The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-13
THE ELEVATOR AND THE GRAIN TRADE.
The elevator building is now entirely CON-


The elevator building is now entirely CON-
pleted, is in perfect running order and Is
ready to receive and transfer or store any
shipments of grain that may arrive at this
port We congratulate Mr.. Highly and his
CONDUCTORS in his work upon its sue
cessful termination, and upon the enter
prise which conceived it and the energy
which accomplished it, and we congratulate
the people of New Orleans that the first long
stride has been taken towards giving her that
position to which her geographical situation
gives her a claim-the outlet of the Missls-
sippi valley. We are glad to announce the
additional fact that before January LIST there
will be 300, 600 bushels of wheat shipped here
from Cairo, so that it will not be long ere the
engines of the elevator will be at work, tell
ing in their every throb tale of the golden
era to dawn on the Crescent City.
To give our readers an idea of the charges
for handling grain and rolling freight we sub
NIT the following list of the charges to be
made by the New Orleans Elevator and Ware
house Company:
Transferring ard weighing grain from barge to
ships l cent per bushel.
Receiving, elevating, weighing and storing
grain ten days cents per bushel, which includes
delivering same on ship in bulk at our wharf.
Storage for each additional ten days, or parts
thereof. J cent per bushe.
Re-eleyatipg, if desired, cent per busheI.
Baeging and tieing bags cent per bushel.
BsggiDg and sewing bags l cent per bushel.
BsrreiDg grain cent per bushel.
Drying grain cent per bushel.
Flour. storage per barrel for ten days mo extra
forl oh rvhf inc les hOSafuD
boat and on boord ship) cents per barrel.
Flour storage after first ten days, for each ten
days thereafter, or parts thereof. cents per
barrel.
Pork, beef lard or other rolling freight first ten
DAYS. cents per barrel.
Extrs for each ten days thereafter. or parts
cents per barrel which includes hosting, charge
same as flour.
To which we add the following brief sum-
mary of the dimensions and capacity of the
elevator and other particulars of its construc-
ton:
Storage capacity of elevator. which is situated
$40 feet from edge of wharf end across the street
and Sidewalk, is $50 900 bushels; built after the
| style and material of Chicago, Milwaukee and St
| Louis elevators. The marine elevator at edge OF
| wharf is l02 feet high-wi take grain out OF the
largest or smallest vessel in high or low water at
| the rate of 5000 bushels per hour. The grain is
| carried into elevator $40 feet through the con
veyor building over wharf and street. so the hand
ling and exposure to the air is equal TO ordinary
drying machines.
| The drying machine is built In a brick fre.proOf
| house attached and the drying is done through
tiles rapidly at the rate of 1000 bushels per hour,
| and all by machinery, and SO constructed and done
there is no risk from hire. and AZ the trl1lng eX
| pense above.
| The warehouse has storage capacity of 10000
| barrels, which covers the whole wharf, 1000 by
275 feet, one story covered with plastic slate root
and sides. and doors OF iron. Two large iron
tanks of water. Of 200 barrels capacity, stand on
top of elevator, kept constantly full by aforce
| pump, with iron pipes which run down through
each story Of the building. arranged so hose can
be attached in each story, and carry water any
| where in elevator or warehouse, or boats at
wharf. The elevator and warehouse stand on a
| block of ground entirely by themselves. The
| engine low pressure. is 500 horse power, and in
fre.proof brick building, with trusty night
| watchmen. so the property in this elevator and
warehouse is as safe as any elevator and ware
house yet built The water at edge of wharf is
a. feet deep in high and SO feet at low. Ships can
sail over the bar at the mouth Of the Mississippi
drawing IL feet OF water, and the government
dredge Esssyons is at work making Il feet
BaIges or ships dischargiDg or taking IN freight
at their wharf are not charged with port charges.
The freight from Caro-, H., to New Orleans,
by barge, is about ten cents per bushel and eight
days time. To New York, fourteen to eighteen
cents, and ten TO fifteen days time. To Liver
pool one.thlrd more freight than TO New York,
and from twenty to thirty days time.
We are determined TO make this route sue
cess and will do all We can to aid shippers who
desire us TO charter steam or sailing ships, make
bills of lsding, procure insurance policies and
forward them TO order for the next sixty days,
and make no charge for our trouble therefor.
Now, with an elevator on our levee, with
enterprsing capitalists in charge of it, and
with large shipments promised from the West,
we may say that the grain trade is fairly in.
augurated; that the differences in both freight
and time, which are so much in our favor,
will make the trade permanent, is not to be
doubted, and that with a double stream o.
commerce ever flowing through the Crescent
City, she is destined to rise to higher poin
of wealth and greatness than ever before, il
not hard to predict.