Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-03

The Tim cs- Democrat reporter had
another interesting interview last
evening with Mr.. David NJ. Higgs, of
Cincinnati, president of the Texas
Continental transportation Company
which was recently organized to oper-
ate the refrigerator car business over
the Huntington-Pierce system of
roads, to all points in the United
States.
sThe system" said Mr.. Higgs, 'en-
braces all that system of railroads in
California, Arizona and New Mexico,
known as the Central and Southern
Pacific, bringing us to the Sunset at lei
| paso, and there on to New Orleans,
where we have two great routes to
| Memphis, Louisville and Cincinnati,
! and thence on over the Chesapeake
! and Ohio to New York, Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond,
! Norfolk and the coming city, New
! port News. Away on to the West we
commence at Omaha ut st, Paul and
| Minneapolis, and drain the finest
dairy region in the world over the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific to
Chicago, and thence by the Kankakee
line to Cincinnati, making Il system
touching every important point in the
country; transporting beer, butter,
cheese and Northern fruits and vege-
tables to Texas taking back early
fruits, vegetables and dressed beef to
the North bringing fruit from Cali
fornia to the East; taking beer and
and dairy products to the Old Dimin-
ioif and Atlantic sea coast cities, and
fetching back the early vegetables and
fruits OF that section. Don't you see
! am not overrating the greatness of
~, ti,ta tor al,
; of commodities we shall do for the
sections of country we work through
y double labor for exchange makes
the world of business go round, and
! in this case it will be clear system of
exchange of commodities.
!, "To show YOU" continued Mr..
Higgs, chow the garden truck bust
ness is developing, | will cite one in
stance. A man near Norfolk, who
: had 500 acres, told me he made $50, 900
last year, and he'd like to make
$780, 600 this year, and if I'd give him
: cars he would fill them for st. Paul
Minneapolis, Omaha, Council Bluffs
: and such places way out West. Now,
II Texas stuff comes in earlier. and
= want it for Chicago, Louisville, In
= dianapolis and the interior places
! in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. | have
1 carried hundreds of bushels of toma-
toes and potatoes from Palestine, Tex
5 as, to st. Louis and Chicago in the
American line of ears, and never lost
i Il pound of the truck. Wharton and
other places in Texas will yet find the
cities of the great West"
: Speaking of the vast trade which
would be done in dressed beef, Mr..
Higgs called the reporters attention
" IN In f,lct that a "a ~ IN nj n.
to the Texas Continental Meat Com
4 pany, of Victoria 50 years
1t is empowered to buy and sell cattle
@ horses, sheep aud live stock generally;
# cattle-ranches, stock-yards, slaughter,
II houses and ice-making establishments
. to slaughter and prepare for shipment
II or consumption all kinds of meats
e vegetables, fish, etc. The company
IS will be managed by n board of min,
h directors will be as follows John I'll
y Wood, J. NJ Mathis, James A. Me
e Fadden, j. Nj. Brownson, G. A. lie
vi, w. A Puttus, \. +. Higgs
Thomas NJ, Coleman and John J
It Welder. Capital stock 100000, divi
ded into 5000 shares of 500 each.
d Large slaughter-houses are to b,
erected at Victoria and facilities ar
p, ranged for the speedy handling OF tn
uetl hlttE IL HES DStii uitsSSu.
10 How do the cattlemen OF TeXa
y look upon the enterprise?n inquired
IN the reporter,
10 Favorably. They have been long &C
40 customed to drive their cattle to rail
"a road stations for shipment on tn
of hoof to Chicago, but the CONTINUES
sale of the public domain North to ca,
tie raisers will soon, we think. proven
~ them from doing so. Now their cattl
=. can forage ON public lands while o.
~ the march, but then they would b
:. trespassing on private property. Thes
II gentlemen also say that the shipmen
~ of cattle on the hoof reduces its weigh
o. and quality one-half before il arrive
ad In Chicago, besides which they hav
OF To pay the same rate for hoofs. horn.
~ intestipes, etc., as for the valuable Dol
ee tons of the carcass. In consequence
or of these drawbacks it is urged tina
Texan beef has been compelled to ran
low in the market. TO remedy thes
troubles, they are investigating to se
to whether it would be advisable /
Sc slaughter their beeves on their natiy
as pastures and ship the meat, retrige
ds ated, to Chicago
le- Mr.. Higgs then gave the reportt
some verp interesting data. He said