Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02
Invested in Big Stock Yards at
Fort Worth.
TEXAS CATTLE SLAUGHTERED
Instead Of shIpped-The Flslehes Of Faneull
HALL Market and Simpson, Mcintyre & Co.
tho Men Mainly lnieresled-Ihe
Stock Yards Largest In Chicago.

Che Gosron Daily Advertiser ~ March
"a contains the following report Of the
Fort Worth pockcry deal which We re
A deal OF considerable magnitude has
very recently heen closed la Texas. IN
which Boston capital aud energy figure 20
large degree. The enterprise looks Ia
word TO the slaughter and sale Of IcNns
cattle at point very near the hume ranges
aud thousands OF dollars from Boston are
going into it.
The cattle and stock men IN Texas have
been ~ disadvantage In being obliged to
depend upon markets fnr distant from thcir
ranges for the sale Of stock,
II the present enterprise IA successful.
they VIII not only have " home market
but also be able 10 get Within their hOr-
aers heef, pork ond mutton for their own
use, aud 70 furnish INV great TERRITORY lyiug
aputh and east OF tlicn along the Gun of
Mexico Go the AtiuuflC cofuf.
AZ present they shin 60 Kansas city. g.
Louis and Chicago, later on purchasing
their meat nom thn same unimals. ,n nc
transported back Tor their own vOusump.
Boston business men have organized a
couipay, which viii s,.ou c,uUor, ut.. e.
the largest stockyards aul Embellishments
ia the world, n viii be nc Fort Worth,
Tex. on the Trinity rivcrl abont two mites
the operation Is q. w. simpson senior
partner OF simpson Mclntyre & Co. 81
this city Mr. Simpson was one OF the
origlnntors of the Omahn stock yards. and
for years past has been identified In the
cattle und stock.rAislng Industry.
the other gentlemen who nrc Interested
Fpuepi Hall National banR. his son. j. Il.
tletchcr, which ~ connected with his father
Ia the beef business at 90 Fauucil Hail
market, under the style of J. " Fletcher
a Sons; u. l. Mcintyre and N A. Harris,
BON OF the nrm Of SlmpsDl, Mcintyre
\ Co.. \ H. Woodbridge OF s. r. Wood.
bridge 4 Co, at III Clinton street AMI
few more prominent business men Of hos
tom H. =, smith, formerly uf BOSTON but
now director in the Omnha stock yards,
wiz Dc connected with the new deal. as
VIII w. @. johnson, a prominent lawyer
OF Chicago.
Elmer .Woshburn or Chicago VIII manage
the yards. Mt simpson win probably be
igtuc the president Of the company. What
the men interested have really done n 10
buy the entire property OF the Fort Worth
value Of 81 OUU.O,n mcudinr tie land and
street railway running from the city
proper 10 the works ut North Fort Worth
This they propose TO enlarge. II win be a
kduhUh enterprise aud its head office VIII
he IN Boston. They have purchased from
600 TO 1000 acres In addition TO what hnH
been acquired In the transaction, ON which
new buildings VIII be- erected ana belt
line VIII bc constructed from the city proper
connecting with the ton ducreni railroads
Whlth cenifc az Fort WORTH which VIII or
course AFFORD unlimited railroad facilities
with the whole country,
The concern win employ 800 men. and
WIN handle 1000 cattle aud 2OOO hogs a day
aud the stoclyOrds VIII accommodate over
3.OpOOo cattle year ANA proportiouutc
number Of sheep aud hogs. The buildings
nre now empty. and business has been nt
standstil for n long time owing to want OF
capital but the new management viii begin
anew about May /. A bank viii also De ca.
tabllshcd.
In return FOR au these advantages the
stock faisers OF Texas az body have in.
doi sed the undertaking. nud each indivi iuitl
owner OF cattle, etc, has agreed 10 offer the
cattle taken from his ruugc8 for sale ~
these yards otherwise 10 pay stipulated
sum per head as liquidnted dumaFos for
failure no 10 do. thus insuring the promo.
tiers 0f this enterprise n monopoly Of this
traffic.
Mr. Simpson. j V. Fletcher. J. II. Fictcl-
er =. H. Woodbridge and their lawyer
Mr.. Johnson, are now In Fort Worth max
lug the final arrangements and uuun thplr
return The AFFAIR WIN reach the climax and
be- announced. a well known skin aasoan.
ton of Boston has the contract 10 hnndle
nll the hides from the new ynrds
gentleman convcrsUnt with the deal
said; 'Mr, Simpson finds that cattle eau be
obtained In Texas that viii answer tho
purpose just ns well, N not better. than
those Of Kansas aud other Northern states
ma thinks the business can De carried on
there as adysntagcously as In Omaha and
other places. Range cattle can be- obtained
there three months IN the year more than
they can up north on account OF the chi.
mate. They expect 10 supply not only the
northern markets, hut The southern ns
well, and, IN fact, the field is unlimited"