The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-02
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
sHTPPERs AND NOTES.

d. NJ. Hutchinson Of Haverhill was a
shipper of fair butcher hogs which were
sold at a price all they could command.
Provisions were a little higher yester-
day. following the higher hog market.
Cash lard closed UP IL cents at SS.O'
and cash ribs. 7Is cents up. at $40.
The Dold shipments yesterday were very
fair for Saturday, the straight contract
car stuff being strong and the Joobins
and express shipments heavy for sat
urday. All the several departments were
busy getting out the stock, and hte DAY
was good for the last day Of the week.
The average weight for the car hogs
for the week was 221 pounds, and the to-
tai receipts, 1851.
The ton price for the day was Friday.
and was s365; the low point was on Mon
day. and was 1856.
Superintendent Charlie Darrigrand OF
the Dold plant is one Of the most up-to-
date packing house experts anywhere In
the land He knows everything from the
foundation up to the last degree or per-
lection. He is all the time experiment.
ing with some new arrangement for bet
tering the service of the house. saving
expense, or facilitating the methods Tor
getting out the meats for shipments. Yes
terday a new plan for hanging meats in
the smoke houses was tested and the re-
suits showed that the late scheme was
a winner. Many thousand pounds OF
Daisy" hams were hung with bended
steel wires in the place OF hemp strings
as formerly, and the results showed that
| this will from now on be the only sys-
| tenn The few fires at the DOld plant
| in their history at this point have oeen IN
! the smoke houses and nearly always they
were caused by the breaking or burning
away Of strings on the hung meats. BY
/ using the Blended wires all are hung on
! seasoned hickory or ash poles, and this
will be all but Impossible. and the new
! steel wire process is the best yet adopt
ed in any packing house in the west.
| The bold travelling statesmen were In
| at Headquarters yesterday. and those re-
| porting showed weeks record whicn oy
| considerable was the best In the ousi'
| ness of the Wichita house for this sea
| SON. The warm weather Of late has ad
| yanced very greatly the volume OF busi
! ness and the sub-agents OF the house aht
| the merchants throughout this TRIBUTARY
| territory all the week were strong IN thei
| orders for the several staple cuts, spe
cialties, and general packing house pro
ducts Messrs. George Riley. the "Ches
terfleldian" drummer. ReVe'ey, joe ran
som. Hagin, and Maughmer, were all II
10 report, and all gave very glowing &C
counts of their business for the week.
The cattle business yesterday was a
| follows. Five stockers. S04 pounds weight
nrice 81 %: l bull. 1890 pounds, selling
&. 21: / Jersey COW. $50 pounds weight.
81 so: COW. 1850 pounds, S2.5o; l COW
1,e0 pounds. at 500.
There will be no picnic today OF n
Dold forces. as the chief barrel! manip
uIator has overworked his Office and IN
source of Supply run dry. and beside
this. the vocalists have lost hope and de
| clined 70 furnish rich and rare melody |
| an ruappreciative audience.
The stock wards will be closed on IN
Fourth. Tuesday. so far as business J
| concerned. II stock arriving at the yard
will be cared for, unloaded, penned an
fed and watered. but no sales VIII D
made. as agreed upon among the sew
oral commission firms. members OF IN
exchange. All stock in VIII be proper
cared for. but no transfers mace UNI
! the following day.
The review Of the week for the i've day
I'm "a SATURDAY IS as follows: Monday
. ions Ss.E5: bulk $685.: averag
I weight DO: receipts. ~. For Tuesday
TONS &. 60: bulk. S3.47l=HS.so; averas
weight. go: receipts, 49,. For Nedn's
day- tons. 6. s2IS: bulk. S.5AHa 50; aver
age weight. ~: receipts. ISIS. For Thurs
dev. ops. 50 60: bulk. s2.5"G3.6o; ayerls
weight. @S: receipts. tSs. For FRIDAY
tons. S.A; bulk. s3.55IS.eo averas
weight. si5: receipts. cd.