1899-01-17-sc-p3-flour-mill-for-reardan
January 17, 1899 Spokane Daily Chronicle Page 3:
FLOUR MILL FOR REARDAN.
Work Will Be Started at Once, and It Will Be Completed by the First of June—Three Stories High.
Reardan is to have a big flouring mill by the time next year’s wheat crop is ready for the market. The Washington Grain & Milling Company, which was recently incorporated, was formed for the purpose of building and operating a mill in that town of the Big Bend, The members of the firm are J. K. Smith of this city and M, Moriarty and John Wickman of Reardan, About the first of next July this company will succeed to the business which is now done by the Washington Feed Company.
Have Long Wanted a Mill.
The new mill will mean much for Reardan. The farmers in that vicinity have been waiting a long time for a mill to be established at their town, and now the cherished hope is to be realized. It will give employment to a number of the people there throughout the year, and if business justifies expansion the capacity of the mill will soon be doubled.
The site chosen is in the west part of the town, just west of the present warehouse of the Washington Feed Company. Workmen will begin hauling the stone this week from a quarry about half a mile north of Reardan. This will be done while the roads are in good condition for sledding, as the heavy loads can be brought in much more easily in this way. As soon as the weather becomes favorable and the ground is thawed out, the excavation for the mill will begin, and the building will be pushed rapidly from that point.
Hundred and Twenty-Five Barrels.
J. K. Smith, president of the company, gave further particulars in regard to his plans as follows:
"The mill will be started at a capacity of 125 barrels a day; but everything has been planned so that it cam be increased to 250 barrels with but little expense and trouble. We have allowed for plenty of room and an engine powerful enough for a plant of that size.
"The building will be 34 feet by 64 feet on the ground floor, and will be three stories high above the basement. In addition to the main building there is to be the engine room and an elevator for storing the grain. This latter will be large enough to hold 20,000 bushels.
Machinery Has Beep Ordered.
"The machinery has been ordered from Nordyke & Marmon of Minneapolis, and will be shipped out here as soon as the building is ready for it. The mill building will be done by contract, and we shall let the contract soon. The cost of the mill will be about $12,000. It will be completed about June 1."
"Will you buy all the grain that is ground at the mill?"
"If the people desire it we will do a jobbing business. They generally like to grind enough of the grain for their own use; but don't want to bother with any more flour."
