The Republican journal., 1906-11-08
THE BIG POTATO WAREHOUSE.
Now GOO Feet Long and 125 Feet Wide.
Will be Extended 400 Feet Next Year.

Will De EAlcuuCu ,3OO 1SSS AsSAs ~~~~'
While The Journal has kept up from
week to week with the improvements at the
terminal of the Northern Maine Seaport
railway, and the big potato warehouse OF
Carter & Corey, potato dealers, whose
Headquarters are in Presque Isle, has had
frequent mention, the following from the
Bangor News will no doubt be read by
many with interest:
The building is at present 600 feet long
and 125 feet wide. Next year it Will De ex
tended 800 feet at the same width, which
will make 1t the largest potato storage piaiI
in the world.
The interior is divided into 200 frost-proof
commandments or bins, each holding 1900
barrels, making the total capacity 24O,OOO
barrels.
1t is situated at the shore end of the main
pier with facilities for receiving direct from
the cars and loading from the house into
vessels.
Although Cape Jellson is not the warm
est place in the country in the winter, the
builders have planned to make the building
frost-proof without artificial heat. Inc
outside of the building is covered with
three-ply asbestos on the walls, ana tour
ply on the roof. All the construction work
is tight, close and heavy.
Inside air spaces, hair insulation material
and the latest np-to date methods have been
used to insure sufficient warmth. Six ven
tilators in the roof six feet square, insure
good circulation.
A special feature of the building is the
system of electric conyeyors Tor haudnng
the potatoes, reducing the time and labor TO
a minimum. A.,
The cars are on the west side Of the
house, and when ready to unload false
bottom is placed in the car between the doors
underneath which is a belt, which carries
10 aS they SnOV9leu onto III
through the false bottom, to large box
holding ton, which is placed IN the alsies
on the west side of the house. There are four
electric hoists running on eye beams over
head, which take this box alter oelhg n \.
raise it to any desired height, take IT to
any desired height, take it to any aisle,
and stop at any bin desired. BY an in
genious method of tripping the potatoes IN
this box fall into a hopper, which by sys-
TEN of belts raises the potatoes, carries
the bins and deposits them without bruis-
ing, This last belt can be set at any angle,
which accommodates itself, as the bins are
filed, to any desired height.
The bins are braced with heavy IRON roas
to prevent bullying. 1t is estimated that 20
cars can be unloaded and deposited in the
bins in ten hours.
The potatoes are taken from the bins by
A novel method through the bottom OF the
bin, where they fall on to a belt driven by
49,
in the aisle The asserting or racking is all
done on this belt, which can be RIM at any
speed desired. When the potatoes reach
the end of this belt they fall into the bags
which are on a scale that works automatlcal-
TX stoppjng the flow when the desired weight
is reached. The bags are then sewed and
taken to the storage room, holsted oy ma
chinery into piles, where they are ready Tor
the steamers.
The ARRANGEMENT for transferring from
hant 10 n
carrier, built even with the floor of the
house, abont three feet wide and 600 feet
long, which is run by electric power, ana
extends on to wharf so feet wide and l,loo
feet long, which is as fine specimen OF
wharf building as can be found along tne
Atlantic coast At the end of this carrier is
a short carrier, running at right angles, the
latter extending into the side port Of the
boat, and which deposits the potatoes into
the hold, without handling, at the rate OF
from Ii to 10 bags per minute, thereby avoid
ing the bruising, incident to transfer.
Carter 4 Corey have made this building a
public warehouse where storage for all
kinds of merchandise as well as potatoes
will be furnished, Warehouse receipts Will
be issued, upon which those who store po-
tatoes can borrow money from their banks.
Transportation is already assured. one
of the Maine Coast Transportation Cos.
steamers is at the dock at time OF writing
The Eastern 5. 5. Co. in connection Win
the Clyde Line IS expected Oh lhe route III d
few days. Schooners are always to be had,
and the new auxiliary schooner Northiand,
built by the Great Northern Paper Co., is eX-
pected to make her first trip here the first
part of November
Too much praise cannot be given to Pres.
Cram of the b. & a. r. r., for the splendid
facilities afforded Northern Aroostook farm
ers by the Seaport Road to Cape JellSon.
Almost equals in Importance to the farm
ers Of the northern part of the state is the
building of this mammoth potato house,
which is bound to be great success.
The Importance of the movement OF pota,
toes before the frost is much to desired, and
with this house as IA storage depot, Northern
Aroostook should progress by leaps and
bounds What would that fertile section OF
the country be without the b. & A.