Cattle Kings
— -•" — There arrived in Chicago recently three representatives of a caLtle company which, if not the larjrnst in the United ."States, is at loa<t the largest ; in the northern half of this country. i'h-;se gentlemen are A. H. Swan. , ■ H.-nry Swan . and Joseph Swan, of, ■ChejennQ, W. T. They, ure u.einhei-s , of the Swan Land and Cattle Co i paiiy . the g-eneral manager of which is Mr A. H. Swar>, wh ! »se arrival is here; .noted. .Started it. 1879- the company has grown and passed through numerous changes until now the capital employed is $3,000,000. Air ' wan h on his way to Edinburgh, S^otlacd, with Henry Swan, .to att-ud the annual meeting- of the board of Directors, when fhe .advisability will be considered of increasing the capitai to £1,000,000. The number of cattle. now owned by the company is 1 15,000; length of range, 150 miles, with aver , ;»£e* widtik of fifty, -njakiiig about 35.0.00 : aci-W of cattViands; '8".OOPitol0jOpV. ■ ;beeye^a^«s&ppv4aoo»allj<^Cliiif{igo f \ Inter-Pceani.'. .r,-* •> --jr-iT >x :_ A •:-■*
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 58, 17 May 1884, Page 3
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167Cattle Kings Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 58, 17 May 1884, Page 3
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