Included in the business interests of the city are its milling interests which are quite extensive and give employment to many men, as well as put into circulation a large amount of capital. Being large factors in the material increase of the prosperity of the city they show an amount of enterprise on the part of our merchants that is commendable in the highest degree. These mills are not only beneficial to the city itself but also afford a means of disposal of grain to the farmers of the vicinity which saves them the trouble of shipping the grain to more distant points or becoming subject to the operations of middle men who buy on a merely speculative basis. The following are the mills of Ogden: Taylor's, Farr's, Peery's, Clark & Co.'s, and one being now in the course of erection by Stevens & Stone.
TAYLOR'S MILLS
are on a most eligible site on the line of the Union Pacific Railway, about three miles from the city, on the banks of the Weber River near Riverdale. They are substantially built and have been entirely refitted with the most approved machinery for milling purposes and are of ample capacity for the convenience of customers. These mills belong at present to President John Taylor.
CLARK & CO.'S MILLS
are situated on Main Street, near Fifth Street, and are substantial two-story brick buildings, having four run of stones and a capacity for turning out between 8,500 and 9,000 pounds per day. The machinery is run by steam and is of the latest pattern.
THE FIRST FLOURING MILL
that was started in Weber County was that of Lorin Farr who built a mill at what was known as the ''Old Fort," some thirty-three years ago, and continued in that locality for about twelve years, when he moved into the city limits and built what is now known as Farr's Mill, on Main Street near the Ogden River, where for nearly twenty-one years he has carried on the business of manufacturing flour and grinding and cracking wheat for the neighboring farmers and merchants. The buildings now occupied by the Messr's. Farr is a substantial stone building with frame wings and stone houses. The power is supplied by a flume nearly a mile in length running from Ogden River to the mills. There are four run of stone with a grinding capacity of some 10,000 pounds of flour per day. These buildings are situated in a most eligible location and have a reputation under the super vision of Mr. Thomas Williams, the head miller, of mak ing a superior brand of flour.
MESSRS. PEERY & MACK
have appropriately named their new mills "The Phoenix Mills," they having arisen from the ashes of the old mills which were burned, last year. The new buildings are situated on nearly the same ground as were the old and when fully completed will be the largest in the Territory. They are built five stories high, the first two being of stone with walls five feet thick at the foundation and thirty inches on the second story. The third and fourth stories are of brick, with walls two feet and twenty-one inches thick respectively, and the fifth story is of wood covered with iron sheeting. On the cast of the building is a grain elevator 36x36 feet and 40 feet deep, having a capacity of 40,000 bushels of grain, while in the building is another elevator 12x12 feet and 50 feet deep with a capacity of 6,000 bushels. All the work about the building is of the most solid and substantial character and put up with a view of staying. The contractors for the machinery are the Gratiot Manufacturing Company of Chicago who take the entire charge of putting in the machinery under the supervision of their chief millwright Mr. Race, and start it and run it for thirty days under Mr. Lally, their expert miller. The power furnished is from a 44-inch Leffel double turbine, run with a sixteen foot head and fall of water. The capacity of the mills will be 300 sacks per day with room to increase to 600 sacks. The following is the list of the machinery: Seven roller mills of various kinds, three run of old stock French burrs for the reduction of middlings, two six reel bolting chests, one grinding reel, one dusting reel, two centrifugals, one six reel scalping chests, two flour pack ers, seven Smith purifiers; one each of bran-duster, sepa rator, No. 2 mill separator, No. 3 Morgan smutter, No 4 Becker wheat brush, Fairbanks' 60-bushel hopper scales, and seven "Peerless" dust catchers, together with all the shafting, belting, and gearing necessary. All of these will go to make one of the finest mills of the country. There will also be two mill ponds, one covering three and the other one acre. The cost of starting will be about $50,000.
In addition to the numerous mills that are already in and about the city,
STEVEN & STONE
have now in the course of erection what will be one of the finest mills in the territory. On Wall Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets the building is in course of erection and when completed will probably be the largest steam mill within the city limits. It is well known among m illers that a constant and steady increase in scientific milling is going on, and the miller of to-day must combine the qualities of the father of Tennyson's "Miller's Daughter" with the practical mechanical knowledge of the engineer. Taking advantage of these facts Messrs. Stevens & Stone in building their mill have adopted what is known in the East as the "roller process," which has met with much favor among millers and by some is considered to be the best. The gentlemen are putting in a large amount of capital and it is to be hoped that their enterprise may be rewarded by practical pecuniary results.
FARR' S WOOLEN MILLS.
Fifteen years ago, the woolen mills of Lorin Farr & Son were started on the road to Ogden Canyon. Associated with the Messrs. Farr were Messrs. Randall, Pugsley & Neal. A commodious stone building, with a brick wing and two frame buildings separate from the main works, afforded accommodations for the machinery to be used in the manufacture of woolen goods. Ample water power was obtained from the Ogden River by what is now known as Mill Creek, but in addition to the water power it has been found necessary to add a fine 40-horse power boiler and engine, with which to run the ma chinery that was put in to meet the growing trade. In the present works there are 12 looms, 1 "Jack," with 350 spindles, 1 spinning mule, somewhat larger than the "Jack," 2 carding and 2 picking machines and one each of the shearing, washing, and scouring machines. Be sides the above there is every convenience for the dying and other branches of the extensive business, to which they are adding new machinery every day. The wool used in these mills is purchased principally from northern ranchers and the market for the manufactured goods is found throughout Utah and the northern Territories. The mills are under the immediate charge of Mr. Enoch Farr.
OGDEN BROOM FACTORY.
Everybody, almost, has heard or read of the old song "Buy a Broom." We don't hear the song now and when we want a broom we generally go to the grocery store to buy it. Now for some ten years there has been an establishment in Ogden where the grocers went to buy their brooms. Mr. H. B. Scoville, ten years ago, started the Ogden Broom Factory, and now has his works in the same place, on Young Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets, as when he started. He procures the best of broomcorn from Utah and Nebraska and with the best mechanical means that are known in the business turns out a superior article of large, medium-sized, and small brooms and brushes. His market is through Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, and by the superiority of his work he has thus far defied competition from the East. The production of the works is from 300 to 500 dozen per month.
THE VINEGAR WORKS.
In 1876, Frank Rother, started the Utah Vinegar Works, on what is known as Railroad Street near the freight depots. After some time Mr. Rother disposed of the works to Richards and Grant and while under their control the factory was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt by Rother and E. H. Orth, and then the former disposed of his interest to C. W. Orth, since which time the works have been in the hands of the Messrs. Orth. In this business there is an opportunity offered for the purchase of a pure home-made material at a cheaper cost than the imported vinegar can be bought for. There are three grades of vinegar manufactured at the Utah Works—standard grade, and number 2 and 3, being respectively two and three times as strong. The product is of the purest quality and made of the best materials. The Orth Brothers contemplate adding a pickling establishment to their present business, for the purpose of putting up pickles in barrels, half barrels, and five-gallon kegs, and coming into competition with the large California trade through the North. The present capacity of the works is about 5,000 gallons per month.
THE UTAH POWDER COMPANY
is another of the industrial enterprises upon which Ogden may congratulate itself. The corporation was formed in California and Mr. J. H. Knauss, its general agent, was sent on here to locate and start the mills. Having found an available plat of land in the Ogden Canyon, some three miles from the city, the building of the works was at once commenced and, on September 1st, 1882, the manufacture of powder was begun. There are now nine buildings on the ground, entirely separate from each other, and used respectively as crushing mills, amalga mating houses, press and drying houses, and such other buildings as are necessary for the carrying on of the business. The works are run by water power and every pre caution is taken against the possibility of accident in any way. The capacity of the works is one hundred kegs of black blasting powder per diem, and they are turning out all they can make and in fact have every reason to feel grateful at their success in the business.
THE OGDEN IRON WORKS
were originally in the hands of the Ogden Iron Manufacturing Company, but after a series of misfortunes came into the possession of The Equitable Iron and Coal Com-pany of Ogden, with W. G. Case, President, George F. Brown, Secretary, J. M. Langsdorf. Treasurer; and H.
W. O. Margary, Attorney. The Company's land comprised 39 acres lying between the Utah & Northern and Central Pacific tracks. In 1882, a new organization was effected and the Works, under the management of R. L. Jones, were started experimentally with great success. Owing, however, to still further complications they remained in statu quo and so remain still. However, a new company has been formed with P. H. Emerson, President; George F. Brown, Secretary; J. M. Langsdorf, Treasurer; and Messrs. R. Harkness, H. Wood, Wetmore, and W. G. Brown, Directors. The buildings and materials on hand are worth about $50,000; the water right, flumes, turbines etc., about $15,000 to $20,000; and the land about $25, 000; making in all a valuable property which, as the practicability of working it is a demonstrated fact, it is to be hoped will be used for the benefit not only of the company but of the city.
The fact of Ogden being the Junction of several of the leading railroads of the country has been the incentive to the erection of several beer-brewing establishments, where beer not inferior to any imported is manufactured. The oldest brewery in the city is
THE U. P. BREWERY,
situated on Fifth Street near Main. This institution arose with the advent of the U. P. R. R. and has steadily increased in the extent of its operations and the popularity of its production. In 1882 the U. P. Brewery put out 3,000 bbls. in bottled and keg beer, and the capacity has been increased since, by the addition of new machinery. The proprietors are Messrs. R. A. Wells and Henry Woolner, both business men of good standing.
THE GROVE BREWERY
is the next place where Gambrinus' amber-hued liquid is manufactured. This institution has been in existence for ten years, being started by Herold, Hunt & Co., in 1873, who put up the brewery in Jones' Grove, north of Ogden River, a very popular pleasure resort and a shady retreat in summer. Richter & Fry continued the business and soon secured for themselves a wide-reaching fame for a fresh, foaming malt-and-hops liquid. At present Mr. John J. Fry is sole proprietor and he manages the brewery, which has an excellent patronage not only in local trade, but also abroad, Mr. Fry being well known in all parts of the Territory as a manfacturer of ability and a business man of integrity. The Grove Brewery now stands on the north side of Ogden River, just west of the bridge. This establishment, second to none in the Territory, was opened in December, 1880. It is a fine structure, all of fire-proof brick, covered with a tin roof from which a magnificent panorama of the city and country unfolds it self to the delighted eye. The original frontage was 90 feet, but an addition will soon be built for a malthouse. Spacious cellars extend under the whole building, with cement floors and solid vaults. The beer cellar is 75 feet in length and 25 in width, with a height of 14. The fermenting cellar is the same length, with 13 in width. Over both there are patent icehouses, of a capacity of 2,000 tons, Mr. John Fry laying in his own congealed commodity every season. The capacity of the storage cellar is 2,000 barrels. All in all, the Grove Brewery is among the leading manufacturing establishments in the city and county.
The youngest, but by no means least important brewing establishment is
THE OGDEN CITY BREWERY.
Just across the river from the new Grove Brewery, on the south side of the alternately roaring or laughing Ogden River, Mr. Moritz Richter has erected a series of build ings under the comprehensive name of Ogden City Brewery. Here we have first the brewery proper, in a solid, substantial frame building, 30 by 50 feet. In this depart— ment we find the largest boiler in Ogden City, one inferior to none in the Territory, made by Mr. Abram Stevens, of this City. It is a fine piece of work, six feet square by six feet deep. The mash tub also, all the vats, etc., are Ogden manufactures, of the best lumber, most approved styles, large size, and good workmanship, The malthouse, which will be most perfectly and conveniently appointed, is in course of erection. The cellars, 27 by 30 feet, are very favorably located, cool in summer, not too cold in winter, well aired and ventilated. Their annual capacity is 4,000 barrels. There we find some capacious vessels, large enough not only to furnish a domicile to Diogenes but to hold his whole tribe of Cynics. He has also there the most improved and valuable beer pumping machine —Forster's patent, the only one in use in any Utah Brewery—at the present time. Other modern appliances and improvements have been adopted by Mr. Richter, too numerous to mention. Lately Mr. Richter has associated with him Mr. Nelson McCarty, an energetic business man. The firm are doing a fine trade, owing to the excellence of their goods.
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30 CENTS PER BUSHEL. Rebate allowed on large consignments.
OGDEN, - - UTAH.
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JOSEPH CLARK & CO., Proprietors.
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