People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-29
That 10000 BuShel Elevator.

The Hunter elevator will be bull
on the southeast corner of the com
pany'S property, Immediately between
the two tracks leading to the mill
and so arranged that grain can be re-
ceiyed from or deposited in cars OF
both tracks at the same time. Th(
excavation for the basement of the
structure has been finished. Accord
ing to the Daily Nails figures, the
basement will be twelve feet in height
and will coutain the cOnveyOrS, hop.
perS, elevator boots and a Charter
gas engine, 15-hOrSe-pOwer, which will
furnish the power for the operation
of the elevator and all the cleaning
machines and other machinery,
the elevator being entirely uncOnnect-
ed with the mill or the steam power.
The building will be 4Ox6O feet on the
ground, fronting 40 feet on the east,
the bins II feet in height, excluding
the S-foOt hOpperS at the bottom of
each. There will be thirty bins, TWEEN
ty-four of them being 7xlO feet and of
the height mentioned. holding 200
bushels each: two SxlO holding 300
bushels each: and four 5xS holding =
700 each. In the center on the east
side will be a room 16X2o. extending
upward the full heightof the bins. for
StairWays. etc. Above the bins on
the east side will be a house % feet in
width, 10 feet in height and extend
ing half the length Of the building.
containing the cleaning machines.
dust collectors, hopper scales. elevator
heads and conyeyors. The entire
height Of the elevator will be at least
100 feet.
Over the remaining length of the
structure will be built a house 1Ox12.
large enough to give room to deliver
grain to all the bins. The outer
walls and all the walls of the bins will
be built in different, manner from
any elevator nearer thin Kansas CITY
They will consist Of 2x3 and 2x5-incb
tlmbers laid fiat and nailed with %
penny spikes, the walls being built I'D
IN this manner the entire height.
much in the same manner a log house
Is built. The corners will be lapped
and each corner of each bin braced
with cross pieces. Timbers l2x12
inches on the stone foundation will
support the structure. The roof will
be Of fireprOOf material, either ashes.
tOs or tin. The sides will be covered
with corrugated iron. An immense
amount OF lumber will be required in
the Observation-Disclosures 20 and 3:
carloads, or about 100000 Thousand
teet. The contract for lumber wa,
awarded to f. A. Amsden. Work or
the masonry began Monday anC
MeSSrS. Hunter and Hutchins expect
to have the elevator completed with
In 30 days from that time. The ele
yator will be left rough on the west
In order that additional bins NAV b,
added at any time.
The object the Hunter Milling ca
has in building the elevator is to us
a portion of the bins and rent or leas
the remainder to farmers or dealers il
grain. A farmer can load his whea
at any station in Sumner connecte,
with the Santa Fe, or Southern Kan
SaS roads, or for that matter at an
place in Harper. COwley or any othe
county, and have it stored here in
separate bin until he gets enough O
Is ready to ship, the wheat being aire,
by transferring from one bin to an
other as often as desirable. and bein
kept in good condition.