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Show rMillion-Dollar Plant of Q if J Feed Mill Under Const- one million dollars will be c.v ,Hrd before the Ofldeil plant Of I K Close Grain and Milling ' lMnv of which Will E Keller la I Sent' and J H Waugh. construct ETSSneV, s completed Pari pi Sat large sum is now represented In but construction for the winter closed as earlv as December, and was not re-! sumed until April 15. 1919. Since then' there has been erected- Twenty storage bins 20 feet in diameter di-ameter and 100 feet high. Fifteen interstice bins, 100 feet high. j storage of 25.000 bushels, or a total of 600,000 bushels with the smaller bins Included. Electrical Safeguards. Throughout, the structure Ih equip ped with electric algn.nl devices, and automatic safety cut-outs on all ma chinery. From any floor all the ma chinery can be stopped instantly. There la an Intercommunicating tel ephone system extending to the en tiro building from top to bottom. In cleaning the grain the machinery cmploed consists of two receiving separator- Of 6000 bushel capacity an hour five milllnc separators of 600 bushels nn hour each, two oat separators. sepa-rators. C0 bushels an hour each, and two wheat washers of 850 bushels an hour eech Wheat and corn must be dried. So there la a drying department consisting consist-ing of b drier of 1000 bushels capacity an hour This drier will be used principally for corn in transit from the corn states to the const. At certain times or the, year quantities of corn will be shipped, to he treated and stored In Of den foi future delivery In the northwest or further down the coast. Large Boilers This drier v. Ill he operated by a 150-j horsepower tube boiler, in addition to, a 150-horsepower boiler for general t r r' k jWW '-I s m ; : . wry ; j m - m i jjjjj j ' ' '' v i . S Working Crew in Front of Workhouse. ht biz structure in West Ogdcn Thich can be seen from all sections el tbe city. Before construction ends, there will be erected, in addition to the grain tlevator now beinc finished, a i - d firehouse, concrete molasses tanks 'UDjrtysark storage house, a flour mill 01 2500 barrels capacity, a flour ware-iou?e, ware-iou?e, office buildine. power station bouse, machine shop and a garage. The Forty carload bins in the working' receiving sinks, discharging on to two eomcyor bolts, leading to four lofting elevators or links, all of which receive, ahip and transfer The elevators each have a capacity of 10,000 bushels an hour. There are, in addition, two cleaner elevators of a capacity of 5000 bushels bush-els an hour heating and other plant use. All the power machinery will be electrically operated The car bundling equipment in Iront of the structure will consist of a 75-. horsepower car puller capable of moving mov-ing ears on all three tracks leading into the mills and eleators. In connection with the feed plant, there will be a screening department caring for the offal of the cereals - Tanks and Headhouse With Spout From Tower for Pouring Cement. J" to will have a frontage of 680 Sua rVT9Bent (ho b,Kel EES k 01 ,he manv pms op- SSSi i.X Ulr Glob" company. Mr. E ., qUOt -fl as Ka'ln" that this Is Rla prom,alni! development in Hour !2T.ge and the manufacture of ur and feed CrouJfrk 8tarted In 1913. wwadwai broken , October, 19J. V- llghlng facilities Just completed , consist uf four garner bins at the top of the head house, which reecho grain from fur elevators, and are situated over four hopper scales which weigh incoming and outgoing grain The house is so arranged it can receive, re-ceive, ship, clean and transfer grain at one time. Each of the 100 foot tanks has a The ultimate capacity of the feeding, mill. Which is no'A building, will be 125 tons a day Large quantities of alfalfa will be treated In this mill, Many Buildings The massive structures no erected COnslSti first, of a head house 185 Feat high, 31 feel wide and 80 feet, long On top of tins is a 12,000 gallon concrete water lank for fire purposes and op '"JSBt ' 'Bt-"-Y&' bT9BKBh J, H. Waugh, Engineer in Charge of Construction. top of the tank Is a 75-foot flagpole, I flying :i flag 260 leet above the ground There are 20 tanks occupying a ground space of 82 feet by 102 feet and reac hing to a Jieighl of lot in, ; There ar. also track sheds FH frt ! by 90 feet. The feed mill, now under construe-1 tion, a view of whlcb is herewith sentcd. will be :(i f- t by .".it feet, three stories The molasses lank. made of concrete, con-crete, will have 150.000 gallons capacity capa-city and will be under the warehouse. 1 For empty-sack storage, there will lf a building 30 feet !: 40 fot Provi- ) slon Is made for a sack-acwlns room, i On a Laliony. shower bathe, lavatories. I wash basins anl other comforts will bo plact-d for the i tnployea Mill of 2.500 Barrels In Hi.- spi-lnj? tli" fouridatlon will i.a j laid for the. Mom mill, Which will lie six stories. 50 feet by 160 feet and have ; an output of j.oOii barrels daily. Tc first unit shqUld le turinc out bakert 1 and fa ml 1 3 Hour liefore the winter. A one-story flour waiehouoce will occupy oc-cupy grounrt space of 50 feet by 250 fiet Located directly In front of the. mum . Structure, hut across the tracks, wil he the general office building. 50 fe it by 76 feet, containing the general office equipment, chemical laboratory ind sample .toraK i - Tunnel Under Tracks Leading from the ofrleo to Use plant a tunnel, umlr lli- tracks, will como ni in tin icntcr of the elevator. Travei-lng Travei-lng from on-- pad of tin .lint i.. sDQfHer ... 1 1 I-, mi . 1 1 .nn .1 .i i . ) . nt h l uni- - cover. North of the elavntor tiroper and east of tlic flour mill will be the power station sta-tion house, in iii.li th-io will hu hoil-era hoil-era of 300 horsc-pow ci , piachine ahupi and BWltch hoard North of the office buUdlng Is to : built a KMiMgre for iou.inc automobiles ?nd tru ks One Hundred Cnrs Tl It.'indlln aparny of I hi- I -vjI'.i j will he 00 ems a da. Ech unit of the Hour mm win produce 1.2.n barrels cf flour a day, or eljrht arfoadA Thousands of Flour Barrels The storage capacity of flour will bo j 15.0UU ba I i tl. Ultimately the office force will total 30 i amnloye and the jndtistrj will lmve 75 j to 100 men and women on its pay-roll Tins is the lu ginning of the largest industry, in-dustry, In rotnt of tonnage in manufacturing, manufac-turing, so far established In Ogden |