Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-23
The Big Four will Find an OPP
position in the Proposed Phil
adelphia Abattoir.
TIL. Old Story-A Foolish Girl
Follows the Fancies and Glitter
of a Life of Shame ano Ease.
TO FIGHT THEBIG FOUR.
A Philadelphia syndicate to Undertake the
job.

"The Philadelphia Abattoir associ-
alton is the title of wealthy syntl.
cate that has decided to emb ,rk in tn
dressed beef business IN opposition IL
the Chicago quadri.lateral. The Phil
adelphia Times Of recert date thu
outlines the plans OF the company:
"A tract of land has been rurcba.-d
on the Schuylkill river, near the Cal.
low hill street bridge, for tn erection
of large sbattoir building.
"Plans will be prepared Ms soon !;
the deed is passed for q building to
@ - $50, 600. The new company will
slaughter not only cattle. but sheer
and hogs, aud manufacture the offal
into phosphate, the hair into bristles
and The hoofs into glue. About two
hundred # the leading wholesale and
retail butchers Of the city are interest
ested IN the new company as stock.
holders. The erection If the abattoii
10 This city II the first ste p in the direc
ton Of forming an immense plan Il
compete against The big Four In
Chicago. In furtherance Of this the
American Interstate and Live Stoch
company has been formed for the pur.
pose Of raising cattle. The compsny
has purchased $50, 900 acres of land in
Idaho, Montana and New Mexico.
On this land they now have 10000
head Of Ca tie, 40. 900 sheep and 5O,OOt
hogs. The great difficulty this com
psny has had is to get their stock tt
the eastern markets. The American
Live Stock Express company organ.
lied and constructed 200 ears of an rs
pecial design. These were used to
convey the cattle to the east. The in
fluence of the big Four was SO great
however, that t,e trunk lines refused
to accept thu ears.
This difficulty has been sverted by
the purchase of the charter Of an old
railroad In Ohio, and the cars Of the
American Live Stock Express com
psDy will become the property Of ia,
corporation. The new purchaser
will complete the entire road aud il,
ST. ok will soon be offered for sale il
che New York market.
"In order 10 make the combination
effective an alliance hes been fcrme,
with this railroad company by tn,
Interstate Land and Live Stock com
pany and the American Live Stool
Express COMPANY. not alone for tb
purpose Of briaging the stock If tn
Live Stock company to the east, bu
all the stock of the ranchmen Of tn
west that care to ship under the com
bination thus formed. The trunl
lines will be compelled to accept tn
cars of the Ohio Rsllrosd Compan.
under the provisions of the Inter
State commerce law. Work IL 70 CON
mepce on the railroad 10 a few weeks
"When the stock IL brought east u
will. Of course, be necessary to secur'
customers for II, aud f,r the purpos
those interested In the combination
have been organizing abattoir com
papies In this city, Baltimore, Ne'
York and Boston. Inside of six month
In all those cities large buildings viii
be erec,ed. These companies al
composed Of Wholesale and reta
butchers OF the cities. They control tn
stock, although large portion Is hel
by these Interested In the combini
ton.
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTED.
"Tbe capital invested In the schem
is between $5.OC0,OO0 and $4,000, ,0C
and has been put up bv some OF th
largest capitalists In New York an
Chicago. The moving spirit In Ii
organization Of the various abattoi
Is Benjsmin F. Holmes, president
the American Live Stock Expre'
Company"