The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
HOGS ARE KILLED
Cudahy Packing Company
Commence Active Operations
EVENT FOR WICHITA
Test of Machinery Shows
Perfection in Construction.

Yesterday for the first time since the
autumn OF 1897, the whitaker formerly.
packing house again operated In all its
several departments. Three years ago It
was the Whitaker Packing company
now 1t is the John cudahy Packing com
pany. In March Of 1898 the final buslne 3
Of the old Whitaker interests was
closed up, but for several months prior
to that there was only local killing done
for meats for city trade. Then Mr.. D.
J. Wallace was superintendent and gen
eral manager. and his years Of close ap-
plicaton had brought Up the Whitaker
goods TO a nigh order. Then FOR several
years the wei built plant stood a.
most empty and vacant, except Tor the
family Of the nan emp.os e. 10 watca
over the idle ana Iust.ng machinery
Then next the enter p-ise o. Wichita
citizens asserted ltseif and The abandoned
plant, then owned b. tie National Bank
Of Commerce OF ST. Louis was rego-
tiated to pass 10 the ownership of tae
John Cudahy Packing company. And yes
terday the Tonga waited moment arrived
when the north side interests. Including
the live stock exchange all the several
commission firms, and the Union Stock
Yards, oeheld the steam turned on, the
Dig engines pounding away, sending a
thrill Of energy through the shafting and
all the connected machinery Of the re-
facilitated plant. sent into lie and ready
to convert the squeezing, kicking hog into
finished. well scraped swine carcass,
ready for the chill rooms and refrigeration
department At o'clock yesterday ar
ternoon the first hog went over the rails.
Manager William Brown. who has SO ear
nestly and patiently worked all these
weeks Tor this event himself stuck the
first hog Superintendent W r. Dulaney.
Of the Union Stock Yards. dropped off the
first hog from the sticking bar to the
scalding tubs; J. R. Campbell, construc-
ton superintendent. promptly cut off the
tai OF the first hog, TO be presented to
the Eagle Office as a souvenir of the
opening Of the plant. For many years the
tail OF the first hog to be slaughtered
BY the Dold Packing companyrhung in the
A.
IS still treasured by him as a relic Of
the early history OF the packing indIetry
in Wichita. The buyer for Dold's at that
time was Mr.. Frank Steck. and the seller
Of the first load TO be killed by that firm
was Col. E. c. Cole. who died year ago
at Portland, Ore.
Yesterday the buyer who purchased the /
first hogs for the Cudahy's was Mr.. Ed.
Moran, late OF Louisville. Colonel Bob
Peoples sold him the first bunch of hogs
and they came from Sir. Willis Graham
of Sedgwick county and weighed 1.243
pounds, averaging 216 pounds. Mr. A b
Moore Of the Union Live Stock Commits
sion company sold the first car load.
they coming from Mr.. T. W. Bay Of Cor
win and were weu-trimmed, medium
ngth hogs
The killing done yesterday at the Gu
daily plant was simply preliminary, and
only to test the new machinery. The first
test was entirely satisfactory to all the
officers and mechanical experts of the
plant AS Mr.. Campbell said: 1T seems
to work just as smoothly and nicely as
though every wheel had been running for
twelve months"
Everything is in fine working order, I
and all the several parts Of the compli- +
Gated machinery showed up yesterday in
the best Of shape. It was an hour OF es-
pecial enthusiasm, and every workman
about the plant rejoiced in the initial kill
ing of hogs.
It was not expected that yesterdays
killing would be anything more than
test Of all the machinery about the b g
plant To start a packing house anew
after years Of abandon to the co5webs +
and accumulated rust IS d very difficult .
Undertaking But it was exemplided yes
terday that It could be done in the most
up-to-date manner
From now on the Cudahy company VIII .
be on the market for both hogs and cat f
tie. and they viii kill daily. being On the f