The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-23
Plan Erection
 of $75O,OOO
 Packing Plant

Consistent with the Booster" cam
 paign that is now being waged for a
 'tBusier, Better. Bigger Bridgeport"
 plans have been adopted for the erec-
 ton of a $75O, 900 independent pack
 ing plant to supply this city and the adjoining districts with the best | grades Of provisions and other pack | ing house products.
 The plant. which will be under fed- | eral inspection and of the most mod l ern construction and equipment, will | be located within easy reach of the 1 city and the Confed erated Abattoirs Corporation of Bridgeport. under which title the company will operate, has several sites under considerat ton any one of which is admirably adapt ed to the requirements of the bus1- ness.
 | This project, which has been under | consideration for some time, has re- l ceived new impetus since the l Booster campaign was inaugurated and there is a widespread interest in | this new industry as we'll as a grow ing appreciation of what 1t will fur nfsh to the city induStually well l as from an economic standpoint. It l Is intended to make the new packing plant real civic und dertaking anas- much as it Will directly benefit and affect every family in the city and vii cinfty and is destined to be a big fac | tor in the solution of the all-inlpo ort- ant food problem and the cost of l living.
 The products of the packing house Will Include fresh and salted meats, l cuts of pork and beef, smoked meats, sausage, lard and all the by-products such as hides tankage, castings, hair, briStles, etc. Additionally the com pany will handle a, full line of vege- table oil products such as nut butter, salad oil, and vegeta ble shortcomings | for all purposes. There is a particu- | larly large demand for these latter l 0F t,,-if l and economy. The company also proposes to distribute complete line
 of canned goods. jams. jelhes and preserves and all of these products will be manufactured at the local plant. It is obvious that the industry and its output will affect every resi- dent in the section to be served and no doubt this fact is responsible for the great interest that is being mani feSted in this new undertaking. The plant will give ernployTn ent to
 at least 250 people at the start and
 this labor. as weM the work con
 nected with the erection and opera
 tion of the plant, win be drawn from
 Bridgeport, thus opening up a new
 labor market for the city that will be
 particularly desirable. It will be dis
 tinctively a local enterprise and the
 affairs of the company will be in the
 hands of a board of directors made
 up of RobeTTt G. Whitney, president;
 E. G. Dill, vice president; G. B.
 NA
 Mark1e and H. G. Kopf. The com-
 pany will maintain executive offices
 in this city.
 The erection of the plant will be
 under the supervision of William F.
 German, who for 35 years has been
 identified with the packing industry and has been in charge of the erection
 of most of the important packing
 houses through out the country. He has an international reputation in
 matters pertaining to the construc-
 tion and equipment of plants of this
 type.
 Ernest Brown. for 25 years with
 the National Packing Company. and
 a former general manager for the
 Omaha Packing Company and Gums
 Ltd, of Canada, will have charge of
 the buying and other executive de- tails where his long and valuable ex-
 perience will be a big asset to the company
 With these men in the organization there will be the assurance of com
 petent manager and an economical and efficient administration in all departments of the new industry. The local plant will engage in every branch of the hacking industry, buy ing it's live cattle and hogs in the open market 9nd preparing every prod r"t locally This will insure a constant supply of fresh meat and Ehe other products to be handled and give local
 ma ke-s constant access to the supp
 plies most in demand. This will be a d s inctive advantage to 1oc al dealers in purchasing and stocking their stores. The advantages of g. Govern
 m ment inspected plant of thfss charac- ter a factor in the local industrial market will be apparent when the requirements of the Bridgeport mar kets are considered. Government in spections means that all cattle and hogs slaughtered by the local pack ing plant will be inspected by U. S. Government inspectors and guarantees that all meats and meat products thus inspected will not ony come from clean, healthy cattle but will be of the highest grade in quality and pur- ity.
 Another important factor is the en- couragement that the new &rcal in- dustry will give the farmers and otr- CTS to raise cattle; the management of the new plant will buy as muc1 as possible in the local mark t and ii is hoped that many. farms which have either been abandoned or which a @ running at a small profit will be ai- couraged to take up cattle raising to supply this new industry.
 A meeting to further this new pro- Ject will be held later in the W elk at which additional plans will be discus