The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-18
DOLD WILL ENLARGE
New Building Will be Treble
Present Capacity.
WORK WILL BEGIN TO-DAY
Splendid New Plant Best in
the Land.

The Jacob Dold Packing company, ever
since their entrance in Wichita, have
persisteatly kept abreast of the times,
and as FAST as general conditions would
allow, have advanced steadfastly both
in their equipments and in company with
the rest Of the city's progress.
Not satisfied with building the finest
outfbted slaughter house in the land,
they have recently contracted for NAM
moth addition to the Wichita plant. The
new building will be located just north
Of the present main edifice. It VIII be
80 feet by 168 feet and nine stories high.
The FIRST seven floors viii be given to
cold storage, and the top stOTy-twO
floors Gouble dacked-will be provided
with eleven chill rooms, with a capacity
Of 500 hoes each, the hanging room being
$500 hogs. They wiz use three chill
rooms per day in the summer season,
making 1900 hogs a day, and IN case Of
a rush 1900 hogs. In the winter season
there will be $500 hogs one day ard 1900
the mex alternating. They viii also
put in freezers for their celebrated fresh
leaf lard. tongue coolers, etc. They viii
convert the presenst chill rooms into
q specially provided apartment of ham
chill rooms. They viii move the cutting
floor to the top OF the old building. The
hogs viii be brought to the killing floor
on travellers instead of on trucks as for
merly. Everything VIII be automatic
The present system of killing hogs in
the new slaughter house is the finest
equipped plant in the west, and their
capacity Will be 80 hogs per hour when
completely fitted
new building for the smoking of
meats. VIII double the smokehouse ca
pacity, and this will be constructed just
north of the present buildings. The
new smOkehouses wi have a capacity Of
600, 600 pounds of meat each twenty-four
hours. The equipment of the new smoke
houses WI be the best in the country,
and on which constructing engineers
have given their best attention These
smoke houses viii have 8 double-acting
steam elevator of the capacity Of three
tons each. running at a speed of 120 feet
per minute.
The increased capacity Of the Dold
plant over the past means four times
the present capacity in cold storage and
a killing capacity increased three and a
half times. The Dold company is now
Deverhaullng their beef division, and when
finished this department Wal be among
the best perfected beef slaughtering
plants in the land.
The new building will be just north of
the present coolers. and for FIVE stories
win be twenty-eight inches in the walls,
and the other three stories twenty-five
M
planning for this new departure and have
made every effort toward arranging for
the final details AS a proof of the val
idity of the new plans, it may be said
that a gang of men are moving the
tracks. and excavation VIII comence to-
day. II may be said also that 800 900
brick are on the ground ana ten cars Of
lumber unloaded. besides thirTy-eight
cars Of material enroute fer which in
voices are now being received.
To reporter for the Eagle Superin-
tendent Charles d. Darrigrand showed
al the plans OF the new house, and as
these were drawn up by Mr.. Darrigrand,
who has made a lifelong study of abot-
toirs and their equipments it is enough
TO say they win be completely followed
Superintendent Darriugrand viii have full
and complete charge of the erection of
the new house. and this is satisfactory
proof that it win be erected in the most
up-to-date methods.
In the building Of this new Dold plant
there viii be 10000 square feet Of heavy
Insulating paper. 100000 brick. 100000
feet Of lumber. and 3.250060 pounds of
heavy ruble stone.
This by far is the most gigantic indus
trial extension IN this city which has
yet bean recorded. There has never been
& time IN the years which have passed
since the Doids entered this city when
every citizen could rejoice any more than
right now. The Dold products from the
Wichita house have been in demand ever
since the Spanish-American war. when
the federal government declared that the
soldiers Of General Miles did better or
Dol6 meats than on any other ration.
This new proposition by the Dolds in
Wichh.a means much more than is sub
sected above. Manager Fred Dold is first