The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-03
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HOW NEW YORK
LOADS GRAIN SHIPS
Thousands Of Tons Of Wheat
Handled Each Day.
WONDERFUL APPLIANCES USED
Enormous Elevators Suck up Con-
tents Of Boats and BsrgeS aud De
pOSll The Cereals In Steamers.
Nsw York Tribune.

Nfg York Tribune.
The ocean liGSr lay at her pier In the
heat and sun Of an early September
afternoon. The heat was not opprrs-
Slyc. pp, the sun SIT hung high In the
heaycpa Causlns the sinel Of hides 20
pervAde the pier. Hides. however.
were not the point OF interest about
this Tranaa tlanllc leyiaihah that stood
hlgh up out oi the water. ready 10 re-
cciye her cargo Tor foreign ports. The
water foet backed 20 and FRO sluggish
" In the slip was overladen with a
yellow Jcum. The ship itself was only
one of three mechanical ngurs IN this
scene from the drama of commerce.
Next TO her ami far oyertopping her
upper decks s'sc the tower OF float
ing e'sv .tor on the other side Of the
elevator was n railroad bargc. sunk
deep In the water with It's load.
Grain was being rushed 20 Europe.
aud tho scene witnessed here could
nave been duplicated about New York
In half dozen places along the river
'front.' that same day. II Ia the month
of September that Eres the scurry and
hustle among the shippers Of forward
Ing wheat. corn. oats, rye, barley and
peas abroad To prince and pauper.
high born ana peasant, all over Great
Britain and the continent. 80 good
share ot the produets OF American
aelda
Just what proportion OF the crop is
sent away each year depends upon
conditions abroad. upon the failure or
success " their SEASONS. but Il never
lacks important volume, Uncertain.
too. are the demands Europe VIII make
upon America In this regard. ~ times
the calls become importunate and anx-
lous. and enough bottoms" cannot be
secured to hasten the grain over, Then
again may come a lax hour. when those
In the foreign trade scowl. and soon
u the bcggarly thousands OF bushels
called for. Such an hour IL IL In wheat
az the moment. though the "rougher
grains are being demanded In man
ncr that should satisfy the most exact
Ing money makers. Bot the eolnss out
u wheat are dlscouraglng, the ahippers
say. and not nearly up to last year.
one would never think this, however
II he should make the rounds Of the
steamships the elevators, the barges.
the grain canal boats about New York,
n. indeed. the shipments 70 foreign
lands are some thousands OF bushels
behind those Of last year Il is not no-
ticeablc to che neophyte In grain, The
pouring OF the yellow gold OF the
West" into the ships ls going on With
Just as marked activity
rhe total number OF bushels that 90
out Of New York is colossal In the
eight months ended September l, 1899,
Il, ,JOo. .OOO bushels Of wheat. sI,OOOOOO OF
corn. 100000 OF oats were loaded
along the North river and on tn Brook
lyn shore
In August OF this year there went
ont 100000 bushels Of Wheat, 100000
rye aud barley. And August is slack
month. '~'' "I-s'S 49,
september's Arst week showed $780,
35g bushels Of wheat. l,S6500O OF corn
ana e5O.OOO OF oats and barley. 1t is
indeed the year Of corn and the coarser
grains, with the prospect that before
october IL over wheat viii retrieve It.
self and win come close to the exports
of last season, II, In fact, It does not
pass them.
The pouring OF the yellow gold OF
the West" into the ships was phrase
made use Of above. Tint phrase Is
strictly accurate Pouring" and moth
Ing else is an apt designation OF the
re narkable way grain Ia put aboard II
these days. What the farmland OF the
West takes week to do, what a nun
dred iahorers would toll like Egyp'
tln slaves TO perform In an hour tha'
marvel Of mechanism, the grain eleVa'
tor, does In the twlnkllng of an eye
II sucks the grain up out OF a cana
boats or a barge's hold, weighs u VIII
inconceivable rapidity, CARRIES II up OF
high again and pours II into the ooeaI
steamers hold. An elevator Is out O
gear and behind the times It's captain
and crew slow and inadequate, II 1t can
not empty out an ordinary canal boat
whose cargo Is eight thousand bushels
weigh and screen this quantity an'
load II In the hold Of the iron shil
alongside In an even hour, or perhaps
fraction less. WE
Nor is tbs the entire power Of hrst
class elevator, floating or stationary
Those OF the floating variety one is ap
to give the most heed to. for they ar
most in evidence, following up the reg
ulor liners and the tramps, travelling
about the bay and the two rivers o
New York, wherever they may d
wanted. The mountain in this cas-
can seldom 60 to Mahomet Mahome
must needs seek out the mountain
Is rarely convenient for a tramp OF
liner to moor alongside OF stationar'
elevator. and thus the latter's plac'
I'm the grain trade Of New York Is