. Factory and industrial management. ard vessels and unloads six hundred cars during the sameperiod. The storage facilities of several other lake ports have recently beenincreased by the building of elevators, which consist of a series of THE OPERATION OF THE MODERN GRAL\ ELEVATOR. 231 cylinders of boiler plate, each of which is separated into bins ofrequisite size. In some cases the cylinders are enclosed in a sliell ofbrick, although several have been built at Buffalo and elsewhere with-out this casing. As in the structure at West Superior, the bulk of themachinery is located in a cupola abo
. Factory and industrial management. ard vessels and unloads six hundred cars during the sameperiod. The storage facilities of several other lake ports have recently beenincreased by the building of elevators, which consist of a series of THE OPERATION OF THE MODERN GRAL\ ELEVATOR. 231 cylinders of boiler plate, each of which is separated into bins ofrequisite size. In some cases the cylinders are enclosed in a sliell ofbrick, although several have been built at Buffalo and elsewhere with-out this casing. As in the structure at West Superior, the bulk of themachinery is located in a cupola above the bins. The grain is placedon shipboard either by the spout method, or by the conveyor svsteminstalled in wooden galleries extending from foundation to roof. By the elaboration of the convenor belt an elevator can be con-structed at a distance of 500 to feet from the wliart front vettransfer its contents quickly and without difficulty. The endless beltsare connected with the discharging bins and carried to the wharf front. THE ELEVATOR AS COMPLETED, READY FOR SERVICE. in closed galleries. Along the wharf is constructed another con-veying system divided into convenient sections, and each providedwith marine spouts. Each section of the wharf conveyor is fed by aconveyor belt from the elevator, so that one section can be operatedindependently of the others or all operated at one time, according tothe number of vessels to be served. An example of this method isshown at New Orleans, where a storage and transfer house of 1,500,000bushels capacity is being constructed by the Illinois Central RailroadCompany. The building, which is of frame design, is located over500 feet from the river front and is to be provided with four lines of 2y- THE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE.
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