New Ulm review., 1913-01-01
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The following article BY one Of the
pupils " the High School vac written
fos the last Literary and won the point
~ tho Thalisns on the essay. It tells
of tho growth Of : grest industry IN
New Ulm ss it is und rstOod by our
young people and tho We are familiar
with the subject it proves generally in
teresting to us becauoe our itizens are
rightfully proud OF the great plant To-
Gated more. n
Milling Is one of New Ulm's greatest
and most important industries; and
shat is more, the mills OF New UIn
rank second in the.s n orthwes The
Eagle Roller MN which is the largest
here, viii serve IS . good example OF
this industry.
Il was founded about 1857 by the
Chicago Land Association, partly 40 .
-four mill and partly % saw mill.
Jacob Brust, who ill survives, was
ono Of the fret stockholders. ln 1858
it We destroyed by FIRE but vas rebuilt
% cav mill 10 1859. Lacking funds
o build . -four mill, the state was
asked for aid, but it refused. It CO.
1inued as q saw mill until 1865. when
Bossh, Pienninger and Meyer began q
1our mlll in connection with tho saw
Dill. The capacity ut this time was
About fifty barrels. Mr.. George Doehne
became stakeholder 10 Mr.. Meyers
plsce, when the latter died. During |
the twelve years that hIessrs. Doehue,
Pfenninger and Boeshe were ct ck
holders, the mill was very prosperous,
owing to the exceedingly good -four
made at the time and because of i'm
provements in the machinery. In 1886
many improvements such as tho build
ing OF sn office, an elevator and power
plant we're made. Tho capacity at this
time vas about two hundred barrels.
In 1880 the capacity vas seven hundred
barrels. by 1894 it was one Thousand
barrels and by 1900 it had Increased to
two thousand five hut dred barrels. In
1898 the new elevator costing $50, 900
wss built. This elevator holds some
$50, 900 bushels. In 1907 the ware
house, valued at $4,000 vas built,
b lding come 10000 barrels of -four.
The capacity o: the mill today is 1900
barrels.
There are over one hundred and fifty
persons employed in tho mill, il one or
another capacity. This docs not in
clude, however, the many agents or
workers in their elevators, which are
over this state and South
Dskota.
will now briefly tell Of the different
Processes thru which grain must go
before it becomes fiour.
The grain is first taken to the elevat-
Or, where it is weighed. Then it is pu,
into large bins. It is next cl"aned in
Deparators made of different grades Of
Dieves, that is, the coarse to remove the
straw, others to remove the seeds of
weeds or Of the grains larger than the
wheat, and still others thru which tho
smaller seeds and the like are removed
It is then elevated two or three etories Z
~ an elevator leg, on which are cup
Ike arrangements in which the grain is U
:arried up. The grain goes into spouts =
md from them into different bins. q
Jsuslly the wheat from one station 10 Q
|ut 10 one bin and from another 10 tho .
econd bin and 20 oo. Tho grain is =
'ow ready to be taken to the mill. 1t
carried from tho elevator to this
lace, on large rubber belt. % Il
irving st the mill, it 10 weighed. u
hen il is cleaned some elk times by q
Dparators as in the elevator. After ;"
ais it is thoroughly secured and H.
sshed to remove all dust and the like. v
is 'then dried by hot air. II the th