Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-06

Moro fDen one load OF steers averaging
over 1000 pounds TO the head have been
taken from Tarrant county this year.
George S. William son hiss received his
appointment IS Texas sgent of the Blu
resu of Animal Indus ~, vice T. T. D.
Andrews, resigned.
There has IS yet appeared no let-up in
the movement # cattle fIcm Texas and
II is not expected thst there will De for
fully fortnight to come. The genersl
impression lett by cattlemen from the
west who have been spoken to is that no
more animals will be sent out than the
owners, by stress of financial condislons,
are compelled to dispose of, for there is
grass in Texas now sufficient fer all the
cattle in the state and of better quality
thsn can be found in the Indian Territory.
-.
R. NJ. Taylor, the feed farmer OF the
San Antonio Stookmen, who has been in
North Texas for some time recently, thus
writes TO his paper from Fort Worth ::
Since my last l have deen out to take
a loo k st the refrigersting works formerly
owned by the Continental Nest Company,
but row owned solely by MIR. l. Dahl
man of Fort Worth. was both
surprised and pleased to see The con-
ditioL in which these works have been
KEEP. Everything Is in as good repair
IS though it was in daily use up to
full capacity. The works are only
used, however, for the manufacture of
ice aud for cold storage on small scale
This requires the use of only half of the
machinery; but as it is in two ser arale
sets, esch set is run on alternate weeks
in order that all may be kept in good
trim. In the slaughteriI g rooms all
hooks, pulleYs, travel-in bars, etc, are
in pl CT; IN the cooling rooms-eighJ in
uumber-even the packing OF the
doors is in perfect nrder, and so
on throughout the every part OF
the building. Nothing is ckipg but the
cattle and the hands to enable the works
10 begin raining TO their full capacity to-
morrow, If desired. The ice mspufac-
,ured here is as clear So s crystal, being
made Of srtesisn water thoroughly dis
titled before free Ziug. The cold storage
is limited at present to beer and game,
the latter being frozen here for shipment
north and east.
From some alterations that have been
made in parts of the building and from
some remarks of Mr.. Dahlmsn's have
concluded that the bus ness will soon be
enlarged to the extent of freezing meat
for local use.
Mr.. Dahlman claims thGt the work now
going on pays good interest on the money
invested and reasonable profit, and the
only reason assigned for not running the
worhs up TO full capacity as slaughter
ing works Is q lack Of capital. The
tendency to 8 Elk distant and ex-
teDsive market, rather than limited
home market, makes ii impossible to
operate such works on q small scale with
proportionate capital. This seems to
have been one of the stumbling blocks in
the way here; and another, perhaps, has
been the fact thst no canning or other
works have ever been attached for the
purpose of working up the waste.
There is capital enough here to over
come all of these obstacles, but 1t seems,
as It frequently occurs In other matters,
that all parties concerned can't I" gee !"
together.
There is, however, something on foot
at present--in fact there are several
somethings-about which am not at
liberty 10 rpeak, that leads me to be-
lieve that some where in Texas a refrig
orator will soon be in operation, managed
by men who understand the business and
backed by capital enough to make 1t q
success, even il 1t does not pay big
profit st the start. 1t may or may not be
in Fort Worth.