar
rels per day. The ownership of this prop
erty changed considerably after the con