The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-05
One Mans Dream Brought
to Grand Reali-
cation.
OPENING DAY PLANS
Tulsa Plant Only Eclipscd by
One Other Armour lnsti-
tuition in U. S.

AIHuNl q company 10 DC AN'N
guests at tho formal opening of the
new Armour plant nt Detroit ny-
cnuc and tho Frisco tracks from o
o'clock a. m. uutll Q o'clock y. m.
on next WcdnCHday They viii see
branch meat plant and distrihui
Ing station second only TO one other
that Armour a Company In opornt-
ing In the entire country that In
BpstOn. Mass.
On The second floor of the build
ing booths will be located where all
departments OF the meat industry
will be represented 10y competent
demonstrators who will explain tho
merits OF tho various Armour pro-
ducts ana give out HpuNCnira. Drinks
will be served at tho soda fountain
department. At tho canned meats
booth the guests will be treated to
sandwiches, Tho quality OF tho
canned milks viii be demonstrated
at another booth Sandwiches OF
butter and cheese will bo served at
the butter. cheese and egg booth.
a special feature viii be the dis
play Of sausage that Ia made by tho
company There will also be- a
line OF dry sauBagcB or summer saus-
ages made only In CHICAGO, some
brands of which wholesale at Gb
cents a pound. II takes ms long IA
three months to cure this sausage
which iA conceded TO be tho peer %
any IN the world Hams and bacons
will he displayed IN pickle, smoke
house and finished product. All
kinds OF pork and beef cuts will he
demonstrated by an expert who win
explain the value OF the different
cuts. The soap department will
have the Armour branda OF both
laundry and toilet soaps In an-
other department will be shown
samples OF everything saved from
the hog that Ia not eaten. such as
music strings curlod hair. glue,
bones ana buttons
Guests will be shown tho splendid
building from cellar TO roof. boing
taken up by one stairway ana down
by tho other. They can spend az
much time In the building ms they
please for the visit In certain to b0
both interesting ana educational.
The Armour brands are the star
brand of ham and bacon, Voribest
brand OF canned goodH White Flyer
BoapS and Lighthouse washing pow
der and cleanser.
In the opening OF the building tho
ambition OF II. NJ. Mckay manager
here since 1913, has more than been
realized. The company opened its
first branch here In 1911 occupying
very small room at the corner OF
First street and blgin avenue, In
1919 the quarters were moved to
the Tulsa leo plant just across the
street from the present plant. Con
struotion work has been In progress
for over n year.
The building consists OF three
stories and basement and In con
structod OF brick and reinforced
hains apti,..Ikg ffg.nYaAf n
has 75 feet frontage on Detroit
avenue and extends back l2O feet.
There is also one-story garage, 20
by rs feet. IL covers three ordin-
AIRY city lots Here the company
In prepared to take care OF tho bust
ness arising In Tulsa and vicinity.
The trade territory extends 10 miles
north on the Santa Fe to Ochelata,
60 PawhuskR on the Midland Valley
north, to BiXby on the Midland
Valley south, to Chelsea on the lrris-
co east, TO Chandler on the Frisco
southeast. to Beggs on Frisco south,
60 Morrison on A. V. a w. west.
Parkins to Kaw City on Santa Fo,
Nelagonoy to Cushing, Drumright
and oilton on NJ. X. a T.
Nine statesmen are employed TO
cover this territory. Tho company
has 700 active accounts and many
cash customers, There are now a
persons on the regular payroll as
compared with 20 employees one year
ago. The head men here include
IL M Mckay, general manager;
II. l. Fromcnt, superintendent, V,
ii. Hair, cashier, /. NJ sumner,
shipping clerk; Fay Kee, assistant
shipping clerk; George Ray charge
OF beef cooler; E. II, Christ. sausage
foreman; g. II. KEN, Roy Vincent
and l. Nickle, city salosmeu
The building Ia as convenient and
sanitary as modern science can make
IL. Tile floors have been laid where.
ever necessary and on each floor
are rest rooms and toilets and show.
or baths for men and women. The
elevator is fool-proof which means
that II cannot be operated unlcss
the doors are closed. Nothing sotms
10 have been overlooked in the mat,
ter of easy and successful operation
In the basement IL located Is
ton engine and S0-horse power mo.
tor which operates the ice machine
and works automatically, stopping al
temperature or 80 degrees and
starting again at "a degrees A 90.
horse power boiler furnishes hot
water for the sausage factory and
steam for heating tho building dur
Ing cold weather Fire or smoke
plls furnish the smoke Tor six EmDh,
houses above IL on every floor. Next
comes the sweet pickle meat cooler
with capacity Of ? 500 pounds ui
sweet meat or two car loads There
IL a room equipped with bacon
sllcer whore bacon is prepared I'm
cartons for the market, the tempcra
ture here being 40 degrees The
freezing room has a capacity OF five
carloads Of frozen meats. There are
three soaking watts with a capacity OF
10000 pounds OF meat day where
the meat is soaked and washing pre-,
paratory to being smoked Other
rooms on this floor include the saw
dust room, box material room, gen
eral storage rooms and floor ant
track scales,
on the first floor the office nj
the manager fronts on Detroit
avenue. Back OF It is the office o
the statesmen equipped with casei
and four telephones Next Is the Gag,
mans office where the money Il
handled. All the offices are tilet
and we'll lighted and ventilated. Tn
drive way has capacity for fou
trucks that can be backed In fIor
the front OF the building. the ship
ping docks are 20 by rs feet and ar