The Grange advance., 1874-02-14

enteen mills. vii 81 runs az ;st1.r.1.-s3
Most Of theIp~a(e (e operated onlv ~
day. The a14Quptf wheat fioured ~ ~
them is about 1B2lbo0 bushels an. ny
nually. This shoR R1 that the mi,,;no
capacity Of the os knty can be donble3
without drawing IN any other county
for the supply of wheat. (Those who
wish to inv fstigatl this subject care
f1masa fully shfouldnsnr' m,s,5oo home con-
There were shipyed by river so,oos
barFs}s barTs}s of ''our<a1a by railroad s1'7oo
The totskof wbeat shipped (exelud-
ing fio91twas 1,5e,853 bushels; 1,153,-
sSs s5s bv bbus9s's ,Sisz y ri@rend 4o4,eoo BUSH
During the last SKINNER four large
warehouses were built by different
nrms: bringing tie storage capacity of
the city up to 724,OOO bushels. But at
the beginning Sf winter even this
large increase was found to be insuffi-
cient, and all The warehouses were
filled. The weAther has been yerv
mild and favorable to outdoor opera-
tlons, and dealers at once began the
erection OF more warehouses. Since
the latter part of December eleven
more warehouses have been erected.
several firms h9ving built two or three
each, besides fhe completion of the
mill with room for 10000 bushels, maxi
ing the storage capacity over 1.0OOOOO
bushels. r. &R. r. Ives have bni]t
one. Chandler & Sterrett two. Brown
q Mc!ntlTe t4fee, Davis & Marshall
one, M. Herschler one, T. 3. Sheldon &
20. two, George Wilkinson (mainly for
storing his own CROP one. ): y
In the spring and summer of 1873
there were sold by dealers in this city
40 reaperS, alta cost of 100000. Con-
Slderlng the convenience to hard tim
Der, readhesss-of Of supplies of all kinds.
and with the market at it's very doors
it is believed by our citizens that the
west does not Offer better situation
tor a reaper factory. The difference
to the welfare of this county
between retaining among its
own population this 800, 900 and send-
ing it to foreign factories-thus hid
ding it an eternal geod-bye-is so well
appreciated tllRt Substantial aid would
be extended to experienced men who
should underEake the building of an
approved reaper in Red Wing.
The wealth pf the soil of Goodhue
county and thu immense extent of it's
wheat<6elds may be Judged from the
fact that IN 1872 teoezve of the twenty
four towns in the county harvested
more than 100000 bushels of wheat
each. FutureTeports will show that
there were more of the same sort of
towns in 1885, >
1rop pthe 4. Paul Preaa> jan 24th.
Col. Hewitt ald.willian Dawson, from
tho committee recently appointed at meet
ing Of citisens called to devise means for
the constructioRof elevators and erain
warehouses< this point, returned from,
Red Wingo Thursday evening after hs<e
ing made Thorough examination o( the
systems in operation At that plaeA.
RED WING AS AsskARr.
1t may prove Surprising tohode I'd learn
that the daily receipts ok9rain 1t this
brisk city reacies between twenty and
thirty Thousand bushhess, and the citizens
claim with ample justification that there is
not another place in th: United States Of
equal population which can show such a
trade. By comparing the report Of wheat
receipts from all quarters Of the globe. the
further information is gained that it can
also safely defy tie world in the extent Of
its grain transactions-there being onlv
two points in the wheat growing sections Of
Russia which furnish appro1imatine state.
ments Of purchases.
From the St. Paul Pioneer.
The Wheat Warehouse Committee is mt
idle, by any means. Two Of their number.
Messrs. Dawson 4nd Hewitt, visited Red
Wing, and returned yesterday, full Of wheat
statistics. :
d.: From twenty to thirty thousand bushels
of wheat arrive by sleds daily They have
now in store over six hundred thousand
bushels, and they are putting up new ware
houses every week. They have had to add
another and anothsy, until second street
is nearly built up with wheat houses. Thev
were paying $1.05. but nearly all preferred
to store and hold for $l.25; and when that
is reached they will hold for 81. so and 80
on, the same old, oldzstory.
MODEL FIGURING MILL.
What Can be Done by Combination Of
Capital.
RED WING MILLS.
In February of last year, q few parties.
feeling that it WAS extreme folly for the
largest wheat market of the State, to ship
50 much Of her wheat to other points to be
Manufactured into -four, set about the or