The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-13
NOW COMES CUDAHY
He viii Double the Capacity
of His Plant
HIS TRADE DEMANDS II
Wichita on the Eve of q For
ward Movement.

The John Cudahy company. viii. in a
very short time, double the capacity Of
its big packing house in this city. Wlch-
ia is on the Up grade and wichita
packers are taking a hitch IN their belts
Tor the forward movement that is going
TO make Wichita the great hog packing
point west OF the Missouri river. II was
luck day for Wichita when she secured
John Cadahy to come here with his ex-
perience and his business energy.
Everything about the big Cudahy plant
IS hustle and life. They are running on
extra time to I'll their orders and there
IS no question about the success OF the
-ldaby house The broad s1l4 on t-e
face Of the managers tells that they are
satisfied with the outlook and that they
are getting ready 10 90 even greater
things than they are now doing. Il Is
now q settled facr that by lhis t-ae leXt
year the packing houses OF this city VIII
not be satisfied with less than ~ hogs
q day. The CuGahy people are not doing
any Blowing Of horns or beating Of tom
toms and telling what they intend 10 do
but they are going right along. making
arrangements 10 double the capacity Of
the big packing house.
JOAN Cudahy wiz be hers some time
during the present week to give the
building scheme boom and before the
people Of Wichita fully comprehend what
IS being done. this city VIII have two OF
the largest and best equipped packing
houses in the west 4 prominent banker
in this city the other day remarked 20
q reporter for the Eagle that John Gu
daily was one OF the best business men he
had ever met. HIS business sagacity en-
abled him 10 see the advantages OF
TVichita's location for q great packing
center and he promptly put himself In
position 10 benefit by his business fore
sight. The short time that he has been
running his house here has only tended
70 increase his faith II Wichita
When the people Of this city were try
ing ID get John Cudahv 70 come here,
some Of them were anxious that he
should run the splendid packing house
that he was getting to its fun capacity;
and he had not been here sixty days be-
fore he commenced 10 build g new ice
plant and a new lard refinery. and now
comes the word that the capacity OF the
new house must be doubled. When John
Cudahy first located here. he said he
could not see any reason why Wichita
should not have 60.030 people in less than
ten years. Wichita made a big bound TO-
ward the 50 GOO mark when she secured
John CUdahy, because he VIII have 500
or SO people employed il his big pack
ing house in less than year and that
wiz mean 200 people for the city OF
wichita
The Cudahy people have held the trade
in the south secured by the Nashville
house and they are now supplying 1t from
here. Their trade IS extending over Ok
Iahoua and Texas. as wen as 70 the east
ern states and their experiment Of ship
ping meat from here 10 England has
proven more than satisfactory. The pro
duct OF the big Cudahy house IS giving
good satisfaction everywhere and IL IS
not strange that the enlargement Of the
plant has so soon become a necessity. A
broadminded business man like John Gu
daily Vii rot only Try 70 hold the trade
that has come ID him By supplying the
demand for the products Of MS estsb-
Hshmant. but he viii keep right along
seeking new feds The great Cudahy
house n this city VIII be enlarged. VTich-
ita's star IS rising SIN higher and TODAY
she is on the eve Of her greatest tri-
uuph.