Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-22
LARGEST
WEEKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO.
TYPICAL CHICAGO ENERGY,

The George Il. Swift Company. the
great Chicago corporation of general
contractors, of which Hon. George H.
Swift. ex.Mayor of Chicago. is the
head. are doing over one million dol
lars worth of work ut New Orleans.
They are now building Il fire.proof
cotton warehouse twenty-five hundred
C2.2OOl by one hundred and fifty 05O
feet in size, the very dimensions Of
which give an idea of the Importance
of the work.
The rebuilding of the Stuyvesant
terminal at New Orleans, burned on
Feb. 20 last. has been pushed with
characteristic energy by the I. c. Il. X.
Co., and on June 20 the first of the two
elevators of the Stuyvesant Docks was
ready for operation. Work was not
begun on Elevator + until April /,
after which the foundations had to bc
relaid making the actual work of
building Il little less than 90 days. typ
zeal. indeed, of Chicago energy. Mean.
time work has been going on on Elc.
vator u. which should he ready for
operation on Oct. I. by which time the
entire docks will have been rebuilt and
cleaned up. making the terminal as
complete as any in the world.
These elevators and conveyor CALLER.
les. now being constructed. will form
one of the most extensive American
terminal systems for transferring and
storing grain. 1t Is composed Of two
elevators of 100000 and 100000
bushels capacity respectively. They
art OF the standard wood construction
and are supplemented by 1880 feet of
belt conveyOr galleries of fireproof con-
struction. composed of steel and tile
which will house over G,4OO feet of
belt conveyor.
Elevator "E" q 800, 900 bushels ca.
pncity) Is equipped with fourteen ele
vators OF 5000 bushels capacity each
seven of which, the receiving legs, ar.
for the purpose of elevating the grain
from cars. which may be placed OF
either side Of them. The others 9TH,
shipping legs elevate the grain from
the bins bottom when 1t is required
for shipment and transfer 1t to the bel
conveyors in the galleries.
Directly under the scales Is place,
4O-foot reversible belt conveyOI
equipped with tripper and leaders, ant
by means of system of Mayo Spout
the grain may be spouted from an,
scale TO any bin in the house, includ
ing those which serve the shippin
belt. Stationary spouts also are con
structed so that the grain may b
placed in bins in the immediate vicln
~ of the scales without the use Of tn
belt conveyor.
Elevator ID" 100000 bushels "a
pacityJ will be equipped with six II
ceivlng stands Of elevators and fOu
stands Of shipping elevators, each q
5000 bushels capacity, the general al
rangement Of the machinery being sin
liar TO that OF Elevator "E."
The belt gallery system will be con
posed of one gallery 1850 feet lon.
running parallel with the wharf an
four galleries leading from the tw
elevators and joining the wharf ga
lery N such points as to make III
belts Of suitable lengths to accomm'
date one vessel each. The wharf ga
lery will be equipped with seven belt
while three of the house galleries al
equipped with two belts each and OF
with one belt making in all 6,iUO f.,
of belt. These are each 80 inches wi(
and are driven at approximately 100
feet per minute. At this speed thu
will each convey $1,000 bushels p,
hour.
Each Of the belt conveyors from Il
elevators discharges the grain upC
their respective belts in the wharf ga
lery, which in turn discharges !
means OF self-propelllng trlppers in
the dock spouts placed along the "a
lery, thus making 1t possible 10 loi
seven vessels at one time mt the IA
OF 1900 bushels per hour each.
The power to drive the elevators al
conyeyors Is supplied by steam plan
OF late design, located at the elevator
the power being transmitted by meal