Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-28

mems COMMITTEE on Refrigerator why
he Favors Fort Worth.
We. Balsell, well known stockm.n
of Vinits, 1. T, wss in the city last even
ing.
William Hittson, Palo Pinto cattle
man of prominence, was in Fort Wor'
yesterday.
DR.. J.B. Elliott OF Missouri last week
dehorped several head OF cattle for Bur
CESS and Estell OF Ta7rsnt county. They
had this operation performed by way Of
experiment, and they appeared to oe sat
listed with the results obtained.
Tom Andrews, the we'll known Fort
Worth live stock dealer, has just returned
from successful trip to Brentwood,
where he made several trades in fine
stock. He says stock interests in that
section ere in Furnishing condition.
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A great many cactus-fsd sheep from
Juthern Texas are being sent north now.
More than one train load has been
handled at Fort Worth in the last week,
aEd the animals are in good shape for
the market The good prices now being
paid for mutton, in consequence Of the
low state CT the beef market, is the msg-
net that draws the sheep to slaughter,
and SIS the cactus hss proved so success
full as sheep fattener as to pus tho AMI
ms.s in good order for mutton, the own
ers are glSd of the favorable oppor unity
preseu ed to dispose OF them st this
time.
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Colonel W. c. Young, president Of the
Ll,ro Cattle Company, yesterday, ex-
pressed himself on the refrigerator ques-
lion r0W agits ing the state cstil smeo as
FLOWS: "Thsre is no question
in my mind thst retriger-
st0r establishment in Texas could
control tn meat market of the southern
states. I have eaten, away down in
Georgia, beef that mas been shipped from
from Texas to Chicago, Refrigerated there
and 6 ut swsy to Georgia to be consumed
To say that the beef cannot be prepared
in Texas and supplied to the Georgisns
cheaper than it Can be done from Chicago
is sheer nonsense. There is wide scope
Of territory IN she south that could be
supplied with meat refrigerated IN Texas
without interfering with the Chicago
packers business.
With regard to the location of the
plant, this much can be said: A refrig-
orator at Fort Worth would pay, while
the success of one at Galveston would be
very problemstical. The cAttlemeI
would not send their cattle TO Galveston,
while they would be compelled 10 ship
them TO Fort Worth to get them to any
other market. I would not be surprised
to see q refrigerator running st Fort
Worth IN the fall"
Colonel Sugg, one Of the committee or
refrigerator OF the Texas Stockmen's AS
socia.ion was found st the Ellis house
yesterday and 1as asked how be thought
the movement for refrigerator at Fer
Worth was likely to be treated at The
hands of the committee Of which he is-t
member. H. said he had not spoken &c
sny of the other members, nor had he
discussed the matter with any ole, bu
he saw no reason to doubt II the people
Of Fort Worth made proposition e
the stoCkmen at ell reasonable
they would ges the refrigerator
The fact that there is already plant
erected here would have great weigh
with the stcckmen. This estSbfishm an
could be put in operation At once in tlms
to handle the cattle now being fattenedir
North Texas, while If one had to2b'
erected st another point, gfsat deal o.
valuable time would be lest. Hesthough
there were enough csttle being tAttenec
esch vesr this state to Seep q refrige
rator in operation while the grass cattle
we're not coming in.
He thought the same objection woulC
apply to Galveston as location for re
frigerator as to Kansas City or Chicago
as regards it's distance from the point 9
cattle production, only in G less degree
Cattlemen would not be disposed to shil
to Galveston, where they would be at tn
mercy Of one buyer if they could tax
their products nort1, where they woul'
have competing pu; chasers. He strongl,
favors Fort Worth as location for tn
plant.