, 1859-01-01

auu "Msos iotso"iu e ne PACKED
wv hea>A OF cattle. aud about $4,000
hcgs- 'hey were alaughtere3. on tho North
orsucn Of the river He paid t'nts year for the
eastv:, 2@4c net, snd they were driven here
fro' along The Illinois aver, Mclean county,
alson county, de- H. eontin ued packing hogs
End cattle oa Sou:a Water street till ls4s,
when be moved 10 the North Branch Of the
river, where his houIe is at present situated
Ar. uubbsrd'a packing, from the time be COM
menced up 10 1911. was aa follows:
-; e : g ass 3s'st2-Ss !eS9 sa's ;ss;
is3s-4, -isuS DO. 4'''-'' ''"' es'''e'
July. 1857. sJlFester Marsh {.ho packed
with aubburd from 1885, commenced business
himself, and packed ca North Kipze street,
near Rush~street bridge, where be built a
house, and continued packing there up 10 1858
the latter few yea1s in connection with Mr.
| Carpenter.
In ls31-3a, Mr. Underhill came to this city
and commenced the packing Of pozk-killng
| bis hogs near Funk's house. He did not con
| tiuue IN the business.
In 1854 Messrs. Thomas Dyer and John P.
! Cbapin commenced packing in Reynolds bouse
cutting in that season 5000 hogs End 1000
head Of cattle.
In 1s4445 Wadswotb, Dger i Chaplin built
apeciinR house on the south branch Of the river,
near North street, where they packed that eea-
sou 5000 head Of cattle aud IL. 900 hogs. In
lsE4e this firm sold out to julius Wadswo orth
and Thomas Dyer, who carried On the business
for dTe 5ears afterwards-p packing from :, 600 10
7,ooo head Of cattle and 5000 to $4,000 hoa1
every season.
The iirst cattle packed bv Dyer l. Chaplin were
purchased from 1saac and Jesse Funk, Of Nc
Lean county, at SEAS net. In the same year
! they also bought drove OF 1900 hogs from
Messrs. Funk. near Pontiac, at ss.la net.
The first meas pork made by this house WEB
told 10 John Young i Co, Montreal, for IS 50
per bbl-Mtssrs. Young having sent vessels
here in the spring Of l6<+ for the pork The
beef packed that season was shipped to New
York; but as the books and papers Of this firm
i.uve atl been destroyed By fire. ne cannot find
the price at which it was sold. The packing of
| l543- ~ was an Improbable undertaking. The
following year, however, they cleared G "good
round eum''
I
In the season OF lS44-45 Dyer l. Chaplin pack
~ t"< H't1 sst7ef se1 tefT pus up ~ 1A4s ey Jor
'he 1n9as" nad'Ets. Ihey procured Inc services
Of IN Eoglshman, who initiated the packers
| here into The style required for the London and
| Liverpool markets; md to this do We attribute
the Ct that Chicago tieFse beef alwsJs stood
| veil in those marketa. They commenced right,
and our hackers hare been yerv careful to keen
up the character WHICH the} gained IN eafl,
years.
In the earl5 5ears OF Dyer Chapln s packing,
the barrels were Furnished chiefly by Our we'll
known fellow citizen Hugh Aahar.
In the winter Of ls4l-2 Sherman Pi:kin pack
| ed several hundred hogs, paying to &c net
fer the hogs. The mcss pork "as sent to New
Iosk.
In ls4s George Steel commenced topack hogs
on South Water atreet. near the corner Of Frank:
lin street, where be continued to pack until 1si5
IN l6a5-6 ne packed on the eouth branch Of the
river, and in 1s4o he onllt house on West
J Randolph street, which be no" occop1es- his
packing has ranged from 5000 to l2.coo annu-
ally. The cost Of the picking house YVES aoout
5000. with d capacity to cut 800 hcgs dolly.
In 1880, Hough / Go. bnis o packing house
On the South Branch Of the River. at cost Of
s. QUO rhe sane now occupied By 4. Brown l.
Coy. with u capacity Of 175 cattle aud 500 hogs
daily. II. Co, continued to puck in this house
until the spring Of 1868, when they erected
large Btoua pa:kipc.house on the South Branch,
at cost of too, ,00o, where they continued pack
ioe cattle and hogs until the fall of 1856, when
it rcs destroyed bY IRE. In 1857 they built the
house which they now OCCUPY Ton the site of the
ons which was destroyed), ct cost of $4,000,
with capacity to pack 225 cattle md I ,00J hogs