New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-23

was caused by spc ntaneous combus-
tiOn in tho crn11t srnarn

was caused by spe ntaneous combus-
ton in the smut room.
Monday morning j. r. Martin & |
Son, representing the Salvage Co..
arrived from Minneapolis and are
now busily engaged removing the
wheat. They are loading about Is
cars, which will be shipped to Mime
apolis. AT the time of the fire there
were approximately 1900 bbls. of -four
in the mill.
Temporary Offices have been estab-
lished in rooms above the Red Front
Grocery where the New Ulm Boiler
Mill Co. transact all their business
for the time being. Mr.. Aug. Dahl is |
in charge of the Offices and the bust
ness affairs.
Up to the time of this writing it
could not be learned definitely whether
the company intend to rebuild, but in
all probability new plant will be
put up.
The total loss is conserv atively esti-
mated at about 500. 900 to SlOO, 900; two
thirds of which is covered by insurance.
History Of The New Ulm Roller
Mill.
What is now known as the New Ulm
Roller Mill and which was completely
destroyed by a disastrous fire Satur-
day night, was formerly the old EN-
pire Mill. This was erected in the
year 1880 by E. G.Pahl, VIM. Koch,
George. and Carl Schmidt. Carl
Schmidt, one of the owners died dur
ing the year 1880 and E. e.. PAIL died
in 1874. In 1896 the old City, Mill,
then under the management of Charles
u. Roos, was consolidated with the
Empire Mill and the combination was
known by the name of The New Ulm
BOILER Mill Co. with George Schmidt,
VIM. Koch, Charles Z. tRoos, of New
lJlm and +. Madlenner, Of Chicago as
stockholders. In 1898 Ben. Stockman
bought the interests of Vim. Koch and
George Schmidt and continued the
business with Charles L. Roos as ac-
tive partner.
In 1900 the institution failed and the
directors of the Brown Co. Bank took
the plant for the mortgages against
the property. Mr.. Stockman was put
in charge as manager by the new
owners. The following bank directors
were instrumental in putting the New
Ulm Roller Mill on a sound financial
basis: p. G. Koch, Peter. M anderfeld,
John Lind, DR.. Schoch, DIR. Z. A.
F'ritsche and Gen. Jos. B6bleter. The
financial standing and well-known
business ability of these men and with
Mr.. Stockman as manager at once
infused unlimited credit. Under the
able and business like management OF
Mr.. Stockman the business soon
/ furnished and prospered and from year
to year new and modern improvements
were added to the plant. The old City
Mill was changed to cereal mill and
the output OF this plant, in all products
has shown a satisfactory increase
during the past years. Outside Of
1 Minneapolis there are very few mills
in Minnesota grinding rye exclusively
/ and the New Ulm institution was orr.
ginally intended mainly to supply the
trade in the immediate vicinity and
west of New Ulm. However the bust.
ness Increased to such an extend that
in the past years the concern had been
4 shipping carload lots to st. Louis,
New York, Boston and even to Penn.
i sylVan1a. AS a direct result of the
opening of this cereal mill in New
i Ulm, farmers have paid more attention
4 to the growing of rye and quality O.
grain raised hereabouts shows .
marked Improvement. At the presen
/ time the institution is considered on,
OF the best milling enterprises in this
section of the state.
IAe present owners are DIR. SchOch
Il Ben. Stockman and DIR. =. a. Fritsch,
as principal stockholders.
i Mr.. Stockman is still at the hospita
having been taken there about thre
months ago. He has recovered, how
ever, sufficiently to leave the hospita
within a week. The news of the dis
| aster was brought to him by DR.
Schoch Sunday morning. He receive,
the sad message with a philosopher
attitude OF mind. he was taken to til
ruins Tuesday afternoon in an auto
mobile by his partners DR.. School
and F'ritsche.
j, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schno brich, o
-IS1oonue uioitn1 CS,,y,/ =,