The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-23
THEY ARE FOR It.
Citizens Discuss the New
Cudahy Proposition.
SECOND MEETING TONIGHT
At Which an Enthusiastic
Crowd viii be Present.

Yesterday the principal topic of con-
versation in the city was In regard to the
Cudahy proposition. 1t meets with favor
from the people.
Wichita citizens are to meet in the
council chamber at the city building to-
| night to lay more systematic plans to
take advantage of the Cudahy packing
proposition. At the former meeting
committees were appointed and at the
meeting tonight a large soliciting COM
mittee will be selected to handle the
financial part of the proposition.
TIL proposition as was presented at the
previous meeting means a great deal to
Wichita. It means much for Wichita
as business center. 1t means much for
this city as a live stock market. And
it means with more packing houses that
better and lower rates can be secured
for the shipment of products.
The proposition offered TO the citizens
of this city by the Cudahy people is
this: Cudahys will come here and oper-
ate the old Whitaker packing plant. pro-
viding that Wichita will buy the build
ing, which can be done at cost Of $780,
900. In addition to this, the building
must be repaired and new machinery
placed in it at cost of $4,000, making
in all $4,000. After the building is pur-
chased 1t is to be turned over to the
Cudahys, who will operate it to It's full
extent. In case the company should stop
Its operation at any time the building re-
verts back to Wichita.
In the meeting last Tuesday night Mr..
W. r. Dulaney, for the stock yards COM
pany. announced that the company would
purchase the Whitaker building and
place it in the hands of the Cudahy COM
pany, and in addition to this would give
$4,000 of the remaining $4,000 necessary
to place it in working order. This prop
osition only leaves $4,000 for the citizens
of Wihcita to raise in order to secure
the operation of another packing plant.
This amount seems very small to the
older citizens who helped IN an up hill
at the present time
Twelve years ago the enterprising cit
liens of Wichita raised over $150,000 for
tn bringing of tn Whitaker plant to this
city and in addition to that they were
contributing TO other business PROPOSE
tons. 1t has been several years since
Wichita people have been called on to
consider a proposition such as the one
which confronts the city at the present
time. According to the statements of
business men who are posted on the bus
mess outlook in southern Kansas and
Oklahoma, the securing of the operation
of this plant would mean a long step
toward making Wichita a metropolis in
the fullest sense of the term.
The people OF the city are proud of
the amount of business done here and
there does not seem to be any question
as to the packing plant being a paying
proposition for Wichita and The people
who operate the plant.
There are five men who were appoint
ed at the previous meeting as trustees
to take the matter in hand. These men
represent finanial institutions of the city
and all are heartily in favor Of the prop
osition. They are in favor Of taking adj
vantage Of it and when called on TO
make the effort for securing the plant
will do all in their power. The men who
were selected are: l.. S. Naftzger of the
Fourth National bank, A. c. Jobes of the
Bank of Commerce, J. c. Chandler of the
Kansas National bank, Mayor Ross and
c. H. Smythe of Smythe & Sons.
The meeting for tonight viii be large
ly attended for the reason that the
proposition has received enthusiastic sup
port. The farmers are interested in the
packing proposition because of the fact
that it affects the stock interests in this
part of the country.
The older citizensof Wichita, together
with the younger generation viii be at
the meeting tonight and all will make a
determined effort to secure for Wichita
another institution which will be a cred
It to the city.