Grahamstown
the capital of the former E. province of Cape Colony, now a part of the Union of South Africa, near the center of the maritime division of Albany, 1,728 feet above sea-level, 106 miles N. E. of Port Elizabeth. It is the seat of two Bishops-Anglican and Roman Catholic; and in its Anglican cathedral is a monument to Colonel Graham, after whom the city is named. Leather is manufactured, and among the institu- elevator to the car may be carried on GRAIN ELEVATOR simultaneously. With similar ends in view elevators are often built over freight railroad tracks, generally they have the track running alongside.
Power shovels remove the grain from the car to the hoppers, whence the grain is carried upward to the topmost story to be submitted to the manipulation before described in its journey through the various floors to its proper bins. The principle is similar in the transference of grain from vessels to railroad cars, and from railroad cars to vessels. The elevator legs are so placed on the waterside that they come in connection with the vessel's hatches. The larger kind of these elevators are made of concrete, but in the smaller kind wood is largely used, and steel, brick and tile enter largely into the construction. The bins are DRIVING GEAR GARNERS WEIGHING- HOPPERS SPOUT SPOUT STORAGE BINS ELEVATOR LEG SPOUT STORAGE BINS ப FLOOR VALVES GRAIN ELEVATOR-CROSS SECTION usually of steel or concrete with the main building of brick, while the upper stories may be of steel frame. Floating elevators are used to facilitate the transfer of grain from vessels at different points in the dock. The largest elevator is at Montreal, Canada. The elevators in Chicago have a capacity for handling grain to the extent of over 50,000,000 bushels, the Armour Company having an elevator capable of handling 5,000,000 bushels.
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