The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-02
The Great Grain Market Of the
World.

A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, correspondent ~ ihl
philadelphia IHquirer writes an interesting d,s
cripton OF that city as a wheat market. tn,
correspondent says The city OF Milwaukcr
Wisconsin, is the largest primary wheat nliikcl
10 the world. II contains the most exIrn.i,,
building for raising and lowering wheat that ~.
ever erected. Its location Is well calculated io,
navigation and railway purposes aud there il no
perceptible reason why II should not bccnn,r f.,
city Of great importance In the Northwest Tie
population already numbers seventy ihou.,,.d
The steady growth Of little over n quartz, a. d
century. The bay on Lake Michigan, ~ "-
mouth OF lie harbor Is one OF the best "r go.
Western waters, afording good anchorai 'td
sea room for n large feet OF vessels, wlir. g.,
railway connections are stretching throuj 2 q.
prairie country TO the banks OF the Mississil 'ud
the shores Of Lake Superior. The copl .,ud
iron mines ofihc State are developing great '.u''
and lis hay and corn crops are among the ,,g. -
produced In the Western country. but Il
wheat trAdic Of Milwaukee that shows VII .i...
wide and fruitful region u able 10 do, NJ g..
tlement and cultivation progress under a. ti
dance Of republican institutions.
THE GREAT EtEvAroRs.
There are several buildings Of th .,,-.
Philadelphihns who have srcn that
Pennsylvania Central Railroad. near II -
yard, are always struck with the ifnnrnsr mt
~ grain business which it, capacity Il ves.
NUtl MOulu KFANlutI tu WISH lff tlfNf rs Of
this new wheat country. There ARE three n mayed
by one concern Messrs. L. J. Highly 4 son
which arr thus classified 90 Elevator "a with \
capacity Ia rcceive. pnIsrr and send 10 market
oHe million frc aHirsfhoasdHi LIsheis elevator
" u. - five hundred ihnustnd &C" two hun
dfcd and fifty thousand. The warrhonlc ~, %
iny thousand barrels NJ -four +; Three Star
Wills, three hundred barrels OF -four u day.
There are the elevators of Messrs Angus
kuiifh A In "a - Lual.sla
500, 900 bushels. Others. vi somewhat similar
proportions, are in operation Tie grand total
result 10 the reception and delivery Of from one
hundred thousand TO two hundred thousand
bushels a. wheat each dsv. averaging from one
dollar and halt To two dollars a huslei. n will
~ once bc perceived that a large amount of money
is all the while being i.hurscl in Milwaukee IN
the wheat trade alone. To this may bc added
Tint in Indian cora, oais I'Oia,nes, mineral orcs
and lumbar, already quite large in some depart
mcnis. AMI steadily on the increase.
IIut the wheat elevators are the m0si striking
business cuiiosiiics OF this beautiful civ Of the
Norihw's, That ~ the Mcssrs. Highly being
designated as "a" " is prodig, in size l,con-
tains FOURTEEN elcvaiing machines. all propelled
by steam power. When in full operation they
will take hay 4 million LHsheis Of wheat n a day
from the cars Of the railway, and after sorting
and cleaning thetn deposit them In the holds Of
the vessels in the dock There is "a bucket in
each machine 10 every l6 feet Of space r'~h
elevator has two hundred buckets cacl ,, ,,'
holds twenty-five pounds Of wheat WI. .,ii
under way they will take up a ear load 90 ttr..
hundred sHd ffty 5Hsheis IN three minute.
This building Is two hundred and seyru., u,.
fee, long. eighty feet wide, and one huninl ,s,'l
thirty feet high. II contains one hunii, ,ui
twelve bins the whole lighted by on huni,oi
aud twenty windows. These bins nr.. ld,nA,l
up from floor to floor 10 the strong q 'n'nn q
every available inch ofspace being or'l'i'pl with
grain. The main body OF the outsid ,,,,f.d
with sheetiron, thickly coated with i,,Au ,,ini.
The engine Is low pressure, Of one handed aud
fifty horse power, and is pronounce h, c'mYe-
tent judges TO he one Of the most el'.'n' ~ v,ll
as competent machines Of the KIM ever manu-.
faclurcd. Il would have given " good iicn 81
the growth aud eapicity OF H. Norhwcsi Of
America ifa correct model OF this s,a'csi elevator
Ia the world, with all It's appliahrt.e could have
been examined AT the Paris Exl.'.i'on There
were grain motors there from Italy and 9TH.
parts Of the earth, but nothing 'o compare With
these elevators OF Milwaukee
The capitalists OF Philadeiphis are. % course
or ought 10 be, well postrl az ia these whci;
statistics. But they oughl uu, 70 forget the bust.
ness advantages presenie in his quarter. II j.
for them TO consider the i'roprei, of joining with
men OF enterprise here in inctC ising the railroad
facilities o. this growing grain trade Another
road j. much wanted ai this moment aud would
pay well II should connect with the Racine
and Mississippi road At Elkhorn. ia Walmuih
county, Wisconsin. This road would open up
new region, and afford means, now - much
needed. To bring the wheat forward 10 market
more readily. Arrived at Milwaukee, IL will be
transferred with great raPidi,y. Here is the
harbor. with its opening bay, siN miles across
from point TO point The ofiing is perfect and
the depth Of fourteen feet water IL always found
at the whafves. There are, Of course, no tides
So that not a moments delay occurs on that ac-
count, Vessels can come In aud 90 out in all
weaihers, and by the aid ofice-boais navigation
can be kept open quite late In the year.
Ia the winter the railways are at command
with no deep gorges, no mountain ridges, no
dangerous streams 10 encounter, the usual
obstacles Of snow on the track being under con-
troll
Wheat can be made TO pay fair profit TO the
farmer iu all this Northwestern region at the rate
Of one dollar bushel. II Is now bringing in
this market from one dollar and seventy-fvc
cents TO two dollars One farmer has employed
two hundred aud fifty men the presen, season.
dollar and ninety cents q bushel, and has ac-
iually cleared nearly forty thousand dollars on
4 Is year Q crop This American farmer is well
known in this quarter, and the figures arc capable
Of demonstration.
The increase Of railway transportation, con-
srquent on this growing wheat trade, has led TO
the establishment, near Milwaukee, at a place
called BAY View" directly on the high and dry
land looking out on the Bay into Lake Michigan,
Of = large iron rolling mill. II is built on the
most improved Pennsylvania pattern, and was
hvorably spoken Of by your distinguished
Congressman, Judge Kelley, In his recent able
addrrss on American Protection, In Milwaukee
The works are quite EeAr this city, and have
every facility Tor progress. They get their ore
from Iron Ridge, In Wisconsin. The principal
business at present, Is rerollina old rails, which
will occupy the works TO advantage for some time
10 come