The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-02
THE NEW PACKING HOUSE.


The Moore Packing Company. which be-
gan operations yesterday. has n of the
model plants of the country. There are
larger ones, but none more complete in all
departments for both summer and winter
killing. The winter killing capacity of the
house will be 800 hogs; the summer cspac-
ATTY 1000 hogs. The buildings were erected
by the Indianapolis Belt Road and Stock
yards Company. w. p. Ijams. president of
that company. suggesting the idea to sever
al OF the oldest packers aud buyers in this
city. The buildings cost $4,000 and the
packing company. in fitting them up. has ex-
pended another $4,000. Thus, rs the es-
Enlistment now stands. it has cost $780,
OO0. The packing-house 10 70x90 feet and five
stories high; the clubhouse 145x145 feet and
five stories high; the smoke-house 50xlOO
feet; the engine-house and brine-room 36x90
feet. Six observation-disclosures power boilers,
built by Chandler * Taylor. furnish steam,
and q acknowledgements Atlas. en-
CINE furnishes the power. Then there is a
horse power engine which
runs the refrigerator plant, and is so oon-
sfructed that either natural gas or coal can
be used for fuel under the boilers. There
are eight lard watts Of the most improved
type.
The refrigerator plant is an unusually
complete one. The a~nhydrite liquids are
purchased in cylinders from chemical
works, each cylinder holding from one
hundred to 125 pounds. This liquid is taken
into O large storage receiver and from there
expanded into a series of coils submerged
in brine. When the ammonia 10 ex-
banded in the system of coils, the
gas is taken o n into O machine n
delivered into another series of coils.
where the ammonia Is again brought back
co liquid form, returns into the liquid re-
~eeiver, and then into the coils which are
submerged In brine, reduced TO q tempera-
ture varying from \ to ~ degrees above
zero. This chilled brine is then sent
through the several departments of the
chill-house. producing the temperature de-
sired for a chill-room. In these chill-rooms
can be hung at n time four thousand
hogs. The smoke-house Is complete in
every detail. This has been in operation
some weeks. the company having pur-
chased for smoking salt meats from other
packing-houses; now they will supply
themselves with the product.
The company will not attempt to slaugh-
ter more han five hundred hogs per day
for the present. as every thing about the
works Is new and requires more or less adj
j~usting. but when in full operation the
average capacity the year round will be
1.5O0 hogs. killing more in winter than in
summer. While having q track TO their
hog pens they will be little used, as n large
per cent. of the hogs will be purchased in
she yards, not five hundred feet away from
the establishments, making the transfer of
the hogs from the stocky ards TO the conf
pany's pens very easy. with practically no
expense. Most OF the members of the com
pany have been long in the business of
buying and packing hogs. Int have an
advantage in that respect. Then there ia
ample capital behind the concern. 1t will
make this o more important hog market
without in the least affecting the other
packing-houses. all of which are prosperous
aud money-making industries. All. how
ever. are now laboring under the disadvan-
high prices.