The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

magnitude. have always been guided ~
the pr.ncspse % buying from an. sua2sy-
irz wherever possible. the home snarket-
The shipments Abroad.
Their foreign shipments are large ard
are constantly Increasing. Eainar Japan
ard a. po.nts 81 BRITISH Columbia and the
Hawaiian stands furnishing ready mar
Eets Tor rs1@lr products Hstai3 ne AaAl
NORTH a sasp-nenE % severity tons va
sent 20 I1pzu ard another q forty tors o.
dried blood was taken - ne sugar hfal@
OF the Hawaiian islznes- tbs iasser
came n direct competition Win me -.
Francisco article. sue To- Only vas az 80
liked as rhs latter ~ the users, oa[ = COM
r5f4te ausfv~s= proved s. 60 Be every ~nit
az good n al particulars TIE Brush -
1,.rT>ss demand for hans. bacon and lard
reaches large figures ard = constantly "a
e~eseins as - also the trade n Darrs3ed
beef
ImprovfnG the Plant.
TIE improvements rasee UFsn-n the ias'
year have greatly added 20 the appear
80. convenience and utIIisy 90 ire 60
.aai.wfsraent The space IN front OF tns
building on Grant street has been enclosed
srr q svlx built from the Northern Fae~ne
tracks 80 that the cattle are brougnt a.
rectsy srso the yard and not unlozced az
tae transfer yards as formerly orosa
sncans plan. OF heavy pianks has oeeh
syrssr a. a gentle angle. rising gradually 70
*s,e Kuspu!ng room, SO tTat wagons ana
drayx can be loaded al the door new
once. well .lglfsd and connodious. nas
hsen erected IN front OF me upper story d.
recfly over the entrance. and tne require
merits of distant communication are sup
Piled By two telephones and a prleAte teie
graph wfre. Much economy OF tine ana
labcr has also been Effected BY ne add
.lan Of a new apparatus for loadinE cars
BY prngch tie articles 20 Be shipped are
rouvevsd from the beef room 10 me car
A cOnplete ice room win daily capacfty
OF thirty-nye tons Is required Tor the s&
onl.I rooms. and another Of the same sa-
rscEty Is about 10 be put sn. All parts OF
n. packing house ware rooms and Offices
are thoroughly lighted ~ an electric plant
put In lart November.
Fo2r stock buyers and two travelling
men are kept constantly busy buying cat
lie and dlap0s.Hg OF dressed and cured
meats and the various by-prcducIs. Be
sides these The total pay roll includes 100
raen. of whom slxty-fve are employed IN
the packing house. An artes.an wei is
being driven on the company's property
and has already attained depth OF 500
feet. From allis an abundance OF the
pursst water IS expected 10 be obtained.
Already piles are being driven on the
south SIDE o. the present building for
.zesi az warehouse ard ice house. IL Will
be completed as early In the year az pos
sibis, as already the need for more space
r. seriously felt.
Strengthening and Packing
In order To appreciate the importance Of
the business and the variety OF articles
prOduced, a trip through the packing
house r necessary, and then only can one
real.ze the ability necessary TO conduct
successfully 50 intricate and delicate a
business.
or their Journey from field 70 table over
% 90 cattle, sheep and hogs are annually
guests OF the Frye-Bruhn Company at their
packing house on the Grant street bridge
They are received IN a spacious yard IN
front OF the building and thence
are driven through passages 10
the stock pens and feed yards.
passing over scales on the way.
where their weight on the hoof Is taken.
These pens are two stories in height, the
cattle being accommodated below. while
the sheep are driven up an inciine to the
second story Here they are fed and wa
tered and remain until recovered from
the fatigue and excitement OF travel,
when they are nj for slaughterng. The
hogs have a little further TO go TO their
mems. which are situated in the rear OF the
building.
From the respective feed pens are three
passages so narrow as TO allow only one
animal 20 pass at a time, that run 10 the
Strengthening pens, where the first step Is
saKen In that ingenious and intricate pro-
cess by which the lowing steer. the beat
ing sheep and the grunting, squeallng hog
is changed 10 dressed beef and mutton and