The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

as His Firm is Not Only Engaged in
Handling Grain, But are Large Import
ers as weII-He Desires to Establish
Distributing House in Kansas From
Which to Send Out Imports Received
wichita's and GaIveston's Interests.
Among the visitors to Wichita yes
terday who were found at the Carey
by an Eagle reporter was W. A. White
who represents the we'll known firm
of Fordtran, Hutchings & Co, export
ers and importers at Galveston, Texas.
being engaged in conversation he said:
I'VE are in the business Of exporting
grain at the present time and expect
TO remain in the Lone Star State. We
are also engaged in importing large
invoices Of foreign goods, consisting OF
sugars, and cOffees. We also hope %
establish general distributing house
in Kansas, and for that purpose I have
visited Wichita. The firm is one com
posed Of gentlemen Of well known fin
ancial ability, known throughout the
financial world. MIR. Hutchings Of the
firm is the son Of Hucchings of the fam
Gus firm of Ball, Hutchings & Co, Of
Chicago.
The grain business is at last center
ing at Galveston, as is shown by the
following account found in the New
Years edition of the Galveston News
as follows: With the splendid show
ing of water ON the bar and the advent
OF the newM. K and T. r. r. and
little stirring up Of the old roads. Gal
weston is becoming quite an exporter
,,fr nj Of 1,fc Z
scarcely a day that the Galveston
Wheat company's big elevator does not
work TO nearly its full capacity of I'M
loading two hundred and fifty cars.
The benefit of our deep water and the
facilities of the elevator was Well illus
trated lately by the loading Of the big
steamship Helen, r. II. Mcneil, master
This big ship received from the elevator
in eight hours 12S,COO bushels of corn,
three hours of this time being consumed
in turning the vessel, the vessel making
the actual delivery time of the eleva-
tor five hours. The elevator also sack
ed for this ship sixty carloads of corn,
80 600 bushels in fifteen hours and could
have reduced this time one half Of this
amount The HELEN received at the
elevator II goo bushels and lighted 1880
to finish her cargo of 1880 bushels.
This would make line of well loaded
freight cars two and One-eighth miles
long, is s, S4S, 600 pounds or 3,950 long tons
This cargo of corn was bought by the
owners of the vessel, Shaw, Pollock
& Co, and goes to Belfast, Ireland.
Captain Mcneil said he had often load
ed his ship with full cargOs of grain
ait various Atlantic ports but was never
so quickly loaded before and had he
have waited ten hours longer before
leaving port ne need not have lighted
a single pound. This is the biggest
cargo of corn ever shipped from a SOU
them port.
Since the entering Of the above the
water has deepened nearly two feet
and now accommodates all vessels with
full cargOs without Eghtage that enter
the port.
"Thus you see that Galveston is al
ready the shipping point naturally for
all the surplus grain of Kansas, and
in return for the grain we desire TO de
liver direct with but little handling the
goods imported by our firm.
81 am we'll pleased with Wichita and
its great railroad facilities ana think
I can gather sufficient data during my
stay here to cause the house To esitab-
lish a distributing depot at Wichita
l am gathering statistics for the use
OF the firm and ! expect on my next Wis
it to have business with the Wichita
Commercial club.
wichita and Galveston should he
brought closer together. Their inter
ests are not conflicting but mutual and
1 hope to see more than one firm have
interests at both places"