Wichita eagle., 1889-10-13
STOCK YARDS.
A GREATER INCREASE IN THE BUS
MESS THAN EVER BEFORE
The Work on the New Yards and
Switches Almost Completed
Notes from the Shippers.

receipts in both the hog and cattle depart
msnts have shown greater increase dur
ing the past week than have been shown
in any preceding week this season, yester-
day alone showing the receipts of hogs to
have been GAP and of,cattie 459. The fall
crop of hogs are now commencing to move
and still larger receipts are looked for
next week. This is wanted by the pack
ers as they can use as much again as was
received during the past week.
The cattle market has been well supplied
the past week with all grades with per-
haps the exception of feeding steers which
were in active demand. There has been a
good attendance ofcountry feeders at the
yards daily looking for feeding steers and
the receipts were not near sufficient to go
around Butcher grades of heifers and
cows found ready sale TO local slaughter
ers and order shippers at steady prices
compared with quotations of one week
ago. There has also been a larger show
ing at the yards of through cattle, thus
giving the patrons of this market the pick
of the cattle which are billed for st. Louis,
Kansas City or Chicago. Greater interest
is being taken in the doings of this market
by older established markets and in this
connection one notable feature is the es-
tablishing at this point of branch houses
of some of the oldest commission firms in
the cities above named. These men are
also working hard in the interest of the
Wichita market and their knowledge OF
the business is doing much to make this
great distributing point.
| The receipts of hogs show an increase of
about $50 over last week and an increase
of 1000 over the week previous. While the
| interest shown in the cattle market has
been of a marked character, yet the inter-
est shown in the workings of the hog mar
ket has far surpassed the fancies of the
most sanguine. Buyers have taken every
thing offered and have paid therefor a
price equal with Kansas City, taking all
things into consideration. There has al
| ways been heavy break in the older es
tablished markets when receipts have
| shown such a large increase, but the mar
ket here has ruled steady through all, the
close this week being but five cents lower
than the close last week and on equal
| footing with the preceding week. The
fact that this market has shown no tend
ency to follow in the footsteps of older
markets-that of bobbing up and down
and thus deoeiving shippers-has given
shippers confidence in its workings and
knowledge that when their shipments
reach here they will not have to contend
with an unexpected break, as has been
the fate of many shipper. This conf
| dence is one of the lasting sort and as it
has now taken deep root can not be easily
overthrown. Every day brings new
| friends to the market and one and all
express delight in and vow eternal
| friendship to the Wichita market
! They are treated in an upright, honest
way by the commission men With whom
they come in contact, and they have no
| cause for alarm from sharks and grabbers,
knowing that the men with whom they
deal are business men in every sense of the
word and have reputation made which
they can i'll afford to lose.
Work is almost completed on the new
addition to the stock yards and also on the
new tracks and switches which are being
! laid thereto The new addition consists
of forty hog, twenty cattle pens. all under
cover The latest devices in gates and
shutes have been added to the yards, which
give them decidedly modern appearance.
The same number of pens are ID the old
yards, but the hog pens only are under
cover. However, the old yards will be de-
voted entirely to Texas cattle and used for
| quarantine purposes This will leave the
new yards for the native cattle and hogs
and thus prevent the promiscuous mixing
of through and native cattle, which has
| been done heretofore The platforms have
been widened from five to ten feet, and
| five new shutes have been added, making
| total of fourteen. This is a much needed
| improvement, as considerable work has
formerly been made by the shifting of a
train, part of it only being shipped at a
time At present, however, full train
can be emptled without the moving of a
car. The tracks and switches are almost
ready for the rolling stock to glide over,
the tilling-in being all that is necessary to
complete the work. The combined yards
can now take care of 5000 cattle and 6,C00
hogs.
The receipts for the past week were 4, 800
hogs and $500 csttle
The packing houses are taking care of
all the hogs that come on to the market.
They daily make shipments of their pre-
ducts to all parts of the country.
AMONG THE SHIPPERS.
J. Cooley. of Rose Hill, had hogs on the
market.
A car of porkers were brought in by f.
Wierick, of Gladys.
J. H Porter, Towanda. had car Of fine
hogs on the market.
C. T. Barton. Hesston. was on the mar
ket with hogs.
A car of hogs were received from Sterl-
ing s. Brindley.
Id. Ward had two cars Of cattle from
Mullinsville.
Lewis. jefferson e. Co, of Amarillo,
Panhandle shipped in two cars of cattle
ard one of calves.
Paugh Bros, Sedgwick, car Of hogs.
II. s. Steinkechner. Newton, car of
| porkers.
L. H. Corbin and Mr.. Hammers, of
Clearwater. each had q car OF fine hogs on
the market.
John SicelofT, of Belle PLANE, had car
of hogs on the market
Adam Huffbauer, of Mulvane, shipped
in car of hogs.
A car of hogs were received from K. A
Rodgers, of Garden PLANE.
L. l.. Brewer. of Ninnescah, car of hogs.
Neal & Son, of Pratt. shipped in a car Of
porkers.
J. T. Shaw, Of Ninnescah, was on the
market with car OF mixed.
Leon Exchange bank, OF Leon, shipped
car of hogs 10 this market
George DIN. of Fall River, had car Of
mixed stock on the market
Col. B. H. Fox, Audover, had a car Of