Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-08-15
some BRYAN INDUSTRIES.
Enterprise Of Mil and Gin People
Gives Town an Excellent Cotton
Working Equipment.

Working Equipment.
That Bryan has a cotton working
equipment in gins and mills that will
compare favorably with all towns as
large, and many possessing more nat.
ural advantages. cannot be gainsaid,
but the magnitude and extent of these
enterprises and their invaluable worth
In supporting and promoting the in
terests of the town are not generally
known or realized, nor is the impor
lance of securing more Industries OF
a different nature recognized in its
full Significance.
The plant of the Bryan Cotton oil
and Fertilizer Company has under
gone improvements, and additions to
the equipment have been made pre-
vious to the present season, which
render its facilities modern and com
plete and adequate to handle even a
larger patronage than that received
A 300.horsepower tubular boiler
weighing $4,000 pounds. and a new
and modernly designed air compressor
are being installed. which will give
the plant a daily capacity Of Go tons
OF seed, and render Il thorough and
up-to-date In every detail. During
the crushing season fifty employees
are on the pay roll and through this
and various other means, thousands
of dollars are put in circulation dur
ing a year. The mill not only makes
market for seed the year round,
but allows the consumer a good mar
gin of saving on every ton Of hulls
and each sack OF meal used; further.
more, each ton of seed crushed means
800 paid for labor which naturally
goes into circulation through the va.
rious trade channels.
While the Bryan Cotton oil and |
Fertilizer Company remains one of
the salient features of local industrial |
enterprise, there are others which |
have a parallel importance In the up
building of Bryan and the promotion
of its interests. The Bryan ice facto-
ny has an extensive outside patron
age and ships its product over all the
territory within radius of fifty miles.
During the season it employs four
teen and fifteen men. and is constant.
~ improving and building up its equip.
ment. all Of which have their effect
and influence in giving the city great
On property valuations. and adding
substantially to the Importance which
already attaches to Bryan as an in.
dustrial center
At the Parker cotton gin the air
system has been installed in lieu Of
brushes in the separating department;
a Corliss engine of l50-hoursepower,
and a water tube of the latest pattern
have been installed and are in use,
giving a capacity of 100 bales every
ten hours.
The s. II. Dunlap & Companys gin
is equipped with both square and
round bale presses has engines OF
3S- and 30-horsepower, respectively
and in connection grist mill and
lumber planning plant are operated
Steady employment is given to eight
to ten men during the busy season.
Palremo Brothers new plant, in.
stalled last year, has in addition to
the new equipment throughout been
improved and extended this season.
and now is modern and up-to-date in
every respect.
The Howell Lumber Company's gin
plant too, has kept pace with the
growth and advancement OF its sister =.
Industries. The Pratt self.cleaning
system, new engine and boilers,
and the Murray distributor have been
Installed. and other improvements
made which add their quota of ad.
and efficiency of service.
The above are mentioned as some
Of the sources of the prosperity that
Bryan enjoys and TO give an idea of
what more enterprises of a similar
md different class would mean for the
own and people. "