New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-08
A GREAT RAILWAYS DEPO1S.
HANDLING A NATIONS PRODUCTS.

Won all there is SEEM and astOnish you why we
do more business up here In day than bali down-to"n
does I'm n week. Where they send of cart load we
send off a car load ship load and we do not thinA
we have done anything extraordinary either
such was the pleasant greeting given TO TRIBUNE IT,
porer by Engineer W. ~ Roberts OF the New-York Cen
tral and Hudson River Railroad in charge OF their I'M
mense elevators warehouses, etc, on the North RIVER
Few NEWCOMERS have any Knowledge OF what
activity exists. and what vast quantities OF gr"ln now
many barrels of -four and oil ana housahos OF
sheen and cattle are received aud shipped al this great
depot. The ordinary passerby would perhaps nouce
two or three very Large bindings on one OF which Is
lettered New York Central r. r. and Hudson River L.
r Gram Elevator" and "A number OF cattle sheds ana
pay little attention to them, but If he knew the immense
business done there his curiosity and interest woid DC
immediately awakened. This busy quarter eXten"S
along the shore OF the North River from filyhhh 10
scventysecondsts. Six years ago the Hudson RIVER
trains ran al this point right along the river side ana
the strong stone wall built to keep the water back may
vet be seen but now II il far inland Between this wall
and the river the railroad company has made strip OF
new land about 500 feet in width and In some parts
even wider. aud this made ground put up Large ana
imposing elevators, warehouses and other buildings
Elevator Il ;3j feet long, 20 feet wide. and holds IN
iis $50 bins 100000 bushels Of grain. II Is built on
niles which were driven 10 feet below low wafer mark
before they found hard bottom, They were cut on
thirty feet below high water mark, and on them were
built sou piers up to Ten feet above high water; ana
on hose piers tac great elevator stands. II is built OF
wood and covered the outside with galvanized iron
for o first floor aud slate for all to protect 1t
from The weather The building holds aud can empty
TWENTY-FIVE ears al tmc and it takes less than ten
mlutt ,s 10 unload car TGe grain pushed out Of the
ear y patent shovel ard runs into large receiving
tank, under the l10r. FcJm these tanks In The cellar 10
the top of ihe building numbers OF endless BELTS
and fastened them at intervals Of about root are
galvanized iron cups, Is inches long inches W'e
and inches deep which the belt revoyes eaten mp
,n Grain and carry it 10 the top ~ the building where
tc ct,ptr il into hopper, from which it runs through
iron hs TO bins on the floor below holding From iour to
eight car oads each The hoppers Mold exactly one car
load cacn aud grain weighed in them before being
.cnt down 90 the bins There two Uoushs for each
bin so 1at while tDcy are receiving gram on one ne
fom ta hopper, above they can AT TIE same Time he
dsrnrpng on tie other side and loldIg vessels ~ the
6nG wei"eG when j.. ia dscn,rscd There are also
taree large cleaning naChineS through Wrn t Cli"
grain Is passed ana freed from dif' auu al mp o
fore A. Is delivered.
Tho bms which hold the heavy weight OF from four TO
eight car Dads o; grain are noi nac III &c % i
ucr but bIr bY plngOnc on top oi anonct HpI zee
nj nl,s clgnt ichrs wide by TWO inches thck Mt the
bottom and six inches wide by Two Inches NIX az t
ton and uvetug them together with strong IRON Dolls
IRON rods running from side 10 side Keep ne sizes hry
IN place and Is Claimed that suncohl HSs'I "a S
cannot be put them 10 spring them Inc lachluely
is moved by an upright condeusllH ehRlhe 9i lou nun
bred hoI g. power II Is in small house adjoining tue
elevator, and the en&neroOm Is so neat anu Tue
Iin,eT AMI admire it, 1T is almost alive" said Mr..
Roberts and can stop here for h9f an hour at any
time ana enjoy every movement of H."
III, yat,r 4 is now being altered aud renovated, ana
could be Examined It's bull Oh piles as was elevator
r. bnt il was not necessary drive the piles so deep
hard bottom found AZ depth Of "a teet poOW low
watermark Elevator !, nue. iag ~, ~ t d. m ni
and IL holds 1000 900 bushels OF grain Ibere Is no
tear t rnni1g snort II storage room for grain. sad
MIR Roberts The elevators hold together 100000
bushels aud II goes away about rs fast IL COMES III;
bn IL we should be crowded for spaccyOu see We have
n GaetO f csull
them keep the stun In storage there until We can
At the io,t Of sixty-fourth-st just above the elc
vors IL an warehouse, 424 Feet In length 100
width and TWO stories In height Ii lsprinci-
pally for storing -four. The main floor - used for
railroad and general merchandise The barrels are
eeyated from the urst to tue second moor Oy an enu
band turned by steam from the elevator. on which two
HOOKS level are placed with short spaces between
them. The baud IS Kept constantly running, hhu !nS
barrels rolled the hooks they come NJ from the
cellar below and rolled off when they reach the second
floor. The average receipt OF Hour - now about 100
car loads "A daY, consisting OF about 10 barrels each
They are about fast as they are received
IN flour comes iOm almost all of TIE western Htates
and j. sent to dhcrtut parts ol Europe, but the most OF
it 10 England.
NEw PIERs AND WAREHOUSES; TO BIZ BUILT.
But extensive as the arrangements are. the facilities
are not sufficient meet the demands of trade. Twenty
eight ves-e TO he on one day, week or two
ago. waiting Tor u chance 10 load ami yet the men at
the elevators and the piers doing their utmost
working and day. THIS trouble the officers OF the
railroad company are determined remedy. and they
are putting forth great EFF rs 10 hurry their cOntem
plated addition. If warehouses; docks and piers. Many
extensions and improvements have been begun, and
others VIII be begun The railroad COMPANY has Just
obld cd possession % an extended me OF water 'front.'
by decision OF tie courts lOr which 1t mas been loOhing
fora long time. ana has promptly b-snn 70 III IN aud
maks and. From oiXIynth To- seventy -1ecohdsts Il
line OF PIERS will De built. fiW feet further
out than the present shore. The cribs at
the wa'er-ne are areidy parity Dult. 1hcy are
made of logs fastened together, are hfty-hve feet
deep IN the water feet VIDE At tnr bottom; ana
gradually clos" mp together unti they are only forty
iect wIde ~ the Top The spaces etween the logs are
the foot Of SNtysxths, where the crib is flhshed,
big was anchored, ana gang of about twenty
swarthy, sweating Italians haTd at work throwing
heavy stones from her decks In between the logs few
blocks above Two powerful steam dredges were nara at
which is removed to depth OF thirty feet be-
low low water marx foc me foundation
yards of material 10 fiji in the space behind the cribs
and make the needed new land From thes- bulkheads,
when completed six new piers viii he punt OFT same
/, viii lake IL is calculated about two gears TO com
plcc this great work. There are now nearly 200 men
engaged on IT, contract mas Just been given to T. e.
Brown to build new warehouse, somewhat similar to
of men busy on September 10 next, and will
S SSnanv 9 coS Sd E.S are "' also n%%
heng received for an immense at me foot OF
Filty-nlnh-s II is to be bullt of wood 300 feet IN
length and four stores in height is intended prn
cpally for storing ald. though when not fu OF that IL
will be used for general mcrch ,ndse. A new engine
house is to he built capable OF holding forty locomotive
engines the demand being 80 great that 1t ~ now ne
ceasary to nave the engines hand that they be
used without delay.
GLANCE AT THE GREAT STOCkYARD.
Passing the grounds Of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad ones attention is attracted by
the large stockyard Eleven Of ground covered
by It's stalls, sheds and pens, and about 1000
cattle are received each week but that number is far
below the receipts IN cold weather The cattle como
from Chicago, aud they reach Chicago from all
parts OF Illinois. Iowa. and indeed. from
all the Western States They arrive here
tired and excited but they SO carefully handled
when they get to the stockyard that the deaths from
heat and exhaustion have been less this year than In
any previous year The Texas cattle the toughest
looking all. and II seems impossible 10 fatten them.
A man comes with every cattie-tTain who
IL supposPd To feed the animals every twenty
four hours give tacm water frequently and every
stopping place To examine every to any poor
beast IL sick needs attention Whether does all
tins Ia mootcd question, and dgng from the appear
Of O chlfs when the L.