Wichita eagle., 1889-07-26
READY FOR BUSINESS
The Stock Yards Improvements to Commence
Today-New Pens Can be Used in
Sixty Da,g

| The Chicago Lumber company yesterday
sold to the stock yards company lumber
for the additional sixty pens amounting to
about $4,000. The Improvements will be
made OF yellow pine with oak for posts and
| putup according to the latest improve
ments. The plans as prepared by packing
| house architect, Mr.. Thomas, are said to be
veryfine and in every way the new pens will
be equal to the finest to be found anywhere
in the west.
The company have allowed contractors
to prepare bids on the plans but have not
been satisfied with the propositions. As
result Mr.. w. T. Wetmore will superin-
tend the work and everything will be done
as desired.
The work on the Improvements
Will be commenced today. 1t
IS thought the new pens will be ready for
use within sixty days and Mr.. Whitaker
is quite anxious the company hurry up
the work as much aspossibe. He wants to
be furnished with hogs when be is ready
to open his immense packing concern.
The stock yards company is equally
anxious to be ready for business and able
to meet all demands on all occasions.
The company expect from now until
the last of the year a lively business with
cattle and shipments in that line have
commenced to be made and it is thought
the number stopped at the yards this year
will more than double that of last.
FALSE REPORT CORRECTED,
Messrs. w. Z. Campbell and n. w. Ed
ridge, Of the firm of Eldridge q Campbell.
1--we stock commission merchants, concern
ing the report in yesterdays EAGLE that
big Jaw cattle had been driven to the
packing house pens. said that the report
was incorrect The facts, as they posi-
lively assert, are that prominent shipper
sent seven head of ''big jaw" cattle here
which came with a car load, and they were
sold to rendering establishment outside
the city limits and disposed of in a way
common at all stock yards. They say it
was nothing strange to have such cattle
appear at stoch yards, found nearly every
day at leading markets and disposed of
IN this way. They say it was no
crime for them to be shipped, in the sight
of the law, and the owners disposed of
them at regular Kansas City prices for
such cattle. They assert that no buyer
for packing house for a moment thought
of handling them, and as the "big jaw" is
not an infectious disease no excitement
was caused and nothing alarming in the
least. The only point about the whole
matter being the cattle came, were sold to
a rendering establishment, and not to the
packing house or to any butcher
They also state that with their
extensive dealing with Dold and all
other butchers and as far us
their information goes concerning other
not single diseased or blem-
ished animal has been sold for any other
than the proper use.
In this connection they report that there
is strong feeling on the part of every
commission merchant, packers and butch |
ers to have meat inspector appointed by
the proper authority with power to in
spect as to condition as well as to diseases |
and blemlshes. 1t is also stated that this |
is by no means necessary, but it will as
sure the consumers that they are not be-
ing imposed upon. They look upon it as a |
matter of establishing confidence and all |
false reports will fall in barren soil.