, 1881-01-30
TEEMING BINS.
The City Elevators Filling Up
with Cereals.
A Glut Of Grain Imminent If the Kali
roads Take ALI Offerings.

The pratn elevators or this city are said to be
rapidly filling up. Several are alreaos Ia.s'
and, although there is considerable room le1t
yet, 1t appears to he held to lafgo extent ~
reserve to accommodate the 1ai!Eoaos a'o's
which tho warehouses nfe located. ine eae'aeot
proprietors sag there is no sucn pressuto o''
them as there was q gear ago, when the capacl-
ty of the warehouses; proved to he far from an-
equate, and a great deal Of grain was moVea
around the city as consequence. Inc Storage
capacity was increased last year to ABOUT w.
0O0,00O bushels, and the stock OF grain IN store
here last evening was about l1,teo'o00 pusuels'
against IT, 900 bushels Feb. 4, losu, leaving
room for about 3s40 900 bushels. Thero 10 tnls
difference, however, in the conuluon ol .ne
warehouses in the two years: Last winter 9nero
were more or the speculative grades NO: corn 'a
and No. wheat, III store in proportion to 1e rhe
total quantity thoro arc now: tIt., tno
other, grades being smaller n ~ qi'nhI qudi'nthiIs
storage capacity Of the houses, as storing taem
Involves the partial filling Of several pms bne W
tho difference in this respect IS nh,, rde s ~
port elevators are much more nearly nllea tnah
Ut this time a year ago, WHICH gives fne S Gown.
meEs poe g. have con-
siderable room yet, and do not anticipate any
shortage 10 elevator caPaGlty, tnooen they nre
to have no great amount OF room to spare.
though the elevators are not dllcd up, the empty
bins being held for contingencies. Ine LOCK
than seventeen or eighteen years AGO ago:
when the Second warehouse was built,
Their Elevator 4 is so old they 20 not aare .;. 70
fili it to its full capacity. 1t Ia understood that
two new houses will ho put up by this road the
coming season. The Rock Island Is said to have
been pretty badly blocked ~. up % a. Gne tie nas IT,
tracks, but these 6ayc since been taken care Of,
and the road is now receiving grain, though
chiefly from competing points a. any h ensJnf ng ef
stuff on trnck. Before the frecze.up these cle-
yators were relieved Of about 350,GD bushels,
which was put into vessels to ear1y oere TN Is sne
tho tho St. Louis Louis elevator The aiwaukcce St;
Panl people it Is said conld ~ thelF ssntad do
cereal in country store-houscs along their line
nciEhborhood neigh Of a50o,o0o bushels, but about
JOO,W,O bushels Is to be deducted from this for
the quantity of grain atloat now. Ihe ne weekly
OF grain to be noat here, but 150 200 bushels were
loaded into vessels last fall which are supposed
to hare cleared, but did go out owing to the
This is properly included il, the quantity OF grain
atioat ut this port Last winter tho vessels here
held 164s m bushels Is estimated @ that there
| here now which will be availaeie as soon US the
ice In the river breaks up, and tho bulk OF Waicn
areay BY ba leaas Snpper d rs the
| have engaged about nll their room for tho =,
| first trip for other freight thnn grain,
Nearly nil tho railroads are snid to be Keeping
grain bnck. Considerable Of the stuff that IS
| Coming forward is sold by sample. Several OF
tho roads are securing good deal of new corn, =,
| which Is largely offered by sample because u
often inspects low, and receivers arc able to get
more for it than wien it is placed in elevator. ,
| The Wabash Road has experienced Il good
deal Of trouble It has no elevators Of its OWL s;,
| The Union house was filled up BY Dec I, anu
| since that time the Wabash has had no place to
put its receipts TIL recently a few dnys ngo ,,
room was finally secured in the National. and on
g.! the blockade has been lifted. This road expects
| to erect nm elevator in the spring which win
hold 1900 600 bushels. The Wabash has elevators
in Tolcdo md is now taking most of its grain Ia
that city, bringing to this point only what the
| managers think they can take care OF, or re-
cefyeFs can sell on track.
| 4 ruilroad oGicial said yesterday he thought
ali tho elevators in the city could be filled up In
ten days if the roads did not exert their inila,
| cnce to prevent grnlu from coming forward
| freely It is understood that there, Is much
grain in country elevators. which Is being car
The quantity Of grain stored in the elevators
| on Jan. ~, and the capacity of each. Is shown
| below