The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-18
/, DONE IN SIX MONTHS
Dold Packing Plant Could be
Finished in That Time.
RUINS ARE STILL BURNING
Smoke Can be Seen for More
Than Twenty Miles.
RUINS ARE STILL BURNING

Since people have heard all about the
fire at the DoId packing house and have
Come to believe that the loss is not SC
great as first reported, they are asking
the question, will the packing house be
rebunt?' This question was asked in
the city and at the Union Stock Yards
hundreds Of times yesterday, and was
answered according to the notion Of the
Individual to whom the question was
addressed
People are not long in arriving at the
conclusion that the loss Of the great
Dold plant was g serious calamity to
Wichita. They knew that the employ
ment OF 800 or 500 people At the packing
house meant food for about 1000 people
and that if the men who earned sup
port for themselves and families al the
Dold packing house did not nnd other en-
ployment in the city. they would have to
leave wichita This knowledge made
people ask the question as to whether the
big plant would be rebuilt with a good
deal OF earnestness.
Bushes smen who knew Fred Dold
best, did not expect him to answer the
question The Dolds are noted for not
telling in advance what they intend to
Go. When they said we are soing to build
a packing house or an addition, they
were always ready TO commence the work
and to let contracts for the material. It
was hardly 70 be expected that Fred
NIL
about the rebuilding of the house yester-
day while watching the engine pumping
water on the ruins Of the biz packing
house. A reporter for the Eagle, how
ever asked Pred Dold last evening. as
he stood in front Of the ruins at the
packing house. what he thought about
the rebuilding OF the plant
of course I could not answer the
question now" he said, but there was an
expression Of confidence on his face when
he made the answer. One would easily
imagine that the smile on his face was
caused by the picture Of the greater Dold
plant that would rise CUT or that smoking
ruin. Ask Charlie and he viii tel you
what we win DO just as soon as the fire
is extinguished." was his next express
sion.
When he said, ask Charlie. he referred
TO Charlie Darrfgrand the man who has
been experimenting the big Doid plant
FOR a good many years Some of the con
tractors IN this city have said that when
Dold wanted to build a packing house,
he did not need an architect while Mr.
Darrigrand was there This was the
man to whom Fred Dold had referred
that Mr. bold had sent word for him to
tell what he was going to do next said:
Gwen, Z am going to remain in the en-
ploy of the company and just as soon as
the fire is extinguished I viii have force
of men here removing the debris from the
ground We VIII not leave a stick or
stone and every piece of material that is
of value viii be assorted and piled away
from the foundations. II there is a brick
that IS fit for an inside wall it VIII be
saved. We are not an burnt up vet over
there is a mighty good engine house with
Its big Corlis engines and there IS the
Office buildings and the stables left There
is a mighty good foundation under the
ground that cannot be injured and there
Is a wonderful amount OF material IN this
foundation with its wilder
ness Of piers. The foundations are twelve
feet under ground and they are ten feet
wide at the base and an the pier founda-
lions are ten feet square and twelve feet
under ground.
How long VIII # take you. Mr.. Darri-
grand. TO build n packing house as large
or larger than the one burnt on this un-
foreground foundation"
1--WE could build it in six months"
It viii be noticed thar neither 0fr. Dold
nor Mr.. Darrgrand said that the house
would be rebuilt but the above certainly
does not indicate that the Dolds have any
notion of deserving the ship in Wichita
and letting the insurance companies take /
the wreck Taking the above I'm connec-
ton with the fact that for the past sew
eral years tho big Dold plant has done
an immense business and that its trade /
was increasing at such rapid rate. that
after enlargement had to (
be made and unaer the splendid manage +
nent of Fred Dold. it has made big I
money. and tho average business man OF /
his CITY ought 20 be able to answer as /
10 whether the packing house VIII be re- +
built II his own satisfaction
The corners of the ah8ttoir stand ike (
towering hieh above the ball /
lnce of the ruins. Tho northwest corner +
s the hiehost standing ful seventy-fve (
Get high. nearly the height of the build /
rs. The north wap of the abttcir fs
,arty down. but the center has a tail .
over of bricks thar stand fully twenty /
eet higher than the balance OF the wall. /
me northeast corner stands about City /
eet high All Of these walls VIII be
.uiled down TODAY. as they are very dan
serous. The wall Of the new addition /.
@ the abattoir IS down TO the second /
ioor and IS cracked in several places /
-he big smokestack Of the plant stands /
.nd win not have 20 be torn down. The