The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-07-02
More Grain Elevators to
Be Built in North Dakota

| In preparation for the handling and
storing of the immense crop of grain
which everything seems to indicate
will be harvested this year i'm North
Dakota elevators are going up like
magic at different points all over the
state They range i'm capacity from
$4,000 to $4,000 bushels and the
amount of grain which 1t will be pos
| sible to house in elevators this fall
VIII De greatly in excess Of that
which could be provided for last
year.
This ii is thought will relieve the
strain on the railroads which were
overtaxed last season in handling the
crops as ii will make it possible to
keep larger amount or grain at the
elevators after the farmers begin un-
loading their produce. Last year there
was such an immense crop that the
railroads experienced great difficulty
in caring for it. What added to their
troubles was the retention of the cars
ut the head of the lakes where they
were held for the inspection of the
grain. This resulted in a shortage of
cars in the middle of the busy sea-
ers are carried out for the establish
ment of their own terminal elevators
at Ashland and Superior, Wis, where
tho inspection is not so strict this
difficulty will be in a large measure
obviated.
Every fall the local roads keep
thousands of foreign cars, that is cars
from other roads, in use for several
months in spite of the fact that they
entail Il heavy fine from the COM
panies which own them for so doing
The demand for freight cars is so
great that they find it absolutely nee
essary to do this. Even then they do
not have sufficient rolling stock.
In discussing the situation local
railroad official said:
zone of tho great troubles is that
many farmers will not hold back their
crops. They insist on marketing it as
soon as it is harvested. Most of
them are obliged to bring it to the
elevators as they have no place to
store it Themselves.
IF they would provide some place
for storing 1t on their farms it would |
be a benefit both to themselves and |
the railroads. BY keeping at least |
part of their grain for q time they |
would probably be able to get bet
ter prices and they would also avoid |
overtaxing the elevators and railroad |
AS it is now they Insist On bring |
ing it all in at once. The elevators |
are soon filled up and the railroad is |
simply swamped with business. Last |
fall the elevators had to refuse to ac- |
cept some of the grain which was |
brought in because they had no place |
to put it, and the railroads could not |
carry it away fast enough to provide |
the necessary ROOM"
IT is understood that the Northern
Pacific has adopted a rule prohibiting
the erection of an elevator of less than
10000 bushels on it's right of way.
This has been done to encourage the I
building of larger elevators which |
will furnish better facilities for handl-
ing the grain. 1t was found that it
did not pay the road to go to the ex-
pense of building a side track to an
elevator which had capacity under /
the above amount and the business /
done did not warrant it.
Even with the many new elevators
which are going up it is probable that
all win be taxed to their utmost ca
pacity to handle the grain this fall
for unless all signs fail North Dakota
will have such crop this fall as the
state has never had before and 1t win
be considerably in excess of the 100
oushel record made last year.
One feature about the new elevators
i,, &c Of npti int ie,
number which are being erected by
farmers cooperative companies.
These include nearly half of the new
ones, showing that the movement for