The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-31

acceptance Of his present position 10 1873,
I General Manager Of lhe Alehsonr Topeka \
Santa fe railroad which has given him nd.
yanlages and experience Of tho magnitude OF
tho sIogk raising districts wesi and southwest
Of tho Missouri,
The correct views be enletalns rs ~ the
best policy ~ be- p lrslal, has largely ~
creased the popularity of these yards during
tho pat year, and has given an assurance of
q bright and successful future The Influence
these yards exert upon tho stock trade Of the
country IL acknowledged by those controlling
tho Union yards AZ Chicago and National
! NJ ~, Louis
There ara several live, responsible oommls'
sion houses " these ynris prominent among
whom tho old house Of QuinlAn, Mpnlgom-
cry \ 90, ara recognized va belng large re'
cryeri Of Kansas and Texas stock
This house has secured u very high puia'
ton Tor their honorable and prompt dealing,
their entire responsibility and high standing
Ia commercial circles, which Inns given them
u decided prestige with shippers Of live stock
10 these yards, aud their iaciltles for doing ~
Increased business IN 1880 will secure them
large Increase Of oonslgnmenla from these
SAtrs,
The Increase In tho packing business Of
1879 over that Of the previous year "a no loss
encouraging than tho results NJ tho stock
yards,
During the year there was packed 2l,bOB
more hogs than IN 1873 aud OOa2 more
cattle slaughtered and canned than was done
tho year previous, thus showing bushoss OF
~ per cont greater which N not eNcolled nj
any other packing oonlrn IN tho country,
The firm OF Planklnion Il Armour whose
house nov enjoys national reputation, have
a capacity IN pack 1000 head Of hogs per day,
List year they packed $4,000 hogs and have
increased their canning capacity 10 800 beeves
per day. giving employment 10 eight hun
dred hands with weekly pay roll Of $4,000
Tho buildings Of this esttbllshmenl already
cover over slX acres of ground, and tho I'M
mense resources these gentlemen control place
them IN position 10 enlarge thelf hcilillea
~ almOat any magnitude the Increased TO-
oepts NJ the stook'yards may require,
The Kansas Cly Packing and Provision
company have recently started with n large
force and capital TO bnck them
The AnglO-Amoricnn Packing company
Of which Mossrs. Fowler n Bro Hro the
propretors who have for several years done
large business In Atchison Kansas, have
recently purchased grounds near the stock
yards and have now employed five hundred
hands erecting brick building covering
thirteen acres Of ground, which will DO COM
pleted ready for occupancy within ninety
days This company Il recognized rs the
largest packers In the United states, IL not
In the world, and practically control the
English market In the hog product. They
/ A., IA thn nI hpnI
upon "A large srala rs well rs increase their
pork packing facilities. The establishing OF
this great house ut Kansas City will bea
guarantee Of the future success of the Kan
sas Cty stock yards. This house, In connec-
ton with the grrat establishment otPhnkln'
ton " Armour, " which we hoye already re-
ferred, and who came 10 kuasn CITY IN lis
infancy, have tho capacity TO pack and can
annually II sufficient number OF hogs and
cattle thu. must make the Kansas city stock
market ielt IN every section OF the country.
The house OF SNyen ~ Oburn isal'o loom
my up ns ona Of magnitude aHd arc large
Gamers of lean cattle
Although we have exceeded the length OF
an ordinary newspaper article, we cannot
omit saying, that while the merchants, bank
ers, business men, board of trades, and the
managers of tho stocli-yards, packers, etc,
have cooperatcd together in securing for
ansas City the great prestige she now n.
10Y. ms nm important commercial center, and
by their enterprise and energy have bu II up
acity uneQuslled in growth, wealth and pop
ulation, within the same period of time in
any age of the worlds history, the part per-
formed by her enterprislng newspapers in
bringing about these most desirable results
deserve the hi hest consideration in this
connection. The Daily Times and Daily Jour
nal now take high rank among any ofthe
morning papers o the great commercial CEN
ters of this country, in ability with which
they are conducted, Typographical neatness,
and the full telegraph reports and gen
eral news they contain in each issue.
Through these channels the outside world
have been advised Of the inducements of
fered at Kansas City, MS a commercial CEN
ter, and without the valuable aid of these
journals those hills would not echo with tho
sound of the hammer and trowel of the ma
son and the saw Of the carpenter in response
to the thousands of enterprlsing people who
have been induced to emigrate TO this
once unsightv spot now made to bloom like
the rose The Evening Mail, newsy and
well.conducted paper has not been left be-
hind in the race Of recognition and merit.
Kansas City day offers better induce
ments to the retail merchants of Kansas and
Texas, to the shippers, as grain and stock
market, and to those seeking profitable IL
vestments in business or real estate, than any
city upon the American continent, and the
day of her glory as great commercial cen
ter is only in its infancy, which time Will