Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-07
VALLEYS FIRST
FLOUR MILL IS
NOW OPERATING
ARMADlLLO MILLS BEGIN TO GRIND.
ADDING NEW INDUSTRY TO
THOSE ALREADY IN VALLEY.
PLANT HAS CAPACITY OF so BAR
RELS OF FLOUR DAILY AND 10
BARRELS MEAL.

Few persons in Brownsville we're aware
before yesterday that an important add
tion 70 the industrial plants of Brownsville
and the Valley was about TO begin opera
tion hcrc-the first wheat flour mill IN the
Valley. "El Armadillo1 mills, whose ma
chinery bit into Valley corn for the first
time Yesterday, and whose rollers Will
presently begin to grind northern wheat
INTO flour tcT-ihe Valley and for Mexico.
are located al Ninth street and the in
dustrial spur. near Fronton street The
mills comprise a corn mill, a wheat tlour
mill which = the FIRST IN the Valley. Il
molasses feed factory, mills for every sort
of mixed feed. and grain elevators.
Two buildings, one on either side OF the
switch known ~ the Industrial Spur. were
erected by II. II. 7. Howard Il 90. The
eastern building j. a hay and vegetable
warehouse, to house the commission busl-
ness of the company. II j. 3ox75 feet, ~
area. Is feet high and more than AIDE
quately ventilated. II stands On brick
pIcrS set on concrete over wood pllcS driven
three f. seven feet INTO the subsoll. Doors
of the warehouse ~ well ~ the first story
IT the mill are flush with doors 81 box ears
standing on the track between the build
mgs.
The null building to- the west - identical
IN ground srea. IT. three stories and head
house rise fifty feet above the street, The
first story holds the offices of the com
lpany, 4 stock 81 seeds. and floor space for
storage Of flour and mill products. The
second floor holds all di-integratine or
grinding machinery. The third level /,
gwen over Ia cleaning machinery and fan
nlns mills. The fourth floor. or headhouse.
contain, automatic weighing machinery
and the elevator heads. Elevators to hold
= variety ~ Grams. with . gross capacity
rl lG.ooo hu hcl-. are set mt the north end
'ofAlo %hurldmn.
Fdsr distract nlil ct~ are housed Ill the
mill huIIdua. It'll" heat milling plant Ia,
\ capacity ~ cu"u.h -rri1 to supply the
tlour mil with maternal l"r ~ barrels al
Hour a day. which Pm th. capacity of the
flour roller. All grade ri bite flour.
whole wheat flour. graham tlo1I. and mill
feed viii h. turned ont by the wheat
grinding machinery.
A complete corn milling plant making
ten barrels q day 81 corn meal. gnt- and
~ products. ocrupie~ part ~ the Second
%tioor. y wa corn meal from the first run
Of this mill that wa~ sent to The Herald
yesterday. - told m yesterdays edition.
SELF rising pancake and biscuit flour viii
~ another Of the food products. 4 mo
~'la~ec7 stock feed factory installed on the
second level viii have n capacity of three
ear loads z day Of the compounded feed.
All machinery D. run by electricity.
Space has been provided 80 that the capa
cItN 81 the mlll~ can b. increased without
addition ~ the mill buildings. A. soon ~
Mexican affairs become tranquil Il i, ex-
pcotcd that thi- viii have lo he done.
Magic Valley corn and various grains
win feed the mills, molas~e- from VALLEY
sugar mill viii ~ used n part for the
mola~se- feed plant. Wheat for the flour
mill will come from everywhere that
tNH'dt -ihN~ on lii~ continent
In the rear Of the mill are the stable,
and woodward II the company. With the
branching ont into wider fields Of work
TIE company may later BE- incorporated.
y. Il. Z. Howard IN person j, ~upenn-
tending th" mills. The erection Of the
building aud the installation Of the ma
lchincry was made IN II. :. Schmerker. an
experienced m.llwr'ght and former super
Iaiendcnf ot mills in Tampico and IN Me
rlda, Yuraian, Mexico. In, laying the
foundations of the elevator corner Of the
mill Schmerker imbedded in the brick work
q copy Of The Herald Of May /, and a 81
ltarr.ncl>ta note. Schmerker said ne
wanted To he non partisan, but could find
no Villa money for sale at the time.