Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

OOAOASA ~ W AJOuSS, JOuh SNiAh-
pion, G. J. Hughes, Jr., Charles Boet-
cher, William Byrd Page, Gerald
Hughes, Claud Boetcher and ]. ]. Ca
hill.
All Of the above gentlemen are well
known in Denver as men Of wealth,
ability and push. Colonel d. G. Dodge.
who has been connected with the pros
perity of the state for number Of
years, will be the president of the new
company. He Is a man who has made
success Of every enterprise with which
he has been connected. He was the
builder of the Rio Grande Western
railroad and the president and man.
ager Of it for a number of years. Hon.
John Il. CampiOn is another gentle
man who has been identified with the
progress Of Colorado and Denver, is
back of a number of successful enter
prises, most prominent being the beet
sugar refineries of the state. Hon. G.
]. Hughes is one of Denver's most sue
cessful attorneys and has acquired
fortune in the practice OF his profess
sion and Investments. Charles Boet-
cher is well known all over Colorado
as banker and capitalist and stock
man. His check is good for whatever
amount he chooses to write it. William
Byrd Page is well known as an enter
prising capitalist who has been inter-
ested with Mr.. Campion in n number
of mining and other enterprises in this
state. j. j. Cahill has been the gen
eral western representative of the Ar
mour Packing Company of Kansas
City for n number of years. He has
been almost brought up in the packing
business, having been conected with
the big eastern packing houses before
N n A n
packer, having complete knowledge
of every branch of the business Sc
cured by actual experience. He will be
the geenral manager Of the new conf
pany.
Mr.. Gerald Hughes is one of the
prominent young attorneys of the city
and handles the business of some of
the largest corporations in the West.
He Is n son of Mr.. G. j. Hughes, Jr.
Mr.. Claud Boetcher is a son of Charles
Boetcher and one of the prominent
young financers of the West. He is in
terested in n number of successful
ventures here and in the East.
These are the men who have under
taken to solve the packing proposition
for Denver and the West. They are
backed with an unlimited amount of
capital and propose to push the busi-
ness to the fullest extent 10 which II is
capable of being developed. The Un-
ion Stock Yards Company Of Denver
has made liberal donIsion of ground
upon which to erect the plant and, it
is understood, will also give n bonus
to the new company, and in return the
new company pledges itself 30 provide
slaughter facilities for all the live stock
that can be brought to this market.
r.t thn I,a i'm,
diately to place orders for the machin-
cry necessary and the contract of the
new company with Stock Yards Com
pany calls for the commencement of
work within thirty days, and the COM
pletion of the plant and commencement
of operations within ten months. The
old packing plants at the yards,
known as the B. * NJ. plant and the
Platte Valley plant, will be torn down
Immediately and the new buildings
will be erected upon the site, which is
close to the Exchange building at the
west end of the yards. While the
plans for the buildings have not been
completed, the main plant will consist
10 start with, of two large building,
2JOx125 feet each, with other building
adjoining for the use of boilers, refrig-
Grating plants. etc. The cost of the
S25OOOO, and will probably reach
100000, as no expense will be spared
to make 1t complete modern plant
with a capacity for 500 cattle. 1,500
hogs and 500 sheep daily. This ca
pacity will be increased as rapidly as
necessary. The plant Will have every
facility for taking care of the bi-prod-
ucts and will give employment for
from 700 to 1000 men nj the start.
The organization of this new COM
pany means that at last Denver is to
become n live stock center of import
ance. The new company is backed ex-
clusively by Colorado capital, has no
connection whatever with the big
trust packers of the East, and is finan-
cially able to carry the enterprise
without assistance to successful ter
mination. The size of its operations
will only be limited by the number of
cattle, sheep and hogs that can be Sc
cured for this market. The company
has every assurance of an ample mar
ket for the products of the plant and
will mt once order its own line of re-
frigerator cars and will soon relieve
the big eastern packers combination
of the duty of supplying the West
with fresh meat and packing house
products. 1t is believed that within n
very short time it will be possible to
supply the whole West with these
products, and that this no small task
may be appreciated when 1t is stated
that the field supplied from Denver is
regarded by eastern packers as the
largest and best field they have west
of Chicago.
VIII the eastern packer quietly sub
nit to this curtailment OF their field?
This is a question that only the future
can answer. They were given every
opportunity to enter the field with n
packing plant. but through fear of each
other they declined. Now the only