Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-09
BEEF PACKING HOUSE.

Can Beef Be Canned Pit Can-Wh.
| Canned It?-It Will Beefound No Can
| Can Business-How Gam It?-That Il
What We Ask Mcintosh s. Go.
Yesterday. while GLOBE reporter was en-
gagged in the unholy work of chasing lit
tie, weak, defenceless item down with th,
fell purpose Of numbering the small innocen
and serving up its body ani
bones to our readers this morning
he ran his cheek against the firm pillars O.
the strong four story stone building, Nos. q
and "a Jackson street. The shock to the
building was tremendous, but it withstooi
the jar and the reporter walked inside, ani
innooontly inquired what was going on
He was grasped by the collar and walked al
over the building from cellar to garret, and
thus he learned what was in pre-
gress. There he found three large
watts in operation, cooking beet
for canning purposes. The capacity of these
Yates in 1000 cans daily, but at present only
1000 cans will be put up. When the re-
porter was in, about rs carcasses were hang.
ing on the walls for canning, and more were
being constantly received. In addition to
this business Mcintosh & Co c,rry on the
most extensive retail meat market in the
city, at No. 79 Robert street. The company
buys an immense amount Of cattle every
week. The yards are at the Post side track,
and cover thirteen acres. There two sheds
500 feet in length by forty feet wide, and
over 200 tons of hay on hand for feeding
the stock as it is brought in. The company
have 100 acres of hay land not over three
miles from the city, and in addition to this
product are compelled to buy large quanti-
ties. The business of butchering was begun
by Mr.. Mcintosh in small way on Robert
street in 1869. Since that he has expanded
it to its present dimensions unaided and
alone until recently.
To treat the business lin detail as it really
deserves would be too heavy q contract for
the GLOBE to undertake at present, but we
may briefly sum up as follows: All the beef
suitable for canning is put up, as before
mentioned, at the place on Jackson street.
The rounds go to the smoke house. This is
also the only house in Minnesota which
packs full carcasses of beef on the Chicago
plan. The capacity of the whole establish
in the year. twenty-five men are employed
soon as business warrants. Cattle sufficient
for the Etrade cannot be got here, and nego-
tiations are now in progress looking to pro-
curing supplies from the plains of Nebraska,
Kansas and Wyoming. Butchers in the city
and hotels in the country are supplied with
the choicest loins, ribs, etc., from this estab-
ishment.
The building is 100 feet long and 50 feet
wides The basement is used for cooling
rooms and coarse packing, the ground floor
for storing, offices, etc., and the upper rooms
for the canning business. The company has
twenty-five horse power boiler, which is
used for rendering. All bones are cleared of
fatty matter, and the bones shipped to East
ern fertilizing establishments. ALI the blood
is similarly treated and the fat goes into
wheel grease. The tufts of tails are saved
and manufactured into switches for the
adornment of ladies' heads. This is the mod
ern game of heads and tails. The horns go to
the comb factories. twenty-five head of
cattle are daily sacrificed to satisfy the crav-
Robert street, has attached to it the largest
and most complete smoke-house west of
Chicago, it having a capacity of 10000
pounds. The company work ten horses
constantly, and are getting the wagons re-
painted and everything put in first class
shape for their rapidly increasing business.
Forty head of sheep daily are killed to sup
ply the retail market, and the Lord only
knows how many cattle and hogs. After
learning these facts the reporter again
started out on his remorseless pursuit of
that item, ana is after it yet.