The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-09
THEY WILL BUILD
Cudahys to Erect Two New
Structures
TO WHITAKER PLANT
Present Steam Capacity Is
Being Doubled.

The Cudahy Packing house in this city
is getting to De lively place. Men are
tearing on the Old roof Of the Whitaker
plant and Others are putting on a new
one. There is also another force of
men at work in the engine room and
stin others working in the interior of
the big building, tearing up the cid floors
and putting down new ones. The payroll
is now 800 week and three times as
many men viii be put to work as soon
as material arrives to erect two new
buildings.
There will be q new frame building
erected 75x75 feet for a fertilizer. Then
there VIII be fre-proef brick building
erected at once 60x75 feet for a lard re-
finer. It will be the finest lard refinery
in the west as Wen as the largest. The
John Cudahy Packing House in Wichita
is going to be q much larger concern
than the old Whitaker plant.
The three big boilers that used TO furn-
ish steam 10 run the whitaker plant
are now resting on the blocks. The en-
tire furnaces are torn out and new ones
viii be built under them. The east end
OF the engine room viii be torn out
and the building extended far enough
to take in three more new boilers larger
than the ones now in position. When
completed the steam power Of the plant
will be more than doubled The entire
floor Of the engine room IS being torn
out and a new floor of vitrihed brick
VIII take its place. All the outside stair
ways viii be torn away and new ones
constructed on the inside OF the build
ings. It is the intention Of Mr.. Cudahy
to have a first-class, modern packing
house in this city.
Phil Hardet, the master workman in
charge, is a man who understands his
business and he knows what Mr.. Cudahy
wants. He said last night that he had
been with the Cudahys for twenty-four
years He says that John Cudahy is
rusher and there is no question about
his intending TO make the plant here
hrst-class in every respect. He said it
would be three months before the I'm
provements could be made. To hear Mr..
Hardet talk inspires one with great ideas
OF the Cudahy plant It makes the aver
age Wichita man feel like grasping his
hand and exclaiming: ''Weu, really, YOU
are one Of us" This employe OF Cudahy
is a very modest man. He does not boast
ne simply says that we are going to do
this and do that. He has the picture of
the wholesale establishment in his mind
complete and all the enthusiasm shown
by him is on account Of the very com
plete packing house that viii soon be
doing business in this city.
Head Carpenter, J. R. Campbell IS
more than delighted with Wichita and
the property secured here by Mr.. Cudahy
1T viii be a fine packing house when
Mr.. Cudahy gets through with mis- inn
provements," he said last night. HE
will have an immense steam capacity. but
it viii be needed. We are going to put
in another ice machine with a capacity
of 80 tons a day. The lard refinery will
be complete and fire proof and it will
Zoe four stories besides the basement. It
will take time to make all these improve
ments We aim to trade with the busi-
ness men here and all our material IS
contracted for Of Wichita dealers. but
they have to send away for it. The floor
viii al be laid with three-inch boards
and made water tight. over these heavy
boards Will be tarred paper and then
another floor OF lighter boards over the
paper"
All the people about the stockysrds are
jubilant and they say that Cudahy is lay
ing good foundation and they are just
beginning to realize that Is going % be
larger thing than they imagined. John
Cudahy is coming to stay and be a prom
inent part Of greater wichita.