The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19
MEN WAY 70 HANDLE WHEAT
1irst Plant on PucaAc Coasf 80 he
Fitted with This Ftre-Preof I'M
prevenenf-Contrse FOR Ss
.er-ctse. a Ne Let This Year.

A marked Innovation In the nnssnod o.
handling wheat In elevators ara al s,
Touring mills II esout 70 % ihass.ss1 a. a.
Seattle, which viii be the nfss place Az
rr,yenaer.ta are 10 be utilized. .. Z. kei-
sers sr one Qf the directors OF tiAs eo.n-
pai1y operating the Peerless noarins MI,
10 lie erected in this city witAsn tae 49, -
fevr months is now in the East arranging
for ire machinery Of the plant. which VII
1nelr1as two or three of the nre-proof
etael grain s.egators manufactured 5y tho
Steel Storage and Eesatgr CONSTRUCTION
This special machinery will consist OK
m elevator tower and the alright GYM
drical tanks. In handling grain IN these
appliances IL In emptied from the sacks a.
efse Sailroad track into hoppers,4 and con-
veysd thence by air currents through
large pipes to the storage tanks On the
way the wheat Ii blown against sisves.
and the cir passing through !, clsanses
and dries IL 30 that BY the time 1t reaches
the tanks II IL thoroughly clean. and as
0hese receiving vaults are air-ught !. H4ay
remain thsre an indefinite time without
sweating or being otherwise injured Wnen
the miF desires 10 use the grain X II
blown back to the mill hoppers or bins AZ
desired. In similar manner 70 tho nfst
movement.
away with the frequent handling neces-
eary 10 preserve the quality in the ordin-
airy methods OF storing 1t In wooden bins.
and also renders insuring unnecessary. as
the tanks are absolutely fre-proof An
other advantage Ii that the min equipped
with this feature may engage I'm the com
merciai handling OF grain. without extra
effort. as the same metnod or blowing into
the ship IL used. one OF the pipes being
placed Into each hatch os tho vessel. and
The grain moved as rapidly as the I'M
mensc suction Of the air can take 1t.
These tanks arg being adopted by many
are found to be such an Improvement that
their installation Is expected to become
general The Canadian Pacific Railway
q this type pc At For, william. Canada.
ewenty-four OF them having a capacity OF,
40O0000 bushels.
Mr.. Kelsey is In Minneapolis at present,
arranging the details OF the construction
OF the Seattle establishment. Before he
returns he will examine plants In Pitts
burg, New York and Boston He writes
from Minneapolis that a great deal OF In
tcrest IL being manifested there In the
progress being made by Seattle and other
parts OF Washington In the Touring mill
industry, and that they are beginning 10
competitor OF the Flour State for business,
not only across the Pacific. which posi-
ton II already holds, but also In the states
between here and Minnesota.
Contracts for the construction work OF
The Peerless mill are expected TO be let
within the next six weeks. 1t IL the In
tenfion to FIRST MI In the entire block of
ground north OF Battery street, between
Eliiott and Railroad avenues and the
buildings and elevators viii then be con-
etructed on masonry piers supported by
nsasy clusters OF heavy piling driven
through the filled ground TIE min build
Ing will be i've stories In height. The
capacity will be L. 90 barrels n day 10 start
with. but tho min will be so Arranged.
That this may be increased at Will TO 3eoo
barrels a day, which weuid give II a larg-
or output than that Of any other mill now
on the Pacific coast. II Is expected that
chs mill VIII be In operation by next
summer.