Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-24
SOUTH OMAHA A
GROWING MARKET
Stock Yards and Packing Houses En-
large Their Places of
Business.
BIG INCREASE is LOOKED FOR
Indications Are for Large Volume of
Receipts.
FEEDER BUSINESS INCREASES
Omaha is Fast Being Recognized as
the Big Center.
BUSY AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR
Territory So Vast and Industry So
Varied There is No Letup, Pack
ers Buying at All Seasons
of the Year.
BUSY AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR

The South Omaha market is a comprehen-
sive name covering one of the great pri-
mary industries of the west the scope Of
which can be but dimly grasped in the
enormity of the figures used to tell It,
smoky city, composed of mammoth piles
IF brick and cement, topped by its forest
of ever belching stacks, enclosing the vast
and intricate Union Stock yards, gives
violence of the millions of live stock winch
move with nervous forebodng step through
these doors. Millions of live stock Is no
cxaggeration, for in one year, 1909, 1,124 SIS
cattle 2,135, 493 hogs and 2,lO5,949 sheep were
received at South Omaha. The cost Of this
stock on the hoof was approximately ST.
10000. The value of the finished product
vas not far from S121, 100000.
The slaughter of the animals Is not by
any means the only important branch OF
he traffic. In fact the South Omaha mar
ket is now and is destined to be by great
odds the finest primary market for the
feeding grades of stock in the world.
Situated in the heart of the best grain
belt and within easy reach Of the
enormous hay region of central Nebraska
this market has command of the western
ranges and furnishes the most convenient
outlet for all the autumnal shipments.
It is proposed to discuss in some detail
the manifold interdependent branches of
the big western market. The visitors of
Ak-Sar- Ben, who will throng through the
metropolis by thousands in the course of the
next few weeks, may, If they choose, find
fund of advance information which will
clarity their vision when they pass on their
hurried visit through the big plants or
he Of uyha
a temporary habitat is given to the throng-
ing herds which must be sacrificed daily to
human needs.
stock Comes Regularly.
One feature Of the South Omaha market
is the regularity Of the supply of animals
which in the course of a year pass into
the packing plants This regularity gives
stability to the vast system of specialized
industry which must depend on this supply
for each daily task During the month of
July l42l head of cattle were received
and this was the month of smallest re-
ceipts. In the same time l66, 100 hogs were
received and 1859 S66 sheep. The large re-
ceipts of sheep balance the light receipts
of hogs and the fair receipts of cattle
One of the heaviest months of the current
year was January when 2,s44 cattle, 177,ls4
hogs and l22774 sheep were received. 1t
will be seen by a glance at the following
able that The receipts distribute perfectly
throughout the several months of the zee
and give the local market its vlgor and all
its well known dependable qualities This
able SHOWS the regularity OF the market
AID also a comparison Of the year with
, at of 1873 so far as the current year has
spsed, Note the fine increase Of cattle
"a sheep for the pr. sent year
IHcrense Indicated.
From present indications, receipts OF cat
tie will be increased this year by about
$1,000, which viii be The record year for
the local market, an approximation Of
lies coo, and should tails hJ.I up. the figures
Will be close to 100000 sheep at the close
OF the year,
A word about the machinery by which so
vast and valuable product is perfected
brings one in discussion Immediately into
the heart of the packing center. Here
grouped In positions OF greatest convenience
are four great packing plants, namely,
that OF Armour d Co. Cudahy Packing
/ company, Swift & Co. and the
Omaha Packing company, The value OF
those houses reach a total of about
S., 900 600, The Cudahy Packing company Is
located west OF the Union Stock yards
Armour & CO. and the Omaha Packing
company have their location Immediately
south and swift X Co occupy the
extreme southeastern section Of the pack
/ ing district All the plants, including the
the Union Stock yards, cover an area OF
about 200 acres Of ground. The valuation
OF the Union Stock yards, all told, APP
proxlmates $S,OO00O0.
| To keep abreast OF the rapidly increasing
| tide OF live stock, these packers and the
/ Union Stock Yards company have been
| forced to add Improvements constantly,
/ During the present year the Cudahy Pack
| ing company has added a splendid depart
ment for the slaughter Of hogs 1t is un-
/ equalled In the west and has the appear
snce OF banquet hail, so far as neatness
/ and correct appointments are concerned
The same company has the excavation
completed for fine five-story office
building
Many improvements.
Swift s. Co. is just completing a
new tank room and an addition TO the bone
/ rooms. An enormous new steel stack Is
being erected to accommodate the entire
boiler system. Thereafter automatic feed
ers are to~be Installed In the batteries OF
| the boiler rooms At the opening OF the
year the beef house went into complete
operation and now all cattle, hogs and
sheep are slaughtered under one roof Thl.
makes one OF the largest slaughterins
| houses in the world.
Armour Co, has finished It's sys
| TEN OF automatic feeders IN its batterie,
Of the boiler room and has worked a Krsat