. Factory and industrial management. length, hinged, so that they can be hoisted against the side of thebuilding when not in use. The end of the spout is carried into the carby the feeder, who moves it from place to place as the contents of thecar are emptied. With the spouts in modern use all of the grain withthe exception of a few shovels full can be taken out so that the onlymanual labour required is that of the feeder. As an ordinary leg willelevate from 9,000 to 10,000 bushels an hour, a trainload of thirty orforty cars representing 1,500 tons can be passed into the building inthis time i
. Factory and industrial management. length, hinged, so that they can be hoisted against the side of thebuilding when not in use. The end of the spout is carried into the carby the feeder, who moves it from place to place as the contents of thecar are emptied. With the spouts in modern use all of the grain withthe exception of a few shovels full can be taken out so that the onlymanual labour required is that of the feeder. As an ordinary leg willelevate from 9,000 to 10,000 bushels an hour, a trainload of thirty orforty cars representing 1,500 tons can be passed into the building inthis time if it have the average number of receiving spouts. As in the storage elevator, the grain is conveyed to the top com-partment, to be held until it flows into the cleaning hoppers, thence tothe scales, thence to the distributing or marine legs. The latter aremuch larger than the receiving spouts, as one is allotted to serve ahatchway. They have an average capacity of from 20,000 to 25,000 THE OPERATION OF THE MODERN GRAIN ELEVATOR. 225. SETTliXG iMASOiXKV IKUESTALS FOR THE FOUNDATIONS OF A GREAT TANK-BIN ELEVATOR. bushels an hour, and are of course adjustable, although the cargo mustbe properly trimmed by the stevedores. So rapidly does one of theelevators transfer its contents, that the first of a carload of wheatmay be deposited in the hold of the vessel on the other side of thestructure before the last bushel has left the car itself. The storage elevators are divided into bins of various sizes, with aview of distributing the weight as evenly as possible upon the foun-dation of the building, and also equalising the side pressure on thewalls. In the wooden structure the bins are square in shape, extend-ing from the top to the ground floor, and are usually massed in thecenter of the building. As much of the machinery as possible isinstalled in the cupola, with the exception of the power plant which,in the steam-driven elevator, is generally located in a separate build-ing as a pre
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