The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-05
WELL EQUIPPED PLANT


There are few flour mills in Texas
with a capacity no greater than two
hundred barrels a day that are as
substantially built and as complete
ly equipped as the plant of the Mod
ern Milling Company of this city.
Experienced mill men from different
sections of the state who have in
spected the plant here say 1t is one
of the best in Texas, and that the
quality of the -four turned out has
no superior anywhere.
A reporter for this paper visited
the mill this morning and was shown
through from the bottom to the top
by the day miller, Mr.. T. w.
Thomas. Nearly all the machinery
now being used to convert the wheat
into flour is new and of the latest
make All old machinery has been
cast aside to give room to the new
process for making flour. On the
first floor is large battery Of rollers
in which the grain is crushed and
made ready for the purifiers on the
second floor. The grain first passes
through a machine that brushes it
in very course form, Then it
passes from one machine TO another
until it has been reduced TO very
fine quality, being designated by the
miller as middlluR. After passing
through the purifiers the substance
8 then ready for the machine which
frees it from the bran and separates
il into the different grades of flour.
There 10 also machinery for ~cour-
ing and cleaning the wheat before it
goes into the grinding machines.
The reporter was also shown the
new machine which was recently
installed for the purpose OF bleach
ing the -four, This rs wonderful
machine aud as 10 has come 20 stay
II will reyolutionize the milling bus
mess The mill that does not Install
this process will be regarded as "A
back number The operation of this
machine is very simple, but the
result accomplished is something
Ia the basement ~ the
mill Is an electric battery Of 800
voltage capacity. A small pump ia
used 10 pump the air from the out
side into two chambers iu which
electric carbous are burning A. the
atr passes Through these chambers
&C s. purified by ths electric spark
and ~ then ready tu pass into a
large box ou the third tlour tu which
the bleaching process takes place.
Hy this process ths nour Is aged
without the necessity Hf byiux stored
lu "a warehouse go remain several
weeks aHd perhaps months.
Mt. sleeper Explained ta tnr ro-
porter that about $1,000 Had been
expended an improvements this
year Beside. she uew machinery
taAt vas Installed two large steel
tAuks each wtth "A capacity ~ E ts3
ia shells. have hesn erected ia which .
to store kFAiu Wttf 4tHsf sgof-
axe facilities here Ahuut Jas mN
busbsls 10 = at cas- ~ taksu case
~ - sHa lgmn Tha esaln elevator
a Hfi;ton Has also be.u leased ~
tire management &c tte mlA fof
F.fled uf thrns years Fhis elevator
"a. capacity ~ 0fHH ausbsls
The mili - auly heluE operated Haw
dnFiug tbs 8ay Aud isgriudiux om a.
average AssaHt 4sW husbels = wm@k
When Is 70 operated eu full time "a
grinding capacity - stauG s tsN
saslaeia a maush. A warehouse Sos
stofins iuuF SO rwceufiv erected
ou the uuEth aide VT toe mill ThiK
house Has = basement wbich waIl
ssum Dr. lifted ap for storing shwglwd
corn and bran. Neas ofFlees
have bern arranged inside the bulld. I
Ing aud here MF. W >. Newton has
charge % ths BOOKS. THE tst in ]
fFons ~ the msll baa been graeiWss Of /