The Palmer Elevator building was erected by the Palmer Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Co. By late fall 1915 the elevator was completed and placed on the east track across from the Depot. On Wednesday December 1st 1915 the Waseca Journal-Radical had this to say about the Palmer elevator: The elevator, warehouse and drive shed of the Palmer Elevator and mercantile association is now completed and the taking in of grain was commenced last Monday. The warehouse is spacious and the floor feed and salt will be handled there. The elevator proper has four bins, each with a capacity of about 1285 bushels. The Consumers Power Co. of Faribault has built a branch line to the elevator which carries a voltage of 13200. Power is furnished by a 7-1/2 h.p. electric motor. The building is covered with a heavy galvanized corrugated iron, the roof being of the same kind except that it is of the standing seam order. The foundation is built of concrete. A four ton Howe scale has also been installed. The M. & St. Louis RR earlier in the summer built a spur so that the wheat can be loaded direct. The association handles the Everett Aughenbaugh Milling Co.’s flour and feed. The people of the vicinity of Palmer and within a radius of 3 or 4 miles should now make it a point to haul their wheat to this elevator and they can take flour and feed back with them. This will mean quite an item in the hauling of grain, both as to the distance and the time required to get to the points where wheat is brought. Furthermore, it will mean the boosting of an industry backed by farmers and it will eventually be an impetus for further organizations of its kind. The erection of coal sheds is contemplated.
Information provided by Robert Hagen.
