Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
ROUND-UPS.
Cattlemen Meet and Begin the Consid-
Grafton of the RefrigeratOrs.
W. T. sommprviIle Talks About the Fleets OF
the Territory Affairs on Cattle-Cattle
in the Panhandle-Notes.

The cattlemen or their representatives,
met in the parlors the PickwIck hotel
Yesterday morning at II o'clock for the
nprpose Of taking action on the refrig
orator question. As has been published,
tine cattlemen' convention appointed a
snecial committee to inspect the different
refrigerator plants now in Texas aud to
examine a contract that Col. R. E. STAFF
ford of the Columbus refrigerator had
with an English syndicate to supply $780,
GOO dressed and refrigerated beef car
casse annually, with the privilege of in
creasing the same. The committee per-
formed their duty and made their report
which has been made public, and also
amounted a directory committee of TWEEN
tv-three members from different parts of
the country to meet with them in Fort
Worth yesterday TO consult and if deemed
practicable and best, to organize a stock
company with ample capital to conduct
the dressed beef industry in Texas.
Att o clock promptly the committee
men met as above stated, the following
gentlemen being present: H. B. Stod-
dard of Bryan, Charles Goodnight Of
Goodnight, Ike T. Pryor Of Austin; J NJ
Mathis of Goliad, J. n. z. Davis Of
Richmond, r. f. Stafford of Columbus,
Il. NJ EhrenweTth Of COlu nbus,
G. a. Levi Of Victoria, r. E. Maddox of
Fort Worth. a. L. MatlOck of Texline,
s. B. Burnett of Fort Worth, T. T. D.
Andrews of Fort Worth, A. P. Bush,
Jr, (by proxy OF Colorado City, A J
Dull of Philadelphia and E. J . Sand
meyer of Columbus. II is expected that
the other members of the committee will
be on hand to-day.
The meeting was called TO order by
Col. II. b. Stoddard, and a temporary
organization was effected by the election
of that gentleman as chairman and Mr..
i. J SaudmeyeT as secretary.
The meeting was held with closed
doors, but Ills learned that the matter
of organizing a company for the purpose
Of operating TefrigeTatOrs was thoroughly
discussed and no definite conclusion ar
rived at. The following committees
were appointed who will make their re-
ports to the meeting to-day, and on their
reports the meeting will take action.
Committee on chaTter-Ike 7. Pryor,
n. M Ehreuwerth, 6. A. Levi and II
B. StOddsrd.
Committee on by-laws-Charles Good
@. A. Levi and Il. B. Stoddard.
Committee on prospectus-T. T. D.
Andrews, A. p. Bush, Jr., A J. Dull,
J. NJ Mathis aud r. f. Stafford.
The following committee was appointed
TO confer with representatives from New
Orleans, Galveston and other ports in
terested in the location of the cold stor-
age house: H b. Stoddard, Charles
Goodnight, Ike T. Pryor, II. NJ. Ehren-
werth and r. f. Maddox.
The meeting then adjourned until 8
o 'clock this morning.
From conversation with those who were
In the meeting il is learned that the out
look for the starting up of the re-
friseratOrs is very good indeed. The
Cattlemen are working in a deteT-i
mined manner, and as one remarked TO
a GAZETTE reporter, 1--WE are on tho
right track. The meeting to-day VIII
probably wind up the matter, and thsS
result OF il viii be made known. Propo-
sitions viii be entertained by the meeting
to-day, and should complete Organiza-y
tion be effected, As in all prObabiliJysi
there win be, something tangible win bs
determined on that will result in re-
friGerators in Texas and big boom for
the cattle industry.