The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27
WILL INCREASE
WATSON MILL
Capacity VIII be 1900 Bar
rels by Next Harvest
MACHINERY Is PURCHASED
Freight Rate Situation VIII
Come Out All Right.

The Watson mill WI be enlarged and
its capacity increased TO 15oo barrels OF
-four a day. Mr. Gardner. superintend-
EFT and head miller. is now in New York
making the contracts for the necessary
new machinery.
Some OF the miIIers in southern Kansas
thought Mr.. Watson showed . good deal
OF faith in Kansas hard wheat -four when
he came from the east TO Wichita and
built mill of capacity of 1000 barrels
Of -four a day, but two years have dem
onstrated that NJ Watson's ideas were
correct and the only mistake he made
was in not making his mill larger He
has been unable to supply the demand
for his -four and ever since last harvest
he has been about a month behind with
his orders.
Wichita is in the center Of the great
Kansas hard wheat belt and Watson, I'm
boden and Howard have demonstrated
that milling wheat can be made a sue
cess here. Hiram In:ooden has already
enlarged his mill and it can reasonably
be expected that other large mills will
be built IN this city in the very near
future.
The Watson mill building was erected
with q view TO increasing the capacity
OF the mill If the t.s<.e justified it ana
there is room for the new machinery
In the present building.
Some Of the millers are making a loud
howl against the railroads for their adj
justment of freight rates ana Mr. Watson
II uks the roads are not using Kansas
miliers fairly. but he believes they viii
do the right thing when they discover
that their present policy is hurting the
milling interests here He IS going ahead
10 enlarge his mill trusting to the fair
ness of railroad managers TO so adjust
freight rates that Kansas millers can do
business. He thinks the roads viii not
purposely injuFe Wichita
a prominent railroad official in this city
speaking OF this kick OF the Kans-s mill
lers. said.
The matter of reight rates is very
complicated affair and the railroads find
II very difficult 20 adjust rates so a. to
please everybody The only way is for
the millers to get together steer clear
OF the legislature and railroad commits
sioners and 90 directly to the traffic man
ayers OF the roads and explain wherein
they are not getting justice.
Business men and manufacturers often
get an idea that the railroads are un-
friendly to them when there is no ground
for such suspicious. know that the
r0ad which I represent has a kindly feel
ing for Wichita and I do not believe any
Of the roads desire 10 injure business in
terests here, I cannot see that injury 10
Wichita could possibly benefit any of
the roads here. Al of the roads want
prosperity and plenty of business in The
towns and cities through which they
run because they make business for the
roads.
Mr.. Watson evidently takes n sensible
view Of the situation. He is going ahead
10 enlarge his mill. There is no occasion
Tor anybody in Wichita 10 lack ia faith.
It IS A great railroad and commercial
center now. The Orient viii build big
shops here and so are some of the other
roads liable 10 do the same thing. Wich-
TIA is all right and any arrangement Of
the railroads which is unjust 10 the bust
ress interests of the city viii not last
very long