The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-05-20
HANDSOME new
COLUMBIA MILL
MAKING FLOUR
PHOENIX LIKE BIG CONCERN HAS
LITERALLY RISEN FROM ASHES
OF ITS FIRE.
MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT
Nothing Has Been Left Undone That
Would Make 1t Complete and Up
to, the Minute Plant for the Manufac.
ture of Flour.

For thlfty-LW0 years, WIN the eA'
Cept.on OF space of one year and
five months, the old whistle at the
Columbia Mill & Elevator Company.
has been the signal for many d head
to rise from the pillow of slumber, and
face the duties OF the day. This morn
ing when the old. whistle pealed forth
in unison with the whistle at the City
Mill & Grain Co. it was music to the
ear of not only those who work in the
mill and for the MILL but for those
who have the interest of the town at
heart and love to see the wheels of in
dustry turn.
In December, 1919, the plant of this
company was destroyed by fire and
the owners W. A. Dale and r. l.. Nc
Kinney, not for moment daunted by
the calamity, made arrangements to
keep their products on the market by
the installation of an up to date blend
ing plant, and as fast as the feat could
be accomplished, six story brick
building, with all of modern equip
ment was erected and now houses one
of the best mill plants in the South.
A representative of The Herald was
shown through the mill this morning.
Taking the belt elevator he was car
ried to the sixth floor where the wheat
is first started through the mill by
means of hundreds of elevators and
carriers, and by slow process was car
red on down floor by floor until he
reached the engine and boiler room
where a $50 horse power coyless en-
g.ne of the very lates model furnishes
the driving power for all Of the ma
chinery and then has about 125 horse
power for surplus.
The cleaning plant of the mill is so
arranged that it can be isolated from
the mill or store room in case of fire,
ny lHc uoe VI lilC uoulS VI lH5 ldLeol
type, built on the same plan the
sprinkler fire system is built. 1,
One of the most attractive features
of the mill was the bleaching system,
which is the very latest electrical ap.
paratus. operated by the mills own dy
namo. This machine throws off the
electricity in the form of ozone, which
is carried by means of tubes to the
beacher where it is shot through the
-four, electrifying it, and producing
the bleaching. Chemicals are no long
er used by the first class mills.
lii 1896, r. L. Mckinney and An
drew w Dale bought the old mill
which was at that time known as the
old Tennessee Mill Co.. which was
erected in 1889, with capacity of
800 barrels of -four per day. They lat
er increased the capacity to 500 bar
rels, and at the time the mill was de-
stroyed they were being hard put to
furnish the trade with their products
and, they had contemplated increasing
the capacity.
The new mill has a capacity of 1000
barrels per day with all of the by-pro-
ducts of bran, shorts, etc, making pos
sible more than a dozen car loads Of
-four and feed stuffs.
The mill began to grind flour last
Saturday, but there are many adjust
ments of the machinery to be made,
placed upon the market, and Mr.. Nc
Kinney, secretary and treasurer of the
plant, stated this morning that it
would be the first of next week o" pos.
5ihly the last Of this week before Blue |
Seal, manufactured entirely in the
new mill would be on the market.
The mill in every way is possibly
the best equipped mill in the South Of
is size. Tho machinery is the very
last thing. The mill-right is of the
most finished, and the building is one
Of the best and most substantial mill
this side of Louisville. 1t
IS constructed on what is known to the
insurance underwriters slow burn
ing plan,
This mill is planning for an extern
s'ye campaign throughout the South
and the middle section of Tennessee