Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-04
COMMITTEE REPORT.
Refrigerator Committee of Inter
state Cattlemen'S Convention.
Organization of the Texas Dressed Beef
and Packing Company, with
$1,000, 900 Capital, Urged.
Il VIII Be 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, Ten. April 3.-The COM
mittee appointed By the Interstate cattle
into the matter Of arranging and bring
ing about consolidation between the cat
tie "a Using interest of the state (and If
possible adjoining states and territories) 4,
works in the state, in view of the further
ance of the cattle interest at large, have
submitted their report TO President Il. b.
Stoddard. In this report the committe 9
state that they examined the contract
Of the Columbus, Tex, meat and
ice company with an English syndic ate
for the sale and delivery to the syndicate
at some American port of 900 tons of
2l40 pounds per ton fortnightly of dressed
beef and offeI 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 as how TO
best relieve the cat tie interests. They
report that they TO und the refrig orator
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, and also the
operation of
THE PLANT AT FORT WORTH.
The committee says With these facts
before them they ear 4estly recommend
the organization OF new company to be
known as the Texas dressed beef and
packing company, with a capital stock
of 81 900 900 divided into shares of 500
each. They urge an early organization
of the company with board of twenty
three directors.
Real iZing 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
steps as are deemed necessary TO COM
plete the organization of the Texas
dressed beef and packing company, and
place it upon a practical working basis.
AS stated in these dispatches few
nights ago ,S400 900 OF the 81 900, 900 cap
tai has already been subscribed. The
English syndicate with which the con =
tract for 500 tons of dressed beef every
fortnight has been made are securing
REFRIGERATED VESSELS
to receive and transport this product and
expect to send their first steamer from
London July l, and will be ready to load
on the 22d of July. Whatever point is
selected by the Texas dressed beef and
packing company as the outlet for their
product will necessitate the erection at
that point of q proper refrig Grating
and cooling building for hous-
ing and preserving the beef until
the arrival of the steamers. New
Orleans is making a strong effort to get
it, and that city will submit q PROPOSE
ton to the committee at Fort Worth Cd
the 10th which will be backed by COM
mittee of her leading business men, as
well as the Southern Pacific railway in
fluence. Galveston may also be q
competitor for this traffic. Some
OF her leading men took an
active part last summer IN trying TO or
ganize a refrigerating warehouse COM
pany hore and erect necessary buildings
to accommodate this traffic, put fac
tionaI jealousies defeated it. What she
will do now remains to be seen.
MIR. 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 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.