New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-01-24
RUNlInG EXPENSES $1,000.
PER DAY
Eagle Roller Mill Company Elects
Omcers at Annual Meeting.

Every "a Hours and IL Car.
loads of Flour Manufactured
Daily.
From the report Furnished us thru
the courtesy of Mr.. vogtel of the
Eagle Roller Mill Company We are
able to give our readers detailed
account of the amount of business
done by the largest business concern
in our city. Not only 10 the plant
the largest In New Ulm but it
ranks among the foremost in Its line
in the whole country.
The officers of tho Company are
Charles Silverson, President and
VIM. Silverson and J. q. Siegel, Vice
Presidents, Charles Vogtel, Secretary
and n. L. Beecher, Treasurer. At
the recent annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Company they showed
their confidence and satisfaction with
the system of management BY re-elec-
ting all of the above named officers to
serve another year.
Those who are unfamiliar with the
details OF the milling business may
not be able to get much idea of the
volume from figures but If 1t 10 realized
that every Dbl. OF -four made requires
more than four bushels Of wheat
better ides may 30 gained when the
fsures are given. During the year of
1911 the Eagle Mill turned out ], O92, $50
barrels Of -four. This required
,s46. 345 bushels of wheat, or about
900 bushels per day, something like
Is carloads Of grain In a hours and
II carloads Of -four manufactured in
the same time, besides about cer-
llosds Of feed per day
The power required in the mechani-
cal department. is produced by the use
Of coal and during 1917 the plant
consumed about IS tons per day or
l7.345 tons in al.
| The immense amount Of work In.
volved requires large force to accom-
plish 1t and there are III employees in
New Ulm alone. There are "A agents
and assistants needed to handle the
grain taken In at the Company's line
of country elevators.
The selling force consists of travel
ing ealesmen, managers Of branch To-
cations with their Office assistants,
collectors and specially statesmen who
canvass eastern towns and cities,
making 4s in oil and total of 298
persons employed by the Company.
That the year of 1911 vas prosperous
one for them is shown BY the fact that
more than 20 names we're added to the
payroll and also BY the increased out
put which was nearly 200 barrels OF
flour per day more than In 1910 be-
sides proportionste increase In the
feed production and in the amount OF
wheat milIed. The total running ex-
penses of the plant for the year were
s54l ,634.4 6 or nearly q, 500 per day
This does not include the cost Of the
wheat and other items of manufaotur-
| ing cost but covers the labor and
travelling expenses. The amount of
business done aggregated q, 692, GA. 81.
During the yesr extensive improve
ments were made. These improve
ments were described In our columns
At the time they we're installed and 70
merely call stsention 70 them sgain-
The feed and cereal mill cost about
&c, 900 and the sprinkliDg plant about
90, 900.
They have most complete system,
of fire protection for, In addition to
the sprinklers and Ere hose and by
drants, they employ both day and
night watcbmen who make the rounds
of the plant constantly. The watch
lien carry with them clock which
registers the number Of each station
in the mill and the hour when the sta
ton was visited BY the wstchman-
This is accomplished by means OF ,
key which is kept at each station and
unless the Waterman makes the rounds
and uses each key the record made by
the clock will show the omission. In
this way the managers of the plant
are positive that the watchmen are
on duty at all times and thus the plant
is we'll guarded to prevent the spread
of q fire, that might originate at any
point
During the dast week We have
talked with different millers and they