St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-04
A MAMMOTH INDUSTRY
The Contract Was Let Yesterday for a
Great Pork Packing House in
South st. Paul.
It Will Have Total Floor Area Of
Trife More Than Five Acres
ALI Told.
Costing a Quarter of a Million of
Dollars--To be Built by
Solid Concern.
This is but the First of Many Housea
In Similar Line of Busi-
ness.
A Great Packing House.


The st. Paul Union Stock Yards com
pany has just completed contract with
the Fowler Brothers of Chicago and New
York, which is of great significance and
Importance to st. Paul. This contract in
wolves the expenditure of not less than
quarter of a million of dollars in the con-
struction of pork-packing establishment
with capacity for Strengthening 1000 hogs
per day. The main building or packing
house will consist of a structure 212x164
with an L 5Ox12S feet. 1t will be as high
as the National German American bank,
on the corner Of Robert and Fourth streets
and three times as large. Some idea may
be obtained OF its great size from the fact
that it covers an area of 45. 264 square feet,
while the total surface of all the floors will
measure more than five acres. This is the
main building and will be constructed III
the most substantial manner and Of fire.
proof material throughout. In connection
with this structure other build
ings will also be erected, which are
also included in this contract, as part
of the main structure. One of these is the
engine house, which will be 64x64 feet, and
an ice house 126x126 feet. These two form
necessary part of the main building, or
pork packing plant. and they will be To-
Gated at the stock yards in South st. Paul,
on the line Of the Minnesota & Northwest
ern road.
THIS MEANS BUSINESS,
and in due time will be followed by many
other industries that will naturally grow
out of this packing establishment, such as
factories. cooper shops, blacksmith shops,
barrel and tub factories, glue fac
tories and tin can manufactures. The
parties from Chicago were in ST. Paul yes
terday with their architect, and went again
carefully over the grounds. fixing locations
and determining all minor points. The
plans for the structures above enumerated
will be completed in three weeks and when
they are finished work will be Immediately
commenced and crowded for
ward as rapidly as unlimited
capital and large experience in
the construction of such manufacturing
establishments will Gender possible. 1t is
the intention to have the buildings under
cover by Christmas. 1t may be thought
that this will be difficult to accomplish, il
not impossible. Just here is where the
wisdom exhibited by the ST. Paul Union
Stock Yard company becomes manifest.
When it was determined to establish this
plant the company instead of going to
some builder or contractor that was unac-
customed to such structures, sought out
one of the largest pork packers in
the world, MessrS. Fowler Brothers, have
been in the business for over thirty years.
1t is no experiment with them. They have
been experimenting for more than a quar-
ter of a century and know from long eXpe-
rience just what is needed for such estab-
lishmentS. They have big houses in Chi
cage and Omaha, where they have been in
the business for many years, and can go at
it in busineSs-like manner. At the pres
ent time they operate over four hundred
refrigerator cars in all parts of the country.
and have their houses all over the United
States. Fowler s. Bros. and Phil Armour
of Chicago, are the largest packing and
Strengthening firms
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Of course anyone can see the great advan-
tage of having such firm with all its eX-
perience take hold of such an important
undertaking as this will ultimately be.
These works will be considerably larger in
the beginning than those at Omaha now
are, and all farmers throughout this region
should understand fully what this great
industry means to them. 1t means
that all farmers will find here
market for all the hogs they
can raise with steady market at well-es-
tablished prices. These gentlemen, with
whom this contract is made, express the
opinion that hogs as well as all other ami
mails, are more healthy in this climate, and
consequently that when the stock is packed
it will be much more valuable. 1t may
also be stated in this connection that the
st. Paul Union Stock Yards company is
also negotiating with responsible and ex-
perieuced parties to erect beef slaughter
Ing house here with a capacity of slaughter
ing 500 cattle per day.