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packing they Will have all the experience q
Gurden S. Hubbard and Ills old assistants rs
well as thor ewn knowledge Of the business
Messrs. Bowers + Co. formerly Of Quincy
have esectsda new pork aud beef house on the
South branch Of the river, at Cross street.
The dimensions Of tho house are l00x1 20 feet,
built Of brick, TWO stories high, with out
houses in addition. The building has been
substantially fitted up, in the most approved
style, with new taults, &c. The house is
undsr the management Of n. c. Thayer; Esq,
an old pork~packer, and who has an extensive
experience in the trade The house is just
being finished, md will be ready for the beef
packing about the first Of October.
Tbs we1l-known firm Of Cragin s. Co. have
erected during the past spring and GUNNER
new beef and PORK house on the site Of their
old one, On the south branch Of the river near
bridgeport. The dimensions Of the house are
210xll0 feet, two stories high. It is the
1argcst house Of the kind in the city, and con-
aidered one OF the best and most conmodious in
ths West. The house is under the manage
ment, rs formerly Of Mr. John Hancock, the
resident member Of the firm Of Cragin & Co.
Their various brands Of beef and pork arc well
known in the principal markets Of the world,
and we have no doubt but the convsniences
Of their new house will add to their former
high reputation. The house is finished and
ready for the beef season.
We are also informed TINT Thos Nash, Esq,
in addition to his present house On Ringgold
place, will run another house which is now
being built On State street. In it ho will cut
English meats exclusively. His other house
will be devoted to barrelled pork.
During the past summer the "Mlward
Pork House has been occupied By Messrs.
Mann Lewis, formerly Of Terro Haute, Ind,
where they have been cutting hogs and curing
meats xith ice. In few days this house will
be sold by tie assignees Of Messrs. Van Brunt
& Watrous aud if the present occupants do
not purchase it, they will probably rent a
building in which 10 pack during the coming
season.
Messsra Toby l. Booth, who hare been
cutting hogs during the summer months, have
made SOM important additions to their house,
which will enable them to extend their busi-
ness considerably.
Besides these, there have been quite uum-
bsr Of pork.psckers from various parts Of the
East as well as Kentucky locking about to see
what they could do here the coming winter.
Some Of them will probably rent buildings in
which to cut dressed hogs, as many have
done during the past two or three years.
THERE'S one fact worthy Of note in this con"
nection. From repeated conversations with
Some Of the best informed provision men in
the country (who have been visiting here with
in the past few months), it is evident that the
eyes Of the whole trade are turned towards
Chicago; and predictions that che will outstrip
Cincinnati within few years in pork-packing
have been frequently made in our hearing,
The rapid development Of the North Western
Statee, and the great increase in the amount
Of stock annually raised, render Chicago the
most natural point in the United States for re-
ceiving hogs and packing pork. Its for the
interest Of Illinois and Iowa farmers to sell
their corn in the shape Of pork, and 1t is fo1
the immediate interests Of Chicago that not a
single hog is sent east without being first cut
aud cured in this city. The growth Of this
trade during the past few years has been about
as remarkable as anything else in the history
Of our city. In 1883 there were cut in this
city only 4s,156 hogs, whiio in 1869 there
were 900 cut and in 1s59-6o, 1c7,9l<
hogs.
But besides this amount cut here, Their
ware shipped East live and frozen, in 1858
176,3Gs hogs, and in 1853, 2l2,s4o hogs. ]
these hogs had been cut here instead Of befnI
shipped East, last years packing would hay
amounted to nearly 400, 900 hogs When Chi
cago has tue facilities tor receiving such alarg
number Of hogs, it appears the height Of foil
that she should not realize tho profits in cu'
ting them, instead Of allowing New York, A
bany and other places to reap the advantages
There Is one obstacle, however, to the growt
Of this trade, which We have heard repeated
complained Of and with ought to be removed
It is the want Of bank accommodations. j
grain operator does not require more tha
thirty or sixty day paper, on which to buy an
ship; but a pork packer must have from thre
to eix months, and unless they can get suc
advances, the trade is neither desirable nc
profitable, We trust thnt our bankers m
capitalists will Eco to this, and afford men VII
are working hard to build up this trade-whic
il Of immense benefit to our populations
the facilities possible for extending their bus
nesa Tho same natural causes which has
made Chicago the greatest grain and be
markets in the country, will also make it Il
greatest pork-packing point, if we only ava
ourselves Of the advantages of our position.