| Show UNION ROLLER MILLS FATRVIEW Hugh Brady Rt Box 82 Downey ID 8323 Senior Citizen Division Third Place Historical Essay With the growth of Fairview in population businesses such as stores sawmills sheep and flour mill company soon felt the need ofmill capacity one which would produce better flour efficiently and meet the competition of larger valley It was now about 1885 In consequence the company secured new location about industry and cattle the new with greater operate more mills of the of this need miles southwest of town wherebetter water power could be developed Lumber was now available and on this new site they erectedfour-story frame building Elanstone burrs and sifter reels were brought to the new building and installed Additional roller grinders and another sifter were added millrace ditch brought water from Sanpitch River and Spring Creek to the new steel turbine waterwheel and supplied the needed power Through the years of service grinding and sharpening the old burrs Elam had brought from the quarries east of Murray were soon set aside and replaced withnew and larger set The NEW MILL was now producingdesirable quality of flour and business was increasing More wheat was being produced by the settlers and greater demands were being made of the NEW MILL Newer and better equipment was being manu factured continually making for greater efficiency About 1880new PLAN SIFTER system had been established at Mt Pleasant It was producing even better flour than the old Reel Sifter system and some of the communitybusiness was going there Asresult of these changing conditions new company was organized at Fairview to be known as UNION ROLLER MILLS More steel rollers grinders and new Plan Sifters shaker type replaced The capacity of the New Mill increased to 50 barrel 196 pounds millwright from the reel sifters 1s per day Shelby was obtained to install the new equip into operation new home of four rooms was built near th mill -108 |
