Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-16
MEAT PACKING,
As Carried On in this City by
Seessel, Lawlsr & Co.
One OF the New Enterprises in
Active Operation.

The meat packing enterprise Is one o
the active features Of business at the pres
emit time in this city. The Memphi,
Meat Packing Company, at 6, 6 and
Towards row, are killing for market *
beeyes and 100 hogs daily, and the Horl
Is done with so much neatness and oeler.
ity that few outside Of the trade know
anything about II.
Inc hogs used at the present time come
chiefly from Kentucky, and those re.
ceiyed from that direction are the best
used. Ten carloads brought from
kentucky within the past few
days averaged 800 pounds each in weight,
and some weighed between 800 and GOd
pounds each. A few Of the hogs come
here from along the line of the Kansas
City ailway, but those 50 far received are
less desirable than are the Kentucky
stock. Beeves, however, are nearly ali
from the Kansas City railway, and they
arrive fat and fine. The only trouble 50
far encountered by the packers Is the fact
that the offerings are less than Is desired.
The dry salted clear and ribbed sides.
shoulders, etc, picked by the Company
are Of most excellent quality, ana are IA
vorite with numerous merchants here.
who find this meat more desirable for
trade than shipments from the North. The
pure kettle rendered leaf lard Il also
q feature, and its superiority, makes tho
demand In excess of the supply nj the
present time Tho packers IN ali cases
guarantee the purity Of their leaf lard,
free from all adulteration, and this quar-
anty makes il so much sought for. The
packages OF lard are tierces, barres. hall
barrels aud buckets.
Among other articles are smoked beefand
pig-tongues, prime pork sausage and ham
sausage, the latter being desirable item
among several leading houses hero for
retailing purposes, aud the packers are
making speciality Of these goods.
At present they are selling for
the trade as far north % Springfield. Mo,
on the Kansas City railway, Dyersburg
on the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwest.
ern, Milan on the Louisville and Nash.
VILE, Fort Smith AM Little Rock 10 the
west Canton and Oxford, Miss, TO the
south, and orders were filed to-day for
Nateheg and Vicksburg. Miss, ali foI
smoked pork and bologna sausage aud Va.
rious kinds Of cured meats
The packery is ono Of the most complete
In the South, some $4,000 having been
expen led in machinery and apparatus
necessary 10 carry II on in the most an.
proved style. An OK or hog can be driven
into the rear door alive, and within Is min
utes may be seen hanging trim, neat aud
clean in the cooling room In the cellar. a
place arranged with an Ice apparatu,
scientifically constructed, where long
pipes covered an zach thick with froit and
snow may be seen running from end 10
END OF the hugeroom, capable of hanging
five or six hundred dressed hogs or be ewes.
The work of Strengthening hogs and CATTLE
10 per ormed BY persons skilled in the
business, and 1t is curious sight TO see
how quick and neat this Class Of labor L
performed and how everything is util.
lied. Even the bones Of brute are
made profitable and after being denuded
OF the flesh are sent aloft TO bleach and be
sold to fertilizing factories at Sls per ton
The lard and oil tanks, trying apparatus,
ice making engine, smoke room (where
only hickory chips are used for
curing purposesl everything about
the establishment Is Worth inspec.
tion by curious people a,
much may be learned BY a visit TO he
oAa9 INV. AhlTtl OF lpTty men are onl-
p,oyed at the works.
The business, though yet IN its infancy,
Is exceedingly active and promises to be-
come more so, for the firm now have
orders for more goods than they arc able
TO fill. However, they expect TO increase
their supply Of live stock at an early day,
as the various railways leading into The
hogand beef producing region will soon
bring an abundance and thereby enable
the packing house to work up 10 ia full
capacity.
The Memphis Meat Packing Company
IS composed Of the following gentlemen,
all citizens here and active business men,
u Seessel, Or, j 7 Lawler, II Seessel, ir,
John Armistead, S Lundeeand w Ash
ner. and the firm Is known us Seessel
Lawler q Co, Captain Lawler being the
energntic and active Secretary, while Mr.,
Seessel, ST., gives his undivided attention
and the benefit Of his long experience 70
the business.
Connected with the packing house IL a
retail establishment on Main street north
OF Union, where the choicest of beef and
pork will always be found, the same being
cooled close 10 the freezing point al the
packory before being sent to the retail
house. Pure pig sausage freshly chopped,
either IN strings or bulk can always be
had at the same place, while other delica-
cies, including spare-ribs, back-bones,
leaf lard in pals, and everything In tho
fresh or smoked meat line may also be
found, in quantities great or small.
The Memphis Meat Packing Company
is an institution worthy Of announcement,
and y cannot fail 70 BE- rewarded with
ample patronage,