The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-18
THAT PACKING HOUSE.
The Proposition as Made by
Mr.. Wheeler.
IT IS VERY FREELY DISCUSSED
A Committee Appointed to Examine
and Report at Another Meeting
Other Important Business.

There was good attendance at tbs
Chamber of Commerce last evening q
the adjourned meeting to hear the re
port OF the committee appointed OF
Friday evening last, and to transact
other business.
President Mccormick occupied thu
chair. The report Of the committee, as
published in The HERALD of Sunday,
was read and accepted.
In response to several questions
propounded by those in attendance,
Mr.. Herman Hill, of the committee,
said they had had conference with
Mr.. Wheeler, and asked Mr.. Sells to
GIVE THE MEETING THE RESULTS
of their talk. Mr.. Sells did so, saving
that Wheeler proposed to put in bee /
packing establishment in this city IN
der certain conditions-that the CON-
paDy he represents be given twenty-five
acres OF land and $25 ZOO in cash. For
this amount the company would agree
TO put IN plant to cost all the way
from 5000 to $4,000, including, of
course, stockyards for the buying and
selling OF cattle, etc. but they did not
ask any money until the plant wss es-
tablished. Mr.. Wheeler had brought
no letters with him because he was here
on an Independent visit, having been
looking out for locations in two other
| places-in Nevada and Arizona. He
| had been compelled to lay over here,
awaiting the arrival of some parties.
| and while doing so he had become ia
vorably impressed with the idea that
this was oodplace at which to estab-
lish plant.
Mr.. Gourlay said be had met Mr..
Wheeler upon his arrival here and hao
gained such facts and figures as to
convince him that the gentleman meant
business.
At this point
NIB. WHEELER
himself arrived, and being solicited 70
make statement, did SO. He said he
had been on tour of inspection, with
view OF discovering suitable points at
which to erect packing houses. In
Arizona he found the cattle were not
suitable; he then visited Rene, New,
and learned that the situation was
most favorable to the establishment of
packing house and the putting on OF
a line of refrigerator cars. By doing |
this his company hoped to put up in q |
small way, but on the same plan as the |
big houses in the east-packing houses |
at different points, with the idea of con-
trolling the dressed beef trade of Cali |
fornia by giving the meat to their Gus
toners there in better condition than |
could be possible were it hauled much |
longer distances. 1t was true that the
experiment had been tried before, and |
1t had not proved success. This was |
due, however, to the fact that tie par
ties in the business
HAD NOT SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE
and were hindered by lack of cars,
etc. This failure made it somewhat
difficult matter to induce California
people to take hold again. But thew
dnally agreed to do SO, provided they
could find man VINO had practical ex-
oerience in the business. He had been
east with this end in view, and was
staying in Salt Lake, awaiting the
arrival of some parties. While here, the
dea of establishing plant struck him
1ery faYorably. From this point, he
hought they would be able to supply
california. Nevada and Utah, and
turing certain seasons, some of the {
'astern markets as well. "Our propo-
ltlon," he said, sis to establish a plant [
lere to cost between $4,000 and $780, {
)OO, with the necessary adjHncts, such
IS stock yards, candle factories, etc, 6
me land required, twenty-five acres, I
must of necessity be donated before the
liant is started; the money need not be 8
,ald until the plant is in running order. t
ne land required must be on the e
tan central track, within mile or a u
1le and half of town, and 5
ear good supply of water" c
In answer to other questions pro- u
ounded by different persons present, Y
9 SAID MS company was not yet in t
the full amount of the +
apital stock-$500, 000-had been sub. +
,ribed. The name of the company IS
ecided upon, was the Pacific Dressed
eef and Packing Company, and was
of eastern and western men IT
would take three months to put IN
lie plant, but he would commence work
thirty days, provided the bonus was :
ven.
Mr.. Simon wished to know whether b
lie bonus could not F
BE PAID IN INsTA1MENTs, Of
y the land first, 5000 when the
ant was in running order, $1,000 0
ore say, in sixty days, etc. The labor a
collecting this amount of money =
ould necessarily deYolve upon half a -
lould prove failure these six would =,
, marked men in the community. n;
Mr.. Wheeler had no doubt but that -
lie venture would prove success. -,
But in case it did not the company ".
st nothing, argued one, and could 6
sc nothing unless guarantee was
ven. D
Mr.. Wheeler thought the citizens ~
lould make up their minds as to ~ ~
tho,. ~