Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-03

distance Of forty-eight miles, cmhmc.
ing au area Of l0s2 square mllcs, or
., $50, $50 acres. Lands Ia this division
arr estimated to be worth s235,5ia, the
number Of cattle Is 5f,5ga, and their
value Sbtti,g76. The value OF the whole
property Is sl,5Ss,g20. In the manage.
mcnt, 500 horses are used. General
headquarters are located here,
and the greater part OF
the Southern rOunding-up is
managed from this range. telephone
line of l60 miles connects the general
headquarters with those Of tie northern
division,
The Canadian or southern division of
the company's property j. situated ON the
Canadian river in the counties OF Potter
and oldham IN the Panhandle OF Texas
the longest cross lines are Twenty-Five
and sixteen miles, respectively, aud the
area Is 400 square miles, or 25d, 900 acres.
The land Is not SO good as IN other diyis.
ions. The price paid for the land Is sixty
cents per acre, while the value of the
| 29,S sos cattle Is $7ld,272, and of the 200
horses $4,000. The whole property IL
worth S17l,052. The herds are carefully
graded with Durham, Shorthom and
Hereford blood The increase has been
very large. The grand total value of the
three ranges, cattle aud improvements Is
placed at Si,4lG,lst.
The Prairie Cattle company began
/ three years ago with l0i 900. This number
has in two years Increased TO $4,000,
( while In the meantime the company has
/ drawn from the beef sufficient 20 pay all
iexpenses, and el0,000 In 1851, and IN
I 1882 100000 OF profit. The number of
Lea hpunIul Ia 81. ~
| The Cimarrou Cattle company, In New
! Mexico, on the Chnarron river, has about
! 1900 acres OF watcr-frontagc, with sunl-
cient control of range to herd their e, 900
of cattle,
The Red River Cattle company, In
New Mexico, owns the holland grant with
| 1900 acres OF fine land, OF which 100.
600 are fenced. This company has 5000
head of cattle, and viii sell after this
! year yearly 2000 head of steers.
/ The American Cattle company of Scot
4 land operates IN Western Nebraska The
range consists of 1900 square miles ON
both sides Of the Niobrara river, which
| the company bought IN 1881, with 28,000
head OF cattle.
The Maxwell Cattl c company, u new
organization, has leased the Maxwell
grant in New Mexico, with 400, 900 acres,
for thirty-eight years, and the capital
stock issued is e200,000, This grant is
capable of sustaining s0,00Oh head of cat
| tie, Just now 10000 head are ON It.
The Powder River Cattle company of
| Wyoming has a capital stock Of c800, 900,
and includes among It's directors the duke
/ OF Manchester, William Tipping, Lord
Henry Neville, Ernest Berkel Denison
and Andrew Wilton. This landed prom.
erty is valued at S25s,000,
The largest herd.owner OF Wyoming
was Mr.. \. II. Swan, who sold recently to
a new Scotch syndicate his $1,000 head Of
cattle for $1,000 900, and Is now man
aging the business
The Marquis de Mores, the French
cattle king on the Little Missouri river in
Montana, is constructing buildings nee
essary for the purpose of killing and
dressing beef on this range, aud his in.
tentlon is TO Kill eighty bceyes, or two
carloads, per day. A company has been
organized in St. Paul under the name of
the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car
company, with a capital OF 100000 II
has Il contract for ten years with the
/ Northern Pacific railroad, aud viii trans
port the meat from this place,
Besides the cattle interest OF the Mar
| quis de Mores at that point, u herd OF
1900 Texas cattle and Colorado steers,
with some llerefords, viii he driven To
that locality from Colorado, w A. Towers
of Colorado being the owner
These few herds mentioned are merely
Illustrations OF the great wealth invested
in the business.