Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18


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cS for 3O0 miles around or oven 400
miles around Fort Worth. for
We win pay the prices for the hogs aud
money win get us an we need We
have no fears on the question Of supply.
RAILROADS COOPERATING
"rhe railroads have signaliscd their
willingness 10 afford every reasonable
facility that eau be asked or expected OF
them for The development Of this home
market and incidentally and directly tho
great mud important livestock industry
Now u matter Of much local Interest
"a the
QUESTION or TIME.
"Whon we expect 60 get In operation.
| We can not state that with cNaCncaa.
but you win be safe Ia saying that Il
" our intention and present expectation
that We viii ho IN operation early In
May, maybe hy the lst of May iy
that time We hope 20 bc Strengthening,
hut We cannot expect go be killing any
large number of beef cattle until tho
new beef house u completed. We expect
by May 20 make oil the payments for
or purchases and Ice actively nc work.
And When we DO get 60 work we viii
he able Co provide all classes of moat
produOta which are now being furnished
lay any packing house M the country.
I'VE can coniidcntlnly expect several
other concerns will put up larre cattle,
slccp aud hog Strengthening plants In
the near iutuw.
THE MARKETS.
"Oh no, there " no trouble about
markets for those meats ! have n re-
quest for meats from Pueblo, Here is
n lcttor You may read rom a lhila-
dolphin dressed m0nt buyer that shows
We have n market there offered ua. 20
Eustcru points,
ID b In baltimore New York and other
hut our first HalOa We expect 10 DO
90 The home markets Of Texas, then tho
Now Orleans aud gulf states mnrkcta,
the Southern aud Eastern markets gem
orally.
THE NEW RANK.
"Ycs, We are 40 sure of the establish
mont Of q hunk To loan money 20 feed-
ca hat the location has been secured
/ rpht NJ here Ou Main htroot q location
You must say NJ most excellent for iho
/ purpose. We have not liked the nmuunt
| Of Che capital yet but FROM S20nOOO TO
S5OOOOO IN talked Of We VIII have
nmple capital for our uses.
81 wish you would give special onphn-
| SIS tn the fact that the management Of
this enterprise will be largely Ia Tie
hands of
SOUTHERN MEN,
and also / wish yon 10 state very plainly
that without the nrtiNe cooperation Of
The stock rnisers, the railroads aud tho
pooplo OF Fort Worth this enterprise that
mems 40 much for Texas and 80 much
la the advertisement of Fort Worth
would never have eyeu been considered
hy me, and this ] wrote la my iirst
lcttor 20 Mr. NJ q. Hurley six months
i'rho enthusiasm with which tho
stock rnsera Of the state have taken
hold ol this enterprise nnd have worked
for its development has never before
been oaunlled in che history ot such un-
dertnkinna and Il wnB only their encuu~
0goment that enabled ms 70 make this
a mnrkct
'srhe agreement 20 ship 70 Fort Worth
has boeu signed by cnitlolnen ropreaent
Ing nenrly or quito 2,VDO,uOO OF cattle, nnd
the signatures are not confined alone Ia
die members Of the Texas Cattle Rails
cra association, but nlHo the south Tex
~ association members are freely signing
ms ASSOCIATES
"Aly associates are men of large means
IN New York, Boston, Chicago aud Now
Orleans, mud we expect 10 place SONS
Of che stock Ia Texas We have not Of
f'SSs AK q d ! I IfS Eel' y Fort worth
will be a director Of llie stockyards
oompnny, Mr.. q. o. Slaughter OF Dallas
will be a director of the bank sud the
btockyarda And right here want "a
Colonel Slaughter ile took very active
Interest," In lilo enterprise, and no man Ia
the convention worked harder Tor the aO
cepfance Of the forfeiture agreement.
i"fhis homo market for Texas has
long been q pet proJecs OF Colonel
VI nndorsinnd therc ~ pleasant llttla
riyniry between Fort Worth uuh Dallas,
aud tlhs makes Colonel SlaugpierB nc-
tive work the more corninopdnble.
f.# IHNa
has lnrre catflQ and ranch intorceta
nnnr Midland, Win also br a director Ia
the bank aud 9tOekynrds | have Eastern
associates whose names ! do not cars
20 publish Just now, bat they are able
20 curry out our plans without selling
q single share Of Stock
THE CARS WE WILL UsE.
are the Eastman patent. which are con-
troll, and by this we have an advantages
part Of Texas, the South Or East, With
Onf residing. aud this giYoa ~ marked
financial advantage,
"THE PRICE
paid DO not thing had better BE- stated.
No J have nothing 10 say about any
other purchases. This. u seems % me
~ enough for q beginning. for We feel
confident we eau handle this well aud
Il n best to DO thing we'll and then
we can g0 further IN the future
The above y the only authoritative
statement made BY those interested aud
the Interview was cnrnfully prepared and
nubmtted 70 Mr.. Simpson before being
published.
THE NEGOTIATIONS.
T0f * months past, since the value
81 che plant and the good prospects
offered 70 Investors were brought ~ Dc
notice. negotiotiOnl ~ interviews b.
telegrama by leflors have been conducted
from what at ono time seemed b most
unpf0misiug beeiDulng " q sueceAeful
close. ana Mr. simpson spoke "a terms
Of unSdnted praise Of The energy, deter
IMITATION, the good staying qualities %
M q Hurley. lbe pfeaecnt y DE Pack
Ing House Company WHO coplucted the
npQoiiatlnna Tor BIZ never lq1t faith aud
thai c0nhdsnce hae ioeu a,pen3ed,
Scarcely less wefn WAS hia acknowledge
ment q the ald given ~ ~ ~ W