The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-03
GUDAHT ANXIOUS IOGI)NE
MILWAUKEE, PACKERS LIKELY TO
LOCATE In SOUTH SIT.
PAUL
WOULD MEAN MUCH TO CITY
Stock Yards Company willing to Do,
Everything Possible to Help
Movement AIong-InSpec-
fion of Plant.

Patrick Cudahy, OF Milwaukee, left st.
Paul last night very much impressed with
the South st. Paul stock yards, and it is
now asSuF ed.ythat the sCudahy Brothers
will establish a branch packing plant
there if the Union Stock Yards company
will 90 what is wanted of it.
Patrick Cudahy, G. A. Hoffman,, mas
ter mechanic for the Cudahy Brothers,
and William F. Martin, master builder,
arrived in the cityay yesterday and imme-
diately repaired to South St. Paul, where
they put in all of their time inspecting
the stock yards in general and the old
Dakota plant in particular. At the close
of the inspection in the afternoon Mr..
Cudahy said:
81 am very much Impressed with the
stockyards and must say that I have
met with an agreeable surprise. AS to the
question of our, establishing a branch
here that IS a matter which lies wholly
in the control of the stock yards COM
pany. We are anxious to come here pro-
viding our terms are met; the company
is anxious to have us come and will meet
the terms if it can see it's way clear to do
So It must be taken into consideTati0n
that if a branch is put in here it will be
a big concern and about S. 100000 worth
of business will be done yearly. Every
one can see what this will mean to South
st. Paul and st, Paul proper. I have my
master builder and master mechanic here
to make a thorough inspection Of the
present plant, see what changes are
needed in the line Of machinery and build
ings and estimate the cost of the same,
and Of the erection work. 1t will take
about three weeks to secure the figures
wanted, and when they are / shall sub
NIT them to the Union Stock Yards COM
pany. If the company sees fit to mako
the necessary changes we will establish
q branch packing plant in South St.
Paul"
BUILDING IS INSPECTED.
The master mechanic and master build
er made q trip of inspection through the
old Dakota plant and it wos then ascer-
tGined in a general way what will be
needed in case the Cudahy Brothers de-
eide to establish the plant. Mr.. Martin
the master builder, said that the archi-
tect who drew the plan for the building
knew very little about the packing bust
neess and that the floors were much too
high. Besides this the walls were badly
cracked IN several Plates and changes
were needed throughout the whole struct-
ure Asked about what additional build
ings would be needed Mr.. Martin said:
There Is plenty Of land available to
the east and south of this building, and
here will be built, if we build at all, a
cold storage plant a refinery, tank
house, a glue factory. cutting room,
four or five smoke houses, ham house
and an engine room. The cold storage
plant will be placed next to the present
plant at a cost of about $4,000 The other
buildings win be erected in close proX-
unity to these. From what Mr.. Hoff-
mann and I have observed here today
I can say, at a rough guess, that tho inl-
provements will cost An the neighborhood
Of 100000"
Gen. M D. Flower was the next man
seen and he was asked If the company
would do it's part to get the new packing
plant at South st. Paul. He said the
question could not be answered until the
figures being prepared by Mr.. Cudahy's
men were submitted.
Before leaving the city last night Mr..
Cudahy said that there is now room for
another plant at South ST. Paul. and that
in five years there will be room for still
another. He added that If the present
project is carried through his plant will
be four times the size Of the old Dakota
plant.