Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-11
Il NEH INDUSTRY.
New Packing House at Nebraska City in
Which Business Men Of Ut. Paul are IN.

w RICH BUSINESS Men Oh Ut. Paui Gre IN
terested.
On Saturday, Dec. 8. the new packing
house of the Iowa and Nebraska Pork
Packing company at Nebraska City, Neb,
was opened with notable ceremonies,
which were participated in by large num-
Der of the prominent residents of that
city and state. Among the stockholders
of the company we notice the names of
p. II. Kelly, Esq, of this city, and An
thony Kelly, Esq. of Minneapolis. The
company is strong one financially, and
the establishment is one Of the largest and
most complete in the West. The Nebraska
City Press gives the following description
of the buildings:
Beyond the stock yards to the west we
notice the large dam or reservoir, from
which the water is drawn through four
inch pipe to the pump. We now enter the
buildings and find them truly a marvel of
mechanical skill and foresight In the
west building is contained the engine and
boiler and fertilizer rooms and the slaugh-
tering and rendering departments, and in
each separate section of this building may
be found the material for many hours and
days of interesting study for those of ana
lytical and critical bent.
The engine room is 32x4S feet, and con-
tains handsome and powerful eighty
horse power engine; the product of the
indianapolis engine works. Near the en-
CINE is situated a large Bergman heater
for heating the water before it reaches the
boilers, and near this is situated two hand
some Knowles pumps. The two boilers
are each twenty feet long, of the horizon
tai tubular make, and are walled in brick.
West of this is capacious coal shed, d.
vided for slack and lump coal and capable
of holding twenty cars.
In the fertilizing room, which is
4Sx4S feet, we notice on one
side twenty-five foot patent dryer Of the
latest and most approved pattern, and or
the other side the powerful steam presses
for pressing the blood and ofal before it
reaches the dryer. The shafting. puileys
and betting in this room are Of great
number and variety, ana 10 the novice
quite perplezirG in their Intricate cross
ings and twistings. West Of this is being
erected ali extension 4SxG4 feet.
In the Strengthening department Of his
l.liitiing. which is four stories il height.
Sc-. >dIAACu S1A lddSt1 e CsttO -Or hlt Z
il,ok;r2, rendering tanks, each twenty feet
long, there also is all the machinery and
pa-aphernalia for sticking, scal3ing,
scraping, cutting. beheading, and final
changing OF the hog prior to his depar-
ture to The regular Harding room in the
next building which he reaches through a
7iaduct passing along on rollers ali the
while OR long iron bar which carries him
to the runs.
In this building is the famous scraper
which does the work of many men and has
a capacity of scraping nine hogs per min
ute. In the east building, which is four
stories in height, the upper story is made
the. hanging room with a capacity of hang
ing 1000 hogs. The ventilating powers of
this room are most admirably and per-
fectly devised and must be seen to be un-
derstood and appreciated.
The next floor of this building contains
the chill rooms, where the hogs hang in
summer, and the two lower floors contain
the bulking rooms where the meats are
cured in dry salt.
An addition of 8Ox1OO feet is now being
built to this last building for warehousing
or storage purposes.
The smoke-houses, some six in number,
are to be built at once directly south of
this building.
The ice houses are also situated directly
south and some eighty feet distant from
the main building. These ice houses are
52x126 feet long and have capacity of
5000 tons of ice.
The Office is conveniently located south
of the space between the slaughtering
house and packing house, commanding a
full view of the stockyards and of the
track, and within easy access of all parts
of the business.
Along the whole north side of the build
ings runs a platform fifteen feet wide
which is continuation of the platform in
front of the stock yards, and alongside
which runs the side track for the use of the
hocse. North of the side track is the salt
s:,eo, which now is filed with 1900 tons of
BEST Michigan salt.