The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-09
TOPEKA'S FIGURING MILLS.
An Interesting Resume of This In
dustry in This City.

The following interesting paper on
the milling industry of Toneka was
presented before the Baraca club of the
North Topeka Baptist church by John
Grant, of 525 Grant street:
1.-THE FLOUR INDUSTRY OF
TOPEKA
No industry is of greater import
ance to any city than that which I
have the honor at this time and be-
industry is more closely allied to the
human family than any other COM
modify save the dairy product, which
of course is the forerunner to the de-
is as necessary as life itself, and the
agency that produces for the people
of Topeka and the surrounding coun-
try the great Sustainer of human eX-
istence might we'll be called blessed.
That the milling industry well as
the proprietors and the millers have
been a real benediction to this city, no
one will question, and we point with
pride to the constant source of rev.
enue brought into our city through
this great enterprise. The law of sup
ply and demand created by the needs
of the people and the supply of these
mills has proven the wisdom of those
who laid the foundations of our city.
No great city, such we are, could
ever be complete or expect to gain the
respect of this commonwealth or COM
I'VE occupy without this great in
dustry-, We have in the city of To-
peka five mills, in good running or
der, and one in the course of con-
struction. Our largest mill is the
Crosby mill. owned and operated by
Crosby, with a capacity of 1900 bar
rels per day of good flour, full weight,
no shorts. and yet short, which is not
paradoXical. The second mill in ca
pacity is the. Inter-Ocean, owned and
operated by Willis Norton, with a
capacity of 1000 barrels of par ex-
celience -four, not simply middling.
The third mill in size is that of the
Mid-Continent, owned and operated by
Thomas Page, with a capacity of 700
barrels. The supremacy of this mill
over all others has never been and
never can be estimated by quantity,
but will ever be foremost in quality,
of not only the mills in Topeka and
Kansas, but the nation as well. AS
an economical industry it has proved
it's ability to manufacture bran and
shorts into the purest and best of flour.
which we understand is an especial
favorite at the North Baptist parson-
age. The fourth mill in capacity is the
Topeka Milling company, owned and
operated by Herbert Hackney, with a
capacity of $50 barrels The flour
from this mill needs no comment or
endorsement at our hands, as it stands
alone, having no connection with the
heavens above or the earth beneath,
but something under the earth in the
waters beneath, a large wheel as a
motive generator. The fifth mill is
the Shawnee, with a capacity of 500
barrels. The prestige of this last
named mill has been gained through
the name of the county. and whatever
it's merits or dement's are, it has
proven that the size of the mill is a
positive proof of it's greatness, for this
small mill, like the Jap, has staying
qualities. and SO far has never re-
versed it's wheel of action or known
- &..1-z 80 l.
The combined capacity of the To-
peka mills is $500 barrels daily, con-
Stunning 1860 bushels of wheat, or
1,15440O barrels yearly or 5,194, 500
bushels of wheat. The Topeka mills
grind one-eighth of the Kansas crop.
The great Minneapolis mills, of Min