BRILLIANT SHOWING
A Company's Giqantic Strides to the Goal of
Success and Public Favor.
GROWTH OF THE SHENANDOAH BEEP CO.
The Local Branch of Swift & Company Secures an Indisputable hold
on Public Favor Pluck and Enterprise Reflected by Figaros.
Millions of Pounds of Beef Sold Annually, and
the Sales Constantly Increasing.
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like lliu mi' hand
ed our readels to
day without men
t i on o f Sht'iiati
(l')ah's wonHerfll'
meat market would
helikeKivinttthem
a production of
"Ilimilet" with
Jamlcl omitted.
The .Shenandoah
Beef Company's eatablishmeiii In one
of the inesl notable acquisitions of the
town. The kIkhiiUo stride-" it has
nn.de towards smrcehs lias given a
hMor.y one can read with inteiest It
1 lale of pluck, enterprise and deter
mination with u linale of grand tri
uiiiiili over blind piejudlce.
In the Kiinitueroi iss3 .Swift it (!o ,
i h'-i:reit Chicago tlim 'hoe reputa
ii 'ii sweeps not only thLi continent,
i '.t iiiuuy of the I'oieiKii countries a
"ll, coneluded to establish an Hjjeuey
m tbibtown. To that end a pint of
'iiniiud directly opposite the Lehigh
alley pi-sseiifcer and freight depots,
w .h purnuu'i'ii and the erection of an
immi'iisi- icfriKcrator Uilldinir was be
jiun shoitly utter. When completed
Hie structure was 60 feel luuir and 122
fv' wide. At that time a strong iv
jndiee exisUd nxnliist Western dics-itd
tieef and many looked upon Swift it
Few people in the East realize the
enormity of the genei'il business done
by Swllt it Cnnpauy. All idea of it
may be leatitd irom an nnutial report
of the company, published iu the
Hdhami of Apiil, ISliii. At the abut
tolls ol the company in Chicug) (or
the year 18MI tlieie were killed nine
hundred and sixty-four thousand, four
hund-ed and sixty-three (flG-l 103) cat-tit-;
seven htindud and seventy-two
thousand, four hundred and eighty
three (772, LSI) sheep; teveti hundred
nud twenty-lour thoiiMiud, six hun
dred and twenty four (72-1,011) hogs:
fifty tl.ree thnu-and, one hundred ami
f 'l ty-nine (.;), l-hi) calves; a total of two
million, fie humireil and fourteen
thoiiHaud, seven hundred and nine
teen (2,aU,7I!lj head of stock. The
beeve, at an average weight of (ton
liounds, woii.il make a bulk weight "f
flvi hundrea and seventy-eight mil
lion, six hundred and seventy 'even
thousand, eight hundred (.V7N,077,SO i)
pounds The bulk weight of the
sheep, at an average of -15 pounds,
woulil he tliirty-lonr minion, seven
hundred and sixty one tliou-and. seven
hlinditd and thirty-five (34,701 , 7;5)
p unds. liulk weight of the hogs, at
an aveiage ot 200 pounds, one linn
drel and fort -lour million, nine hun
dred and tweiit -four thousand, eight
hundred (1-44 924,H0II) pound's Bulk
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mm Mi piNPSiS
SHENANDOAH HE UP COMPANY.
Company's investment as a white ele-, weight of the calves, at an average of
phant. Some people predicted that joj ,l0UU,jM) 8x million, six hundred
the Lehlnh Vlley pei.pl- woi-ld soon ., (orty-ttireu thousaud, six liundr.d
turn the structure into a freight home. H11,i twenty live (0.043 025) pounds ora
j ne agency was upeueu uy jii. guiud total weight of seven hundred
I) Dames, who remained in charge
for about a year and was succeeded by
Mr. K. F. Black. Ill health obliged
the Istter to retire soon ufter, however,
and Mr. B trues again tcok charge,
lie remained in control until June 7,
1880, when Mr. Miles S. It'ggs, the
present energetic and genial manager,
took charge.
When Mr. Higgi assumed charge,
the frozen sheet of prejudice had
cracked, tint it was still btronif. and to
bring the business to the stand it oc
cupies to-day required herculeau ef
forts. The growth of the business has hpen
stupendous, as shown by the figures
from 1888 down to the present time.
Iu 1880, when Mr. Higgs took charge,
he could get along witli one assistant
and only one horse and wagon was
required for the delivery route and two
oue-half cars of 'icef and provisions
were Hiifllclent to fill tlie orders for a
week. Anout twenty cattle per week
were the selling figures of the agency.
But, eventually, by courtesy to pa
trow and invitations to the public to
visit and inspect the house, winch is
also kept as neat and clean us any
place of the kind can possibly be kept,
the prejudice against Western dns'ed
beef gradually wore away, and bus
been disappearing until now little, if
any, exists.
Comturo the figures and note the
growth of the business. To-day Mr.
Itiggs has four aslstautH, and three
hordes and a double utid single wagon
arn remilred for the delivery routes.
Five full cars of htef and provisions
are required to fill the orders each
week.
In Miiv. 1891. the ranldly increasing
trade made the enlargement of the
building necessary, and ilfty-six feet
were added to its length, giving room
for a refrigerator 50 feet loug and 22
feet wide, through which over 100
drossed cattle, 10 sheep, 160 pigs, and
provisions in proportion pas every
week.
A more striking example or the
magnitude of thin home buslneea is
ulvun liv the following :
Cuttle oll In m m
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Total tor Um four Wf
sueop Mia iu urn 1.511
.. ima TTt
and sixty live million, seven thousand,
nine lain died and sixty (705,007,000)
pounds.
Mlt. SlMUNCEli is a very agile per
former in the ring of Democratic pol
itics, but lie will come to grief in his
attempt to pull free wool over the eyes
of the plain people of this country.
THE MAN AT THE HELM.
A Brief Biographical bkotch of
Miles S. Higgs.
The subject of the sketch is Mr,
Miles S. Higgs, tire manager of the
Slicnaudo.ih Beef Company, whose
busluejs is favorably reported in the
foregoing article. Mr, Higgs was born
iu Somen, West Chester county, Now
York, on July 24, 1850. His father
was engaged in business as a retail
butcher iu Homers, and after Miles re
eel veil a good common school edited'
Hon lie became an employe of the
establishment. After the death of his
father, Mr. Higgs moved to New York
City, where he engaged In the retail
clothing business. In 1SS2 he moved
to Daubury, Conn., and was employed
in a retail beef market, lie continued
in tills business but four months and
marric'i in the meantime. On the
1st day of .1 um;, 1SS2, he was married
Miss Louisa W. Walsh, a young
lady of D.uibury, who make Ihe neat
ly lurnlshed house on North .lardlu
street so coin 'ortable for her husband
anil two bright children, a girl aged
live years and a boy of thlee. Iu Oc
tober, 1SS2, Mr. Higgs entered the em
ploy ol'Swift and Company at D-in-bury,
us bookkeeper, and in January,
1SS3, he was transferred lo the com
pany's mammoth establishment at
West Washington Market, Now York
City. The following June, Hwift and
Company opened up establishment in
Newark, N. J., and Mr. Higgs was as
sigued there. He lemaintd at that
establishment three years, or until
June 7, ISSfi, when be was transferred
to Shenandoah. Mr. Hiyg's rapid ad
vance lo the responsible po-ition lie
now holds as manager under Swift
and t'i mpaiiy can be easily under
stood by those who have the good for
tune of his acquaintance. Tin- energy
and generous impulses that have mark
ed his acts a a citizen of this borough
explains all. He is courteous at all
time and always ready to extend aid
to anything calculated to benelit and
Please the public. Mr. Iligus has four
able asistants in his huinesi in Mr.
W. J. Bowse. Bookkeeper; W. J). Cox,
soliciting agent; John T. Caniield and
Charles Clansman .
Miss Allsoul "I talte it, Mr. I.oug
faee. that yon too have seen your
trouble in life's voyage. I feel that my
own sad experience gives me the right
to speak; .you will take no offense, I'm
sure.
Mr. 1.. Oli, not at all! Certainly! I
haven't been without my afllietioiL
Miss A. (with look of deep interest)
A heart trouble, 1 fancy.
Mr. h. Well in that neighborhood
weak digestion. Harper's liazar.
Saving Time.
Mean Contractor (to workman who
foil from a three-story wall that lie was
tearing down) I'll have to dock you
for lost time.
Workman (unhurt) I thought I was
saving timo coming down that way.
Next time I'll take the ladder. Dcia
orcit's Monthly.
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This is the only Industrial Benefit Society doing business in Baltimore, owning
its own building. Thus giving ample security to its members.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE 100 West Fayette Street, BALTIMORE, MD.
Itr.'incli Ollicc Francv's ISui Willi;;, It enaiuloali, Ia.
STATEMENT Of 1 HOME FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF BALTIMOEE, ID.
DECI3MHEU 31. 1S9I.
I'olidcM Issued in IK91 lO. 966
Amount Insured $5,003,500.00
Income Durtns: the year $l27,Si!5.62
Claims Paid In 1RU $55,342.18
OFFICERS . L. TALLY, Pres ; WM. StLVKUWOOD, V. Pres.; GEO. A. CHASE, Secy.
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Cousin Jack Hace, Ethel?
Ethel No, indeed. Mamma sayk
you're the fastest young man fahe ever
heard of. Judge.
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To Insure In Is the
ConnGcticut Miiiua!
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OZNT THE
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Girardville
and Ashland Street Railway
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
Incorporated June, 1S46.
UM.
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Tom tor tte (our yean. .
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1.071
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Total for the tour yam
In 1691 thy sult ol Uilofuu reuebed 150 tutu.
ASSETS JANUARY, 1892:
$59,738,479.35
"TIITS company is ono of tho
cheapest and very safest
in tho United Stato3. No as
SQBSmcnt coinpany;jiays large
surplus to its policy holdors,
and is ropresontcd by
The Company was determined to have the
best goods, and they are manufactured by
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COMPANY,
620 Atlantic Avenue,
BOSTON.