, 1881-09-04
ORDER FROM CHAOS.
The Grain-Receipt Enlargement
Being Gradually Straight
ened.
Many Disguised Operators Failed to
Sleep Friday Night.
The Directors Of the Board Favor the
Joint Stock Company Plan.

The Directors Of the Board Favor til
Joint Stock Company Plan.
The Board Of Trade boys were busiiy en-
gagged yesterday ln getting outof the muddlt
over deliveries which have put them all at Sc
since the first OF the month. Gradually the,
are getting out Of the tangle, but a lot Of re
ceipts are lying about yet whicl
no one claims, and nobody know
anything about. The firms Whast
receipts were missing were trying yesterda.
=. to hunt mem up, and when they found wha
they had reason to think was the right batcl
they were usually required by the firm hold
ing the paper to prove property by tracing
its course back to the starting place. Ii
fact, they had to establish 4 clear
title, something like a real-es1ate ab'
stTact. Often times it was casy to do
this after they got OIL the right track. On
'Change the request was made publicly that
all parties having receipts OH their counters
which they were unable to account for
should report them at the Office OF the board
in order to facilitate the work Of getting af-
fairs into proper shape
There were good many anxious faces OH
the board. Some parties WHO had lost r.
ceipts which called for $4,000 or more in
NAAlN 0IA .tlEk StcCP Ill luC lllt-Ht DC1O4Ct
aud others had checked ont money i'll pay
ment for property which they had not re-
= ceiyed. aud had to rely entirely Dn the
honesty of the house they had dea1t with.
All this naturally made people feel uneasy
and Indifferent abntlt trading, which was
lighter than for several days past The boys
were mighty glad to get Saturday afternoon
to themselves, aild wouldn't have put tile
question OF holding III! after-tlinncr session
luto the hands of the President for king
dom.
THE SORRY PLIGHT
into which all this work of delivering grain
has got into has given ample opportunity for
frauds, but thus far none have been com
OF that kind happening between firms, but
people Who have little or nothing to lose
might bc tempted 10 steal II bunch
Of Teeeipts and have them eon-
out. One party VA; vas very muc1, Worried ali ali
yesterday and the day betore because hc was
unable TO 1in.l receipts calling fox about III,
QUO bushels Of grain. lie WAS quite confident
but on inquiry at that office they were
not to be found, though Il stack of
paper two or three feet high, more
or'less. had been showed OH the firm at the
would not turn up.'' Finally llt betl,ought
himself To trace the record back from the
party who had delivered TO him. After fol-
1UN11L uuck through II IOnfs ilst OIL nflHS lie
reached the house which sent the receipts
out at first II was the office Of 4
clique broker, but never mind that, the
fact was soon discovered that the tir1n who
made the first delivery had turned out the
wrong receipts. Here was the error, which
was soon made good--tlle true receipts COM
ing to the surface 4 short time afterwards.
The pedigree of the anxious mars certiii-
Gates was soon established TO the satisfaction
Of one of the most Of fastidiOus firms and the
Tba1fE himself immensely lick! !t4,}
the solution Of the riddle which had kept
hin awake NIL Friday night
Another party was spoken Of yesterday
who couldn't find paper calling for 10000 !
for $4,000 1yin. in I'LL office for him, which |
he appears to have forgotten all about, as he I
lett 1t there several days, the house having |
III the meantime got into Il curious eomplica- |
tlon, Which it has since. worked out Of with
whole clothes. This curious lnutitlle seens.to !
be most perplexing III the cases OF a few large |
hr1ns. but they were unravelng the mys- |
!ery yesterday, and hope to get everything
III its normal condition by Monday. |
THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE TALK |
on Change yesterday about the system OF !
making deliveries which is HOW il, use The |
members were unanimous in the opinion |
that some change ongnt to be made, t
Which was plans i5ourf MfFe wa s"EfestId I'd
vastly superior to- the present one. though
they might not be without Objectionable
features: Mr. Hobbs circulated a petition
asking the Directors Of the board to appoint
uia1lns deliveries, which should be submit
ten to the board for discussion, and perhaps
action. The boys shy that if they eau help it
such M q russ M Shall moi occur again.
:! As an illustration Df the maguitudc of the
business done by houses on the Board Of !.
Trade, it is recorded that :: single firm
handled e,0O,00 bushels of wheat last
THURSDAY: Three lots amounted altogether