Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-05

tendent of the Fort Worth and Denver
railroad, was appointed secretary OF the
company, with full churga OF the home
office; MessrS. Young & kuhen, the
well-klowu stock agents, were made
resident purchasing agents, and Mr..
james Lynch, one of the best-known
rattltmen III this part OF Texas. was Sc
cured As travelling purchasing agent.
THE FIRT CATTLE BOUGHT.
Everything was now in readiness for
work except the knowledge when the
first ship from England would arrive at
New Orleans, and the cattle TO Kill. Mr..
DahlmBn went TO New Orleans to obtain
the information, and when he did so ,
he wired 10 Young 4 Kuhen to begin the
purchasing of cattle. The first effort in
this direction was made in West Texas,
near Midland. but the owner of the eat
tie wanted held his steers so high that 10
purchase WAS made there. MIR. Lynch
was then sent up into the Panhandle
and closed IL trade with Mr.. Dan Wng-
goner for lot OF cattle just the kind
wanted for this trade, and on last Friday
morning at CLOCK the trst shipment,
CONSISTING of fifteen carloads, ar
rived at the refrigerator pens
ani were unloaded. These cattle.
3O7 in number averaged ll75 pounds in
weight, AMI they arrived here in splendid
cond ton, the shriukage being not more
than one-th,rd what il would have been
had they been shipped from the range 10
either Chicago, Kansas City or ST..
Louis. They were As pretty bunch of
cattle rs were ever brought to the Fort
Worth murket, and Melted the producer
price That made him fast friend to the
refrigerator Industry in Texas.
IL was expected 10 Kill the cattle rs
soon as they arrived ut the pens but this
was prevented by the fact that it was
not certain when the refrigerator ears
would he ready. The Texas AMI Pacific
ruilrOad officials had none of the cars on
baud and had { telegraph all over g
country 10 lorHte them. The wires were
kept busy in this interest but it was not
until MOnd Y that il was certain when
the cars would lie here. On the morn
ing of that day the first of them arrived
and definite Information was Received
TINT the others would be here on time E.
This was all that was needed and word
went out that the slaughter of cattle
would begin yesterday morning ut Z
o o'clock. This, however, was not TO be.
The refrigerator industry in Texas, which
had encountered so munv obstacles, was
still 10 meet with another one and that
was caused by the breaking of a part
q! the ira machinery short time
before the hour set for startling up ar
rived. AT Z O'Clock yesterday morning
it was not known exactly when this
break could he repaired, consequently
no positive promise was made TINT the
killing would begin during the day. By
good work, however, everything was III
shape by moor, and the good news was
sent out that the first beef steer would
be killed between and o. clock in the
afternoon, and the promise was faith
fully kept a. particularized III the begin
Mug of this item.
And now With the refrIg orator in full
blast killing 200 head of cattle daily +,
and the immense pork packing house in
operation, there opens up for the live
stock industry of Texas possibilities and
prospects that the stockmen have long
wished and waited for, and in this con-
nection it is not out Of place here. to
give n history of the packing houss
movement In Texas which has culni-
mated in the erection of a magnificent
parking house in Fort Worth at u cost of
nearly u quarter million dollars.