The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

Michael Cudahy, the well-known meat packer
OF Chicago, accompanied by his son, John p, IL
stopping at the Rainier. He 10 making q tour of
the Western distributing centerS in most Of
which his company has established branch
houses. He Is the senior member of the Cudahy
Packing Company. which has q large establish
ment at South Omaha and does . business Of
SIS. 0.0oo q year. Mr.. Cudahy lives in Chicago
and manages the speculative part of the com.
pany's business there and looks after it, inter-
ests generally In that grestest meat market of
the world. He and his brother, who manages
the buying and manufacturing end Of the con-
Germ At south Omaha, are well-known characters
on the Chicago Board OF Trade and are famil.
iarly known a. "Mike and Ed" They are large
and successful operators in the provi-
sion pit, their long association and part.
nership with p. D. Armour giving
then q controlling influence in that market.
The Cudahys are self-made men, and like Ar.
mour, obtained their first start IN the packing
business in Milwaukee. under the tutelage Of
PiaDkinton, the famous pork packer OF that
city. When Plankinton & Armour began opera
lions In Chicago the Cudshys accompanied Ar
mour to that city. and have been associated
with him up to within q few years. About six
years ago Armour and the Cudahys started the
south Omaha plant under the name of the
ArmOur-Cudahy Packing Company, but three
years afterward Armour retired and the Cudahys
are now running the business alone.
speaking OF meat packing reminds me of
several curious things in regard to that bust.
ness" said j. F.. Barnard. the Omaha lumber
dealer stopping at the Rainier. to a P~osT-INTEL-
LIGENcER reporter last night II used to be on.
gagged in getting out c0operage stuff and soon
learned that beef barrels are smaller than pork
barrels and the latter smaller still than lard
tiercea Furthermore they and Oil barrels are
always made of white oak. The reason for
rsSn~ 81. HSr-An. t. $500 "a T. l-LA -
porous wood, but l could never see why the bar.
rels should be of different sizes. 1t 10 a fact,
however, that . packer never thinks Of
packing beef In q pork barrel or vice
versa. or of putting lard In either, no matter
what Inconvenience he may suffer from
not having on hand one of the particular kinds
of package. Another peculiar thing 10 that
while beet barrels have iron hoops, pork barrels
always must have hickory hoops, aud they with
the bark on at that. Sometimes in getting a
large lot of hoop poles l would have no handy
place to store them and the bark would get
loose in placed Whenever this happened I
always had to throw these poles away although
hoops made from the skinned pole would be
just - strong Is If they had the bark on. Why
these peculiarities should exist I don't know,
but l presume there are good and sufficient
reasons"
Henry L Tibbals, jE, of Port Townsend, pros
pective United States customs collector under
the new administration, is stopping at the Occi.
dental on his way to Olympia. mo, l Am not
giving much attention to my candidacy for the
office at present. l don't know what more can
be done until the state central committee meets,
which / think will not be until after the legisla.
ture a~djourns. / already have the Endorsement
of the entire shipping interest of the Pacific
coast. don't know who 10 urging Wallace's
appointment to . cabinet position. but I am sure
he 10 not seeking the Office himself"
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Wrestling will leave early
next week for . six weeks trip in the East.
During their absence they will visit Boston,
New York. Philadelphia and other Eastern
cities. During their absence the Misses West.
ling will reside with Miss Cheal, Fourth and
Spring streets.
W. A. Nichols aud George Montandon. of
Everett, are stopping at the Rainier. They are
fine guitar players, Mr.. Nichols especially hav.
ing q wide reputation. They gave an impromptu
entertainment to the ladies OF the hotel last
evening.
A party of SitkA ladies who came down on the
Topeka last evening. are stopping at the Grand.
They are Mrs. W. r. Mills, Mrs. r. S. Written.
hitler. Mrs. W. G. Jack, Mrs. X. A. Clark and
Miss sophie Shillaber.