New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-20
THE BUFFALO GRAIN MARKET.

little creek convenient hsrbor for Indian canoes
lust where Lake Erie contracts into the Niagara
River, trading post was located, out Of which, in
half century has grown beautiful city; for it is
truth that besides the great main street and its hun
dreds Of rich stores Buffalo has some of the most
beautiful streets Of dwelDgs-Delaware-av for in
stsnce-of any city in the country Tcere is in that
ard come other streets. good, broad wagon way, and
then between the curb to,e and the tagging there is
strip of grass perhaps fifteen feet wide, and two
lows of shade trees. In fact shade trees among
the pre mnent features of oil the streets occupied by
good dwellings.
Buffalo Main-st corresponds TO our Broadway, only
with much larger prop crtioaa.e share of all the bust
ness OF merchandising, banking publishing and hotel
keeping than Broadway has of that of New York.
This street rum nearly north and SOUTH and is thckly
setted some two mies, and contains uuu,ber of
churches several Of them located Triangular pats
made by the Intersection of the avenues. In fact,
Buffalo is city of trianges, and is said that some
Of her businessmen acquire little of the ,rm,
tie owners Of which it IL difficult 70 turn TO any ad
vantage to whoever undertakes To get around them.
The lower part of the city is cut up with canals a.
most as much az Venice, which unite with the waters
of the creek ON level with the lake. The creek is
the ha Dor for all the lake vessels well as for feet
Of canal boets and is entirely too narrow of the great
commerce centering here and would be entirely mad
equae but for the little tugbosts that pull the Others
here and there to prevent an inexircabe aoge.
Along the north bank of the creek are loceted the
warebo ousss and counting Of the -four and grain
mercl anls and with one exception the steam eeva-
tons, BY which all the corn iwheat, ,ts &C., that
comes over the lake in bulk is fed from tn hold of
The vessel and carried to the highest loft OF the ware
house ana thence spoued down to separae bins upon
ether floor and thence in o canal boats. One OF the
largest Of these elevator warehouses is on the souta
side of the creek with a slip under the long
enough hold and load three canal boats at the
tine with slip outside for large vessel This house
can take in 81 600 bushels of grain day. and deliver
$1,000 it can store iOo 900 bushels. There eleven
OF feso elevators on the creek which are altogether
capable OF ing 600 bushels of corn hour; there
is storage room for 600, 900 bushels
The charge for taking a load of grain out OF a
sci sid delivering it in canal boat is half cent
buslel-oue.balf 10 the vessel and one-half to the
boat If the grain is stored the charge is onefourth
cent a bushel for ten days. The gram Is accurately
weigled as il is taken up, and that is the measure by
which it is bought and sold. And all this work ia
done by four meD-hat is So 600 bushels of grain
taken up and accurately measured and delivered TO
the boats that take it away or lodged in store, in one
day by four men, Independent of the shoyeers who
throw the corn in the vessels hold up to the buckets
that carry it up as fast twenty men can shovel it
forward The leg az it is termed, th Al contains the
elevatiug buckets is lowered down when the vessel
cones along side into the hold and when the grain is
exhausted from that end the leg is lifted up and the
vessel moved forward as to receive il in another
haichway Il is for the protection Of these elevators
that we see those square towers the main houses
which ecits so many questions from pass ngers upon
every steamer who are anxious 10 know what they are
for.
In these great sorebouses at this time August 10,
II Is said there are now stored some six hundred
thousand bushels OF Indian ccru, and that as much
more is in the store-houses OF Chicago and another
ike tit, intraDsitu otdewater mak ing including
that in store in New some two millions OF bushels
of the old crop still uoconsuned Enough for big pile
\ Of Johnny cakes. From accurate information, we
ore assured that the quantity of grain passing through
Buffalo last year. inducing that in the -four equahed
! twety.fhree Millions of bushels. The estimate for
this wear is thirty millions; and all tkis will be trans
ship Cd in the rapid manner spoken Of for that trng
exucnse without loss 10 the owner for the elevator
owner make good al waste; and If the owner Of corn
REQUIRES IT, be can at the time il is elevated have
II scioerod and the weight made gool for one cent
busLs heat is screened at the same price, but the
owner takes the screenings and suffers bis own loss.
when a merchant desires to sel a cargo Of grain,
/ lie takes sample IN a small box un0er his arm and
gees 10 the corn exchange, where there is general
congregation Of all parties at T. O'Clock each day.
II tie sale D. msde the buyer receives the warehouse
receipt sno becomes the owner Of the grain specified,
which lie may sell again or remove al his pleasure.
fuctuston f a cent or two a bushel of,en changes
ov1os Of in er-e quantities Of grain in the space Of
single hour during charge; and it is no remarkable
\ thing zee hundred thousand bushels saried from
/ the warehouse Eastward IN single day. How cIuid
al this grain be hsud ed without steam machinery l.
lo ps'urll question Of every observer Of tue maga-
tude Of lie grsin trade Of this great era lnry Of the
word.
! 4 arge portion Of the grain passing through But
fslc Il due coulsc Of uue reaches New-YoTk, and i
tee either transferred 70 shifs or s'orehoases 1t all
he's to be banded and measured and nos ~ us think
how it Is done l. il possible lat any Of the New
Yrrl gain merchants ever do taink that a. Bur so
tie Grain il handed by ST. anl-measured b. sc an
and measured accurately By weight, the only way that
il cen be leraly measured, ard ell done With the
rspci'y that s.esn does It's work, While in New-fork
II il al measured and handled in the half ousno just
a. II was a hundred years ago, al the same od sec D.
and sane insCcurscy Of measanemeni tbat inevitably
atterds ueasu. eueni in hslfbnsho. The rule l. to
weigh every ffieth halfbu-he and calculate the
weight o. the whole cargo upon those weights which