Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-15
A GREAT GRAIN ELEVATOR DE-
MANDED.
A Few Facts Not Even Comprehended
by Wichita's Business Men.

The EAGLE has on more than one oc.
| cassion called the attention of our local
| capitalists to the importance of building
grain elevators in this city. 1t is fact
that might just as we'll be admitted,
that Wichita has never been equal to
the task Of handling the gram that seeks
market here. The one important
thing in connection with the grain trade
here is that but very few of our bust
ness men have ever realized that Wich-
tia is natural distributing point for a
very large per cent of the grain raised
in southern Kansas. Whenever the sub
ject of building grain elevators is dis
cussed the greater number Of our bust
ness men look at it from the standpoint
of the eastern markets. They do not
3eem to realize that while eastern and
European markets to a certain extent
govern the price of grain here, that very
little of our grain comparatively
ever finds its way to those markets.
More than nine-tenths Of the grain rails
ed in this county is sold on local mar
kets and is consumed at home. 1t is to
supply this local trade that large eleva-
tor of 200. COO bushel capacity is need
ed in Wichita. A local capitalist came
to us few days ago with scheme to
build line Of elevators from Wichita to
the gulf, and. strange to say, some
eastern parties with plenty of money
had signified their intention OF putting
their capital into the enterprise. 1t did
not require but few minutes to con-
vince him that only very small per
cent of the grain raised in Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma for years to come
would ever find its way to the gulf. But
that there was plenty of money to be
made in building large elevator in this
cityssand holdinglgrain for the local trade.
In order to give our business men some
idea of the grain trade here we will give
some facts obtained from j. W. Hawn
this morning. Mr.. Hawn is not only
the largest shipper of grain in this city,
but in the state of Kansas. He says bis
trade would be much larger if we had
elevators here of sufficient capacity to
receive and hold the grain that belongs
to Wichita and would come here.
Mr.. Hawn showed us list of his or
ders that he is now filling that will
better than anything we can say illus
trate our idea for what purpose a large
elevator is needed here. We give the
orders, leaving out the name by request,
but any business man in Wichita desir-
ing to do SO, Mr.. Hawn says may come
to him and see the names.
Grand Junction, Colorado, three cars
oats, two cars corn chop; Pine
Bluff, Arkansas. three cars corn,
four cars corn chop; Coal
vile, Utah, one car corn and oats;
Deming. New Mexico, one car corn and
oats chop; Galveston, Texas, ten cars
wheat; Silver City, New Mexico, eighty
cars pressed hay; Fort Worth, Texas,
twenty cars wheat; Hillsdale, New York,
one car corn and oats; Macon, Georgia,
seven cars corn; Havana, Cuba, via New
Orleans, one car corn: Pueblo, Colorado,
three cars corn; Salt Lake, Utah, one car
oats: White Oak, New Mexico, one car
oats: West Water, Utah, one Car oats;
Little Rock, Arkansas, one car oats;
Provo, Utah, one Car corn; Springville,
one Car oats.
The elevators in this city now are not
able to handle and hold the grain that is
coming here. This morning there were
seventy-one cars of grain on the track to
be unloaded. What we want is an ele-
vator large enough to handle the grain
and fill such orders as the above which
were received in one day by j. w. Hawn
q Co.
These orders figure up for single
day, of WichIta's grain market, as will
be seen, forty-one thousand, nine humid
red bushels of grain, leaving no further
argument in favor of the demand for an
immense elevator at this point necessary
from which orders like the above could
be Immediately filled, without waiting
to unload and clean and reload, or with
out the possibility of catching the
commission merchant at a time
when he would find it I'M
possible to respond Immediately.
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