Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-11-16
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poses, and there is no perceptible rea-
son why it should not become city of
great Importance in the Northwest.
The population already numbers sew
enty thousand, the steady growth of a
little over quarter of century. The
bay of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of
its harbor, is one of the best on the
western waters, affording good anchor
age and sea room for large fleet of
vessels, while it's railway connections
are stretching through the prairie
country to the banks of the Mississippi
and the shores of Lake Superior. The
copper and iron mines Of the State are
developing great value, and its hay aud
corn crops are among the largest pro-
duced In the western country. But it
is the wheat traffic of Milwaukee that
shows what this wide and fruitful re-
gion is able to DO, as its settlement and
cultivation progress under the guild
tanee of republican institutions.
THE GREAT ELEVATORS.
There are several buildings of this
class. Philadelphians who have seen
that of the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road. near the navy yard, are always
struck with the immense amount of
grain business which its capacity in
wolves. They would be gratified to
visit the elevators Of this new wheat
country. There are three managed by
one cOncern-Messrs. IL. j. Highly &
Son--wbich are thus classified :-Ele-
vator GA, with a capacity to receive,
prepare and send to market one million
i've hundred thousand bushels; eleva
tor ''B, five hundred Thousand; sc"
two hundred and fifty thousand The
warehouse 3D." fifty thousand barrels
of -four; "Tbree Star Mills three
hundred barrels of -four a day.
There are the elevators of Messrs.
Angus Smith g. Co.-"A," $50 900
bushels; B." 100000 bushels. 9th
ers, of somewhat similar proportions,
are in operation. The grand total re-
suit is the reception and delivery of
from one hundred thousand to two hum
bred thousand bushels of wheat each
day, averaging from one dollar and
half to two dollars bushel. 1t will at
ouce be perceived that large amount
OF money is all the while being dis.
bursed IN Milwaukee, in the wheat
trade alone. 10 this may be added
that in Indian corn, oats, potatoes,
mineral ores and lumber, already quite
large IN some departments, and steadi-
" on the increase.
But the wheat elevators are the most
striking business curiosities of this
beautiful city of the Northwest. That
of Messrs. Highly being designated as
ga, Is prodigious in size. IL con
Nof. fn4 oil Ill
propelled by steam power. When in
full operation they will take haJfd mil
lion bushels OF wheat in day from the
cars of the railway, and after sorting
and cleaning them, deposit them in the
holds of the vessels in the dock There
Is a bucket In each machine 30 every
sixteen feet of space. Each elevator
has two hundred buckets; each bucket
holds twenty-five pounds of wheat.
When We'll under way, they will take mp
"A car load of three hundred and ffly
bushels ia three minutesl
This building is two hundred aud
seventy five feet long, eighty feet vide,
aud one hundred aud thirty feet high.
1t contains one hundred and twelve
bins, the whole lighted by one hundred
and twenty windows. These bins are
plAnked up from floor to floor in the
strongest manner, every available inch
of space bi1ng occupied with grain.-
The main body of the outside is GOV.
cred with sheet iron, thickly coated
with brown paist. The engine is low
pressure. of one hundred and fifty
horse power, and is pronounced by
competent Judges TO be one of the most
elegant as well as competent machines
OF the kind ever manufacture It
would have given a good idea of the
growth and capacity OF the Northwest
of America If correct model of this
greatest elevator In the world, with all
Its appliance could have been exam
ined al the Paris Exposition. There
were grain motors there from Italy and
other parts of the earth, but nothing TO
compare with these elevators in Mil
Yankee.
The capitalists of Philadelphia are,
of course, or ought to be, well posted
up In these wheat sta istics. But they
ought not to forget the business advan-
tages presented IN this quarter. 1t is
for them TO consider the propriety of
Joining with men OF enterprise here in
INCREASING the railroad ABILITIES of this
growing grain trade. Another road is
much wanted at this moment, and
would pay well. IL should connect
with the Raciue and Mississippi Road
at Elkhorn, in Walworth county, Wis
consin. This road would open up a
new region, and afford means. now so
much needed, to bring the wheat for
ward to market more readily. Arrived
at Milwaukee, it will be transferred
with great rapidity. Here is the har-
Dor, with its opening bay, six miles
across from point to point. The offiDg
Is perfect, and the depth of fourteen
feet water is always found at the
wharves. There are, of course, no
tides, so that not a moments delay oc-
ours on that account. Vessels can come
in and go ont in all weathers, and by
the aid of lce-boats navigation can be
kept open quite late in the year.
In the winter the railways are at COM
mand, with no deep gorges, no noun
tain ridges, no dangerous streams, to
encounter, the usual obstacles of snow
on the track being under control.
Wheat can be made to pay fair
profit to the farmer in all this north
western region, at the rate of one doll
lar per bushel. 1t is now bringing in
this market from one dollar and seven
ty-five cents to two dollarsl One farm
er had two hundred and fifty men the
present season, with fifteen reapers.
he sold his wheat at one dollar and
ninety cents a bushel, and has actually
cleared nearly forty thousand dollars on
this years cropl This American farmer
is we'll known in this quarter, and the
fionres are canahle of demnnstratinn