The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-21
SuppliesOver One.
Fourth Worlds
Meat.
PLANT OCCUPIES
| NEARLY 200 ACRES
The Amazing Figures Concerning
Swift Packing House Given
by Davies & Co.

One of the late arrivals in this City
is Frank H. Use, representing Swift &
Co., Chicago, Ill. Mr.. Use is in charge
of the foreign distribution OF the prod
ucts of that enormous institution, hav-
ing been connected with them in diff
ferent capacities for twelve years. He
comes here direct from Chicago and
viii leave on the Nippon Maru for the
Orient, where depots Will be estab-
lished, and the Swift hams, bacon,
lard. etc, will soon become as FAMILIAR
to the people of China and Japan as
they are in the United States. South
Sea Islands, Manila and many roreign
countries will be visited before Mr..
Lse returns to his home office, and the
best part of a year and half VIII be
consumed in the, trip.
Theodore H. Davies & Company,
Ltd, of this city, through their
grocery department manager, Fred
erick L. Waldron, have placed large
orders with this packing-house for it's
supplies, consisting chiefly OF lard,
ns.,,s bacon and oleomargarine, and
curing 1900 purchased from tnis house
alone goods aggresauig slZu,euo' AS
the sore agents lney nave paced them
before the people OF Honolulu IN a
prominent manner and are reaping the
| results of their labor in tie Iast-
| growing popularity Of the Swift brand
of gooos.
| The immense house with which they
deai is an interesting sight, and lew
visitors leave Chicago without a VISIT
to the stock yards. One square mlie
| of the city is given over to this food
producing enterprise. The magnitude
| of its daily business may De Cleaned
| from the following statistics. A single
day, April %, 1892, witnessed the ar
rival of 32,6T7 cattle; October l, 1894
| 81 1854 sheep were received, and or
February II, 1895. 74.55l hogs entered
the stock yards.
The great packing houses of SWh
& Co. in Chicago alone cover forty
acres of ground. and its exports o.
meat annually amount to one-rourtf
of all that is sent from the United
States. a huge business with annua
sales amuonting to more than 100000,
600, it employs over $1,000 employees
and has practically grown from moth
/. ing within score of years.
A day spent in the vast sheds Wher
the live stock is slaughtered, visi
to the immense refrigerating plant
and cooling rooms, and a tour through
the many different departments WheT
the leading products are prepared i
a sight well worth seeing, and one
seen will never be forgotten.
In the general office the welfare o
0 the employees is looked after, and
: barber shop restaurant, reading
rooms and other cOnVenienceS are pro
0 vided. The property Is protected b
0 127 policemen, who patrol the ground
r night and day. Figures as rule ar
. while to read from the statistics c
: this immense firm, and a few OF tner
are as follows:
Annual sales exceeded $170, 000, 900.
Annual shipments, 115,S49 carloads.
7, Refrigerator cars, 1880. other cars,
|, go
Manufactured product-245,773.6 27 pounc
of lard; 6S7s, 430 pounds of wool; 4,lSi
l13 pounds of neatsfoot oil; 6,957,S
pounds of glue; 12,l49,348 pounds of blu
terine; 37,0s2319 pounds of tallow ar
grease; 64465,671 pounds of oil; 9S,017,6
pounds of hides; u9,146,766 pounds of fe
tiIizer.
Size of Plants-Chicago, AZ acres
land, Az acres of bui ngs Kansas Cit
l9t2 acres of land, 75s acres of building
Omaha, % acres of land, acres
buildings; st. Louis, 31ss acres of Ian
ia acres of buildings: st. Joseph, Is
rs acres of land, 51a acres of buildings;
Paul. Is acres of land, AS acres of bull
ings; making a total of 162B acres
land and 75A acres of buildings for 4
six packing plants,
Lighting-20,359 incandescent lights,
arc lights.
10 Refrigeration-39 refrigerating m
chimes, with daily capacity of $3.50 to
IN of Ice. and cold storage capacity for /
DIG cattle, 1890 sheep, and $3.50 hogs
le one time.
,m Largest number of animals handled
one day, 10,990 cattle, 1918 sheep a
1885 hogs; total, $685. Largest da,
slaughtering poultry, 34,222