Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-31
Elesotor b, 1000, 900 Bushels.

addition 10 the gram lfaQc OF st. Paul
deserves more than passing noticc-not
only because it is a large elcvator-but
because it is one of the most thoroughly
constructed and one of the best equipped
elevators in the world. 1t is located on
side tracks from the.St. Paul & Manitoba
road, near Como avenue, and was finished
and opened to receive grain October LIST
last. The elevator building is $50 feet
high, 230 feet long by 80 feet wide and
contains twenty elevators, seven sets of
steam shovels for unloading cars and
three Moline clearing machines, each of
which latter has an approximate capacity
of 1000 bushels per hour The storage
capacity is little in excess of
100000 bushels. There are two
miles of railway side tracks
upon the grounds of the elevator
comparative tracks for unloading cars
running through the building, length
wise, and one track for loading cars run
ming on each side Of the building. The
machinery buildings (boiler and engine
houses) are large, substantial structures
OF brick and stone, separated from the
elevator building.
The foundations, for which Mullen &
Prince were the contractors, were laid
under the personal superintendent of
Mr. Daniel Mullen, of % Summit avenue.
First bed of concrete was laid on which
stone pyramids were built, their bases
Joined and their caps, at the level of the
floor, being of dressed Red Wing stone.
The space between the pyramids was then
filled to the level of the caps with con-
crete, etc, forming level, solid floor for
the whole massive structure. The ele-
vator building and elevating apparatus,
bins, ETC., were built by G.. W. Sherwood,
contractor, No. 135 Maria avenue, and
combine, with details of strength, safety
and convenience of arrangement, more
improvements than could be described in
brief article. The machinery buildings
| were erected by James S. Burris, con-
tracter, No. 50 Iglehart street, and are
models of elegance with strength and
simple adaptation to their uses The
boilers, four in number-two tsteel) fur
nished by Kenny Bros, corner Third and
Wacouta streets, and two (iron) furnished
by the Jackson (Mich.) foundry and ma
chine company-are set with Butman' IS
furnace, automatic doors, ETC. The boilers
are detached, with connections so that
either one, any two or three, or all four,
may be used as circumstances require
In the boiler room is being set a
Worthington duplex pump for fire pur-
poses only, having capacity of 1876 gal
Ions minute, with iron pipes leading to
hose attachments on each floor of the ele-
vator, which is further well supplied with
portable fire extinguishers. Except the
engines, the other machinery throughout
the establishment was furnished by Lord
Bohrer & Co. of Cleveland, O. The two
engines, each of 200 nominal horse power,
automatic cutoff and relieving gear.
were furnished by VIM. Wright of New
burgh, N. Y. They are massive finely
proportional and neatly finished ma.
chimes. In the opinion of competent
judges they are the most convenient and
economical, and in every way the best
engines for their uses here of any which
have yet been set up in the Northwest.
The bed plates rest upon solid
stone pyramid piers, the cap-stones of
which are flush with the floor
of the engine room and
the great power of the engines is
exerted without jar or other noise than
the recurring strokes of the cut off This,
| by the way, responds automatically with
wonderful celebrity to every demand of
change of power, whether of increase OF
| decrease. The engine room, large, unen-
numbered, clean, well ventilated and
| lighted by large windows on two sides, is
fit for such beautiful engines and for the
occupancy of the competent machinlst,
Mr.. Alex. Nicol the engineer in charge.
The betting, furnished by j. G. Free
man, East Third street, from the Boston
betting company, includes one belt, used
for conveying power from the engines to
the elevator, four feet wide and 2OS feet
long, which traverses apulley eighteen
feet in diameter that weighs about nine
tons Another belt, running the ele-
vators, is two hundred and sixty feet long
by four and half feet wide, which trav-
erses a pulley sixteen feet in diameter,
which weighs about eight tons.
Mr.. III. j McAfee, Sibley street, sup
piled the pit gates, hopper gearings, ETC.,
and did considerable machinist work
about the establishment The iron COW
ering of the elevator is being put on by
Crittendcn & Scribner, Sixth and Sibley
streets
Although the great cleaners may be al
work the visitor to Elevator B will OBJ
| serve that there is no dust thrown out
This is accounted for by a fan blast car
rying the dust from the cleaners to a fire
! proof dust house outside the elevator
| Among the many other improvements nd
| convcnicnccs there are some which only
a machinist would understand, such a
the devices through which any one of tn,
twenty elevators can be operated indepen
dent of the Others There are fourteen
15-ton hopper scales, Howe make Car
are moved to and fro b,
the steam power Communica
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