The herald., 1894-12-24
ARTISTIC MEAT DISPLAY.
SOMETHING UNEQUALED IN THE
BUTCHER LINE.
mead. wright d Co.'S Holiday Arrange
ment OF Dressed Msats-something
About the Butcher Business.

Death in any form is sad to contem-
Mate. and the man who can make .
thing OF beauty out of q corpse or q COL
lection OF them is doing something out
of the ordinary, but it can be done. and
has been done at the wholesale
butchering establishment of Mead,
Wright & Co., 1873 North Main street.
r. L. Wright OF this firm cen
eeiyed the idea of making q Christi
mas display out of the materials to be
found in butcher shop, and the whole
force OF the great establishment wae
put to work on the idea.
Now, there isn't anything strikingly
handsome about q dressed beef or the
body of late lsmented sheep or hog,
ordinarily. but the men employed by
Mead, Wrigh. & Co. are up to all the
tricks OF the trade, even to making an
artietic thing out of side of beef or the
carcass of a sheep. So when tne great
wagons used by this concern In their
wholesale trade came numbering up to
the shop yesterday they were filled with
artistically butchered beeves, sheep,
lambs, calves and hogs.
The force employed at the chop. under
the direction of B. +. Crawley. the fore-
man, set to work to arrange the In
tsrior Of the we'll appointed place. IL
took an eye for the beautiful to arrange
that display. The ceiling and walls
we're hung thick with the dressed meats,
interpreted with hams, bacon. pres
served and smoked meats OF all kinds.
The arrangement was made orderly
and artisticslly. and then with colored
tissue papers, palms and evergreens
nd
signs. the trimmings were put on. COL
ored electric lights were arranged in
appropriate places throughout tue dis-
plav, and last night when the lights
were turned on and cast fantastical
shadows on the long array OF choice
meats, the effect WAS wonderful.
The effect of the oolored lights and
artistic trimmings lent certain beauty
to beefateak or mutton chop or well
proportioned ham, which must be ssen
TO be appreciated. It is well worth
vislt to the place to ses the unique and
srtietic display OF meats.
The place occupied by Mead. Wright
& Co. Is one OF the finest appointed
.nops on the coast in ordinary attirs
and when this lavish display was ar
ranged the interior was certainly
thihg of beauty.
The present firm of Need, Wright &
Go commenced doing a wholesale busi-
ness at this place in April 1894. though
The house had been occupied and used
~ u maat market for long time pre-.
.viouely. The volume OF business done
by the rirm has grown from the start,
steadily and surely until now it equals
and perhaps surpasses that done by any
firm of the kind in Southern California.
This firm enjoys the proud distinction
os having broken meat monopoly in
this city and the public at large, as we'll
as tbe retail butchers of the city appre.
.ciutes the fact and accord the firm
liberal patronage.
Having been able to control the price
oi b;ftchsrs' meats from the very day
rpo:i which it started in business, the
!. mlls steadily maintained its hold upon
ti.. trnde, and has done business at
proit to itself as well as the public, and
c. IN mpoIed the other wholesale firms to
ONE down to the level of live and let
Eve. 1t has broken the hold OF mo-
f'oaoly upon the people and is proud Of
no iact
rrhaps the thing which has had
ia,ot 10 do with the success OF the firm
- Mead. Wright & Co., in its efforts to
.arnish meats az living prices 10 all,
iaa been the business acumen and
nN.Iity as a meat buyer OF r. l.. Wright,
,l.a resident manager of the institution.
Mr.. Wright enjoys the distinction OF be-
inv she peer OF any stockman in the west,
liis Judgment being clear and correct
hen 1t comes to dealing in cattle or
meat supplies.
The few people who prophesied thst
the institution started by Mead Wright
.& Co, would he ''summeF shop"
nnst now see them winter and sum.
mer, for the business has
grown from small beginning to
phenomenal proportions, and the future
promises much more for it than the past
has given. Summer and winter, year
in and year out, the husineae will 60 on.
Business sagacty has been shown
by the introduction of all the modern
machinery and appliances known to the
butcher business. The sausage factory
turns out something like a ton of
sausage day. end this is probably the
largest thing OF the kind in Southern
California.