, 1881-10-02
ever tho courts determine is due the q corner u

UlQhCIS-
THAT uNM1T1G-ATEn NUISANCE,
! the present method uf making deliveries Of
| grain, was exhibited i'll all lis beauties yes
! terday. Between the hours of ami : O'clock
| the boys were rushing backward and for
ward with tremendous velocity. ami ,yo tG
| decrepit old mall, the woman with a baby,
! or the dallying child or gaping countryman
who happened 10 get in their way. Collisions
| were numerous enough, a1ld the boys
knocked over, unless they Ind re-
% e6ers &c Of % the board eeS who witessed sed9S t6s
performance, and the reckless way in which
| warehouse receipts were hustled about, must
have thought it was nearly time to have i
| more diSnitietl method Of doing this busi'
were very heavy, but no confusion was re-
! ported in the Offices, the only hitch being a
little delay III getting checks, owing to the
magnitude of the deliveries IN one or TWO
Instances
THE WANT OF STORAGE CAPACITY
ade, have already been referred to in Tllt:
TRIBUNE: In ordinary times Il warehouse,
man would pay Il holder half Il cent !; btlsllel
for putting grain into his. house, but yester--
day a holder actually paid one and i half
cents bushel for The privilege Of doing So: 50:
Iing Ill ''s ts e1eyator5prcvsns de tee snf con ae
try dealers from filling their contracts,
as they cannot ship here, the railroads fear
urIoatled. Some Of the warcilousenlen have
offered shippers a cent a bnshel tt take out Il
cargo III order to make room for the corn
coming in. Such Il state OF things is anolna-
Of bankers and merchants has been organ-
lied for the purpose of providing for grain
which should come here but does not. They
prol"se tu charter vessels :.nd linc ware
houses, and ask the Board Of Trade TO make
receipts issucu BY them regular" Il this
is done. and it is to be- hoped j. will be, the
blockade on storage capacity will be broken,
and the trade Of the city no longer be inter-
fercd with.
WHY THE ELEVATORS ARE FULL
The story goes That tile elut ut produce in
the elevators and the present war of the
Eastern trunk lines are very Intimately coli
nectcd-su much so that one will not end
until the other does, and neither will cUne
tn Il concius i'm until tile season OF navig
tiotl Is ended; all af which, il true. promises
November. According to the statements Ut 4
gentleman who has excellent llcans OF iii-
formation, the principal object. so far rs the
railroads are cOnccrncu. is to Keep tile elevil-
tors full until iarlEatioE is oyer. wien al
have to be carried by them. Then. they, will
find cars enough. Then they will be able to
furnish facilities for transporting everything
which is in the Chicago elevators.
NOTES
A proposition to change the membership
fee to tie Board OF Trade from -, sou to
5000 has been posted, and i'll ten days the
members will be called upon to decide the
question BY vote Some people Of promi-
hence Oh the board doubt if the change
would he wise one.
There is talk OF asking the Directors to fix
4 price ol, corn, for regulating the call for
margins, as provided iii the rule.
'rhust. who have been looking for corner
i'll oats are Informed that the President OF the
board delivered out all lie had yesterday.