Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-07-31
MACHINERY
FOR NEW MILL
Boilers, Engines and Milling
Machinery Bought
Last Week.
CAPACITY $50 BARRELS.
Building Will be Ready For
Machinery January
LIST, 1907.

The Climax Milling Company clos
ed contract last Saturday for the
milling machinery of their new
plant. The engine and boilers were
bought few days before. Compe-
tition was close, there being twenty
two representatives from different
engine and boiler builders and mill
ing machinery firms during the week
from nearly a dozen cities.
The Climax Co. went slowly in Sc.
lecting their machinery as they
wanted nothing but the most mod
ern, tried and approved, something
that won't have to be replaced in a
short time. The first purchase
made was 800 horsepower Corliss
engine from the Hooser, Owens
Rentschler Co., of Hamilton, Ohio.
This company is recognized every
where as builders of the very high
est grade of stationary engines.
Sixteen years ago the company put
in one Of their engines for the Ores
ent Milling Co., and with continuous
use it has cost nothing for repairs
except re-boring the cylinder once.
The Climax people know they will
have one of the best heavy duty en-
gines made in this country.
The boilers were next bought. The
Atlas Boiler and Engine Works, of
Molay, Ind, secured this contract.
The boilers will be of the water
tube" type, which is something new
here and are said to be the best in
every way made. This company
will also furnish all pumps and con-
nections and feed pumps.
The milling machinery was bought
late Saturday evening from the
Bamara Less Mfg Co., of Moline,
III. Mr.. VIM. Ebert, of Louisville,
represented the successful company.
He sold two milling outfits to the
late John T. Rabbeth, of Louisville,
and his firm is now putting up a
large steel reinforced elevator for
the Dunlop Milling Co., at Clarks-
vile. The machinery sold by Mr..
Ebert will have a capacity of $50
barrels per day. The capacity of
boilers and engines will allow an in
crease of $50 barrels The company
has planned from the first. for this.
The Climax Co. will pay special at
tention to making corn meal and
has bought a mill that will enable
them to furnish from 600 to 800
bushels of superior meal per day.
The company will put in dynamo
for furnishing $50 electric lights and
an electric motor.
The plans for the building are be-
ing changed somewhat by the archi
tects in order to make the building
when completed sit" the machinery
and engine, which are much larger
than when first contemplated. 1t
has not yet been decided by the com
pany whether the building will be
brick or reinforced concrete. This
will be decided after all the bids for
construction are in.
Mr.. Ross A Rogers, the manager,
and. Mr.. Oliver, head miller, think |
they have not only selected the very
best milling machinery and engine |
made, but think they have done one
of the hardest weeks work of their |
lives. Night and day they have
been examining, suggesting and lis
tening to suggestions until they |
have about worn themselves out and
are now ready for a rest. But they
won't get it, as their work has just
begun. They want to have ground |
broken for the building about the
last of this week or the first of next.
AS we said some weeks since Hop
kinsville will soon be a milling center
and furnish big part of the South
ern people with their flour. When
the Climax Mills start to making
flour the capacity Of the four mills
will be about 1000 barrels per day.
But there is plenty Of room for
others and the next mill tc follow
the Climax will be welcome and will
have plenty of territory-the whole
South-into which to ship its pro-
ducts. We can't get factories, so
let's have more mills and plenty of
them. Home consumption doesn't
amount 70 anything, but the South
ID the field. I