The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-05-15
A PERFECT ELEVATOR,
That Of >. A. Engslhart, Located on the
NOrfhW esfern.

Northwestern.
The independ dent elevator Of j..
B gelhart has been formally thrown
|open for public business. Ct is one
|of the finest elevators, from the
stand point Of convenience, that has
been erected. The structure is
located on the former site Of the AL
las elevator, which was destroyed
Iby fire several months or SO ago,
land is really the only independe
elevator that is located on the
North western tracks in this city at
| the present time.
The building, with all its fixtures
T and furniture, cost Mr. Engelhart
ii the neigh borhood of 81 900, about
so. 900 more than be intended put
ting in the structure when he start.
led to build, but which extra amount
he is glad that he added to the cost.
on accounted the many extra con-.
veniences it has purchased for him.
The elevator has II bins, with a
capacity Of 30, 600 bushels.
The shape IS IN harmony with the.
modern elevator of to-day. The
central portion running well into
the air. and with wings on either
side. In the central portion is the
greatest bin capacity The shaft is
|directto the roof; and the elevator
cups are among the largest manu-
featured for elevator purposes.
he convenience Of the structure
is in its spouting system, whereby
an immense amount Of grain can be
handled in a day with very little
work on the part of employees. The
|Gerber spouting system is used,
and this prevents grain from being.
mixed. no matter what may happen
in the interior of the elevate
The building is braced unusually
strong, the main spans in the CEN
ter having the new mode of elevator
arch supports, considered the
strongest that can be applied to the.
interior of elevators.
In addition to other elevator fix
lures Mr.. Engelhart has put in a
Clipper cleaner, capable Of cleaning
800 bushels Of grain every hour
and doing the work to perfection.
This machine is. in but very few
country elevators. and will greatly
assist the proprietor in having his
grain go before the buyers in per-.
feet condition. Eight selves for.
fax alone accompany this machine,
and fax IS equently cleaned
perfectly Wheat passing through
this machine is ready for the mill;
Mr.. Engelhart estimates that with
the machine he will be able to han.
die as high as 5000 bushels of.
wheat per day.
The elevator is furnished with
power from an eight horse gasoline;
Howe engine one Of the latest pat
terms turned out by the Howe COM
pany, as we'll as the very latest.
type Of gasoline engine. The fea-
lures of the engine, in addition to
its perfect work, is the quickness.
with which it can be started, the
hand pumping and electrical con-
nections being the finest on the
market. The pulley and shafting.
system are also of excellent design
while,the Office has been erected so
that Mr.. Engelhart can see every
thing that is going on in the engine
room, and in the elevator, from his
desk at a glance. a dump and hop-
per scale is provided, while in the
Office is one Of the latest patented
Howe beam scales, the accuracy of
which is guaranteed
In addition to the grain business
Mr.. Engelhart will also handle the
Deering machinery, and variety
of buggies and carriages, the latter
being kept in she'd erected for the
purpose as an annex to the elevator
on the east.
BIDS FOR SEWER.
Council Orders 3 900 Feet Of New Sewer