The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-01

4, financial world which attacked the Whit
! taker interests were never Ia any manner
! the result of the Wichita house. as this
always paid well on the investment, but
along with all the other interests Of the
estate this branch had to suffer also.
! Since 1t ceased 20 be operated awaiting
the outcome Of the litigation In the courts,
there has ever been q steady and firm
| hope and faith that ultimately all would
pa Strengthened out and some one either
the Whitaker people or some one else,
would again take hold and start the
wheels going. This wish has been shared
not only in Wichita and among her bust
ness men, but by many outside interests
J as well, such as live stock shippers TO
/ this market, patrons OF the stock yards
and commission firms once dealing heav-
| lily at this point but now throwing their
| trade elsewhere. At many different times
rumOrs have floated olgt of some one or
another of the coUntry's big packers hav-
! ing attempted to gain control of this ee-
| Ia blishment. No doubt these ruInOrs
were generally correct, but the difficulty
of securing legal control always handi-
capped all these efforts, and the various
! schemes died a-bor1tng. Last spring John
! Cudahy had an expert down here in the
| city looking over the ground and taking
notes and legal advice on the situation
| At once the hopes of every ono went up,
and it was fondly hoped that the progress
sive and enterprising firm Of Cudahy
would get it, But the knowing ones were
not over sanguine, and their fears were
finally realized in the legal technicalitfes
,,In 1I+a
Schwarzschild. Sulzberger & Co called a
meeting of the board Of directors from
| New York to Kansas City and for several
days seriously discussed the question
whether/Ithey should build additional
! departments to their large concern at
Kansas City or make an effort to get the
| Whittaker house at this poin-
Again they were confronted by the same
old Banquos ghost which would not down
that of the courts feature. So one at a
time all schemes were eummarily stihed,
and nothing tangible gained. But still
every one believed that sooner or later
} the only logical outcome would be that
| eventually the house would come into
control Of some live packer who would see
! the advantages of having a slaughtering
! branch right in the country where all had
distributing agencies of more or loss i'm
portance. Cudahy already has such an
agency in the territory, and 1t would be
| greatly to his best interests to have a
! killing establishment nearer the held OF
operation. The addition of another mousse
here means a greatly increased live stock
market since this very addition would
mean the maintaining of market here.
n
grades Of stock. and this, of course, gives
a better selection to the buying interests.
That a great plant so well equipped and
50 well located, right in the heart of the
stock raising zone, and close to a con-
stantly increasing market for cured
meats, should stand very long idle seem
! ed logically and reasonably absurd. Some
one was bound to get it, and il now looks
as though the first important stepping
stone was laid and big step forward
made. The annoying and perplexing legal
/ barnacles are forever removed, as the
transfer places the property in the hands
Of those who are in position TO at once
listen TO any proposition and do business
without tina Interference of receivers,
courts or insolvent estates.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT.
The buildings were put up ten years ago,
| the grounds being broken for work in De
! cember. 1883 The arrangement was then
according 10 the latest improved plans in
/ the construction of packing plants, and is
! now as nearly perfect as can be found any
where. The buildings cover three acres
Of ground, fronting on North Lawrence
/ avenue.
Beginning at the northwest corner Of
| the plant is the hog house. 4SX23 feet and
J seven stories in height This is attached
/ TO the east side of the slaughter-house.
/ on the east side of the slaughter-ho
and south Of the hog house is another
building. known as the dryer; a building
/ 4Sx30 feet. The slaughter-house is nSx11
/ feet, and extends east and west. All Of
the buildings are longer east and west
! with the exception of the extreme western
/ building. called the packing house, or the
ons in which the cured meats are packed
for shipment Sixty feet west OF the
| slaughter-house IS the cooler, or cold
storage house. 1S2xT3 feet, and seven stories
| in height. The northeast corner Of the
! cooler is connected with the southwest cor
ner of the slaughter-hOuse. sixty feet dis
! tant. by Platform on the ground aoor and
( big iron bridges South OF the slaughter
house. but entirely detached from any 9TH
CT portion OF the plant. IS the boiler and
engine house. thirty feet high and Il3x7.
/ feet in dimensions. standing east and
west. The last buildings in line are the
! smokIag-house and packing -house. tire ,or-
mer being on the north, and the combined
/ dimensions q which are IJ7x49 feet, both
/ four stories in heiEhth.
Al the buildings are % stone and brick
/ With iron bridges between. 50 that II one
Is destroyed by fire the others remain in
! tact. There are including Offices. nine
/ buildings in ALL The foundations are OF
I stone seven feet wide. with = sixteen
foot platform IS feet long extending me
! entire length n me plant
/ The capacity Of the concern IS 500 hogs,
/ 500 baeves AID 20 sheep per dsy.
The bouer-house contains four oue-hu1-
/ drsd horsepower boilers The power which
/ moves che vast machinery IS furnished BY
I TWO -arse engines. aside from the one used
. for producing electric light
The shipping docks are the only thing
/ watch lack further work. They are open.
/ facing the west. and cannot be used IN
/ snow storms.
Below is The deed completing the trans
1 fer
This .ndeuture. made this I'd day %
! December. 1855. between Francis Whitta-
/ ker < sons Packing company. a corpora
ZION created and existing under ad BY he
business n TIE stass OF AAA.as, party Q,