The daily gazette., 1879-10-22
A Weste,. ~ PucIes,,O House.
TIE ENTERPRISE TWO PENINSULA MEN
EsTABLISHED IN COLORADO.

ESTABLISHED IN COLORADO.
Several mouths ago John A. Clough,
Of Queen An ne's county, Md, accom-
panied by his son, Noah IL. Cloueh, pro-
ceeded to Denver, Colorado, and in con-
necti,n with N. III. Chambers organized
the Colorado Packing Company, for
putting up cooked corned beet and
tongue. The Denver Tribune describes
their factory iD q long artile, from which
the following is exc. rpted:
The buildings used by the comp ny
was erected at cost of $22,0OO, and
the machinery cost 5000. 1t was built
for a slaughter house, and has all the
patent imp Ovements. The parties who
built it failed, and the building was sold
to the Colorado Packing Company at
great reduction from the original cost.
The ground surrounding the buildings
cuver forty acres, five located between
the Fair groll nds and the Platte river,
giving ample pasturage for the herds OF
cattle bought Tor this company.
AT the present time fifty head of cattle
are slaughter. d every week, with con-
stantly incl easing business. The build
ings have two stories aud basement,
connected by q s,eam elevator. On the
first floor is Id. ated thirty horse power
steam engine and boiler that furnishes
steam for tn } est stabhshment and power
for the elevator. Here is also located
huge tank Or boiler for rendering tai
low, worked entirely by seam. This
first or main floor is where the cattle are
slaughtered aud the beef hung up to
| cool. When the animal heat is all out,
it is taken down, cut up and cured for
| packing in cans. The choice porter
iouse ST. axis are sold at high price to
the first-ciass hote Is, restaurants, and re-
tail butchers who furnish the best family
trade of Denver, LeAdviIle and all
neighboring towns. There ale also Sc
cured tie choice cuts for smoked OF
dried beef, tlis company having tue best
and most complete smoke-house in the
Western country. 1t Is three stores
high, Constructed after the most improv
I'd models, and has three degrees fol
smoked beef mild, medium and full
smoked. The second floor is where th,
canning is carried OH and made ready
for shi ,,ment.
These meats are put up III der an i'm
p owed process IS whereby all the natura
juices are preserved. All bone is re
moved and the solid, compact meat il
equal to mere than double its quanily 0
uncooked meat. The beeves packed b.
this company are re ared and slaughtered
OH the uLrivaled pastures of Colorado
This company has a lake on its owl
grounds for cutting pure, clean ice for ii
own use exclusively, and in connection
with this has an ice house for the storas
of ice. And in the basement of the fac
tory they have an ice refrige ator that COS
$500, Tor keeping meat in the summe
season. Mr.. John A. Clough, who is a
the head Of this company, is also tn
father OF the stock business in Denver
he having started the first stock yard
eight years ago last spring, on Cherr
Creek, and is well known as one OF TIL
many success ssful pioneers of Colorado
Mr.. N. III. CT ugh is his son and part
ner, a true "dhip of the old block," an
they togetherhave retail store, corne
of Twenty-third and Larimer streets, 10
the sa e of choice cuts of beef and every
thing k pit at first-class butchers.