Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-30
ROUND.UPS.
What is Thought of the Fort Worth
Refrigerator in New Orleans.
Points to Hog Raisers that They Should Con.
sider-Fort Worth as Live
Stock C-nter.

The New Orleans Daily Item has the
following to say IN regard to the Dahl
man dressed beef company, which will
begin operations here next month:
1.-THE signing of the tri-parte contract
between the Dahlman dressed beef COM
pany of Fort Worth, the New York,
New Orleans metropolitan trading asso-
citation, limited, of London, England,
| and the Louisiana ice manufacturing
company of New Orleans. bears more
cent City than is apparent 10 a casual
| observer. 1t means an Inauguration of
another new Industry, which, if properly
fostered and there is every indication that
| 1t will be, will eventually make this city
the most important beef export port in
| the United states.
Its superiority over other points is very
| great, but the gentlemen comprising the
beef company seem loath to take advan-
tage of this until they had tested others,
only to find them impracticable or too
expensive. Galveston may be classed
with the fofmer. The beef was trans
ported to this Island City by rail from
Fort Worth and stored. The vessels be-
ing unable TO approach the shore lighters
were used 10 transport the goods from
land to shipboard. The cost of this
double shipping was very great, q be-
sides, in being handled so frequently the
beef was exposed 10 the air long enough
TO permit of sweating, and as a natural
consequence became slightly tainted.
Galveston was abandoned and an all rail
route used to Boston or New York where
q line of steamers conveyed the goods to
the English markets. This rail route is
over 2200 miles long and very expensive,
80 those interested began to cast about
for another and better location.
To Mr.. John L. Byrne of the Louisiana
ice company, much credit is due. rs hav-
ing been largely instrumental in induce
ing the selection of New Orleans. What
was mainly wanted was q refrigerator
and storeheuse situated on the river
front, and convenient to rail and river
transportation near the business section
of town. All these conditions are en-
bodied in their plant, and for two years
Mr.. Byrne has been il communication
with the Dahlman company, setting
forth these facts and counting negotia-
tions for business deal which would I'M
doubtedlV be mutually advantageous.
Lu phssuuL, IL may 10 stiu lH0
vantages of the location are all that could
be desired, with Invaluable perquisites.
which, as time passes and the commerce
of the city expands, their value becomes
more apparent. The plant is located on
Water street, block above Louisiana
avenue. The deal was finally corsum-
mated during the early part of this
month, and now the Ice company is
making preparations to handle 1900 tons
of beef per month. The Item visited the
plant in company with MIR. Byrue last
evening and CLEANED much interesting
information.
The refrigerator is being arranged, and
consists of a building which is eXcellently
adapted for the purpose intended, being
the old sto.eroom of the factory, built of
brick and specially constructed with
walls of d thickness of four feet, down
the center of which is an air chamber
from ten to twelve inches wide.
The building Is divided into two COM
partments by solid brick partition run
ming lengthwise the entire length of the
building, @ distance of l25 feet, each
compartment being twenty-five feet
wide, with a storing capacity of 157 Zoo
cubic feet. The one on the uptown side
will be uaed for the present, until the
trade demands an increase in the ca
pacity, alEd carpenters are now at work
fitting it ap. 1t has been divided into
three stories. In order to render the
compartment perfectly air-tight. boards
are being nailed onto braces against the
walls, on which will be tackled layer of
oiled paper, to be covered over by
tongue aud grooved pine.
This will be impervious to air and equal
Huge posts support the floors, and from
the scautlings will be suspended innum-
cradle hooks, from which the eff will
be hung, as closely packed as possible.
The piping system consists of over
26, 900 feet OF l d Inch pipe, which will
also be suspended from the ceiling of
each story, about eight inches from
the scant.ing, in order to provide for che
accumulation of frost, which is bound to
occur in such temperature. The brine
to fill these pipes will be provided by
three tanks in the ice factory and trans
mitted to the refrigerator by means of a
large underground insulated pipe aud a
continuous circulation will be main
tanned.
The entry way is at the Tchoupitoulas
street end of the building, on the ground
floor, and within o few feet of this door
the Texas and facific started to Law their
track short time ago. The exit will be
from the second story, at the opposite
end. by means of a slanting chute,
which will compel the frozen meat to
gravitate towards the ships hold with
the assistance of an endless carrier. The
levee end of the second story will be
utilized as storeroom for the time
being.
1t is the intention to receive the beef
at temperature no higher than A deg,
after which it will Immediately be re-
duced to Is deg. and frozen solid. In
this conGition it will be stored, awaiting
shipment, at temperature not exceed
ing 20 deg,
Under the contract 600 tons of frozen
beef are to be shipped by the Trading
company every two weeks, and TO pro-
vide transportation it has four steam
ships which had been bull. and used
when Galveston was the export point. 1t
is understood that the company has now
placed orders for the construction of four
more vessels of much greater tonnage to
l,a in lie frod do Tho Priv - e.