There are 34 grain elevators in Buffalo, with a total capacity of
15,000,000 bushels, in addition to six floaters and six transfer
elevators. These structures have a capacity for transferring 4,000,000
bushels every 24 hours. In 1891 they handled 135,315,510 bushels. Their
total value is over $8,000,000. Several new elevators of giant size are
planned. Two of them are estimated to cost a million dollars each.