The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
OPENING OF FLOUR MILL.
The T. Il, ThomasOa Milling Company
Completed Its Plant.
TIE FIRST RUN A COMPLETE SUCCESS
Brands Of Houston Manufactured Flour
win Hereafter Be- on tho Market.
The Mill in Detail

nour mill Is at last under operation in
this city. The T. r. Thompson Milling
company started the hour mill recently
completed for that 1rm yesterday after
noon, and trial run OF several hours was
made. Beyond few little things which
VIII have to be remedied the first run OF
the mill was complete success. aud every
one connected with it, from the proprietors
TO the working force, was well pleased with
the results which was attained. The work
Of operating the mill will be resumed to
morrow. hut It will be several DAYS
before The product viii be placed on the
market It is the intention Of the Thomp
son company 10 make thorough test Of rhe
mill before Offering the dour TO the trade
The company will manufacture grade Of
oour which viii compare favorably with
that turned out by any other Mill in the
United States, and will not place the prod.
uct OF their mill upon the market until
they have satisfied themselves upon this
point The mill Is 6rst-class IN every re
spect and other conditions are such as
should make IL not difficult OF accomplish
ment 10 attain the results desired.
The mill adj0ins the T. II. Thompson rice
mill, near the corner Of Cont street and
, Odiu avenue, and is a thoroughly modern
or constructing the dour MIL was begun N
July Of the past year. and was only nnally
completed on yesterday. The machinery OF
the mill Is OF the most Improved kind and
only modern methods viii be employed IN
the manufacture Of tour here. The ma
chinery was installed by the Barnard y
LeGs Manufacturing company OF Moline,
/ H., through K. G. Stonc the general agent
for that company The cost Of the struc-
tUre completed Is about $4,000, and the
capacity Is 500 barrels OF -four daily. The
main building Is five stories IN height ana
is Jos feet IN length aud forty feet wide
A Post representative was taken through
/ tho plant yesterday and II may be con
sidered a treat to Inspect one so complete
In every detail
[ In the engine room there Is a large Heine
water tube boiler OF 800 horse power ca
/ pGcity, with hot and cold water pumps ana
| hitter AMI heater In connection, as well as
an oil pump 10 force this fuel IN me Dol
( ers The plant f. run 10y q 5ates-CoFllss
/ engine OF 225 horse power. with a large
/ main shaft pulley fourteen feet "a diameter
I and having twelve grooves This constl-
4 tutps the main drive Of the mill ana ere
vator the power being transmitted by
means OF rope drive
| The heading room extends from ceilar 70
/ garret-the entire Eve stories OF the build
] Ing. all receiving and cleaning machinery
| heing located 10 this room. On tins nrst
/ floor are located the car pullers tor settlng
] carr az the mill shute, ana the power loI
unloading the wheat into the shutes from
! the car door Upon It's being unloaded inc
wheat goes TO the weighing hopper anu
from there to the storage bins. The Tneat
| Is taken out OF the storage bins as the mil
uses II. ana elevated 10 the. cleaners fr1nl
! the cleaners u goes 70 gtael storage tankA
ana froee shsee svsf SAe cleAneSs % tas
staek heppsFs eTG the atst break rel