Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
COMMITTEE REPORT.
Refrigerator Committee of Inter
state Cattlemen's Convention.
Organization of the Texas Dressed Beef
and Packing Company, with
S1.OOO.OOO Capital, Urged.
It VIII Fe Done at the Fort Worth Meeting on
the 10th-Fight Between Galveston and
New Orleans Imminent.
Special to the Gazette,

Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX. April 3.-The COM
mittee appointed by the Interstate cattle
convention for the purpose of examining
into thu matter of arranging and bring
ing about consolidation between the cat
tie raising interest of the state (and If
possible adjoining states and territories) +,
with tho now established refrigerator
works in the state, in view of the further
ance of the cattle interest at large, have
submitted their report to President 81 3.
Stoddard. In this report the committee
state that they examined the contract
of the Columbus, Tex; meat and
Ice company with an English syndicate
for the sale and delivery to the syndicate
at some American port of 600 tons of
2l40 pounds per ton fortnightly of dressed
beef aud offal of the same. The COM
mittee regard the contract as good and
in their opinion it will be the opening
wedge to solve the question rs how to
best relieve the cat tie interests. They
report that they 70 und the refrig erator
works and cars at Columbus In good
condition and unanimously recommended
their purchase at the price agreed upon.
The committee also recommended the
purchase of the Victoria refrigerator
works at the price agreed, aud also the
operation of
THE PLANT AT FORT WORTH.
The committee says with these facts
before them they earnestly recommend
the organization of a new company to be
known as the Texas dressed beef and
packing company, with a capital stock
of 81 900 200 divided into shares of $500
each. They urge an early organization
of the company with a board of twenty
three directors.
Real iZipg the gravity of the situation
to the cattle interest of the state, and
wishing the hearty cooperation Of the
cattle industry, President Stoddard COM
mends the report and announces the fact
that the committee will meet at Fort
Worth on the 10th instant to take such
1Aeps as are deemed necessary to COM
p1ete the organization of the Texas
dIsessed beef and packing company, and
place it upon practical working basis.
8 As stated in these dispatches few
nfgfitsago $500 900 of the 81 900 900 cap
tai has a5gHsfdy been subscribed. The
English syndicate with which the con
tract for 600 tons of dressed beef every
fortnight has been1made are seeSfiig
REFRIGERsTEp ykssELs
to receive and transpoFt this product and
expect to seuassneir arst steamer from
London July /, and will be ready steyluad
on the 22d of July. Whateye POINT is
selected by the Texesaressed beef and
packing company as the outlet ferAhedSs
product will necessitate the erection at
that point of q proper refrig Grating
and cooling building for hous- Z
ing and preserving tine beef untfis
the arrival of the steamers. New
Orleans is making @ strong effort to get
it, aid that city will submit PROPOSE
ton to the committee at Fort Worth OD
the 10th which will be backed by a COM
mittee OF her leading business men, as
well as the Southern Pacific railway in
tiuenCe. Galveston may also be a 4
competitor for this traffic: + Some
of her leading men took an
active part last summer in trying to Or
gaulZe a refrigerating warehouse COM
pany hare and erect necessary buildings
to accommodate this traffic, but fac
tioual jealousies defeated it. What she
will do now remains TO be seen.
Mr.. George DObson, representative Of
the English syndicate now here, says
it is the purpose of the syndicate to equip
its vessels so as to do a general
traffic business, TO bring out freight in
stead of ballast and return laden with
beef, and if the business will justify
weekly steamers will be supplemented
for fortnightly. Whatever American
port secures this traffic will add largely
to its commercial prosperity.