The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-19
Grain Transportation by the ATissi. ippi-
EIeVstors, Dryers. Iron Vessels and
Berger.
The Chicago Journal saws /:

Ihe Chlcago Journal says:
"We learn that an elevator IL abou, % hs
erected at AigieIs, oppc-ite New Orleans, with a
81 rage capacity Of 250,O0o bushels. There viii
also pe estlblisned, in connection with il a foat-
ing elevator to transfer grain directly from the
Darges loaded ON the upper Mississippi 70 the
| vessels ealiying 1t 10 the Atlantic aud Euronean
ports. That this enterprise will pay depends onIv
| upon whether grain can be stored in so warm a
| enms'e without heating. There Il grain enouph
70 70 seek the market by that route, provided oniy
| ttat this apprehension is groundless We see
from st. Louis paper that the clearance from
mat port on Friday of q steamer with barges was
| as follows: e@ "'
"For reshipment TO New York. l6I7 bbIs. NJ
nc .oqr, eIo sacks OF wheat and 1896 sacks of corn
10 Boston, 934 bbls Of flour and $50 s1cks of corn
10 Liverpool, II, ,l54 bushels of wheat
Ihls is only specimen of the Shipments
down the Mississippi. Wheat can be shipped az
peY tb%Ssng busSs ra1ss W winopa n t. st. us 5o.
New oIk on through bills of la1i1g. includng
uapsfer at New Orleans, soc. ToiSi. 47e. mar
opsbei from Winona 70 New York. This is
cheaper than by rail and water combined.
III gran can go dovnth river with s1fetvan
open question TO be settled by this experiment
men Cnloago can retain the grain trade Of tba
sbn canal ,drp IN n ony one way and that by
aoother ground Niagara. Secure these, and we
can, In any event. defy competition: Witbont
them, we cannot keep this branch Of our grain
business IL this New Orleans expe -jme1t nTovoa
success. These are the exsjt facts IN The
case" '''' ~ 'ue
The comments Of the ST. Louis Dispatob unon
the above article are as follows: OP'"
The heating which the Journal thinks possi-
pie need not be subject Of serious fear. IL did
not occur ID any noticeable extent AT anv sassos,
OF the year. twelve or fourteen wears aro whon
new orleans was port of Considerable consa
quence for foreiga export9iion of grain. and M
rear whatever need be entertained duting the
winter and early spring months for sneh caTsoss
During those months tie lake trade ITom Cn51csT1c
East VIII be closed, end we may expect our best
gram business Let oUr commerciaI men ne,se
we're. Inls gram movement has larger future
man many OF them now fogesee and il speeess Ia
iully established they VIII see a. the Journal i'm,
ples, the scepter of commercial supremacy in
me Northwest pass lrom ths keeping of Chicago
to that of ST. Louis.'
he st. Louis Democrat adds to the above tSe
statement that the capacity of the elevator now
Dulding at Algiers Opposite New Orlear7) i,
fUO,CO0 bushels, instead of 250,O1C. AI,O the
rate OF freight from here tl New York or to I,iy-
erpool can be made, and 1rjV be nl0Is rnncb
lower than is st1ted in the Journal. AIso ,hat
as much corn heats on the trip from Chicago ~
Buffalo as can possibly do from here to New York
vis the gut route and that as of Dr. Beaches
most capacious dryers is now building az RnN,lo
for the pui pose of saving large per cent of the
waste on cora which hes heated so one of tho
sFme h'nd OF dryels ts now building here 10
tttoent Z heating, BY drying the corn previous II
tb pment. There Is enc small onc-in enera-
tlon ~ Chicago, and the gentlemen who have il in
charge have written the following j1dor,emsnt
concerning it:
CHICAGO, Nay 4, 1868.
This is TO certify that we have in use. in cou.
nectop With our elevator, Beaches patent grain
1ryer. We have thoroughly tes.,i The same. IN
ne otyIng OF wheat and cora, ard f1d it to au-
sWer al the purposes of a dyer, and Jolly eauaI
TO the recommendations of the inventor. Wa
oT'ed last season quito large amount Of the new
cofa crop, as early as October and November, and
laue ~ inspect equal or better than old cor1. In
'anuary last we dried over seventeen thousand
Du'hels wheat sent to Us from Toledo, Ohio. which
vas saved from the FIRE, or ruius of the Miebiyso
elevator at that plsce. 1t was worth
eAs, esN came 10 us, but we successfully dried
md cleaned it. Perhsps the greatest merit of
3eache's dryer il the Uniform manner in which II
loes It's work, combined with llrge capacity.
nasng available for dying for commercial
purposes, "a cs-gocs msy be dried, es It were IN
'anslt, or at least without unusual delay
NUHRY, NELSON CO."
NOW IN view OF all the facts IN the case tits
'eliecty reasonable to sdppo,e that st. Louis ia
iiwaukee and Chicago pretty steep in the next
eW years. Elevators, dryers and bulk barges are
OF me only enterprises on foot 70 make the Great
Naier Route the cheapest 20 The markets Of the
oIIu, Dut IneIe ls me following plan now on foot
0 cover the1Iver with hon vessels aud barges:
OFFICE EXCELSIOR Insurance CoHPASY.l
st. Louis, May IL, 1853.
O. Kslb; ESQ. Secretary ST. Louis Agricultural and Ma
chan cal Association: "u 'no-
Dear Sir-At meeting Of the directors of this
ompany, held this day, on motion Of A. K. Nor
ltnp, Esq, (of the fvm Of Nof hrup q Sbirmer-
onmission mercbant',) the following preamble
10 resolution were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Cheap traDspof tatiOn of the pro-
oets OF the soil is not more importlnt to the
J Imers than TO the commercial cities of the West
I'd in the opinion of practical men the grain of
le vast and fertile regions drained by our great
veIs yer can best reach the sea through thoie ma
raj channels; and whereas. II IL believed that
On vessels can be made as effective in the use OF
eace as they have proved in war; therefore
'ReSotced That the secretary be directed 70 in
m the president and directors of the st. Louis
glicUltural aud Mechanical Association tb1t the
zeeisior Ipsurapce Company will at the fair OF
Os, pay premium Of one hundred dollars for
e best plan for the consii action Of iron vessels
ID barges suited 70 cstfy grain in bulk on the
issssippi liver and tributaries" "
1t affords me much pleasure 70 Communicate
is action. II, 80 practical men es5ure u.s. iron
ssels can be built CT light dra't and az ronr
not stronger than wooden hulls, Il is inporta1f
at such be constructed; and the object OF tbis'
emiUm is TO draw atsenton to the subject.
very respectfully your obedent servant,
R. 8. ELLIOTT, Secretary.
We presume continues the Democrat. the full
'Dheance Of the above proposition will be at
ce taken 10, and we doubt not that the busy
ems OF our men of genius 10 the Wsst will be at
ce get at work. We hope, however that tha
ree line and other corporations will q Id enough
IRE to The premium to make il $1,000 instead Of
70. Iron barges on the river viii be indestrdct-
g. Ihey cannot be sDsgged, neither can they
burned, therefore the rate of insurance on pro-
ce in their hulls would be merely nominal 40
is along the great bail Of progress set moving
re in this regenerated State and city.
John G. Hill and wife Of st. Jo-
Dh, Missouri, celebrated their tin wedding on
22d ult. large party of friends assembled.