. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. he firm of Dahlman Bros., the first clothing merchants in theCity, He killed cattle ami sent (hem to Liverpool by was of (ialves-ton, hut the\ were long on the wa\ that they did not arrive in FORT WORTH AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST 659 good condition. This ended the third attempt, but did not dismay thepeople of Fort Worth. They believed that this was to become apacking house center, and in 1890 thirty men got together and agreedto put in $1,000 each and purchase some lands and put up moremoney, share and share alike, as it was nee
. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. he firm of Dahlman Bros., the first clothing merchants in theCity, He killed cattle ami sent (hem to Liverpool by was of (ialves-ton, hut the\ were long on the wa\ that they did not arrive in FORT WORTH AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST 659 good condition. This ended the third attempt, but did not dismay thepeople of Fort Worth. They believed that this was to become apacking house center, and in 1890 thirty men got together and agreedto put in $1,000 each and purchase some lands and put up moremoney, share and share alike, as it was needed. Mr. H. C. Hollowaywas selected to manage the affairs of the company, and he boughtlands where the present plants are situated and proceeded to buildfences and lots and later on a small packing house. It had a capacityof 250 cattle and 1,000 hogs per day. About this time John R. Hoxiecame to Fort Worth from Chicago, and as it was thought he knew allabout the industry he was induced to put in more money, buy moreland and increase the capacity of the Elevator of Smith Brothers Grain Company He too made a failure, and the plant after a precarious existencewas sold to Messrs. Simpson and Niles of Boston, neither of whomwere practical packers. Mr. Niles was a business man, and under hismanagement, with the assistance of Mr. H. A. Judd, still a citizen ofFort Worth, the plant earned money. The owners recognized thefact that the plant did not meet the requirements of the times, andwith the assistance of some of the public spirited people of the citythey enlisted the interests of Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. andsecured the establishment of these concerns. Most of the thirtymen who put the first money into the plant surrendered their holdingsto make the deal go through. The corner-stones of the buildings were laid on the 13th ofMarch, 1902, in the presence of a large concourse of the citizens ofthe city. Just a year thereafter the first cattle were packing pl
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