Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
"a REFRIGERATOR.
Last q Tang bis Proposition is
Made to Fer Worth 10 Kill
and UrgEs Beef.
wealthy EuErrsh Syndicate Ready to
rou;rsct for GOO BceveE Every Month
for Give Years.

some weeks ago it WAS known thst
r,o1el A. j. Dobson, prominent
r,u,;sbraan who thoroughly understood
M dressed beef trade, and who repre-
,s,.ed the Metropolitan Trading Com
,.ry Gimited) Of London, corporation
T,.t capital Of So 900, O0O, was On hi-
uy 10 Texas With full power 10 close 8
,,r,rsct for the English corporation
r>1 some T.xAs. company to de-
fg., on beard refrigerator ships
Il ire company 81 Galveston or
.,ssr Texas ports coo tong Of dressed
ssG fcrnighIy. MIR. c. C. Alien Of Fort
Worth went to Galveston 20 meet CJiCnel
055sgn aud represent Fort WORMS ad-
r,rtsggs ard Colonel Dcbson came to
mjs cry 10 zee WhsJ could tie done. Ne
,,,i.uorg bsVa beeI pending for ecme
line md finally both psrt!es haVe Gene
n An ygreenent III regard TO the details
line contract. To cSrrY out the terms
# ;ge sgretmert it is necessary tbat
COMPANY capitalized at $4,000 De
n,ned in Fort Worn snd win tnaL end
IN view the wurK was inaugurGted st
reetlng held yesterday morning st the
TII. rotel. Colonel Il M, Wynpe was in
NE chair and & number Of cur most
rDniuent citizens were present.
Tle proposed contract was ex-
p!siued fully. 1t shows that
he English syndicate VIII
gr.oasse the beef, hides, horns and
soois, .sl,0w, blood, and in fact the en-
,j!e snimsl 81 f2ir prices. II is proposed
10 freeze The beei, and If no terms which
are reasonable cLn be nsGe with the
oRRer OF lae works now here and into
which thousands OF dollars Of Fort Worth
money have gone, men the company will
build another refrigerator adjoining the
Taon s,ockysrds and DO the Work there.
The work Of dressing 200 beeVes every
lsy In the year and in handling
he otner parts Ct the cSrcass will give
,n2lcymeut to 5 large number Ct men
8ao vii. live here, have their families
here and buy Whst they eat, drink and
weSr from the retail merchants Ct FGrt
Worth. Not Only thie, but 1t will st once
n8ke ForL WOl:lE crest cattle msrBet,
which means that the csttlemen will
1iug their beeves here, sell them ard in
ugIy cases spend portion, at least, OF
taem3oey obtained with our merchants.
ltssu means the certain Inauguration Of
other industries which are in line with
The dressed beef Industry.
Captain Z W. Ball addressed the meet
ing al some length, snd made powerful
PIES for prompt and liberal action On the
psrt Of our citizens. No bonus WAS asked
only that stock IL an institution that
4 =. ha "a
Colonel Ike Pryor Of Austin, q wealthy
PRACTICAL cstIle man ss eel as an able
business man, showed Whist could he done
under the proposed contract. He said
there YVES certainly money it, and to show
his faith III tie project took $40, 600 worth
Il stock. O.aer gentlemen followed,
sId over SEQ, 900 Of the stock was sooD
slcscriosd for.
George Williamson Of San Antonio aud
George Reynolds Of Albany both si4sed,
tat the csttlemen would cer,ainlgSlend
tV5gy possible cid to the project. If thSI
Ci.zans Of Fort Worth would orgaGlzs
The company.
Ga motion, the chair appointed s sahe-
Ting committee composed Of the fellow
ing gentlemen: j. y. Smith, L E. Chase,
W F Somerviile, B. 3. Paddock and W.
S, Pendleton.
As soon as the conference WIS over,
he committee went to work, and st 10
O'clock lsst hight 1t WAS stated tina! S10,-
900 had been rsised, and to-day tie
committee Will work IS no committee
ever has worked 10 close the subscription
1y the time II meeting, to-day c. )
O'clock.
Martin Casey and r. Z. Maddox said
list night that the citizens should by sll
nes1s close this matter IT once, no such
to benefit Fort Worth had
before been offered snd not one dime in
he way OF bCnCs was ssked.
Co.onel Dohson comes 10 transact husI-
less, he means bus 'Uess, he has the
non ? behind him srd half
nlhon dollars to draw against for
he przEent. Bal, Huicbings & Co., the
GiVeston bsrsers, will paY tire drsfts
lct dressed beet purchased, and the only
ling left to do is to raise the balance Of
he stock. Colonel DobJon leaves for
London in s few days, Snd hopes
70 tske the contract sig2ed, sealed and
delivered with him. Let every man who
! sb!e to take stock examine the matter
thoroughly to- day, and then make pay
ng investment ,or Fort Worth and him
Isli.