East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-27
PendIeton's Newest Industrial
Plant Declared Ready for
Operation Today After Ris-
ing Since July.
FLOUR OUTPUT WILL BE
1000 BARRELS PER DAY
Space is Left for Duplicating
Equipment Which Will
Double Capacity Should Bus
mess Warrant.

collins Flour Mills, Pendleton'S
newest industrial plant, opened today.
complete except for the warehouse
which surrounds the seven-story main
milling building and basement. The
institution will add a payroll OF 80
men to the city.
Conceived early in 1919, construc-
tion on the building was, begun in July.
Installation Of machinery has been
under way for nearly four months,
and the opening today follows the
making of satisfactory test runs and
finding of everything in shape for i'm
mediate operation.
1000 Barrels Daily
Ultra odern in every detail, tho
Collins Mills. which occupy nearly a
half block on East Webb and Vincent
streets. stand as one of the finest of
their kind in the Inland Empire.
Equipment has been installed which
will give the Mill a daily output of
1000 barrels of flour in each "a hours.
The plant will be operated to capacity
and. should business conditions war
rant it, the capacity can be doubled by
the addition of machinery duplicating
thatin use. On the half OF the building
set aside Cor additional machinery.
The mill building is divided by a
partition from ground floor to roof,
into the wheat side and the milling
side. on every floor this division is
identical. The milling side. again, is
divided. the west side containing all
the machinery. while the east side re-
mains untouched, ready, if necessary,
to receive "a like amount of machinery
The capacity can thus de Doubled with
out alterations or interfering with the
operation of Unit /.
Machinery of Improved Type
Milling machinery of the most inn
proved type available. has been in
stalled throughout 1t was manufac-
tured especially for this mill by the
NordNke & Marmon Co, of Indianap-
oils. Ind, and installed under the di-
retion of ]. d. Miller, an expert from
their factory. Electrical equipment
came from the General Electric Co. of
n. Y, and was installed,
together with all wiring. lighting fix
lures and other appliances by ]. L.
Vaughan of Pendleton. The main
which is of reinforced con-
Der yard from plans drawn by H. l..
Copeland. architect, of Walla Walla.
The building is outside dimensions,
exclusive of warehouse, is 80 by 100 |
feet.
The main floor OF the mill, as well I
ls the warehouse, is set aside for the 1
of both the wheat and flour!
md contains no milling machinery
ln flnnt. 10 10 hnttnaa floor of
he flour processes. the flour elevators
on this floor.
Power on Second floor
A 200 horsepower motor the main
power for the mill machinery, is on
the second floor. 1t is connected di-
rcctly 10 the shaftiry, instead of by
belts. Wheat washers. with a capacity
of 500 bushels per hour, are located
on the second floor as are also the
channels in which the cleaned wheat
for milling. is mixed. The mixing is
done in series of augur conveyors,
to which lead 90 spouts from 20 grain
bins above. each of 1000 bushels
capacity. The opening and closing OF
these various spouts admits or cuts
off wheat from any desired bins. The
wheat after mixing, is conveyed Dy
this spiral device to elevators
Grinding of wheat into flour is done
on the third floor where there are IL
stands of double rolls. Each stand
contains rolls OF slightly different
and the mixtures passing
through gradually work down to the
fineness of flour while the shorts and
bran, by-products, are removed. The
spouting of these IA stands, leading
from the top floor, Is remarkably uni
form and of excellent workmanship.
The foueth floor is known as n
spouting floor. through which passes
the dozens of spouts leading to and
from the grinding stands below. Mo-
milling machinery Is installed ON this
floor but it contains the offices of
the milling superintendent as well as
the laboratory. which is maintained in
connection with the mill.
Flour Sifters Higher Up
Purifiers are located at the ends of
the milling department on the fifth
floor Differential- reels. which sift
the fine flour. are n part of the in
terestinE machinery on this floor.
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