The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-21
THE STOCK YARDS.
Mr.. Child Arrives From Kansas
City to Aid in the Work.
Bids for Buildings, Grading and Leyelling
VIII be Received To-day-Other
Business Matters.

Nothing in the growth of Salt Lake has
attracted more interest during the past
few months, than the proposed establish
ment of stock yards. With varying fortune,
the project has at all times been of the
greatest concern to those interested in the
material prosperity of the city, and any in
formation upon it will be read with avidity.
About pm. yesterday there appeared
among the arrivals at the Knutstord, the
name of
H. P. CHILD,
of Kansas City, and this at once caused
numerous inquiries to be made as to the
nature of his visit and the prospect for
work being begun in the direction indl-
Gated. When told that the public would
not relish its morning beefsteak unless
something was known relative to the great
enterprise and his visit here in connection
with it, he said: ut is true l am here to
attend to matters perta ming to the
establishment OF the stock yards.
Last year | came TO Salt Lake
and looked over the ground
and being favorably impressed with the
place as one every way suitable or such
an investment, our company was induced
to locate here. A fine tract of over three
hundred acres has been secured north and
west Of he Hot Springs for this purpose,
and with water, railway and all facilities
needed at hand, nothing was TO be done
but TO go to work The yards will be To-
Gated about one half mile west of the line
OF the present railroads, and the interven-
Ing space can ultimately be utilized for
packing house purposes. | have the plans
with me- and the contract for the
work will be let as soon as the
bids are all In. We will build a two-story
exchange building 1U0X50, stables 100x60,
hnnQn nair plya
SCALE capable of holding four carloads at a
draft, the barn 30x64, and corn Grip 24x32
All these will be let to local builders. The
yards will be sufficient to hold one hundred
carloads of cattle, and covered sheds ample
for at least fifty cars of sheep and hogs.
There will be 225, 600 feet of lumber rs.
CURED for fencing and pens. Our company
will place competent superintendent in
charge, but all the labor will be by
SALT LAKE woRKMEN.
and the material will come from local
dealers.
While outsiders are greatly interested,
this will be strictly Salt Lake enterprise
"a home institution. 1t belongs here.
In the course of time packing houses
will follow. Already two or three
parties are on the string for
these, and think arrangements will soon
be perfected for their establishment.
These will cost at least SIS 200. Salt Lake
should have the best beef trade In the IN ter
mountain region. 1t is too far from Kan
sas City TO suffer from competition. Here
is valley that is perfect as cattle pro-
duclng region, and just as soon as market
is had business will be quadrupled. This
has been the rule in other places.
These enterprises come just as steps in
the line of progress. Stock can be raised
cheaper on cheaper lands, slaughtered at
home and shipped cheaper. The
day is past when long trains
OF live stock intended for butcher
| ing will be hauled across the
continent. II took some years to develop
this industry in Kansas City, but it came,
and 1t will do the same here. All we pro-
pose is to be ready to meet the demands
which must increase with the rapid growth
of this region. l am a believer in the
future of Salt Lake, and the success of
this enterprise will, think, add much to
its standing as a business CENTRE"
Mr.. Child will remain few days and
then return to Kansas City, coming again
as the work may demand his presence here
| The ring of the hammer will soon be
heard in our northern suburbs.
THE BIDS
referred to by MIR. Child are for five build
| ings TO be erected by the Union Stock
a. I'D SOluPdpy' lduS CdI DG SS6u az Tue
office of the company over the Utah Ma
tional bank today.
| The compsny is also ready to let the con-
tract for grading tracts and leyeling the
site of the proposed yards.
BUSINESS NOTES.
Mr.. Blanchard, of the j. B. Pace Tobacco
company, of Richmand, Va, is opening q
branch house in this city. He is dstribut-
ing about three thousand samples of his
goods throughout Utah, and remembered
THE HERALD office last night.
Three lots were sold yesterday in Pop
perton place to Aaron Helms, of Aspen, by
Judge Colburn.
Evan Prosser, passenger agent of the
Ohio & Mississippi railroad, from New AL
bany, Ind, is in Salt Lake after an extend
ed trip through the northwest.
The Southworth Bros, at Castella
! Springs, on the Rio Grande Western, are
building q fine stone hotel at the Hot
Springs resort. 1t contains fifty bedrooms
and a dining hall that will accommodate
150 people An annex for the special use
of lnvHlids, and dancing pavilion are in
course of erection. The material used is
the cream colored and red kyune stone,
and when completed the structure will cost
over Sl5, 600 These springs are attracting
great attention and a Salt Lake lady badly
afflicted with rheumatism has found relief
OF tpr Of he hot