PEABODY ROLLER MILLS
Transcribed from the 19 June 1901 edition of the Peabody News by:
Charmaine Keith (charmain@southwind.net) 09 October 1998

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PEABODY NEWS

1901

	Prominent among the large buildings that tower toward the sky is the Peabody Roller 
Mill, which stands just south of the Santa Fe tracks.

	This mill was built in 1892 by john Janett and J. O. Moffett and at that time had 
only 75 barrels per day capacity. Increase of business made it necessary to enlarge the 
building and two years later the elevator was built on the east side, of 12,000 bushels 
capacity. This accommodated the business for several years; but three years later the 
business demanded further improvements and the mill was remodeled and equipped with the 
Plansifter system, which increased it capacity to 125 barrels per day. An addition was built 
on the north for an office and a new engine room was built, in which was installed an 
85-horse power Corliss engine. This equipment has been found sufficient but they have has 
all the business they could handle.

	Their leading brands of flour are "J. & M." (High Patent), "Diamond A," and "Pride 
of Peabody." Besides these they manufacture many other brands of flour and do all kinds of 
feed grinding. They have an excellent local trade, besides a large export business, and ship 
annually trainloads of flour to foreign markets.

	The farming land around Peabody is all good right up to the townsite, even that 
would be good if the buildings were moved. There is not a foot of wasteland around Peabody 
for miles, so the mill has a rich territory to draw from.