The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY.
MORE THAN 100000 HOGS KILLED
AND SHIPPED ANNUALLY.
An Export Business That Makes the
Name of indianapolis Known
the World Over.

The varied business interests of the capl-
tai city of Indiana embrace many kinds of
manufacturing, about which much has been
written, but it is probably not known to
many readers of the Journal that the pack
ing of meats is carried on here in such an
extensive way as 20 make Indianapolis
great livestock market and establish
name for its largest packing house as one
of the foremost business successes of the
United States. The commanding position
held by Kingan & Co. as large buyers,
packers and exporters of pork gives 1t
notable prominence among the representa-
tiVes of the important industries of Indian
apolis. The fame of it's products has long
extended beyond national boundaries, and
they as popular in Great Britain and
continental Europe as in this country, fully
half of the trade of the house being its eX-
port business. This concern was established
forty years ago and has been conducted I'M
der its present corporate style for the past
twenty-three years. The plant covers thir-
teen acres and incloses within its walls a
miniature city, alive with activity and bust
ness push. A large number of buildings
from three to seven stories in height are
contained within the Enclosure, to which
entrance is obtained through massive gates
yard, around which the large buildings util-
| lied as slaughtering, packing and storage
houses, as we'll as the offices and other
buildings, are located. The machinery
equipment includes all the latest appliances
which modern invention has supplied to aid
or expedite the operations of this depart
ment of industry, and here an average of
about 10000 hogs are annually slaughtered
and converted into pork products by the aid
of the most approved modern processes.
The outlay for hogs amounts to from $6,000,-
600 to 100000 per annum. A large capital
is invested, and the product reaches to
from $10,C00,000 to $12000,0O0 annually. En-
ployment is given to force ranging from
$50 to 1,5OO hands, according to the season,
and the storage capacity of the warehouses
amounts to about 100000 pounds. The
company in addition to it's premises here,
has other extensive distributing branches in
leading cities East and West The brand of
Reliable" hams and other pork products
are justly popular and in large demand in
all parts of the Union, while for the ex-
port trade their "Kingan" brand is specially
put up in accordance with the requirements
of the English and European markets,
where there is a large and constantly grow
ing demand. Vast as this business is, it
runs smoothly, as all of it's details are I'M
der the close supervision of experienced SUI
perintendents in every department, every
accessory being utilized which is calculated
In any way to aid or expedite the opera
tons of the business and to keep the prod
uct up to the high standard of quality by
which its celebrity has been attained. The
large resources of the company and the
wide area covered by its trade place it
among the leading American manufacturing
houses and it's prominence and prosperity
% nf ~,
company also slaughters a considerable
number of cattle, sheep and calves and OPP
crates a glue plant to dispose of such prod
ucts that naturally come from such large
concern.