The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-01-04

night with two cars Of hogs. They sold
on the market early yesterday morning
for good bulk price.
Joe Cation of Peabody who recently be-
gan shipping heavily to this market. was
here again with a car of hogs yesterday.
Since he has begun shipping to this mar
ket Mr.. Cation has nothing but kind words
to say of the prices paid in comparison
with other western markets.
Hall & Barns sold a car of medium
neavy hogs yesterday on the market for
high bulk price. They were well pleas
ed with their venture.
A. D. Robertson of Towanda disposed
Of car Of good hogs yesterday on the
market for the ruling bulk price. Mr..
Robertson is a familiar figure about 1.-THE
yards
]. w. Sparks of Conway Springs came
in yesterday with car of medium heavy
hogs. They sold for a good, stiff sprice
The railroads did fair business yes
terday at the yards. The Santa Fe
brought in cars, the Rock Island 7, the
Missouri Pacific 4, and the Frisco l.
II. K. Eberle was at the yards yester-
day with cars of feeders. He will win
ter them near Valley Center. Mr.. Eberle
is doing quite little trading in the cattle
business.
The Dold Packing company brought in
a car of cattle yesterday from Udall
The receipts at the stock yards for the
past few days have been well around the
1,500 mark The Dold Packing company
is not getting nearly as many hogs as 1t
would ike to handle, and the company
would Ike to see from $500 to 5000 hogs
received here daily.
The killing department at Dold's had a
busy. day again yesterday. Just 1,227
hogs were slaughtered and many more
would have been handled had they been
obtained. This was one of Ahe big days
of the season. but the managers of the
plant want the big days to come every
day in the year.
The shipping business at the Dold Pack
ing pant was good and orders were re-
ceived for 10000 pounds Of meat for i'm
mediate shipment. The express business
continues to be exceedingly heavy and
the jobbing trade is requiring the atten-
ton of large force since the travelling
men are out.
The provision market was a little of
color yesterday owing to a reaction set
ting in after the big jump in prices yes
terday. There was general decline of
10 cents. Pork opened weak at $10.47 and
closed at s1O.32. Lard opened up at $5.S2
and the closing figure was $5.T. Ribs
opened at $3.50 and closed at $50.
The Drovers' Telegram says: On Sep
tember 2, last year, the plant of the Dold
Packing company was partially destroy
ed by fire, since which time that concern
has been practically out of the market
The bulk Of the costly machinery of the
plant and one of the main buildings was
destroyed, the total loss amounting to
around $125,000. The work of rebuilding
was commenced at once and has been
pushed rapidly ever since. The most mod
ern appliances are being installed, and
when the plant resumes operations it will
be one of the most complete in the West.
March Is is the date set for starting up
again. 1t will commence with 1000 en-
ployes and have a capacity Of $500 hogs,
1000 cattle and 1000 sheep per day. This
fire, which resulted so disastrously, was
the first one with which the Dolds had
to contend 1t has always run alorg
smoothly and was very popular with its
employees, never having had a strike or
any labor trouble of any consequence.
The Dold plant was the oldest in Kansas
City, and was built by Nofsinger & Co.
Planklngton & Armour used it in 1S79-S0.
when Nofsinger & Co. again took possess
sion. In 1880 it was secured by Jacob
Dold, who made his oldest son, ]. c.
Dold, general manager The plant covers
about fSacres of ground, and has 25 acres
of dnnr Snace.