The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-03
NEW BRIGHTON in
The ARMOUR PLAN |
RIGHT TO USE OF THE OLD PLANT
SECURED BY PACKER.
st. Paul Real Interests Are Friendly
to the New Plant-Enormou Bust
ness Of a Packing Establishment Such
as Is Planned for Minneapolis.

Developments Of the Armour Packing
company's plan for a Minneapolis ,es-
Establishment indicate that eventually
the old New Brighton plant may be in
Guided in entirety in the new packing |
house scheme. -- |
The Armour interests have secured !
the right to use the New Brighton |
stockyards, which belong to the Belt |
line road. These. yards are mile and
a quarter from the land which the
Armour company has optioned as a site
for it's killing plant. 1nasmuch as the
cattle will have to be driven that dis
lance for slaughter, after having been
unloaded, fed and watered at the stock
yards, it is expected that the rest Of
the equipment and land will eventually
be included. ...'.t
Water Great Factor.
| Water is one Of the most important
elements in the manufacture Of beef
products. For this reason the New
| Brighton plant was established on Long
lake, which is a mile long and half
mile wide, and is fed from twenty other
lakes. This lake furnished all the wa
ter that was necessary. If the Armour
company includes the site Of the New
Brighton plant and its water source in
its scope, it will then have solved the
|
mount in the arrangement Of the site
that Is under option already, and would
do away with the necessity of re-haul
Of the stock after it had been fed, wa
tered and rested. -.
! ablishment Of the Armour plant on
It's chosen site was approved yesterday
and ST. Paul Real Estate exchange. The
opinion prevailed that such an indus
try should not be harried by the public
baths, even If they should have to be
discontinued because Of pollution of the
water. a contingency that Is only barely
possible. The, exchange members
establishment Of the plant.
Scope Of the Business.
t'The people Of the twin cities do
not really grasp what the coming Of
the Armour plant will mean to them, -
: said man familiar with the stock
yards business today. '.-rH11A
To give an idea what the disburse-
, ments are to keep packing-house run
ming he gave few figures. In 1905,
y $30,00O,O0O was the value Of the i've
stock that. passed thru the South St.
Paul; market, a great proportion of
which was sold there.
The Omaha packing industries, four
, in number, spent $90000,000 in 1905 for
livestock and supplies, more than the
bank deposits in Minneapolis or St.
amounted to $s,5oo,o6o year, which BisaC is
> greater than the capital of any single
bank In the twin cities: Armour alone
10000 head Of cattle and $4,000 sheep
in 1905. g., :: -
Measuring the volume in cars, Ar
mour alone shipped out $500 cars of
finished product and received 5000 cars
in supplies a. total movement of 23,500
. tcars. - 90 ,. .,.. ,-
The Omaha figures are about so pc,
! cent Of the Kansas City totals, but the
: Armour Packing company does almost
J as much business in Omaha as it does
in Kansas City. Chicago is, of course
i the big market. - =. -. ~.
r ;f.,.a} Large Plant Here. & a~4n ~.
J. "Armour g. Co. will have as large
! a plant in Minneapolis as it is possible
. to have" said an interested capitalist
/ yesterday. 'The plant will depend or
8 the livestock market, however. Nat
r nral conditions are such that, as the
livestock market goes west, there viii
:. be an. increase in the stock receipts il
:, the river markets and decrease OF
i stationary condition in the Chicago
a market. Z. -. -. -.
" ,"You may say that 1t is impossibl.
k to, pollute the water Of the Mississippi
q Wy iHeduS VI ILLS p1dut. NOGulluR IrSeI
"A is allowed to get away, and even tn
y water is evaporated for the fertilize
! that is in it. Everything is used in I
v modern plant. ~.~-..-. r.ey. -
:. River water would cleanse itself any
way in q run Of ten miles, withou
;" the dams which break up the waite
~ currents and expose 1t to the air. Il
- this run Of ten or twelve miles to tn
" next city down the river, the waite
y tumbles over four dams, which permit
~ the refuse to oxygenate. -
=. ~ "This packing deal concerns bot!
- y Ramsey and Hennepin counties. It i
u IL to touch the margin Of Minneapolis
., and will also touch st. Paul If tina
IL city helps in building it up. Anothe
% warfare between Minneapolis and 81
io Paul will be just as unfortunate q
i, ~ such, contests have been in the pas
~ Attempts to pull away from each othe
o. will be detrimental to both cities, an
- the damage which either one may brin
L. about will certainly react on that city.
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