The Wichita city eagle., 1879-01-09


et," taken from photographs Of actual scenes
it is unnecessary to say that while Kansas il
the great wheat State of the Union. Wichiti
il the great wheat market of Kansas. 1t is
proposition that none will dispute. Wichit:
is the principal market and shipping poin,
for golden wheat belt seventy-five miles
square, from which there were, for the ycal
1878, upwards of 100000 acres Of wheat har.
vested, aggregating not less than 4,000. .GoO
bushels. Allowing one-fourth of this vast
bulk to be used for seed, bread and CONVEX
sion into -four by local mills, there is still left
1900, 600 bushels for shipment.
The number Of teams necessary to this work
can be readily estimated by any one. For
months the principal streets, squares and va
cant lots in the vicinity of the elevators, mills
and depot have been flied daily with loaded
wagons of wheat Long lines of teams from
the west, south and east come and go contin-
uaily. From three to six hundred wagons
loaded with wheat, awaiting their turn at the
several scales and elevators, has been no un-
usual sight. Photographic views Of the jam
when policemen were necessary to keep the
proportions of the Wichita wheat trade
Three or four of these we have had repro
duced elsewhere by the photo-engraying pro-
cess. Without doubt Wichita made the lars-
est shipment Of wheat, from first hands, for
the three months ending January 1, 1879, ever
made by any town in the United States. For
the month Of November one thousand and
bushels to The ear. or 1870, 800 bushels Of wheat
were shipped, representing cash value of
quarter of a million of dollars. To deliver
that amount Of wheat in the twenty-siX days
of that month required 1850. or an average
of 3D. wagon load, for every day. For the three
months ending November Both. there were
run out 1888 ears Of wheat, measuring one
million two hundred and thiriy-threc thou
sand nine hundred and sixty bushels. The
shipment OF the -four manufactured by some
ten mills, in the same time, il not taken into
the account. .'Wiil wheat grow in the Ar
kansas Valley" is question no longer asked.
Six years Of successful experience in its
production answers the query. The yield,
in many instances, is enormous, and the crop
never fails as a whole and is subject TO mis-
fortune, now and then in localities only.
To successfully and promptly handle pro-
duet of such proportions modern machinery
and appliances are brought into reguistion.
Wichita has nine grain elevators in which
wheat, corn and other grains are weighed,
into ears One OF our cuts shows Russell &
elevator. and another gives the end
Of the City Mills. The genilemaBly proprie-
tors furnish Us the following figures with ref
erence to the capacity of their several works.
The cost OF these elevators are not given, but
the City Mills and Elevator. of Hargis, I'm
boden & Co., cost $4,000 and is the second |
largest in the State:
WICHITA ELEVATOR.
Russell & Furlong proprietors.
Storage. bushels .......... 4,s-... 50,NW |
Capacity-Loads car in thirteen minutes. |
Operated by Boyle Melville.
ARKANSAS VALLEY ELEVATOR.
L. Ozanne proprietor.
Storage. bushels. ....,...-..-........ .l3,000 |
Capacity-Fitteen ears per day.
Operated by Jennings Il Brown.
This elevator also contains buhrs for grind
ng and bolts for corn meal
hAioN ElH'Aio"'
John Exton proprietor.
Storage, bushels ..... .....-....... 5000 |
Capacity-Ten cars per day.
ol.rntea pH hauiii''ah No. hii'cr isoss'
M'-Lh' AfAAh" HIE' Nioh'
Charles II. Miller and johnson Keller pro-
,rietors and operators.
Canacity--Ten ears per ,av.
'NAN"1 ELEM Aio"'
J. Hout Minnich agent.
Storage. bushels ..-... .-.-- --...-.. 10000
Capacity-Fiiieen cars per day.
This elevator Is owned by The PATRONS OF
lusban'lry. and operated by Cunningham n
)ompany.
WICHITA CITY MILLS AND ELEVATOR.
l!argis. lmhoden & Co. proprietors.
Stoiase, o'i.heis -, ''"'"'"
Grnds il, harrcls Of i,onr nor day
Grinds 400 bushels of corn per day.
Power of Sori's engine. 10 morse power.
AhnEff WEST ELEVATOR.
operated by W. Z. west. 49,,
1900: ..5 /, /, " ,,.' = . +, / - =.