| Show LARGEST PACKING PLANT IN WEST people of this section may not generally be acquainted with the fact that in the ogden packing companas comp anys plant at ogden utah has hag the largest packing plant west of omaha R recently the plant increased its capacity ma making k it three times as large as formerly so that it now covers approximately six acres of ground and has a combined floor space totaling square feet its daily capacity tor for the dispatching to finished products is ia hogs 1500 sheep and cattle animals in all in one day the writer had the pleasure of visiting the plant of the company last year before the remodeling was completed and the conveniences in the way of equipment at that time were some same thing that most people would never dream of with the completion of the remodeled plant it now represents the very last word in packing house perfection for it Is the latest packing plant erected in the united states this splendid institution had its beginning back in 19 1901 01 with a capitalization of WOO it was not until that the company campany erected its first building and even at that the plant was much too large tor for the number ot cattle sheep and hogs that could be secured and dispo disposed ged of through the persistent efforts of the men behind the project and til through rough the sale of the quality products which the plant places anthe on the market two things have been accomplished first the livestock industry of this intermountain west has been stimulated and that has made necessary the enlargement of the packing plant so that today the capital invested totals represented by 20 0 00 shares of stock at per share at the same time a home market has ikast been established for practically all ille the livestock that this section can produce walli the elisten r r ce of the serves as a price regulator and the alle growers get top prices for or their animals the plant is equipped with a cold storage department capable of accommodating mo dating ills ibs of cred meat which is kept at the proper refrigeration by the ammonia which avs N vs thru nine miles of piping the freezer compartments may be maintained at five degrees below zero any day of the year the cold s storage facilities are so arranged that additional units van mil be added at very little cost to increase the facilities to handle hogs per day or per year and it is the purpose of the management to make these improvements just as quickly as the production of hogs throughout the west will warrant it the stock stack yards are the latest thing in sanitation cement floors are laid in all of them proper drainage being provided to make the pens as clean and sanitary as possible for inclement weather there are sheds provided which shelter the animals while cement drinking troughs filled with pure fresh water are placed in every pen so that the animals may drink whenever they desire the yards have a capacity for handling 2500 cattle hogs bogs and sheep and they thus afford tile the nearest market to all shippers in northern utah all of idalio idaho nevada and wyoming in tile the dressing rooms everything is done under government inspection and the very latest facilities have been provided to guard against filth and unclean linesa of any kind practically every part of the animal is made use of in some way thus eliminating waste tile the products are marked und erthe attractive head MOUNTAIN BRAND PRODUCTS and quality Is ia the first and last talking point in relation to these products after the visit spoken of at the begin beginning ning of this article the company sent the writer a pound box of its famous mountain brand breakfast bacon sliced and wrapped in wax paper so we are in a position to bear record that the product fairly shouts QUALITY the pen inen behind the ogden packing provision company include some of the biggest financiers in the state the directing force Is made up of such gentlemen as lars hansen fred J klesel klebel james jamea PIng pingree Tee adam patterson charles zeiner and simon 9 jensen the loat last named being the general genn ma manager n a g er an and d a man mac who maies makes visitors to the plant feel like they owned the whole institution L t r f v ssi |
