The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-16

enth floor, where all small particles OF
hair and bristies are shaved clean Oy
hand scrapers, the entraus removed, and
the anal finishing touches given. Tne
party followed the hog from his living
state out in the holding pens clear
through all the several curing processes.
some of them taking many months. clear
I'D u the freight cars standing at the
cocks to carry his products to the trade.
IN the cutting department they saw all
the several stages Of handling the car
cas- The hog IS ever in motion. and eacn
man gives some stroke and sends him on
To the next. who gives him another. Here
the theory Of division Of labor is exemph-
fed 70 its utmost. and skilled labor ard
experts of long practice do Just one little
part always unoer the Watchful eve Of a
government inspector. who first looks
over the live animal as he goes through
the receiving chures. and later again AT
me swinging carcas. and any sign of
cholera or tuberculosis Is instantly noted
and he is condemned and sent to the
grease tanks. In the cutting room they
saw 40 men choppinc hogs at the rate OF
4.e an hour The cutting up processes are
much faster than the killing. Then they
Followed the different cuts 70 the cold
storage ROOMS. where G gang Of men II
Afcrc clothing were piiinE meats like
corlW0od. narrow three-foot alley is
all that IS allowed for travel space. the
resi- of the vast rooms being soIfdlv pack
90 with cuts of meats IN their various
periods Of curing. The dry salt cellars
AFFORDED q pronounced surprise 10 the Wis
itors, Who had never seen such q noun
tain of meat before. from Aere the party
was taken TO the sausage departmert
Where Superintendent Jonn Rathman pre-
sides over force Of thirty men and We
men. and where the famous brands Of
are maCO
IN This apartment the world renowned
Dewey ham sausage is made which
Commlssary General Eagan. in the sen
satlonal ernoal med beef fnvesti-7 ton tes-
flhed was the only meat food which stood
me rest or the tropical climate and which
the soldiers never tired Of. The Rathrosn
pressed ham. sold in all the dapartroer+
stores Of the east; the new Delmonfco.
which chefs AT popular bufsts in St
Louis and Chicago declare TO be the most
delicious del-cacv in its line known 70 the
trade, and in fact all the several special
ties are here produced from the raw rn7-
terlal as it comes from the cutting depart +,
ment, through all the seasoning process
es and mixing and cooking. until IL is
sent through the suffer and made into
the pretty white muslin packages known
So We'll TO all consumers. The finely con-
structed ovens for preparing their cela-
me spice and c0ndimelt department
where they saw the finest spices direct
lT imported by the drm from Manila and
teylon- z men they Went Gown oue fight
Of stairs TO the White Glover Leaf lard
rooms where they saw six big receiving
tanks and all the processes of lard REIN
ing from the raw material TO the cooling
and tltering cauldrons down TO the draw
Ing orr rooms where a small army OF exc
perlenced men were drawing of the
snowy fluid into buckets of from three
10 50 pounds capacity and also into tierc-
IS or $50 pounds capacity. The box manu-
factory was next visited and the making
q the shipping packages Witnessed. Al
though fitted with all the latest ma
chinery this department has been out
grown ana new box factory viii soon be /
built just north Of the new buildings.
where saws ana other machinery VIII be
SET which VIII d0u1le the present capaci-
f. OF the box departm elt- From there
the party was taken 70 the beef killing
department where 81 head Of choice corn
Ied steers were being dressed for mar
kst. The engine room and boiler houses
were next visited. The pon6erous Cor
lss engines. with their almost noiseIess
motion, seen rhro1DIng with their pulsa-
tons OF energy which is sent creeping
along those leather belts which carry the
lie 70 countless nooSs about the big
=
power and the two big refrigeration en-
gines each mas Esd tons capacity. The
boiler house contains six big boilers
which furnish steam FOR operating the
U-aur From there 10 the beef coolers
where % cattle of 6'Q pounds each were
hanging. showing $500 pounds of beef +
al oI the finest selected corn fed con
tract steers and hei1ers. The speciality
coolers were then visited where were seen {
ali the specieltiss Of the several depart I
menrs gathered together ready for the
shipping clerks The lamb and mutton
coolers were also taken in. and the sudden
c-7rge from troricsl out door Kansas
weather O. the gloom shadowed DIM
ness ol the tr-Eid freezing point temper I
attre inside caused many % button cIo-
ser their summer Suits and c1rc up their
collars. Then o. the shipping rooms ard +
The wholesale markets where a large
rce ~ men and boys were busy labelling
boxes and trucking heavy loads % the
ci-V wagons at The west docks or out 10
The waiting cars underneath the loading
sheds The smoke houses. where many .
hundred Thousand pounds ne meats We're
fel1E hung or taken out from their
smoking process. BY this rile &c was the
general expression ~ wonder among the 4
what Became NJ the oral and bT- !
rraeicts Nornlug IS iost about q pack 4
i-s house. and even the blood and bones +
~ So -he party vas es-
cor-el lo rla fertilizer Plant c1 The east
SIDE H1lre The crude eral vas seen 10
PASS into the gigantic dry heat presses .
where a- Tie wl-er IS pressed o-t Then .
81 Cisin-eErsror and rhel correve5 ~ z .
cr-er laro r1Ls dryer the product en-
Jers containing s9 per cec- cf moisture 4
and IS reducad 70 8 condition ~ onl-
yer cell l four minutes. From The .
E-l1irE and 6rTt1E process lc i earned /
t1 PILES where = is erishef and made f
ready Tor the usrSer q perfected ccrr- +
ua-cisl fertilizer Then the r1cSf-E de- E
rzrtlelt- W1era The cc-rrl5rs5 products +
are packed ia boxes fr1n 5 to Ed pounds .
capacity. re2cr 11r the railroad IS ~ carry
- the trade. THE PARK ara grass rlsrt
wien i-s fountain ac5 1cVer beds the
stehIcs end cEe var5 tracks and the -rs
rrr-scttc- system ara many crhEr minor .
roi1-s ~ interest were sll inspected
finish q ar experience re7le-e Win rcv-
eI-y interest srd Information AZ TIE
1909 'E the STAIRS leading irt1 tha can
VAS department rle party was halted tT
3-- Dcl ana t1,i e. form themselves De- .
Pairs over TIE central gateway between .
rEe ware -ccu a-t rhe canvas rccrs
Was rre v-rl .sfFalccr-e and through
shis e1-rsrcs the hundred guests march
a-e-Erlf II -hts nom had been
hung Hf-l waite caurss and The o1r car
stretched across ffe room ana rhis -Fh.s
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Eus ca-t-s plants ans Es-az.l-ns All
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