NEW FLOUR MILL AT TIMARU.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7252, 11 January 1889, Page 5

NEW FLOUR MILL AT TIMARU.

The first flour waa made at the new Atlae MIQe, Timaru, yesterday. The mill is the property of the Bvana Atlae Milling Company. This Company waa projected about this time last year, aad within tax weeks Mr Evana bad succeeded in organising a Company with a capital of £20,000 (stnee inereaeed to £4Ofi00). The building in the plan eooeato of three sections, the larger 61ft by 44ft, with walla 60ft in height* contains on four upper floors the mining machinery, with engine-room and offices on the ground floor. The second 20 by 14ft, with walla of the same height, contains the wheatcleaning plant. The third eeetioa 40ft by 14ft v the boiler bouse, with dust chamber above. The walls of the two taller sections are 2*ft thick at the base, and rest upon concrete foundatione carried down to the solid rock 80ft beneath the ground level at some points. The chimney stack Is 130 ft high, square in section, lOfcft by lOjftat the ground level, tapering to*££t beneath the head of Oaznaru stone. The architect wae Mr Hislop, of Dunedin, the bmMers PaUiser and Jones. J. Ogifcrie esperiatended the erection of the betiding cat behalf of the Company. The whole ai the machinery was supplied ac a complete set by Henry Bimon, of Manchester, i&e principal milling engineer of Great Britain. The machinery ia of th< very best design, with latest improvestenla, and ia temiag oat excettenfc worip