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chap, round, and two subways will run the whole length of the north 

 - ' • and south sides of the dock and form the receiving connection 

 from the quays to the elevator. There will be six band-con- 

 veyors in the subways, each capable of conveying 200 tons per 

 hour. These will be fed direct from vessels lying alongside 

 the quay, by means of floating elevators. The band-conveyors 

 will in turn feed six receiving elevators in the silo, the elevators 

 having a capacity of 1 50 tons per hour. 



"The grain will be elevated to the top of the building, 

 weighed, and then distributed, by means of a series of con- 

 veyors on the distributing floor, to the various bins. The 

 upper portion of the outside row of bins, on the four sides of 

 the building, will form the sacking and shipping bins. Spouts 

 are to be arranged so that the grain can be weighed, loaded, in 

 bulk or in sacks, to railway trucks on any side of the building, 

 to carts on three sides, and directly into ships or barges on one 

 side. 



" In order to fill these shipping bins the bottoms of the 

 storage bins are connected by conveyors and spouts to six 

 shipping elevators of 150 tons capacity each, by which the 

 grain is elevated, then weighed and distributed to any shipping 

 bin. 



" The grain will be cleaned, before sending out, by means 

 of one large separator having a capacity of 4,000 bushels per 

 hour. The wheat will also be subjected to an aspiration by 

 two large fans. The building will be provided with goods- 

 hoist and passenger lift. All the power required for the dif- 

 ferent operations will be supplied by electric motors. Each 

 section of belt-conveyors, receiving and shipping elevators, 

 will be driven by independent motors of 1,500 h.p." 



563. Continental Elevators. — The ports of Antwerp, Ham- 

 burg, Rotterdam and Novorossijk, where grain is off-loaded 

 in quantities, possess both suction and ordinary elevators and 

 conveyors for transhipping direct in bulk and sacks from ocean- 

 going vessels into trucks, river boats, etc. Grain arriving at 

 these ports in sacks is frequently emptied in bulk into the river 

 boats, etc. , 



At Mannheim, on the. River Neckar, there is an adjustable 

 ship elevator, capable of delivering from 79 to 89 tons per 

 hour. Mechanical appliances for off-loading and storing grain 

 are to be found at Ludwigshaven, Worms, Frankfort, Mayence, 

 Cologne, Duisberg, Uerdiger, etc. (Downie, 1). 



