The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-01

which were the pride OF the yards He
says now he thinks he has the laugh on
the inventor of the story that he was 60
ing to get married. for the truth is, so he
claims, while he was supposed to be
counting, he was really taking care OF
this pet herd of steers and daily adding
to their flesh and weight. He is the same
genial Chris and the same successful ship
per these yards have seen almost weekly
for the past ten years. He says he has
four more cars Of as good cattle nearly
ready for market
A. Garland Of Kiowa was shipper Of
hogs that sold on the early market to
Dold. They were Just fair.
Charlie Dorsey OF South Haven was at
the yards with car of fair hogs. He sold
out after dinner and the last seen of him
he was gingerly picking his way along
the high tight board fence around the
Dold works, trying to find enough dry
ground to place his feet on.
Joe Sicelof Of Belle PLANE was up with
a fair car of Sumner county porkers.
JEFF Houston of Ponca City sent up the
best load for the day, they being very
fair hogs, considering the run for the
day
Sykes Bros, of Murdoch, were on the
market with a load Of medium hogs. He
reports everything looking fine all around
him.
Jack Osborne returned yesterday from
a business trip to St Louis, where he was
sent Wednesday with a consignment Of
stock by Woods. He got through ell
right and evaded the chief of police while
there enough to make good his return.
Jacks long service as yard foreman
makes him a valuable man wherever ne
is placed.
The Dold company. FOR the first time
in six years. missed a day In out ship
ments of meats, not because there were
no orders waiting, but on account of the
inundated yard tracks. A large shipment
to eastern and southern distributing
points was intended and billed, but the
railroads all hesitated about attempting
TO get into the Dold loading docks Most
OF the switches were entirely out of sight,
and It was hard to say what were their
condition on the road beds, and 1t was
feared 70 be a risky undertaking 70 take
an engine over them in the soft, treacher-
Gus condition. T large amount of Or
ders are booked, and next week redoubled
business will be done by the plant to get
out the produce sold 1t was also a novel
condition equally rare that not hog was
the yards to the killing rooms being simply
too impossible for the hogs to reach them.
The railroads bringing in the receipts
yesterday were the Santa Fe and the Mis-
souri, Pacific, the former 8, and the lat
ter @
The rain and the resulting lay OF water
of Friday night was the most startling
in the history OF the yards, one instance,
possibly. excepted, that one occurring
about seven years ago. Between the
Rock Island and the Santa Fe tracks is a
vast lakeof water which washes up to the
banks and swells like veritable perma-
nent lake, All the tracks. the Missouri
Pacific alone excepted, were for a time
completely submerged, the water run
ming off toward night from most. Drift
lies piled up between the rails. and some
stretches Of the main line of the Rock Is
land. and all the sidings and switches
are still from few inches to foot and
more under water. The water was three
feet deep over large tracts OF the east and
north end, and the moving Of trains was
with great difficulty and danger.
Green flags were placed along the rail-
roads by the intersections, as a warning
to slow down speed. and at night some
of the lines declined to send an engine UP
there again until the water has subsidized
to allow trackmen and section
gangs to ascertain the damage and repair
all weak spots. 1t was impossible to reach
the yards afoot, except by going around
by the Whitaker pland and coming down
hisr chute by way Of the Dold chute. The |
Dold company had men out most of the !
night herding in the hogs in the feed lot. |
and so great care and promptness was |
used that not a hog was drowned.
The last day of the month showed in |
creased receipts Of hogs at all the west |
ern markets, increases over the month |
previous, and over the same month a
year ago. There is a healthy tone to the |
live stock trade, and buyers, feeders and
as well as spectators and pack |
ers are taking advantage of Che firm
strength and the result is live trade and
activity all along the line eGn-
orally speaking the grade of the quality
is better also, which in itself is an i'm |
portant element Of the increased business. |
The month of May starts off with a good !
record behind it to beat, but all signs |
point Enthusiastically 10 the probability of |
exceeding it in both the volume of re-
,eipts and quality.
Live stock journals are agitating the |
audable idea Of the various stock yards |
flying the national flag from |
heir exchange buildings. Will the Wich |
ia yards fall into line in this, as they |
nave in all other projects?
The Price Current for Thursday says: |
There has been some increase in move |
nent Of hogs the past week. Western |
packers killed a total of 10000, compared |
with 395 600 preceding week and $4,000 two /
weeks ago. For corresponding time last |
year the number was $50, GOO. From March /
the total is 2.9S0,0 00 against 2,3S5,000 a |
rear ago-an increase of 5S5.000, or about |
Is per cent The quality has generally |
been very satisfactory. The first two |
months OF the summer season, March and /
April will show a record decidedly ahead |
If any previous year in number of hogs !
killed by western packers
LIVE STOCK MARRET