, 1863-11-15


acd Importance Of this trade. Bat this Is not |
su. There is the immense army Of teams.
days. snd wngous daily engaged Ia easryinx
the product from depot to &apot-.he loaaed I
trs1us that daily leaFe for the sea.hoard-thc
flcstof propelleta loaded to the guasdz-all
swelling the capltal Invested IL the Provision
Trade to IN almost incalc a1.b.s anna.
:" Bu. when re take Into confederation the |
Z ,a. f4es That ros one acs. IN ten In the
ctuntzy tsituta.yt to Chicago IL undss caltl,
vastoa-that ia aysn tie most popu1ous dis
trio S. the country ID. ~ compared With tie !
East, spas.e15 settled-what prophetic mind
can # :etell the gigantic pro2ortioaa which
this IT s.e will hare assumed ten years hence:
4 OF Ct usse, Chie4ge IL not the only point
that NIL Lxre In Increase In trada; h1t its
central p ositlon ~ receiving and re-d!strib.
uting qoitt cannot fati % give It An all Iu.ure
time pre-e, daence. With li1es Of railroads
tapping the 'er1itory west, south and nortt
Of us, aud 10 distributing lines leading to tbs
seaboard from ~ fari north ~ Montreal
aca scuth AZ far as Bxltir,ore, besldes the Va.
Ter communication through tho lases, rivers
and canals .esdsE:, to The sanas palass-what
city In tho United States s:aads aa{ chaaee to
Ityal +: ~.'-~,~ ~'& '~ =. -
utsronr or .rr raov1sros TRADE. -
A. TerJ little Is klcwn Of tic history OF
the provision trade In this city, ve bare, by
1int oi digging tu:o some Of the record. Of
1he pat In thu Offices OF the pioneers Of tha
trade succeeded In collecting fen hcts which
caazot tn to prose interesting to our reAa-
ers. = So .>>,,s -&~s
TIE oldest record ne cau trace Of the pro.
vis,on trade is fornaahed Us bf on1 fellow cit
izeE, Archibo1d cl5bousse, Eaq,, who suit d
slaughter hoase hero IN 1897, for the parpose
! oi supplying tho United States troopa then
stationed 1t Fort Dearborn, aud also the few
.nlah1t.rts 1ising hc.e :. that time. This was
| Tho first slAughte- house erer buils iu Chlea.
] 20. But very little packing, however, "a.
1ore tera I'LL the Eli Of 1889. Al there vas 10
export demaaa, ana but rer5 listts rAatcd In
the country. During the summer OF 1888
there was large emigration to Ch!csso and
tn connt1J around, which created = aesaspa
for picked beef md pork. During the fall
Mr. C15boosne packed I've or six bundled
besves. aud about 8. 900 hogs-aad in 1894. =
eth larger number. -. =.
e During the rholo period u sesen OF cssat
/ years mentioned atore, the price p1id foE cat
tie A.. aogs was about Sc net weight. But
Tie quality Of neither cattle nor hogs at That
time was very good. The hogs we're geuer.
ally Of the '.Rores Breed" aRd had to be dzlvea
from 1b0 to au0 miles acro4s the praisies, to1
| which taAk tAeJ were perfectly capabls-ae3ns
| anir u -: th-.- nile In about :, 10, The
pork packed tom these hngs ~ ss:..e..ttyy
light mesk or prime PORK, With about thses
hogs IN harsca. Mr. g. recal1scts Of aome
barrel pork being sold to Que Of the 1sst set
tltzs Of Kenosha, which TUNED o0tsssfe<. III
pi.ecs 10 the eorTsl. This VIA called Il these
days "Ptma Fork ~ -
The asst beetpaeked BY the city Was by Geo
". Dole, EsQ., In 1850. In October Of TIA
yeai ho slarshterca and packed $50 head o
catt1e for Oliver Newbersy, Of Detroit. Ths
cattle wero purchased by Mr.. Dolls. from
ChAs. Rsed of aivavry Cseu.. - $50 per IL;
poundsthe hides and ta,low being throxz
IN for the alaughtes,ng. The cattle Hezs
/ driven 10 this city from the Wabkah, And the]
were slaughtered by John and Mark Noble
on tho prairie near tie 1ako, opposlte whes.
tho Catholic Bishops palace is no. situated
aa the corner Of Michigan avenue and Nadi
son stree:. Tile packing VA. dono ia Mn
Dolc'k warehonst, wooden bnil11ng al.uatei
T. At The corner Of Dearborn md sorth Wate,
atzetts. The barrels In whlcA this beef va,
packed, nerr brought IRON Detroit, and III.
beef was shlpptd that fall to Detroit.
In December, 1sa3, HI. Dole slaughtered
and packed S3s hoga- They we're purchased
frcm John Blackstone. a. $500 per 100 TIL
net. They were driven fsom The II 'shash Val
Icy. Thcse hogs Herc. slaughtered In th,
back gasd o1 Nj; Doless warehouse, ani
: packed In the store. Tlefp being no barrul,
, IN which 70 put The meat, It was packed II
. tulk, and stored smay pntil barrels wcgtt
made during the Niuter. 17ts 1.4s i1t fr,
: sot Qf he91 err patkrl IN ksts ef.y< We bar.
: no means Of sscertainlng what prices thi.
| pork Of beef brought, - they were sent t.
the New Tork market from Detroit, bus h
E an old book belonging to Nr. Dole, We fount
IN tnt1y Of atale Of a barrel Of mess park =
. ZIG GO, AID barrel Of ''onc bog pork" !
!. &1i o.. - -e.. :
IT In Tie iau Of 1865 1lr. Dolls packed botl
!. beef aaa pork 1t Nj, C1yooarac's packing
! hou1e On The North Branch. Tbs number Q
I c.ttle packed WAS 80 head, snd the nuunos
!, Il hegs 1.oeo. The cattle cost - 80 pr 10
!; lbs net, aad The hogs $500 net-bash c,ttl
;, std hees lavi's te<1 driven tsoz Ii. +.
I w., T. yzhr:-n VI, /.