Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-26

stowed in the very bottom OF the null
It is shipped more toward the cehtle
~ the vessel where it will ride easy
without, however, doing lnuch ~
steady the ship. In the case Oh passeh-
ger steamships, where staDlilly 10 "
element and an asset to the o"lielS VI
Tho croft as rule the heaviest cargo
10 loaded furthcst toward the Keel Oh
the ship, where its weight woula count
like 90 much ballast in preventing Ile
shin from rolling. When steVeaore
nrovides this stability against rolling
he saws that he "stiffens the snip. IL
raonires at least 1900 tons to stiHen
a big modern ocean liner.
Rv far the most important contrlV-
once used in the loading OF an ocean
steamer is the grain elevator, the taii'
bouselike river skyscraper seen uhuei
tow nm the lower East and North rlV'
ers. AS a monster OF mechanical per
rect;on and at the same time laoor-
sav,ng device, which has made lts III
Anence felt in the very price OF wheat
the grain elevator, aside from lts IN
taresting connection with ocean steahi-
ers. is a wonderful contrlVahee. in''
20 towed alongside the steamer 10 DC
loaded. and at once begins TO dlsgoree
a Niagara of wheat or grain into the
hold of q vessel. A huge iron pipe
bie enough for a man to crawl into, IL
directed down the hold, and OUT VI II
eows two-foot stream Of grain. FROM
.ooO to 1000 bushels of grain are loaaeo
bv the elevator every hour. From IL,
nm to $4,000 bushels are required u
6ll the hold of ship-and every ior's
n bushels Of grain are reckoheu do
I ton.
). AS the grain is turned into the hol'
o mon are sent below with shovels U
|. trim" the cargo. That means III
>. grain must be shoveled or scooped i.io
q avery nook and crevice and evenly ols
. tributed Gazing into hold at a gan
NJ of "trimmers" in operation Is lin
!, looking at men through fog at da"l
=. Chaff and dust fly so thickly that III
% less a beholder is used TO the lnpu'
-. ties he would choke himself cougnih
nassenRer vessel would carry frol
80 20 600 to 6O,OOO bushels of grain loaae
~ in this way. A freighter, Dulit II
~ grain carrying, would readily al
~ twice thot amount and even more.
- -, While the grain elevator Is at Wo
ad ~ on one hold of the steamer the co
ns barges and the "canalers' are ora'
49, nm TO the tall side of the vessel 81
~. node ready to give up their blac
-, shiny loads intended for the Dunke
-, and the batteries of boilers that "
9. enaw into the supply at the rate
nU 4OO tons of coal day. There Is
snecial machinery used to load c(
tne as into steamship. Every pound or II
~ shoyeled by hand into iron oucKe
.ns which are hoisted out OF the part
-er- bv means of block and tackle a
eA, steam winches and dumped into
nus shaped pockets opening like lun
Gus ont of the side of the vessel. Y!
INC dumped. the cargo is stored by gal
'ait of coalheavers on the inside OF the s
IL where the heaps of coal are piled nj
'om or and higher until the piles seem
age' surplus mounds at the mouth OF
'ay. mine. Time was when coal was ioa
and "over ALL" the same as other cal
OWN But the loading into the sides OF
ess. vessels much of the dust and CRIME
ma o,dental to coaling ship Is avoided,
ap' though even in few modern stean ste n
not the old "over all" method Is still u
ility But the loading of the pa!.-y CT Il
In Ia the least troublesome TO the 81