Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-28
YALE'S INDUSTRIES.
A Peep into the Workings Of our
Grain Dealers.

BY no means just appreciation is
generally held Of the magnificent facil-
tiles possessed by our people for hand
ling farm produce. There is no town
in northern st. Clair county which can
boast of advantages of such vast inn
port to the seller as are offered by the
natural position of our village. Yale
is situated in the midst of the richest
farming district in the county, and al
though deprived of the waterfront
which other places enjoy, 1T amply
makes up for this, and we might say.
is given an advantage by having rich
farming district spread all around 1t.
This gives our dealers the opportunity
of handling such immense quantities of
produce direct from the farmer that he
is enabled to do it OH a very small mar
gin of profit and still succeed so favor
ably as to be thoroughly responsible.
Moreover, Yale is at the head of the
direct line of railroad to Port Huron
and so has an outlet for its produce di-
rect upon the lake-frOnt. on which car
riage rates to the large produce empo-
RUINS are very cheap. This, of course,
means just so much better prices to the
producer, AS competition is bound to
~
alton. There are no towns of great i'm
portance between Yale and the lake
front to intercept her influence so 1t is
without a competitor
With all these significant advantages
it would be strange if Yale did not
handle immense quantities of farm
commodities. In truth there is not a
village anywhere in this section which
compares with it in the amount of such
material handled. In the first place
there is
McPHEE'S STEAM ELEVATOR.
Probably few villages of its size can
show more complete elevator in ev-
cry sense of the word thar is possessed
| by Mr.. McPhee here. 1t is sure to be
almost the first building seen on
entering the village. and cannot but
leave favorable impression as to the
enterprise of our villagers. This struc-
ture was built in 1887 by McPhee Il
Grinnell. In 1889 w. w. Grinnell sold
his interest to Mr.. McPhee; and since
that time its management has been i'll
the hands of James Ilisey.
TIE BUILDING
itself is large and commodlous; and is
rendered practically lire-proof from
without by covering Of iron-plate
Within the arrangements are models of
convenience. All the work is done by
elevation. The farmer merely dumps
his grain into u hopper. where 1t is
readily weighed. Then it is elevated
by twelve-horse-power engine TO the
huge bins above which have Il caDacity
OF $1,000 bushels. This affords an easy
means Of loading cars. The side-track
is close up to the elevator, and thus
1000 hUsnelS can be loaded III an hour
There il IN the elevator altogether 4,2O0
feet OF 'Oor-roOm. a great deal of
this rOOln is utilized as store room for
lime, salt. hair, etc, for which they
have a good market. They also have Il
Cleaner with capacity of 1000 bushels
per hour. which makes it altogether a
lirst-class elevator.
1t is not generally known how big q
business is being done in our midst in
this line. More than POO carloads of
grain are shipped yearly from this ele-
vator alone. This grain comes from
twenty miles around; from Capac, EN-
met. Croswell, and points east and
west. No place else can afford to pay
the high prices paid here. The pre-
liminary expenses have been reduced
to the lowest point; and the result is
proving their elt0rt.
OTHER PRODUCTS.
In addition they handle about 1000
tons of hay yearly, and from 10000 lbs.
to 10000 lbs. of wool. Their facilities
also warrant them in handling poultry.
dressed-pork and potatoes; in all Of
which they do a large business. They
have shedding-capacity for 100 tons of
coal, which is growing article of mer-
chandise in this community.
HICKEY's GRAIN HOUSE.
Although Mr.. Hickey does not pos
sess all the advantages for handling
grain, still the natural facilities of the
country are his to an equal extent, and
he does in this one article a very large
business. Mr.. Hickey began buying in
1882 for =. B. Sanborn of Port Huron,
and then for James Ferguson 81 Co. in
this same place. Afterwards, in 1886,
he bought out o. w. Mills grain-house,
and then also the Sanborn grain-house.
He has operated them ever since; but
for some time now i'm connection with
Phil Walker. who now owns q one
third interest. Mr.. Hickey deals chief
ly in grains. He. ships yearly about 175
carloads. He deals also to some ex-
tent in lime, salt, furs, dressed pork,
game, etc. 1t is Mr.. IIickeys belief
that the season has been very favorable
indeed for the farmer thus far. High
prices have generally prevailed. lie
thinks that about half of the grain is
in. Mr.. Hickey thoroughly sympathiz-
es with the farmer; and is proud to say
that he himself manages exclusively a
beautiful farm of PIP acres near the
village. lie understands the wants OF