San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-12-21
4 Faiace for the King.

A site has been selected with about
one half mile of river front in New Or
leans, on which will be erected cotton
warehouses sufficient to handle 2,OOO,-
900, bales of cotton each season. These
warehouses; will lee in ten divisions, and
will be built with brick walls and iron
roofs; no wood whatever in any part OF
this structure. Each division will be
divided into sections, and each section
will be furnished with storage cribs made
of wrought gas pipe, perforated with
small holes, and so arranged that every
bale of cotton rests on the pipe, and not
upon any other bale. Every bale will
be exposed to view for selection, and
any one bale can be taken out without
moving any other one in the tier. The
cotton will be slowed in the crib tiers
and taken out by travelling hydraulic
cranes. More cotton can be slowed by
this plan on the same area of ground
than is now done. The perforated gas
pipe crib tiers are so connected that a
current of heated air can at any moment
be thrown around every bale of cotton
in the press and dry it if received wet,
and keep it perfectly dry in wet wealth
or; and in case of fire shower of water
can he at once thrown upon all sides of
every bale of cotton in the press and i'm
mediutcly be followed by shower of
heated air until it is dry again. The mir
will be heated by the escape steam OF
the presses, and thrown in by fan blow
ers, and the water supplied from elevat-
cd cisterns, always kept full 10y Il steam
pump. The yards will all be covered
with glass roofs. so that cotton can be
classcd and weighed in all weather. The
entire lcvee. from the ware houses to
the front of the wharves, will he cover
ed with mn iron roof, SO that receiving
and shipping cotton can 60 on as well
in wet as in dry weather. The flooring
of the whole will be of granite blocks,
faced perfectly level.
There will bc eight presses, each capa-
BILE of turning out 1000 bales of COM
pressed cotton every twenty-four hours,
or 10000 bales altogether. Steamboats,
will discharge their cotton at the press
wharyes. and cars from all of the rail
roads will unload under the sheds at the
rear of the press. Ships and steamers
will load at the press wharves.
/ The main Office will be i'll the business
centre Of the city, and connected by telG-
graph and telephone with each division
I of the press. 50 that sellers, buyers, brok-
crs, shippers and ship captains can at
any moment step in and learn the con
dition of their cotton, or transmit any
orders tn their classers, weighers, press
clerks or their ships. There will also be
/ pneumatic tube for the instantaneous
transmission of written orders, samples
of cotton. etc. such ~ are now used in
many large cities.
The loss to the distant spinner from
damag, by stain, resulting from wet bag.
ging and mud to which bales are now
exposcd. will IT, entirely saved when the
cotton i handled ia dry, clean house
under cover. and always kept dry in the
warehouse until put on board ship. This
los t. the spinner i now fully twenty
mounds per hale. and after the first crop
IS sent forward in this improved condi-
tiop ORLEANS cotton will command a;
lc.s; one dollar Der bslc more in distan;
markets than cottcn from other ports