The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-11
COATES WILL RUILD
Plans for a Steel Elevator Are
Completed.
GRAIN CENTER ASSURED
Three Big Buildings With an
Immense Capacity.
GRAIN CENTER ASSURED

Wichita IS going TO have another new
elevator that VIII have storage capacity
OF not less than fifty thousand bushels
Of grain The P F Coates Grain com
pany VII build IT. It VII have steel bins
and VIII be freprooE
The Coates company have been figuring
on al elevator here for some tine ard
yesterday il vas announced that the ar
rangements have been completed and the
I company wiz build T. ". II Chatter %
Claim, who win have an Interest IL the
elevator, VIII be here IN 2 day or two and
he and Mr.. Coates VIII select the site
for the elevator and work VIII be COM
menced at once.
Ar Coates last evening showed re-
porter for the Eagle q plan OF the new
structure, and IL viii be something new in
Wichita in the lie Of grain elevators.
The working room VIII BE- on the ground
floor and the bins VII be made nearly ar
tight ia case Of fire. II would seem on
first thought that q steel elevator would
cost q good deal OF money. but the dif-
ferent bids submitted show that the steel
bins only cost about one-third more than
the wooden bins
The fact that Wichita is going 10 b.
come q great inland grain and milling
center IS every day becoming more and
more evident The foundations OF a great
market are being laid and they are be-
ing laid deep and strong. Grain men are
no longer discussing possibilities of such
an outcome but they concede that IL is
already foreordained and they are get
ting ready 70 gather their share Of the
golden grain that is going 10 low into
wichita.
The trouble heretofore has been storage
room. but IN an Incredibly short time this
city Is going TO have storage capacity
for a quarter Of million bushels Of
grain. The large force Of men at work
last night finished the concrete work on
which viii rest the foundation Of the E
K Nevling grain elevator. The concrete
base for the five inside walls are four feet
wide and two feet deep. The base for the
outside walls is three and a half feet wide
and IS inches deep. on this base VIII soon
be built the foundation for the new ele-
vator. And before the building IS fairly
under way another big elevator VIII be
fixed fact With the Nevling elevator.
the Watson elevator and the Imboden ele-
vators all running wichita viii be able 10
take care of a good deal OF grain.
People VIII recall the first effort made
here To secure large elevator and how II
failed on account Of the failure Of Mr..
Caldwell 10 carry out his agreement. In
the light Of recent events # can be
plainly seen that NJ Caldwell is the man
who lost a golden opportunity. Wichita
was. knocked clear out over the ropes IL
that round, but the spunk OF Wichota
was aroused and she crawled back into
the ring and Won the fight in the end.
People who admire pluck and energy
VIII Be pleased 20 see R F. Coates the
owner Of a fine elevator ia this city. He
more than any other man in the city has
for a number OF years kept Up the inter
est in big elevators for Wichita. He has
worked and talked. and talked and
worked. until everybody who knew him
became impressed with his IDEAS in re-
gard % the QrohtabIsness Of a large
grain elevator in this city. When Wich-
tia has become one Of the great grain
centers OF the west. r z. Coates viii be
as the pioneer who blazed the
way for big elevators.