The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-16

voyage. go that the loss is not really SO great
! Is 80 much more valuable than mass of heated
or mouldy grain would be-
but we are very we'll satisfied with the way we
are doing our business, and do not care about
drying ,.a.,
| From cent 10 8 cents per bushel or II the
person owns the machine. about n cent per
Rushs VII well tha sn2ngh Was d eyet
such Indifference known as this. where SO much
Ia at stake. person receives q shipment Of
20 O00 40 ODO so 900 or 900 bushels of grain 1t
contains SO much moisture when it arrives
here: that moisture Is the prime i .stinct OF de-
struction. The, germ expands and in It's strug-
| gle for life, while being transferred from barge
to vessel. absorbs still more from the warm at
mos phere. Then when 1t Is slowed away in the
hole, OF the vessel is It not certain to sweat t,
better to lose the whole consignment and run
| THE RISK or RUNNING
| the prospects of the route than to expend a
trifle to insure Its preservation and va ue. for
without It's Corresponding loss in weight. II
weight. not quality. is the prime object in view.
why not throw Ia more water Did 1t eyer oc-
grain until those old fashioned natural princi-
| ples-the sun and air..thoroughy ripens 1t?
AS this is the case, should not the knowledge of
moisture its finty perfection? This is q simple
exposition of the whole trouble, and when 1t Is
rectifled, grain will flow free.ly through our
port without let or hindranee."
-, What is your opinion OF the storage here by
| the barge or elevator warehouseF
III we are to do large business here the idea
trifiing to be thought Of. Ii am we'll Informed,
such a course was once thought feasible in New
York, but when the grain trade there assumed
its tremendous proportions. which ours, with
out doubt. will vastly excel, 1t will here rs there
be found that elevator warehouses will only fill
the wants of such o commerce. whore the grain
can be properly handled. dried and stored
without the annoyances Of floating craft. / do
not mean to say that barge and floating eleva-
tors will be
ENTIRELY DISPENSED WITH.
but they will be too expensive to store, with
too much In the way and too costly to handle.
Had we proper system Of elevator warehouse
here. | doubt If they would be much used now
act o esz Gonf anm rpos With
reflection from the water on their. des. must
tend to rapidly deteriorate the grain, by excit-
contain nothing. but dry grain is It. reasonable
to suppose that from It's close contiguity to the
water. with its fogs and vapors constantly aris-
ing, that the absorbing germ will not take adj
1T is idle to suppose that It's vegetatve powers
will remain dormant In such position. II you
keep them closed vegetation starts more rapidly
In dark, warm. muggy atmosphere and II you
open the ports will any one pretend that the
breeze passing through or over the grain will
surface Of the water. and that the outgoing
current from the barge will not be dryer than
the tnwardP Can we ever expect to success
fully carry on the grain trade by such anom-
alies?'
But have been informed, Mr.. Mason, that
grain keeps far better IN g. the barges than In the
Your information is correct. There has not
been constructed here yet an elevator adapted
be the correct thing there the extreme cold cur
tails insect ife and the greater portion OF their
grain is shipped before they again epring into
the warm crevces of the bins scarcely affects
them. and they live on in glorious security to
prey on each succeeding CONSIGNMENT as pre-
Northwest is not SO requisite as the exclusion
of frost; hence the style.
1T suits the climate. Here it is the reverse.
ventilation Is. OF all particulars.
THE GREAT ITEM
to be borne in mind in such structure Frost
to US. In this particular, is matter Of moon
suitable at the North, is here sweat,;b Of
moisture is contained in the grain that is pre-
cipitated into its dark muggy depths.
haze had the e to the grain
foibles Of the introducers thrown in as lagniappe
until. IT has filled US to safety: All are now
VIII snd the the
buyers are in dead earnest that this shall be
the grain route there can be no question. That
opment Is evident from the determined manner
in which 1t Is discussed by representative men,
associations and influential newspapers, by
pros and cons duly weighed.
He who dare obstruct the path that commerce
claims it's own may as well cast himself before
the car of Juggernaut in its onward career. and
the bystanders will. as in the idolaters' case.
applaud the sacrifice; and If stubbornness
should prompt them to Withstand the sacrifice,
Sindbad. forcibly rid our necks of them"
What would you propose. Mr.. Mason. should
be accom- plished to expedite and firmly eatab-
1 would propose that elevator warehouses
should be built sc, that ventilation will be an
easy matter and strong currents Of air be able
to sweep through the whole building from east
to west. north to south. and base to roof. SO
that in unfavorable weather they may be easily
excluded or partially used,
AS CIRCUMSTANCES MAY PERMIT
The building to be composed Of strong frame
work, well studded with openings, doors and
shutters. Brick or stone are not to be thought
Of in this climate. for they. absorb too much
strong plank. with painted surfaces. In these
bins insects could hardly exist. as painted sur
faces are, too cold for their rapid development.
building and firmly combined, with at least
twenty-four inches space between them. so that
insects, spOrules of termination, beat or mois-
ture cannot be directly communicated from one
10 the other.
Then If neglect should allow, grain deposited
In any to heat it will not readily faint the ad,
before grain is deposited in these bins would
have it In such condition that it would be a
rarity If not an impOssibility for it to deterio-
rate, dry the grain properly, care for it, with
FREE USE OF THE DRYER.
which should be included in elevator charges
and should not exceed cents per bushel. This
would be but slight toll when such grain
combining security to the shipper and a safe
investment to the purchaser. thus evading the
thankless task Of demanding reclamation. ill
fnn1ft HtCco fsof JnIt,
AS you have so fully explained your idea of
q suitable elevator warehouse. what of your
dryer? have heard it spoken Of. What are its
chief points?"
The chief points of the dryer are simply the
concentration of the natural elements that
and rapid evaporation. so that the fetid gases
and extraneous matters that are detached from
the cuticle of the grain by friction are not al
| lowed to contaminate or inlure the flavor of the
grain. as in others where the drying is done in
a close chamber or oven. For grain when dried