The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-17
GETTING READY FOR
ANOTHER ADVANCE
Packing House District Makes
a Wonderful Stride.
R. R. EARNINGS DOUBLED
DouId Buys New Machinery
for Packing House
R. R. EARNINGS DOUBLED

When the people of this city come to
understand fully the increase of business
during the last year in the packing house
and stockyards district they Will see an
other evidence of Wichita's magnificent
growth While they are contemplating
this they will discover evidence that this
growth is going to continue during the
present year at least.
Dold has commenced Improvements in
Charles Darrigrand said last night would
necessitate the spending of nearly. if not
quite, sixty thousand dollars. This means
that Dold intends to do larger business
this year than last
Last evening Manager Fred Dold signed
contract with the Arctic Ice Machine
company Of Canton, O., for a cross con-
nected compound two hundred and fifty
ton refrigerating machine, one six hum
dred horse power steam condenser and
one two hundred and eighty ton ammonia
condenser
These are all large machines and they
cost good deal of money. The refrig-
Grating machine is thirty-one feet long.
eighteen feet wide and twenty three feet
high. To make room Tor it in the en-
glne room the machine shop is being
moved into a new building now nearly
completed and excavations will be COM
menced at once for the foundation for
the monster machine. The Arctic COM
pany agrees to have it here ready to
set up in forty days from the time of
signing the contract
Ii there is a man in this city who has
any doubts about the future of Wichita
he ought to visit the north section and
absorbe some of the enthusiasm of the
packing house district. The growth In
that section for the year just past was
so pronounced that the people are ex-
pecting something greater this year.
The business of the joint railroad Office
at Twenty-f1rst street furnishes the best
index to the growth of the packing house
district. Fred T. Chain, the efficient joint
agent of the railroads has finished his
report to the roads for the business last
year and it makes a very remarkable
showing
In order to SOW the immense increase
in the business for 1908 it will only be
necessary to give the tonnage for the two
years last past and the earnings of the
roads represented in the joint agency
at Twenty-trst street The tonnage for
the year 1902 was 2eo, Sl4 pounds and
The earnings $241, 1856, and for the year
1903, the tonnage was 1863, 253, 02S, and the
were S5l40il2 %
ic oarto i,,lx- q.
showing. The increase in the freight
handled was 16S,s34,2o9 pounds and the
ncrease in the earnings was s272, 2S4 .26. |
The railroad earned more than a quar- |
ter of million dollars more last year on
The business of that section of the city |
than the previous year. When asked the |
cause of this wonderful increase Agent |
Fred T. Chain said:
why, the people up here are doing |
more business. They did a good deal more |
business this last year than in 1902 and |
expect another big increase this year |
over last The business here comes from |
The two packing houses, the two eleva- |
ors. the stock yards and the Watson
mills. The packing houses are increas- |
ng their business right along and one |
If the elevators. the Stevens-Scott. has |
1een running for less than two. months |
It will help to increase the business |
his year. Then the big Nevling mills, |
hey tell me, are certain to be built this |
next summer and all t. business will /
De done here. That will make another |
zig increase in our tonnage and earnings. |
Che Randall mill, too, is to be built on |
some of the joint switches and Il will |
make more business. The business last /
ear more than doubled, that is in the {
'arnings and the prospect for an in
rease looks fully as favorable now as
{ did at this time last year. We han
lied 1900 cars in 1895, and / expect we
will have TO hustle around and take
are OF more this year"