The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-28
Dayton and Michigan Grain Elevators AT
Toledo.


FHE Blade says the new grain house of Messrs.
Hubbards Shoemaker, in connection with the Day
ton and Michigan railroad, is now ready for busi-
ness. The tounoation rests upon large piles driven
into the ground and cut off at low water mark !;
upon these placed stone piers about six feet
apart at the bottom and some five feet in hight on
these piers rests the frame work. The design OF
the building its general construction does notdi
fer materially from other Railroad grain houses in
Toledo. The main building is 4sx90 feet on the
ground, 78 feet high and stands on the dock, with
Is feet depth of water in front. On the north side
an addition has been erected enclosing the track,
in which are located two large scales for weighing
the cars when first brought in and after the grain
has been taken out. There are two sheet iron hop
pers into which the grain is received from the cars
and then elevated to the top of the building and
emptied into a box to which Is attached an iron
spout, whence the grain is distributed throughout
the building desired.
This arrangement is different from any we have
seen in use, and isnot only very convenient but
economical On the first floor of the building and
extending to .he iron spout which receives the
grain from the elevators, is an iron shaft with a
numbers corresponding with the numbers of the
bins u OF corn is brought in at one end of the
house, and the man experimenting the unloading,
can step to the gauge aad turn the spout above so
that the grain will be placed in the desired bin.
Under the iron spout beforc mentioned is round
platform, with wooden spouIs attached leading TO
the various bins, and so nicely adjusted are these
spouts to the platform that by no possible means
can grain become mixed, the entire movement being
controlled by the party on the first loor thus doing
away with the service of at least one man.
On the front side of the building is the weighing
room extending nearly the whole length of the
building, about II feet in width. The facilities in
this room for receiving and dischargng grain, arc
very good, consisting of a table which is built a
railroad track the scales arc fixed in the car
which on'siel tho LePPsF, opo"to Ie"d from, t'e
table out through the side of the house. through
which the grain passes irto the vessel.
At the upper end Of this sroom and separated from
it by partition, is located the elevator for unload
ing canal boats or vessels. The distinguishing
feature of this part Of the house consists In its ar
rangement for taking grain from the hold of a YES
sci with the same dispatch that il will from a cana
boat At the top of these elevators is receiving
bin, which viii mold about 900 bushels; wher
this bin Is fall, the grain passes into another biz
just below, where it is weighed, while the uppcl
is being re-filled the grain weighed, il passc,
through spout to the hopper under the first floor
where is taken by the railroad elevators aud dc
posted in the storing" bins.
There are thirty-two bins - aside from thos,
through which passes the grain from canal boats--
all 30 feet deep, with a capacity each of 1900 L
5000 bushels tie entire capacity of the hous- il
l25,O00 bushels. The facilities for haulling gran
are sufficient to from 10000 10 40 ,G0O bush
els, and to load into vessels about SO 600 bushel
per day.
/ At the upper end of the elevator building is
brick engine house, in " wheh is an engine of abou
4c-hOrse power, and the arrangement Of the MA
chinery, employed in the nous. is most complete
The shafting is adjusted in such manner tia
when both of the elevators are not required, on
will be Idle, which win be great saving of pow
er when the movements of grain are light
This Grain House was built by Mr., L. Whitney
architect of Toedo assisted in the mechanical Dc
paFtment by Mr. Andrew Shurtz and the plan q
the building and the workmanship is highly credit
atle 10 all parties.
A BRILLIANT fight occurred on the l9u
inst, between 100 men of Osterhaus' CON
mand, and 600 rebels near Learcy, on tn