CHAMBERLAIN BROS' FLOUR MILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1088, 1 June 1882, Page 2

CHAMBERLAIN BROS' FLOUR MILL.

This mill, situated in Albert-st,. Maste ton, has recently undergone oxtensiv alterations. The old front has beei taken down and an addition erected whicl measures GO feet wide by 18 feet deep This portion was daaignod by Mr Fau'nii and built by Mr Gleghorn, and ha 6 i substantial and business-like appearance The roof and sides are of corrugated iron tbe front being of rusticated boarding In the original building it'was foum necessary to replace seveial beams witl fresh and stronger timber, the weight ut grain stored on the floors above having forced the upriahts about an inch and i half into the solid wood of the support The floors of the new portion are BU6 tained by massivo beams and mair corbels, and will bear any weight that cai bo placed upon them. The building nov measures about 60 feet wide by 48 fee deep, and is about 24 feet high. On thi first floor is situated the offices, the bagg ing apparatus, the engine and boiler, am the machinery wh'toh works the stones smutter, silk dresser, &c, The boiler is IG-horso power tubular one, and th engine a 9-horse power, by E. W. Mills By ingenious contrivances the oiigine i made to work a force pump, and in ordinary lift pump. The latter snpplie a large tank with cold water, througl which the exhaust steam passes, heatini it to nearly boiling point, In this state i is'sent by the force pump into the boiler thus effecting a considerable saving n fuel, Nearly all the' space on the fou floors of the building ia occupied by bas of wheat, of which there are over 20,00 1 bushels stored on tho promises. On th second floor iB the smutter, a very com pact 'machine called the " Excelsior, which perfectly separates the grain froii any rubbish which may be mixed with it The two pairs of stones in work and.ab tho silk dresser are on the third floor and the hoppers on the floor abovo. Th' quantity.of wheat put through tho stone per weok is about 800 bushels, equal to 1 tons of flour. To do this the mill is l;ep going 20 hours per day, but the propric tors shortly intond lo orect two addi tional pairs of stones, and double the out put, as the quantity supplied at proseu does not nearly eiiual the demand, audi ia impossible to keep a bag of flour ii stock The wheat is raised from th lower to any of the upper floors by simple lift, which, by a simple but effectiv soheme, will act as a double one, am lift bags in two different partß of th building. Most of the whoat stored ii tho mill lias been grown in Masterion but a portion of it is from Messrs Bid wills' of Pihautea, Lower Valley. Th latter is a splendid sample o winter wheat, and the grower are so satisfied with the result o tho late crop that they intend _ t break up a far larger area in the comini season for grain-growing. -In the neighbor hood of Masterton some very good average haw been realised. Mr E, Chamberlain on 80 aores threshed about 40 bushels t to the acre; Mr T. E. Ohamberlain, oi 33 acres, 40 to the aero; MrO, McKillop ou 5G acres, about 3G to the acre; Mr 1 L. Thompson, on 250 acres, 32 to th aero, and Mr Giles Ohamberlain, on 10 acres, 27 to the acre. Mri*E. Chamboi lain also averaged 29 bushels per aero oi some land on the Opnki, which _wa cropped with wheat for the third time The whole of this wheat is of splendii quality, and the flour produced from it a the mill under notice would not rani second even to the far-famed Adelaid production. Perhaps tho best proof o this is the quality of the bread made witl itatMesers Ohamberlain Bros.' babery ii Queen-street (under the management o Mr Wickena), Visitors from other town ships, and also from Wellington, whei returning from a visit to Masterton havi often been known to take back with then two or three loaves of Masterton bread having found it so muoh superior to thai made from any other New Zealand flour The fame of this mill bas consequently becoino so widespread that with the pre sent plant it cannot possibly keep pact with tho demand. Tho flour does not have any chance to age, and is worked into bread fresh from the stones. Thai the bread made from it under these circumstances should bo of auch excellent quality is a still stronger proof it cannot be beaten, if equalled The price ruling for wheat in this district is 5s per bushel, for flour, .£l3 in sacks, £l3loa in bags (wholesalo). Retail—sacks £1 9s, 100' a 15s, 501bs Bs, Owing to the scarcity of wheat, these prices are likely to increase. The Wairarapa as yet does not producenearly enough wheatfo^itsown consumption, but wo are glad to observe that our farmers, by the importation oi labor-saving machinery, are fast becoming in a position to produce grain at a cost which will leave them a fair profit when disposed of, and enable them to drive foreign wheat to seek a fresh market, touch of the credit due tor the quality oi the wheat now being grown in the district may fairly bo claimed by tho) proprietors of. the abovo mill, who have for some time past supplied farmers with the. seed from which, their grain has been produced. The mill is; under the jxperiencedmanagemont of MrHoldaway, md both it and the bakeries are supervised by y'Mr W. M. Easthope, whose jusiness energy is well kiiown in Masterion, Messrs Ohamberlain Bros,,' by iheir enterprise and forethought, have low made their building equal to the ixtra work whioh is certain to be placed lpon it in the future; ' and by. next leason, when the crops will probably be nuch larger than they were this, Ohamlerlain'a mill will be found abreast with the imee ; and we venture to say that with a nore extensive plant and more Wairarapa [rain to grind, their mill will make Waiarapa flour as well and favorably known