Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
AN IMPORTANT DEAL.
stock Yards Company buy Thirty-two Acres
Adjoining Land OF Packing House
on the East The Yardsge
to be Doubled in Capacity.

The stock yards company yesterda!
| morning closed deal which has beef
| hanging fire for many weeks which give
| the company tbirty-two acres of land TO
POI. The land belonged to the Bur
leigh estate and adjoins the property o
| the stock yards company on the north ant
| the land of Dold and Whitaker on thu
east. The deal was made by the company
through Attorney j. D. Houston, who i!
| attorney for the Burleigh estate.
Before Mr.. Whitaker closed the dea
which resulted in putting up a mammoth
packing concern he received the assurance
Of the stock yards company that they
would secure more grounds. then having
about fifty acres. He was quite positive
that more ground would be needed by the
company and while at the time some
members of the company thought
differently they willingly conceded tc
his plan and have since been
firmly convinced that he was correct. The
company now has lightweight acres
which is thought will be enough for few
years.
With the deal Of yesterday dates the
beginning of extensive improvements on
the part of the company in yard facilities.
The plans are already prepared, being the
work of Mr.. Thomas, the packing house
architect, for sixty pens which will cover
over five acres and will about double the
present capacity. The arrangement in
every particular will be as nearly perfect
as possible and some of the leading stock
men, who have Examined the plans, say it
is the beginning Of a system which will
result IN the finest yards to be fonnd any
where. The contract for the work has not
yet been awarded but :he plans are being
examined for bids by some of the
leading contractors. The company is
anxious to award the contract as
soon as possible and get to work. In the
event the bids are not low enough they
will be rejected and the company com
mence the work and do It on the days
work plan. Cedar posts with hard pine
lumber, two inches thick and six
inches wide will be used and it is thought
it will take ten or fifteen days to get
all the material needed after it
has been ordered When the work
has been commenced it is thought
sixty days will find the new yards ready
for use. They will be under cover and in
every particular supplied with first-class
cOnveniences
The new yards will be used strictly for
the Wichita market while the present.
pens will be used for quarantine. in which
will be fed all the cattle and hogs coming
here to be shipped to other points. From
the new yards two chutes will be built; to
the Dold on the south side and
one to the Whitaker on the north
The one now in use will probably be re-
moved as it will not be needed when the
new yards are put in the service for the
Wichita market. Last year from Novem-
Der until January over thirty-nine thous-
and head of cattle were fed at the yards
coming from the territory en- route to
eastern markets. Shipping will COM
mence in about two weeks and it is
thought seventy-fve thousand will be
accommodated at the present pens before
January.
The new improvements will give the
much needed room and shippers to the
Wichita market or to eastern points
here can have much better facili-
ties than formerly. In addition to this
the stock yards company give the assur-
ance that improvements will be made as
rapidly as needed and the company will
ever aim to respond promptly to the de-
mands of the business. In this con-
nection it may be we'll to state
that Mr.. NJ. r. Dulaney said yesterday
that the company expects that the bust
ness will call for an increase of yardage,
and the present plans, in a few months,
not later than next winter, and such addi-
tons as needed will be made without hest
tatiOn.
Some days ago representatives of the
went to Topeka and completed
arrangements with the railroads 10 get all
the railroad facilities needed. Switches
will be put In to accommodate all the
roads and leading to every point
in the yards desired. This arrangement
was made with some difficulty in certain
but made all the same, and
will give the shippers and company all the
in that line that could be
asked. Taking it all in all the company
seemed to think they will have one of the
most complete stock yards to be found
anywhere in the west. The cattle men
seemed TO be quite we'll pleased over the
'clinching" features of yesterdays deal
and think they have succeeded in gaining
IN important step in establishing more
important market and are assured that the
stock yards company are doing everything
n their power for rapid development in
hat line.