Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
AN UP-TO-DATE PLANT
Waynesboro Milling Company Re
models Mill and Installs New
Machinery

remodeled milling plant of the Way
nesboro Milling Company, located on
South river, in the eastern edge of
Waynesboro.
We very much doubt if there ia in
the state, more fully equipped and
up-to-date mill.
Before selling this property to a
local syndicate, Capt. J. A. Patterson
had kept right in the front rank of
modern -four factories, and the syn
dictate added several Thousand dollars
worth Of new machinery to take the
place of such as had grown out of
date.
From the moment that the last
change in the ownership occurred,
couple of years 60, and Mr.. E. D.
Weaver, formerly of Rockingham, was
made general manager, that gentle
mans whole aim has been to bring
the plant as neary to perfection as
money. and skill could do it. In every
thing Mr.. Weaver undertakes he puts
his whole soul and when he once de-
termines upon doing a work, that
work must be done.
Only two months ago, after a thor
ough look over the premises from roof
to foundation, Mr.. Weaver concluded
that a competent millwright could
find room within the old mill house
in which to place the modern machin.
cry needed to make his mill complete
in every detail and strictly up to date
so he called upon the Nordkye and
MaImon Company Ine., Of Indianapo-
lis Ind. Flour Mill Engineers, who
on examining the premises, concluded
that Mr.. Weaver was right and that
their engineers could make room in
the building for the required machin-
cry. About the middle of June work
was begun on the changes and now
the plant is humming away at the
rate OF 125-bbls Of -four per day.
1t is bewildering to the average Cit
izen to look through this plant and
see the many manipulations through
which the grain must go before
reaching the packer. 1t seemed to
the writer that long before grain
could find it's way up and down,
across and back, repeating this process
a dozen times winding in and out
from bottom to top and end to end OF
the mill, it would become lost forever,
but not SO, for if you stand only a
few moments near the railway freight
houses or enter any of the Estores OF
you will see at the for
mer. carload after carload of the at
tractive packages from this mill be-
ing shipped to all sections within.5OO
miles of here and at all the grocery
stores, counters piled high with temp
ting white sacks of divers sizes suit
able for family use and all bearing
the popular brand tWaynasboro Mill
ing Company" Mr.. Weaver Is most
fortunate in having at his call to as
sist in making his mill one of the
most useful and popular institutions
in the valley, Mr.. G. D. CARRIER, book
keeper J. F. Armentrout, head miller;
R.::F. Baugher second mile; and Mr..
Warren Wagner, assistant. These
with several helpers on each floor OF
the mill make up the force always in
the building.
Not far off the company has in full
blast large factory or thu manufac-
ture of barrels, and several hundred
Of these are made daily
This mill was built to be run en-
tirely by water from South river, but
Mr.. Weaver finding that at times the
power could not be relied upon dded
an electric motor Of capacity sufficient
to make1 up any deficiency in the
water supply.
On each floor of the mill, and right
where it can be reached instantly and
put in operation there as chemical
fire extinguisher always ready.
Wavnesboro is fortunate in having
as resident such progressive, in.
telligent and energetic business man
as MI. f. D. Weaver. They have
in him a refined Christian gentleman
and liberal minded open hear ed.
patriotic and generally useful citizen,
always ready to move quickly forward
in any work that will benefit the peo-
pie.