El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-25
NORRIS YARDS
TO Be ENLARGED
Manager Buckham Says FL
Paso Must Be Stock
Market.

"EI Pas0 as the commercial center
and controlling city OF a district 500
miles in radius and the natural gate
way to Mexico should have a live
stock market and should be the dis
tributius point of meat for this ter
ritory," said T. r. Buckham. general
manager Of Morris and company.
packing house owners and live stock
dealers.
Mr.. Buckham VIII be IN El Paso for
a few days making a survey of the
cattle Industry in the southwest and
while here VIII complete arrange
meuts for an enlargement of the TT
Paso Union stockyards in anticipation
of an increased amount OF live stock
business for Ell Paso IN the near fu-
ture-
1T is a wastage or railroad service
and am expense to the consumer TOT
the market cattle to be shipped 10
the northern markets for slaughter
and the meat shipped back TO the
southwest for consumption again.
said Mr.. Euckham- when business
conditions i'm Mexico become more set
tied and the cattle industry there IS
once more revived FL Paso viii be the
only logical market for livestock
growers.
Would Eliminate Long Haul.
NIaE CIV A.ELE "a extensive AaAAAA
and cattle interests IN Mexico tine
Morris company is very much inter
ested in the creation OF large local
livestock market at FL PasO- and
eliminating a long and tiresome ship
ment north.
The Morris and company packing
interests stand for rigid government
inspection Of all meats Tor public use
as the best means OF serving cOnsum-
ers and as the chief means Of build
ina 14HH De-
stantial trade for the packers
Mr. Buckham made an inspection or
the Peyton Packing plant being com
pleted near the FL PasO Union stock
yards. and declared il one Of the most
modern Of its size in the United
States with facilities for handling
1000 cattle per week. il necessary. and
producing dressed and packed meats
Of the highest quality ArranEene nls
were concluded whereby the Norris
company viii construct an alley from
the Union yards 10 the packing plant
Plant Rendy About August 10.
The finishing work on the plant is
being retarded temporarily by the de-
Law in the arrival of seven car loads
OF cork Tor refriEeratlng purposes. ae-
cOrdiug TO i. O. Pey-o1- Livery thing
viii be FIJI readiness for the first
sIauChtering and packing operations
about the middle Of August said Ar
PeytOn-
Well Equipped Plant
The Peyton plant is being equipped
with every facility Of its own for sue
cessful maintenance. even to water
well OF large capacity and dynamos
for generating of electricity An ice
plant is being constructed but 10 VIII
not be ready for use before the first
Of Septemb Der The main building is
about 200 by 100 feet and three stories
high with the killing department on
the first floor and refriEeratinE and
cold storage rooms on the second and
third floors. The engine and boiler
house. 65 by so feet. has just been
completed and the machinery Installed
and connected for operation Some
trouble has been experienced in the
pits and watts underground by the
seenaEe Of water from the river but
this difficulty viii be overcome by
Ceueutirg.
one OF the features OF the building
is the separate department con-
structed solely for the government in
spectors and equipped with every
thing from highly polished office fur
niture 20 private shower baths Each
piece OF meat passes by the inspect
tors office on an overhead track and
receives either his stamp OF approval
or condemnation. as the meat war
rants