COMMERCE IN MAIZE GRAIN 



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564. Canadian Elevators. — One of the largest elevators in CHAP, 

 the world, having a capacity of 7,250,000 bushels (2,000,000 XIL 

 muids), is situated at Port Arthur, on Lake Superior. Fort 

 William, also on Lake Superior, has nine elevators, with 



a capacity of 14,000,000 bushels of grain. At Montreal 

 there are several elevators on the most approved and 

 modern plan, with a total capacity of over 1,000,000 bushels 

 {Downie, 1). 



565. United States Terminal Elevator Warehouses. — In 

 the United States there are 422 terminal elevator warehouses, 

 having an aggregate capacity of 73,000,000 muids, distributed 

 among twenty-five large terminal markets or exporting ports. 



Table LXXXIII. 

 NUMBER AND CAPACITY OF UNITED STATES ELEVATORS. 



The above table does not include the vast number of smaller transit 

 elevator warehouses to be found at the many small centres in the Grain-belts. 



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