WHEAT ELEVATORS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 75, 28 March 1924, Page 4

WHEAT ELEVATORS.

VANCOUVER EXTENSIONS,

GRAIN" FBCm THE MIDDLE WEST.

The big grain elevator at Vancouver, erected by the Canadian Government, no lonaer stands practically unused, far tbe golden wheat from Alberta—the Middle West —is now handled on the Pacific side of the continent, and Vancouver is experiencing a. rich increase in trade.

For some time ihe authorities thought that grain could not be shipped to England and other world markets via. iPanama in as quod condition as it w»« being shipped through more northern altitudes. But that WM found to bz erroneaus, tests showing that the grain conveyed via Panama was in even better condition when it got to Europe. The adoption of the Pacini: port reduced the railroad journey from 2400 miles eastward to «00 miles west to Vancouver. * Discussing the general prosperity of Vancouver, .Mr. A. McEvoy, a passenger on the Makura, bound for Sydney, said that i»ii"g the 30 years which he had spent ill that city he had not seen any wheat exported until two years ago. i During these last two years the shipping of tlie port had been steadily growing, and, awing to lack of sufficient berthing accommodation, there were always 30 pr 40 ships lying in the stream. The State grain eievator was now insufficient to meet requirements, and other elevators were being , built. Part of the city's prosperity was due to the recent discovery of gold in British Columbia. Tiie Premie I - Gold Mine held the world's record for dividends, named five million dollars duing the last fcflxee years.