. Factory and industrial management. KIJ:\A IMK WITH HI IKK HKUIx WALL lAlvrL\ LO:^ exhibits the arrangement of the tank bins and the steel framework of the elevator. elevates it. Thence it passes over the sieves of the cleaning ma-chines, returns again to the top of the house, and down into a being sent to the shipping bins the grain is weigheda second time. A novel feature of the equipment is a system of auto-matic shovels, there being one for each car. Each set of nine shovelsis so placed on a hanging track that a shovel can be spouted to anyone of the cars. Each lin
. Factory and industrial management. KIJ:\A IMK WITH HI IKK HKUIx WALL lAlvrL\ LO:^ exhibits the arrangement of the tank bins and the steel framework of the elevator. elevates it. Thence it passes over the sieves of the cleaning ma-chines, returns again to the top of the house, and down into a being sent to the shipping bins the grain is weigheda second time. A novel feature of the equipment is a system of auto-matic shovels, there being one for each car. Each set of nine shovelsis so placed on a hanging track that a shovel can be spouted to anyone of the cars. Each line of shovels is run by two sets of rope room is provided for 160 cars at one time and the empty cars canbe quickly discharged by means of a transfer table to the 12 yardtracks which are provided. In providing power for the various processes, the plan was fol-lowed of utilizing individual motors as much as possible in order to 230 THE EXGIXHERIXG COMPLETING THE SUPEKSTKUCTURE, SHOWING THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TOWER FORHOISTING AND CONVEYING MACHINERY. obtain greater econoni}- in power distribution. Electricity is dependedupon entirely, even the cable system for hauling cars into the buildingbeing operated by a loo-horse-power motor. Each conveying belt,cleaner leg, fan, and power shovel is operated by an individual motorranging from y^A to loo horse power, requiring a total of 2,070 horsepower. The elevator loads 300,000 bushels of grain in twenty-fourhours on board 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
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