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Directory of Ogden City and Weber County.
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