The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-05
FORT WORTH'S BIG INDUSTRY
View OF Immense Packing Plants
Now Being Erected There.

Upon ire invitation of the Fort
Worth Stock Yards Co., some two
hundred Texas and Territory news
papermen met In Fort Worth yester-
day to view the big packeries being
erected there by the Armour and
Swift companies. Those who have
not seen the work being done there
can form no adequate idea of the inn
mensity of the undertaking or what
the operation of these institutions
means to Fort Worth and Texas. In
the Swift buildings alone there will
be used 1885 cars Of material, to say
nothing of the sand which is found
In unlimited quantities right at the
building. When ready for business
this plant will require 3l5 cars of
hogs. cattle and sheep each week to
keep IL going, and IL viii send out
lS0 ears Of meat, lard, refrigerated
beef, canned meats, soap, etc, each
week The Armour plant is Of equal
capacity These plants are built on
adjoining grounds, and just below
and adjoining them are the pens OF
the Fort Worth stock Yards Co,
with ample capacity for all the cat
tie and hogs likely to be shipped to
Fort Worth al any time These
two big paekeries occupy Forty two
acres of ground, and the 5 o c
yards have something like foar hum
dred acres within their enclosures.
II Is estimated that the opening of
these packeries will add about ten
thousand people to the population of
, Fort Worth. While that city is t.
be the chief beneficiary Of the com
ing Of these big enterprises, the Inn
mediate benefits will be extended To
every part Of the state. Ellis coun-
| tv, by reason Of its close location, is
| In position to reap richly from them.
These packeries will consume 5000
hogs. 1900 cattle and 1000 sheep every
working day. Ellis county can raise
| thousands Of hogs, and with two
lines of railroad running direct into
Fort Worth, can market them quick
/ ~ and cheaply, AL present prices a
200 pound hog viii net farmer
about 1920. Many Ellis county
| farmers can raise 100 head each
year, aud more, and at a small cost.
/ The trouble at the beginning will be
10 get enough hogs 10 keep the pack
cries busy They are under con
tract with the city Of Fort Worth to
begin killing November LIST. Their
buildings are already far on toward
completion, and it is not doubted
that November first will find them
killing several thousand head OF
| hogs daily.
| The newspaper men were shown
over the plants of both companies.
Al two O'Clock they were led to a
large PAVILION IN a shady grove near
the buildings, where a magnificent
luncheon was set awaiting them.
| There was pIeutitude Of everything
calculated to tempt the appetite of a
lhnpgry man,' and 1t went without
saying that the crowd was hungry.
After the appetite had been some
what appeased speechmaking was
INDUCED end at half past three all
| boarded the interurban cars for a
ride Ia Hand,ey, Here they viewed
| the magnificent power house of the
interurban line. This road is well
patronized and has already shown
itself to be money maker. A ride
| over IL will make ahy Waxahaehian
anxious for the completion OF the
| Waxahachie-E Ennis iuterurban.
Returning to the city the editors
were escorted to the brewery. Here
they were given an object in irri-
cation, and many showed themselves
to be perfectly familiar with the
latest approved methods. Those
who wanted beer drank to their sat
isfaetion and those who didn't could
| watch them. Inasmuch as there is
a prohibition election coming on In
this county, | am afraid to say much
about Fort Worth beer. However,
the president made one statement