Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
THE MAlER PACKING COMPANY

The great industry established in
Los Angeles over thirty years ago by
Simon Maier, the pioneer operator IN
his line on the Pacific coast, now known
as the Maier Packing company, is
amcng the foremost institutions OF gi-
gantic enterprise that has brought Los
Angeles to the front as city or the
first Importance in the great west. The
business of Mr.. Maier has kept pace
with the wonderful growth or the anger
city. and his faith in the still greater
development of the southern metropohs,
is constantly displayed by extensive
additions to the huge plant which oc-
cupies a large part of fourteen acres
at the end of Lyon street.
In the purity and freshness OF the
food supply the entire community as
well as consumers at distance is VI
tally Interested. All are personally
concerned in the best preparation anu
methods of handling the food supply,
and it Is gratifying to state In TINS
connection that the most sanitary
methods possible to be attained in the
handling of meats and by-products are
faithfully observed by the Maier Pack
ing company. The abattoir, rendering
rooms, lard rooms, sausage Kitchen,
smokehouses, cooling and refrigerating
rooms are models of cleanliness and
sanitary arrangement. Nothing is seen
or permitted but will meet with the
warm commendation of the most ex-
acting person. Every staple or product
of the company is produced under gov
ernment inspection, In full accordance
with the strictest rules of sanitary pro-
cedure the aim of the management
being at all times to give patrons MOTH
ing but the best of food supplies.
The Maier Packing company gives
lucrative and steady employment to 100
| frh& 1Vfc
statesmen and requires twenty-one wa
CONS to make deliveries. The weekly
payroll is $4,000. Besides sending sup
plies to all parts of the city and to
various points throughout California,
Nevada and Arizona and as far east
as Texas, the great southern territory
through Mexico Is supplied by the
company. Products of the plant are
sent to the orient in barrels. The COM
pany kills about $50 beeveS a week,
$500 sheep and 1900 hogs. Among the
specialties produced at the plant are
Maier's Orange Blossom brand of hams
and bacon, which stand for good pure
food products; also Divine, Maier's
new shortening, composed of fine cot
tonseed oil, beef suet and olive oil,
| which Is claimed to be superior to any
thing else on the market.
Few people realize the extent of the
business conducted by the Maier COM
of the extent and value of the man.
moth plant A large two-story brick
office building stands at the entrance
to the plant. 1t. is finely furnished for
the large office force employed to give
attention to the details of the immense
! business. The main building of the
company, five stories in height, in
which the packing and refrigerating is
done, is solidly constructed, being en-
| tirely of reinforced concrete. The walls,
partitions and floors and ceilings are
of solid cement, leaving no abiding
place for rodents or other pests. The
entire building is thoroughly equipped
with all the latest and most improved
machinery and appliances, with a per-
| feet system of drainage and ventilation
established to make the plant abso-
| lutely sanitary and germ proof. In the
! handling of all products scrupulous
care and cleanliness in it's highest type
! is observed. From the time the live
| stock is delivered in the immense stock
| pens, carefully protected from the
weather, on its perfectly cleaned and
| drained cement floors. constructed to
| hold 700 head of cattle, 5000 sheep and
5000 hogs, and on through all the vari-
Gus departments of the establishment,
the greatest care is observed in OBJ
serving the strict rules of the company
in the production of clean, wholesome
supplies. On the upper floor of the
main building is located the abattoir,
we'll lighted. ventilated and drained,
with it's solid cement floors and walls,
clean and wholesome, no germ-produc-
ing material being found in any part
of this perfectly constructed plant.
Cattle ready for slaughter are first
passed under a cooling shower of clear
water and thoroughly cleansed and
cooled, after which they are dispatched
in the most approved manner. From
this nOint the meat SparcalV tOncheQ
by hands is sent on hangers and an
intricate system of overhead tracks to
the great sanitary and refrigerating
rooms. These are equipped with the
latest and most approved system of
refrigeration, which is in use else
where in only few of the most strict
ly modern eastern packing plants. BY
this system the excess moisture in the
cold air is eliminated and this great
improvement permits this plant to turn
out product which will keep in sound
and perfect condition for a much longer
period than If refrigerated by the old
style methods, as moisture induces
premature deterioration of fresh meats.
Mr.. Simon >Maier in person visited
nearly every part of the United States,
making careful study of the most ap-
proved methods in modern packing
house plants before the new packing
plant of the Los Angeles company was
constructed. The result of the tour
is that the Maier company has a model
institution with every Objectionable
feature eliminated and the installation
of every desirable advantage.
High praise is due Mr.. Maier for
what he has accomplished for Los An
geles in business way in increasing
the commercial Importance of the city
and in providing employment for such
large force of operatives. The busi-
ness of the company has steadily in
creased throughout the period of it's
existence until today the volume of
business transacted daily exceeds that
of the most fiourishing enterprise in
the city Residents are loyal to home
enterprises and the products of the
Maier company being of the best are
in steady demand in all sections of the
community and throughout the great
southwest The details of the vast
business are in charge of accountants
of many years experience and it is
seldom that an error is found, and if
one is discovered to the detriment of
patrons it is speedily rectifed. The
ron..fatioO 0f the Maier cOmDanV for