El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-13
KILLING PLANT
MAY COST 4
MILLION
Contracts Calling For Elk
penditure of $3.50, 900 Have
Been Awarded, Says Cam
erOn.
WORK IN Ell PASO
TO START AT ONCE"

Contracts amounting to more than
$500 have been awarded for the con-
struction of the FL Paso killing plant
and stock yards, according to the pro-
moters. They say the plant Will cost d
million.
The first payment has been made on
the site of the plant along the river IN
Cotton EdditiOn.
Work will begin within 60 days on
the construction OF the terminal rail-
road, this to be followed by construc-
ton work on the main DuldlnSS anu
the installation of the ice making ana
refrigeration machinery Ind the kllIlnS
plant equipment, according to turther
announcement of J. I. Cameron VINO
returned from east Texas TUESDAY
morning. He says he brought back the
signed contracts for the construction
work.
The lists. he says. include that for
the equipment of the killing pIant
proper, which will cost SyS,OOO; Tor the
construction of all the buildings, when
amounts to $305, 992.54; for the IN
stalation of refrigeration machinery
and ice plant equipment to cost. Sill
400; the lumber, ties, rails, LOCOMOTIVES
and other eQuipmen which completes
the total first cost of the plant
st. Louis Firm Gets Contract.
The GilsOnite Construction company
of St. Louis, he says. was awarded the
contract for the erection of the steel
end brick buildings of the entire plant
This was the biggest single contract
York Ice manufacturing company OF
York, Pa, was, he says, the successful
contractor for the complete equipment
of ice and refrigeration machinery
which viii cost $l11,4OO. The killing
plant machinery viii be made and in
stalled by the Brecht cOmpan-, OF St
Louis, he says, for $4,000 The CraW-
ford Lumber company, of FL Paso, ne
declares, was the successful bidder Tor
furnishing the lumber and railroad ties
The lumber contract includes 2,OOO,OOt
nrrr 1ha-
cost $4,000 The railroad ties VIII CoSt
$4,000. +. X. Papin, OF ST
Louis was awarded the contract for
furnishing the railroad steel, 1t is an
miles, or 1000 tons. This contract IS
for $4,000. The Baldwin Locomotive
works was given the contract for the
two terminal locomotives, which Will
cost $3.50 each, Mr.. Cameron says.
The option on the plant site in the
south end of the cotton addition was
closed last month and the first pay
ment on the total cost was made TO
a. P. Coles * Bros, who represent the
Cotton estate
VIII Begin Work Mt Once.
The project is financed Mr. Cam
eron said Tuesday afternoon That is
all there is to say for it These con-
tracts speak for themselves. We Will
begin work at once. The locomotives
of the terminal railroad Will be deliy-
cred before the next 90 days and we
may borrow locomotives from the
Southwestern to do the preliminary
construction work on the railroad line.
The construction of the buildings and
stOckyards will follow as soon as pos
sible."
The plans and specifications for the
killing plant and stOcl1yards have been
drawn by the Robert McCandhsh En-
gineering company, of Kansas City, and
were approved by Mr.. Cameron before
he and +. ". Mcconnell left for east
Texas to arrange for letting the con-
tracts and for the financing of the
plant project.