The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-17

OF water over theanimals, thus keeping
the animals cool and healthy. From there
for very short walk they went directly
TO the slaughtering rooms on the ground
ground floor, where they were caught by
the Ferris-wheeI hog hoist twelve at q
time and sent on down the travelling
rail to the sticker. The blood let out
the animal went to the patent steam
scalding tanks, which were modelled and
arranged by the Dold company and made
to their order. Thence upon the receiv-
ing table and into the cylinder upright
scraper. Once scraped the carcass was
sent above to the eighth floor by a mod
elled endless chain elevator. All this
new slaughter house was completely
equipped throughout and had only been
completed about five months. In here
also were the beef beds and cattle
slaughtering rooms This new building
was erected to take the place Of the Old
frame building asmuch to prevent fires
and lessen the possibility Of fire as for
any other reason. Superintendent Chas.
D. Darrfgrand used to say that he never
went to bed at night while the old frame
box stood there without fear and trem-
bling. wondering If IN the dead Of night
rest and sleep by the ominous and blood
curdling screams Of the lagubrious warn
ing whistle but since the fine brick edi-
fee took its place he never was for one
moment uneasy. This building was equip
ped with the Swearingxen patent iron
fire shutters. which autimaucally close
every window and doorway. TO the east
Of this building was the fertilizing plant.
which by dry heat transformed the offaI
ana by-products into commercial land
fertilizers. TO the east OF this were the
yard tracks and the hair and bristes
drying yards. To the north were the
cattle holding yards and the hog race1v-
ing pens and feed lots. To the south OF
the slaughter house was the engine room,
pumping station and new boiler house.
South Of these were the skimming watts
for clearing the refuse water OF all oil
and grease substances before the ordUre
was released into the city sewers. Then
south Of these vats was the immense
water reservoirs and private wells for
supplying the water to the boilers be-
sides the water used in emergency from
Chisholm creek West Of the boiler rooms
was the engine and power plant, where
the house engines and the refrigeration
engines supplied both power for operat-
Ing the plant and the ammonia force for
the cold storage Above, on the second
floor, and 10 the north Of the engine
house, was the box factory, but plans
and specifications were on hand and IN
readiness to build a new independent
building for q separate box factory, SO
great had been the demand on their pres
ent resources for crates and boxes. IN
derneath the box factory was the White
Clover Leaf lard rooms where the re-
tOrts and last processes for this special
brand were stationed. Upstairs above
the wood working department was the
lard refinery and tank rooms. while east
and on the same floor were the sausage
and specially rooms, all new and spec
y equipped: the sausage smoke rooms.
the Empire state ham cooking furnaces /
and the seasoning and spice stors rooms. 1
Solidly bulS clear though to the west
of all these were the several dry salt
cellars. curing vaults and stock rooms; !
in other words, the cooling and cold st6r- I
age department, all recently arranged /
and splendidly fitted. Upstairs one flight /
above the cold storage vaults was the /
canvas department and speciality rooms /
where the fancy brands were backed, /
lettered and wrapped. On the ground /
floor. underneath this department. was
the wholesale markets, shipping division 4
and the loading docks for the city busi- /
ness. Beyond this. across the dividing /
dock were the speciality coolers and the /
beef and mutton coolers. besides the test 1
ing docks and the train loading docks /
one emergency smoke house stood just /
outside 10 the north, while back Of this
were two more smoke houses with ar
rangements al made for the erection Of
a fourth, larger than all the others. Be
yOnd the whole, was the start OF the
magnificent new chill rooms building,
which, when completed. would Just treble
the capacity of the plant and make it an
unapproaehable packing house. This was
well under way when wiped out yester
day. Beyond the whole building were i'm
mense piles Of new lumber sawed, dress
ed and fitted ready for place in the new
edihce. and these caused much trouble
and dire CONSERVATION during the fight
as flying sparks would drop in the dry
grass all about the stacks and threaten
&c to spread to the driveway chutes that
lead to the stock yards or else to commu-
nicate the flames to the Cudahy plant
West Of the cold storage building was the
once building and accounting depart
ment- The stables stood apart from the
main buildings. about a hundred yards
70 the west and north. Everything was
destroyed except the fine boiler and en-
gine rooms, the smoke houses. the big
Office building, the stables and some OF
The lumber plies