New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-31
NEAT.
HOW 1T MAY BIZ OBTAINED CHEAPER AND
REEIER.


slAsY esuse, s producing q civic popa'stion alto
ssils a,spoportioned 20 the agricultural class aud
Ae increased value Of land cities 10 driving the
pssduction Of animals for food Gar back in ths IN
Ssuisr h u becoming every day and more az itn-
vortaat queston how the cies Gao be farosbed with
neat ct moderate prices.
The cost Of transporting beef cattle fro the grss.
pssures Of the Wsst say eli per head average.
b equivalent 70 two cents pound for the nsa, be-
side the loss Of sbripkage from xeek days OF
RDlSarvation. IL is net uncommon for catue ID be
SsI or five days on the cars without food or wa.u.
You're stess, that have grown IA! and sloek moe,
Spen tie prairie, sometm ines suffer 80 much upon
The journey % to render them nes,y ua6t for food
and ohss lose % per cent of weight St.Il-fs.tsd
.beeves bear transportation best; do fatted sheep
.sed swine, while calves and lambs will not bear the
jsansy .. all The rick of life upon oil classes Is very
considerable and consequently increases the COST and
ksseps The value Of all meat transported alive from
The Wet for the supply Of Eastern cities.
The saving Of one cent? pound upon the meat of the
I've animals received in sbe city in 1885, only 50 far as
fAey entered into our market reports, woald have
Aeusted TO g. O7s sOO and that ss owestimse ofths
Amount that nigh; be actually saved by the consumers
a fesh meats in this city xpon the traOsportat on
clone, to cay nothing of the amount that might be
saved upon the thousands Of tuns Of poultry and
game, and in the low price Of CRASHED beef veal
oalves, lambs and poultry, If it could be killed and
dressed where it Is very cheap, in Ohio and other
States, and safely brought here in sweet condition.
Il expense per pound upon the dead meat then
Il costs per pound alive, and with much less shrinkage
nd rtk, and in much healthy condition for food
thar when transported alive.
L.: 81, h. AZ IN
addition to this, ii would all the blood and oA
where il is needed 10 the earth and grow more
iood, and it would keep out Of the city one Of the
greatest sources Of demoraliz ation the sight aud
Standardization TO city Children of the cutters full of
blood that pour down in hundred uncessing streams
through most popuous streets. from the throats Of
the butcbered sLimas.
What would be thought Of the economy Of family
that, beside thus demoraizing tho inmates of the
household actually wasted one cent upon every pound
Instead Of one what then Why simply THE: nobody
would believe IT, though assured with every possible
demonstration Of is truth. Yet it is the truth.
Viewing the whole city as one family it would save
h The purchsse Of meat elk hundred miles west Of the
city, at least six millions Of dollars yeM. And every
animal that now comes from there alive, and double
The number that could dressed might be ssught-
cred resh and healthy from the green pastures
6sd and the meat transported fresh sweet and soutd
and delivered within six days TO the consumer, a,
average Of four cents ponnd less than the
now pave the city butcher.
This is 70 scheme of visionaly--it has been fully
and perfectly tested All sorts of fresh meat have been
eaten in the hottest part Of Summer in this city, two
weeks after 1t was dressed In Ohio and the transpora
lion Of such meat from the Ohio shsubes to the
sumer's kitchen would not cost two cents pound.
Then Why is II not doue1
Peshaps the reader will allow HE mind to run back
few ysare TO the time when Professor Morse said TO-
stsptapeous commuDi ,ations could be made between
New.York and Philadelphia, aud he will hear the
same question Then why is II not done 1t no.
doe, because 20 believed it could be done. Some
Soks believe now that it will be done between New.
York and London.
The project Of transporting fresh meat from Ohio in
refrigerator railroad cars not quite preposterous
- II few years ago to think Of sending messages
scross the country upon little threads Of iron. Both
have been done. One to such extent that nobody
doubts It's feasibility the other is only known To few
but those few know It's perfect feasibility and capital
>ny is wanting to make It available 10 all who eat
fresh beef veal mutton, lamb, veDison, turkes,
geese, ducks, fowls, eggs, game birds, butter, and
probably choice fruits and Summer vegetkb es that
vil be transported bther from the tecmng wessjust
- fssh and sweet As they are where they are
produced in such abundance, and jus. q chssp less
the cost Of transportation.
The refrigerator cars are built upsa tbs ssme plan
- the fruit and mespreservng exhibited to and
admired by Thousands at the late State Fair ct Bot
hlo. Nothing comes in contact with the ice, or sc-
qsree any dsmpnsss from the vspor of its melting.
Tha ayfolsa IN ha vyads - md tha
Ice in another current Of air circulating over the Joe
passes into the prssavatory, keeping it at steady
Temperature Of about 4oo, which will keep NEST dry
and swee-al impurities Of the sir being absorbed BY
charcoal. Refrgerssors upon this plan have been
made fof family use, AID some Of the largest Of
hotels consider them Indispensable They are also in
~ In several private houses, and We can, after q
thorough test recommend them q the nearest perec-
Zion Of any device have ever for the purpose of
preserving I'll kinds Of food. We have eaten lamb
Rsesived two weeks after II wss killed In Ohio and
then cooked and kept in Of these refigerston .
Wetk in midsummer. We have kept ripe blsckberries
week or ten days, and melons put Ia before quite
sipeasd were arrested in the rpenins process and 90
ssmsised. We see no end 10 the application Of the
principle either in Large or small way, to preserve
feod In sfesh condition The plan therefore, of bring.
hg freAh meats from Ohio, Summer or Winter, ssd
earring back fresh products Of the see, tropical
&ui.s, u not visionary one. And It has been tried
% sufcsLt extent to prove that the cost Of trans,
DsrtatsOa considerably less than two cents pound.
In ons Of The experimental caIs ct one trip last Sun
nsr, 500 turkeys Chickens geese, sc and $50 car.
essses mutton, we're delivered in this city ss sound
sweet and heeh condition when Hrst placed 10 the
CA, In which they remained nineteen days, having
been long on the way and several days 10 the city,
undisturbe6, after their arrival. During this entire