|
were : the forbidding of public warehouses to receive
grain without inspection — considered an unwarranted
interference with the property rights of citizens, since
inspection was, in a manner, forced upon them by the
alternative of being otherwise restricted or deprived of
facilities for storage; the extreme and severe penalties
prescribed for violations of the law, some of which
were arbitrarily stated, leaving the courts no discretion
in the matter. There was, however, contained in the
act an attempt to prohibit entirely the evil of specula-
tive trade in grain, which aroused the strongest opposi-
tion on the part of the speculative members of the
Board of Trade, who, numerically, at that time, had
control of the body. The obnoxious sections were
treated as void and of. no effect by many members,
although some ineffectual efforts were made to prose-
cute offenders. As these provisions proved powerless to
effect the desired reform (in some cases proving an
actual hindrance to legitimate trade) and did not seem
germane to a bill for the regulation of warehousing, the
obnoxious sections were unconditionally repealed April
8, 1869. The law was not further amended until 187 1.
The present Constitution went into force August 8,
1870. In this Constitution, warehouses were first recog-
nized as of sufficient importance to come within the
purview of the fundamental law, and several sections
were devoted to the subject. In accordance with the
spirit of this article in the Constitution, the Legislature,
during the session of 1871, made a complete revision
of the statutory laws concerning warehousing and the
inspection of grain, and passed an act which took the
entire control of the inspection of grain and the estab-
lishment of grades from the Board of Trade, and
placed it under supervision of officers of the State, the
whole warehouse business being put under the control
of the same officers. The act was approved April 25,
1871, and went into effect July 1.
The great fire, which occurred on October 9, de-
stroyed six out of the seventeen large elevators then in
Chicago, besides a large part of the receipts for grain
stored in those which remained. To rescue the business
from the demoralization and confusion which ensued,
an act was passed by the State Legislature, convened in
special session, November 4, 187 1, authorizing the
deliver)', by warehousemen, of grain stored prior to
October 8, 187 1, without the production of any receipt
therefor, upon presentation of proof, under oath, that
the receipt originally issued for the same was destroyed
in the fire.
Grain-Weighing in Chicago. — Before 1880, the
method of weighing grain in bulk in this city, for trans-
portation by rail to Eastern points, was in a very cha-
otic state, and gave rise to interminable disputes and
complaints. There was, in fact, no arrangement for
weighing grain not intended for the elevators, except
such as the railroads themselves furnished. The rail-
road companies always weighed the cars, to obtain the
basis for freight charges, and the dealer had no other
data upon which to base his estimates than that fur-
nished by them. The very wide margin for possible
errors in their weight will be appreciated, when we con-
sider the loose methods then in vogue among them, and
the fact that they guaranteed nothing. They weighed
the cars and contents for their own purposes, and buy-
ers and sellers were welcome to take such figures as
thev had — of not; it was no affair of theirs. They were
in the habit of weighing car after car, all coupled to-
gether in a train, as they ran them over the scales, and
took tlie weight as marked upon the cars by the build-
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
379
ers for the tare. It might be correct — might not — no one
knew; it was about so much — more or less. But the
public got tired of such methods, and the board of di-
rectors of the Board of Trade, in conjunction with the
Grain Receivers' Association, resolved to find a remedy.
Honest John Wade had been the weigh-master for the
Board of Trade since April, 1872, and a more capable
man, or one more satisfactory to the general public,
than he, could not be found in Chicago. He was
known all over the country, east and west, and every-
where liked; so John Wade it must be, and he was
unanimously requested to take supervision of the whole
matter — first, of the grain sent east over the great pro-
peller lines, and, afterward, to take similar charge of all
grain sent east by railroads. He at once instituted the
most radical and thorough reforms. Capable and trust-
worthy men were now employed by him to attend to each
road, and the whole is under his own careful superin-
tendency. The railroad scales were all taken out,
tested, repaired, put into perfect order, and each road
bound itself to keep them so under his direction. The
cars are uncoupled and each one weighed separately,
and after they are unloaded, the empty cars are again
weighed, and John Wade's certificate, when issued, is
the end of all dispute, and the basis for every transac-
tion in grain of the character we have indicated.
Everything is done with accuracy and dispatch, and
business not only greatly facilitated, but placed upon a
reliable and satisfactory basis to all parties.
John Wade, Board of Trade weigher, was born at Ipswich,
Essex Co., Mass., on October 23, 1823. He is the son of W. F.
Wade, who was the treasurer of Essex County for fifty years. His
grandfather was Colonel Nathaniel Wade, who was next in com-
mand to Benedict Arnold, at West Point, at the time of Arnold's
desertion to the enemy on the discovery of his treason. It is re-
lated in the traditions of the family that Colonel Wade was out
with Arnold to supper that very night, and when returning met an
aide, who spoke in Colonel Wade's ear the one word " Beware."
The family still retain the autograph letter of General Washington
to the colonel, directing him to assume command until relieved by
his superior officers. John Wade fitted for college at New Haven,
but left school at the age of twenty, and took a clerkship in a whole-
sale cotton house in New York, where he remained for four or five
years. After an interval of two years spent in Boston, he returned
to New York, and, in company with his brother, established him-
self in the grain commission business about 1S50. In C862, he
came to Chicago, and opened an office in the same line, under the
firm name of J. Wade & Co., and for some years was one of the
heaviest, and at one time very much the heaviest, shipper in the
city. For some years his annual shipment on Eastern account
averaged several millions of bushels of grain, and at one time, be-
fore the fire, he sent forward one and a half millions of bushels in
fifteen days In April, 1S72, he was appointed Board of Trade
weigh-master for one year; and has been re-appointed annually
ever since. His duties are in the nature of an arbitrator of disputes
as to the weights of different lots of grain, etc., changing hands in
the course of trade on the Board. Mr. Wade was united in mar-
riage, at the old Park Street Church, to Miss Charlotte Augusta
Dexter, daughter of Dr. Theodore Dexter, of Boston Mass. 1 1 is
children are John Wade, Jr., now in the commission business on his
own account; Ella A. Wade; and J. Louise, wife of C. C. Swin-
bourne, cashier of the Corn Exchange Bank. When in New York,
Mr. Wade united with the old Westminster Presbyterian Church,
and has never transferred his membership, although he is an active
attendant of the Sixth Presbyterian Church of this city. He is also
an earnest member of. and worker in, the Citizens' League for the
suppression of the sale of liquors to minors and drunkards. He
donates liberally to the Chicago Relief and Aid Society and other
charities, and is fully in sympathy and identified with every worthy
enterprise in the city.
The First Summer Pork-Packing was done in
Chicago in 1858, by Tobey, Booth & Co. and by
Van Brunt & Watrous. These firms stored up ice
during the previous winter, and packed during the
summer as follows: Van Brunt & Watrous, 25,826; To-
bey, Booth &: Co., n,47S — total summer packing 37,301
hogs. The experiment was looked upon with distrust
by many packers and most provision dealers at that
time. It proved, however, practicable, and to these two
firms is due the credit of having successfully inaugurated
this most important industry. Thenceforth, the hot
weather ceased to be a restriction to the business, if it
were otherwise feasible and profitable to continue pack-
ing during the summer months.
STATISTICS.
The following statistical tables show the extent of
operations in grain, breadstuffs, provisions, farm pro-
ducts, etc., for a series of years;
TABLE SHOWING THE RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS OF BUTTER, SEEDS, SALT, LIQUORS AND HIGHWTNES,
AND COAL, FOR A SERIES OF TWENTY YEARS.
YEAR.
BUTTER-
-Pounds.
Seeds-
Pounds.
SaLT-BaRRELS.
High wines — Barrels.
Coal—
Tons.
Receipts.
Shipments.
Receipts.
Shipments.
Receipts.
Shipments.
Receipts.
Shipments.
Receipts.
Sh.pments.
1852
1,327,100
812,430
16,242
46.233
1. 441
1853
577.33S
2,197,187
2,185,269
81,789
38,785
8, 4 S 7
7,027
3S.54S
2,988
1S54
2,143.509
609,449
3,047,949
2,109,832
169,556
9 r .534
17.331
8,013
156,775
5,o6S
1S55
2,473. 9S2
1,056,631
3.023,23s
3,4S4,OI3
169,946
107.993
iS.433
6,335
109,576
12,153
1S56
2,66S,93S
297. 74S
2,S43,202
2,828,759
I75.6S7
83,601
30,000
6,266
93,020
16,161
1S57
3.039.3S5
309.550
2,257,223
I.537.94S
204,473
90,918
28,185
10.654
171.350
23,942
1S5S
3,166,923
5I2.S33
4.27L732
4,027,846
334.997
191,279
38,664
28,007
S7,2go
15,641
1S59
5.241.547
4.647,960
316.291
257.S47
29,431
29,529
131,204
i6,SS6
1S60
7,071,074
6,055,563
255. MS
172,963
62,126
65,223
131, 0S0
20,364
1S61
7,742,614
S.I76.349
9,SS5,2oS
10.1S0.7S1
7,438,485
89,915
in, 240
iS4,oSg
20,093
1S62 .-
6,165,221
520,227
61,703
100,170
218,423
12,917
1S63
1S64
137,947
159.312
284,196
15.245
8,819,903
5.927.769
11,782,656
680,346
4S3.443
102,032
138,644
323 275
16,779
1S65 .. ..
7,492,02s
5.206,865
M.745340
7.514,928
611,025
444.S27
32.435
66.053
344.S54
24,190
1866
9,126,825
s, 503.321
i3,6iS,85S
13.316,210
496,827
452,537
60,202
65.995
496, 193
34,o66
1S67 .- ...
3,816,63s
2,926,239
23.962,397
19. 058,921
492,129
455.740
30,Si2
49,250
546,208
69.170
1S68
5,503,630
3,972,021
25.503, 1S0
i5,S70,9=;o
686,857
524,014
6i,933
69.535
658,234
83.399
1869
10,224 803
5,898,391
22,803,545
12.217,398
524.321
535.626
129,47s
156,404
799,000
95.620
1870
11,682,34s
0,493.143
18,681,14s
6,287,615
674,61s
571.013
165,689
176,50s
SS7.474
110,467
1871
13,231,452
11,049,367
20,234,146
14,213,989
703,917
450,13s
120,969
171,031
i,oSi,472
96,883
3 8o
HISTORY OF CHICAGO.
COARSE GRAINS.
CORN.
OATS.
YEAR.
Receipts.
Bushels.
Shipments.
Bushels.
left on hand.
Bushels.
Opening and
closing
price for the
year.
Receipts.
Bushels.
Shipments.
Bushels.
Local
consumption or
left on hand.
Bushels.
Opening and
price for the
â– -.252.641
5.401,870
15.S62.394
26, 369,989
29,574,32s
26,611,653
13.807,745
25,952,201
33,543.o6l
22,772,715
25.570,494
23.475, Soo
20,189,775
41, S53,I3S
7,726,264
4.349,360
13,700,113
24.372,725
29,452,610
25,051,450
12,235,452
25.437.241
32,753.l8l
21,267,205
24,770,626
2i,586,SoS
17.777,377
36,716,030
526,277
1,052,510
2,l62,2Sl
1,997.264
121,718
1,560,203
1.527.293
514,960
7Sg,S8o
1,505,510
799,868
1,888,992
412,398
5,137,108
$0 44- 56
58- 43
49" 30
30- 23
23- 41
4i- 93
93-1 30
90- 47
45- 80
75- 87
*87- 81
+56- 79
72- 47
44- 4i
2,8S 3 ,597
I,757,6g6
2,198,889
2,067,018
4,668,772
II,o86,I3I
16,351,616
11,659,080
11,140,264
12,355,006
16,032,910
10,611,940
10,472,078
14,789,414
1,519,069
1,185,703
1,091,698
1.633,237
3,112,366
9,234.858
16,567,650
11,142,140
9,961,215
10,226,026
14,440,830
8,800,646
8,507,735
12,151,247
1,364,528
t
1,107,191
433,781
1,556,406
1,851,273
t
516,940
1,179,049
2,128,980
i,592,oSo
1,810,294
r, 964,343
2 638,167
So 25- 50
47- 34
35- 17
17- 18
18- 43
43- 66
66- 65
65- 26
f26- 48
*42- 56
56- 46
46- 42
40- 40
40- 32
—
1S61
1862-
1S63
1S64
1S65
1S66
1S67
[868
1S69
1870
1871
RYE.
BARLEY.
Receipts.
Bushels.
Shipments.
Bushels.
Local
left on hand.
Bushels.
Opening and
closing
price for the
year.
Receipts.
Bushels.
Shipments.
Bushels.
consumption or
left on hand.
Bushels.
Opening and
price for the
IS58
1859
IS60
IS6I
1862
71,012
23L5I4
318,976
490,981
1,038,825
865,50s
1,060,116
1,194,834
1,679,541
1,291,821
1,523,820
955,201
1,093,493
2,011,788
7,569
134,404
156,642
393,813
871,796
651,094
893.492
999,289
1,444,574
1,213,389
1,202,941
798,744
913,629
1,325,867
63,443
97,110
162,334
97,168
167,029
214,414
166,624
195,545
234,967
•78,432
320,879
156,457
179,864
6S5,g2I
No. 1
$0 50- 66
66- 75
80- 46
46- 32
32- 60
60-I 02
I 02-I 12
I 12- 55
55- 98
98-1 54
1 54-1 10
1 14- 75
75- 76
76- 73
413,812
652,696
617,619
457,589
872,053
1,280,342
1,018,813
I. 774.139
1,742,642
2,360,984
1,915,056
I,5I3,IIO
3,335,653
4,069,410
132,020
486,218
267,449
226,534
532,195
946,223
345,208
607,484
I,3O0,82I
1,846,891
90I, I S3
633,753
2,584,692
2,go8,II3
281,792
166,378
350,170
231,055
339-868
234,119
673,605
1,166,655
441,821
514.093
1,003,873
879.357
750,961
1,161,297
No. 2.
So 50- 65
68- 60
60- 43
43- 34
34-1 00
1 00-1 35
' 35-1 50
1 50-1 00
1 00- 72
72-1 74
1 74-i 55
1 55- 8c
So- 75
IS63
IS64 -
1865
1866
1867
1868 _
1869
1870
IS7I
J Local consumption and excess of shipments draw
BREADSTUFFS.
from surplus of previous year.
1849.
1850.
1852
1853
[854
1855
1856
1857
1858
I859
[860
1862
I J63
l-'.j
1865
1866
1 868
I87O
I87I
937,496
1,687,46
3.038,955
7.535.097
8,767,760
10,554,761
9,639,614
â– //.',, 7'/,
i i 127,08 I
17,387,002
13.978.II6
11,408,161
'-' [84,977
, 2','. 1 jo
11,978.753
14,772.094
17.394.409
14.439,6;'.
2,160,800
1,936,264
883,644
437,660
635 496
1,206,163
2,306,925
6,298,155
8,364,420
â– )â– ' |''." r 2
5,850,257
7,166,696
12,402,197
[5,835,95 !
1 f ,.-,,-;,.-, r .
io.793.295
|,,,2-.o,',26
7,614,887
io,i 18,907
10,557.123
'' 174.683
'3.244.249
16,432,585
12,905 449
302,000
481,302
732,030
1,236,942
403,340
708,709
787,357
894,070
2,524,886
1.551,049
169,218
614,866
1. 934.95 1
1. 65 1. 523
1,859,646
3.138,121
4. 397. 4"
3.632.511
961,824
'.334,207
So 80-
82-
Sg-
62-
68- .
85-
i 30- .
1 55-
1 27-
1 17-
75-1
1 08-1
1 08- 92
80- 75
77-1 03
' 15-1 19
I 19-1 81
Spring.
So 70- ..
66- ...
78- ...
65- ...
40-
60- ...
1 09-
1 31- ...
1 05- ...
93- - -
57" 85
ii-
1 00- 8
80- 6
71- 9
1 00-1 1
I 18-1 79
1 79-1 3'
1 31-2 20
2 20-2 07
2 07-1 26
1 26- 86
86-1 09
1 12-1 22
93.337
48,297
157,585
240,662
324,921
393,934
522.137
726,321
713,348
1,479,284
1,666,391
1,424,206
1,205,698
1,134,100
1.847,145
1,720,001
2,192,413
2,218,822
1,766,037
1,412,177
70,979
82.S83
66,990
79,650
86,068
96,000
140,403
161,500
232,000
291,852
260,980
236,261
255,056
288,820
445,522
574,096
732,479
543. 2S5
443.967
327.739
124,316
131. 130
224,575
320,312
410,989
489,934
662,540
887, S21
945,348
1,771,136
1,927,37'
1,660,467
1,460,754
1,422,920
2,292,667
2.2g4,og7
2,924,892
2,762.107
2,210,004
1,739,916
45,200
5L309
100,871
72,406
61,1
74 19°
107,627
163.419
216, 3S9
250,64s
470,402
686,351
698,132
1,603,920
1,739 849
1,522,085
1,285.343
1,293,428
1,981,525
2,015,455
2,3gg,6ig
2,339,063
1,705.977
1,287,574
63,120
56,940
116,94s
156,893
193,600
230,286
192,13s
201,470
249,216
167,216
187,522
138,382
175,4"
128,492
3". M2
278,642
525,273
423,044
gO4,027
452,342
Average
price per
year. |
$3 75- 4 OO
3 75- 4 00
4 50- 4 75
2 50- 4 00
2 75" 4 25
3 75- 5 25
6 g8- 7 48
7 12- 8 14
4 91- 6 26
5 06
3 5o- 4 75
4 50- 4 80
5 00- 4 40
4 40- 3 75
4 00- 5 00
5 00- 5 50
5 50- 8 75
8 00- 8 00
8 00-12 00
12 00- 9 25
9 25- 6 75
6 50- 5 25
5 00- 5 75
5 75- 6 75
in this column the prices cited are the ' opening and closing prices for the year," for " No. 1 Red Winter " and
1 â– and ubsequent years, the first column indicates the "local sale or barrels left on hand," and the second column
the "' opening and dosing price for the year, for Extra Spring."
> for thl
I Spring, reapecth
" â– the year 185!
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
PROVISIONS.
381
1859.
IS60.
1861-
1862.
1863.
1864.
1865.
1866.
IS67.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
CATTLE AND BEEF.
?2 no® 3 50
3 50® 3 25
3 oo® 4 25
2 50© 3 00
2 50® 2 50
2 oo@ 5 25
2 75® 9 00
2 50® 10 00
2 50® 8 25
3 50@io 00
3 oo® 9 50
- — @
2 50® S 00
2 5o@ 7 25
140,534
111,694
177,101
204,259
209,655
304.44S
338,840
330,301
384,251
329,243
323,514
403,102
532,964
543.050
42.638
37.5S4
97,474
124 145
H2.745
201,066
253,439
301,637
268,733
216,982
217,897
294,717
39L709
401.927
45.504
51,606
34.024
56,763
59,637
7O,oS0
92,459
27,172
25,996
35,348
26,950
11,963
21,254
i6,oSo
hand.
52,393
21,504
45,003
23,351
36,223
33,296
1.492*
85,904
66,Si3
78,667
96,422
120,001
125,043
barn-].
[ill 00(il 12 00
10 00® 14 00
8 OO® I 2 OO
7 OO© [O 00
8 50® 1 2 00
9 00® 1 2 00
12 00© 23 00
10 00© 1 6 00
8 00@22 OO
13 00©20 OO
12 50© 19 OO
13 00® 1 5 50
ic 00(0 14 511
8 00 (it 13 00
SWINE AND
PORK.
YEAR.
Range of Prices.
Received.
Shihped.
Number
packed during
the season.
Range of price of
mess pork, per barrel
Live.
Dressed.
Live.
Dressed.
Live.
Dressed.
185S
1859
i860
§1 oo© 5 40
4 oo® 5 75
4 6o@ 5 70
4 25© 2 35
2 70© 3 90
3 go© 6 00
4 25@I3 00
6 50@I3 25
5 30@lo 50
5 20© 7 50
5 95® 10 75
7 so@i2 25
6 25®io 30
3 io@ 7 90
$4 75® 6 50
4 5Q@ 7 2 5
5 oo@ 7 00
5 oo@ 2 75
3 2o@ 4 30
4 30@ 7 10
6 5o@i5 12
9 75(2 r 5 00
7 oo@ 1 1 50
7 oo@n 25
7 20@It 50
10 00® 1 5 50
6 75@n 50
4 37® 9 00
416,225
188,671
285,149
549,039
1,110,971
I 606,813
1.285,871
757,072
933,233
I,6g6,6Sg
1,706,592
1,661,869
1,693,15s
2,3So.o83
124,261
82,533
107,715
126,863
237,919
350,055
289,457
92,239
353,093
260,431
281,923
190,513
260,214
272,466
159,181
87,254
191,931
216, 9S2
446,506
752,151
561,277
575,5"
484,793
760,547
1,020,812
1,086,305
924,483
1,162,286
32,832
22,992
35,233
72,112
44,629
110,039
98,115
69,034
91,306
156,091
226,901
199,650
171, iSS
169,473
I79.6S4
151,339
27i,So5
505,691
970.264
904,659
760.514
507,355
639,332
796,226
597,954
688,140
919,197
1,225,236
$12 0O@I7 00
14 50IK 19 00
14 50© 20 OO
9 25 (5 20 00
8 25W 11 50
11 oo@i8 50
17 50(»43 00
22 5001 38 00
17 00c 33 50
17 oo(« 24 50
21 oo@30 00
2S 000333 75
18 00 (« 30 00
12 OOfU23 00
1S61
1862
1863
1S64
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1S71
* The receipts do not include the cattle driven in and disposed of to private butchers or otherwise outside the principal stock yards
t The number given as packed is for each season, extending from March 31 to March 31.
The receipts and shipments are for each year, from January 1 to January 1, hence the apparent discrepancy, where the spring packing absorbed the receipts
given, up to the preceding January.
TABLE SHOWING, FOR A SERIES OF TWENTY YEARS, THE RECEIPTS, SHIPMENTS, AND LOCAL INCREASE
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LEADING MEAT PRODUCTS.
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1S58
1859
i860
1 861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1S68
1869
1870
1871
Receipts. Shipment
1,189
207
I.697
12,427
225
481
695
6,223
1.747
3,»3
7S1
2,So6
9, 2 49
19,791
787
3,475
4,534
1,478
20,554
53,289
53,965
64,499
56,143
55,790
23,794
44,402
49,530
123,932
85,563
50,154
151,631
137,302
140,627
103,064
67,762
84,622
75,424
48,624
65,369
89,452
Receipts. Shipments.
3,270
11,250
25,701
29,265
13,298
8,918
26,570
24,533
II.I20
32,495
66,953
97,"3
41,190
53,198
15.382
35,922
34,797
45,248
40,883
68,949
10,976
29,809
51,
77,
52,
30,
80,
92,
9i,
65,
'93,
449'
298,
2S4,
257,
I76 :
Provisions and Cut Meats.
1,937,237
8,993,903
14,492,012
9,628,445
10,323,463
6,252,22S
8,007,064
6,700,612
I2,72S,32S
15,254.013
29,336,406
36,756,281
17,01s, 277
io,S66,ii8
8,463,59S
14,693,767
7,055,814
20,930,202
52,i62,SSi
30,150,899
1,446,500
9,266,31s
5,189,725
6,401,487
13,634,892
3,463,566
9,272,450
15,935.243
59,748, 3S8
71,944,010
95,300,815
50,055,322
55,026,609
73,011,584
82,325,522
95,106,106
S6, 707, 466
112,433,168
163,113,891
67,793
888,568
4,380,979
471,062
821,827
2,170,200
3.144.600
3,916,251
4.SI3.407
6,841,940
19,764,315
25,683,722
13,259,62s
7,50i,So5
8,553,358
11,030,47s
6,050,065
6,804,675
7,711,01s
17,662,79s
1,200,000
1,847,852
2,596,912
i,So3,goo
3, 90S, 700
5,2So,ooo
7.232,750
10,325,019
16,400,822
54,505,123
58,030,728
42,342,970
28,487,407
26,755,36S
27,211,525
23,527,821
17,278.520
43.2g2.24g
61.02g.S53
The excess of shipments shows the
taken of the unknown amounts locally consumed.
1 year. It do
HISTORY OF CHICAGO.
LIST OF PERSONS AND FIRMS ENGAGED IN PACKING BEEF AND PORK, WITH NUMBER OF HOGS AND
CATTLE PACKED BY EACH FOR THE SEASON OF 1858-59.
NAME.
Cattle.
No. Packed.
Hogs.
No. Packed.
REMARKS.
K. M. .V O. S. Hough
Van Brunt & Watrous — -
Jones & Culbertson -
G. S. Hubbard ..V Co
8,200
15,000
75°
6,311
4,300
4,800
6.143
36,000
30,014
25,454
15,000
23,546
9,000
8,300
3,58l
5.139
2,500
2,000
I.OOO
3,000
9,000
550
400
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
I.OOO
Built their first packing-house in 1850.
Commenced packing in 1854.
\ Resided in New York. Bought the Milward packing-
( house, and commenced packing in 1858.
\ Built packing-house in 1857. Commenced packing in
| 1858.
Commenced packing in 1834.
Commenced packing in 1852.
Commenced packing in 1S43.
Stewart & Co. in 1857.
i Came from Baltimore. First packed in 1857, renting the
-! slaughter house on the South Branch built by Henry
( Milward.
\ Successors to Moore, Seaverns & Co., who had packed since
} 1854. They sold out to Law & Co. in 1858.
Packed with Andrew Brown in 1S55.
Commenced packing in 185S.
J . G. Law &Co
P. Curtis -
Succeeded S. Holden in 1S58.
Andrew Brown & Co .-
Louis Richberg
Smith & Son
Reynolds, Lunt & Co. . -.
Commenced packing in 1853.
Commenced packing in 1S58.
Commenced packing in 1858.
Prior to 1857, Reynolds & Hayward.
Commenced packing in 1858.
Succeeded O. H. Tobey in 1854.
Prior to 1857, Reynolds & Hayward.
Commenced packing in 1858.
A. Brown >i Co
Commenced packing in 1853.
( In slaughter business since 1S27. Commenced packing in
j fall of 1833.
Total
45,504
179. 4S4
TABLE SHOWING PRINCIPAL FIRMS ENGAGED IN PACKING BEEF AND PORK, WITH NUMBER OF CATTLE
AND HOGS PACKED BY EACH FOR THE SEASON OF 1871-72.
NAME.
Cattle.
No. Packed.
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