The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1883-03-29
WHEAT, coRm, FLOUR AND noes.
WICHITA THf saf. q r.! .a:KfT m '~t STARE
From These Fsur csnmelities the Farmers 81
SedNuick ceuaty Received, me csreat
Wear. IN thls market, the Sem
Of 81 sal 92t g.

Our reporter. at great pains. has gathered
from the books OF the mills, ELEVATORS and
livestock shippers the transactions In grain.
wheat aud hogs for the past three iourths
Of year. These figures are from the books
Of the different firms and are perfectly reli.
able, susceptible of vcrifcatiou by afiadyit
IL necessary. A. they were given in conf
dence that aggregates might be reached
only. each buyer and shippers figures were
destroyed as soon as compiled. Hut the az.
gregates are what will interest our reader.
and these we give, guaranteeing their aecu-
racy. or course they do not comprise the
output Of the county as whole, but just
those Of this city for the fraction Of the
year ending next June. This article shows
conciusively that Wichita is also the great
est milling point In the State OF Kansas:
When Wichita was the shipping point for
all Of SeJgwick, sumner, Cowley and part
Of Butler counties. the grain trade was i'm
mense, running up TO millions Of bushels.
The immense trafic in produce accumulated
at this point built up every other branch OF
business aud the place built 30 rapidly that
one frequently heard the remark that Wich-
ita IS too large for the country upon which
It must depend for Its trade when the Santa
Fe railroad should extend south. The San
IA fe built on south, and the L., l.. & q.
built east and west through the counties OF
Cowley and Sumner, and the Frisco and
the Florence branch OF the Santa Fe have
crossed Butler county from east to west and
from north to south. The grain trade
which would, before the building Of these
roads, have como TO Wichita, was turned to
make important shipping points of Eldora-
do, Augusta, Douglass, Andover, Derby,
Mulvane, Belle Plaine, Caldwell, yelling.
ton. oxford and Winfield. Contrary 10 all
expectation Wichita did not die. but has
kept booming In way that can only be ex.
planned In the fact that the development OF
this valley has more than kept pace with
the railroad building. The present grain
trade of Wichita, derived from the territory
so greatly reduced In extent from former
years Is still much greater than those who
have no immediate knowledge Of the bust.
ness are led to oppose. The Touring mills
located here require large amounts Of wheat.
At present we have five mills completed:
The City Mills. owned by Shellabsrgers,
Im,o,., 4 oliver have , ., ,citv M 90
barrels per day.
Tho n,.mon, MILL Dorsev sme,,zer 4
Tucker. eapaeity Of = barrels DER day.
The Zephyr Mills. J. G. Dean. capacity Of
~ b,rrels ner dav
Farmer. and Merch,p,. Mills owned Inv
Hurst and RIM nv yole 4 Williams. c,nac.
,,v or Az lorreI. n.r aay
The Uvdraulic Mills. Deaenbauyb. Lewis
e. 70 e,r,citv or 70, horre,. Nor ia,
Thcsa MILL which arc now all comnIeted
an, 4, r,nnirg order have A.. c,paci,v n,
5-O b,r,e,s nor d,v which will, reouire D "a
hpshel. ar wheat nor d,v These mills
tina, 4. those that were comnleted and run.
nipy the frs, or last JuIv have since TIM,
time boucb, from wagons an .OOo bushels
or wheat
i q Nutner Todd uarre,son e. "a I
y r,r,onc ~ " Albeit N.ssrs Ke,,o,o
p,rvis, and Iohnson have .h;n,ed $40 40.
busbeIs AccorJin, IN the hest inform,,,on
obtainable there vet remain. of the wheat
cron 70 he marketed % per cent. or 90. asa
busheI. m,xin, 4, nj, receiyed NJ Wichita
AL 80 busbe,. Tbi. nj 20 cents ner
bu,bel. would reprcsen, 4. cash value Of
sIOsr ts,.
There has been Skinned duripp the same
time from This Mace .ca 20 bushels of
corn Those los, informed s.v N nor cent
Of the corn vet remains 10 he skinned
or 1874, bushels. making I'm all. hi,
wears sbipment of corn from Wichita, sss
"a bushels. which Mt ~ cents per busbel.
represents , valuc of saI, soI as
There have been Skinned since .yulv first
% s,i bushels Of oats. and 70 go bushels Of
millct seed.
This makes the entire ,bipment. Of four
serials named. from this p,ace. I. l69 a:0
bushels. By the time tbese grains are nil
sbinned tho .mouot will have reached more
81. a oe, oo, -. -, 49,. g. III,
.nAn E'oo-'Vo p"'he's' anu our i"r'ners WIN
have received for the same more than sl,.
300. 900.
Nox, 4, ;m,or,,n.e IN tho grain trade
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