New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-01
si2,coo,ooo PER A""Oh PoR Beer.
SrAr,srIcs OP THE CArrLE MARKET.

,b. ircr.ss- IN cne co slal 5oo of so'Gs- s''ise-
,srsd for food in ibe CITY Of Ne"-fors TOR tue -"
1858 over the pre- ,eSips y ar, n"ro'tsndag 'ne He'
rally received opDiyo tba: there would b dnia-
sled deusI d. 10 eoeeequerce OF the large namoer "'
per.ons thrown out Of emp'oy nsnt ourins the '"'
tbr,e noptas Of 1857. Yet II spSesrs tnat voetaer
The people of the city work or %; they mnst ss 10
t,ct IT mnst b aiIosed tsss se do cs;- IL VII o.
sound sp Interesting hady 70 many persoos oo,n PR
iueers and consumer, sIsmne t,e table o' ~s-ky
receipts Of snInsr usd for ood ~ 70 tnsu ounoeTs
prices. ans where they some irou Lo"t ~ ihe enof
uous runber Of 30 zoo besvss rtcsved and slaoga-
eYed fo< the umpon Of this ety ssd DeiS 'oros
psoee within the past year. 1t may oe sad thS' ~
reoei7ed bave DOT been slaogntersd-.hs . scoa
mary have BEEN taken 70 the coontry 70 Feed snd OF
hee. mar have been rstuned snd nave ben c"nnsed
sga,n To this .ply tina, the rupbertnas dup1esd,
s6ded to the number bougot for slsnshtsr IN 70 sns
mere than ten Mules from Ne s-York r very Tar isss
than the number that have come direct 70 ouf her
kssds either on foot by conveyac-s not included
in our regular msrset repOr's. We "lll therefore,
ssron,e in IooBd nnmb.rs, 80, ,000 bulocks as the
pomber seDt 70 the .haubesof the city and suburbs
in the year 1858. The average value OF al these oai
locks rs Lot es than $50 b,sa sold on foot IN the
market. This u axes the little ulfe Of tselve mhons
Of dollars p,d the country by THE ety for beef c"e
in ote yssr. OF those sold at the csts market 10
rty fourth street.-The gres, Bafs Head OF Au.rcs
We have over q thonssnd q week from Illinois,
which ia The grese- b. e. producing s. in the Uo'on
Il has furnished apparea,ly almost t-ice ss much
a. the State Of Nez.York AID in reality moro
than double. because many reported TO n this Stste
sctpsny come rom the West, stopong orly long
erOus to gain ssidepce. me of the Sstes nearest
70 tie city bsve furnished only very small p'r on
of the whole puinbsr. Neither Connecticut nor Nav
Jerey furnish us as many b.eves s< Texas. In pint
Of Quality, however the ls,.er very far behind The
otbers.
OF Bullocks, Calves, Sheep and Swine, Ne tavs
poured out the blood of nearly ion and quarter,
to the cutters Of this city, during the eossd
For all this enormous trade in live stock the city
makss DO sort Of proyisioo MT ~ithstan ling toe
hus and cry kept up about the necessity OF farp'nns
"mark.t plsces" pac-s to sccommodats tboAs WOO
vote city elections. Dot those who co ne here to cell
cosntfy produce. AL the accom- nods''ons ever FUR
Bisb.d those Who brig live stock into tos ty have
been pre- vided by pdirduss. and the market pisces
have DC yer bad Any permsoenf abiding pls Thirty
y~srs ago there Bulls Head Tavern IN the
Bowery near where the Thes,er DoS stsads With four
ysrds for cattle. Tbs place renderei too small
by reason the increased population of the city, which
crowded up Bossry lane y; and 20 Burs Head soon
moved out of town, and located in rsenty'tonrth
street corner of Tnirc avenue, With saley Ids ON the
t~e squares between Twenty third and Tsepty.6fth
street. ana Third and lexington avenues 1t Hactu-
sed ~ years between this ioc stioo and toe corner
os Thyd street s,d the Bowsry, With sufhceut &C
At either place. and then, becsuss iots
had risen to tbs enormous vslus Of from &}D 70 500
III r.s 81 hAA IN mar pvai0 n
chssper location. Tps time it snppored the 'oca-
hon, upon ns present site, on Forty fourth street
ard Fifth sveDue, wss far out of tosn tha, it
would not be in the way OF tho m.~cn OF
Improvement during the next half certury. les.e
of what was supposed wonld be amply suffieisnt
ground wac taken in 1874 upon . very low rent for
twenty years. by George ADerton, and be and his
brothers bsve since expended come 30 OO''o ftting up
market place sufficient for the vast increase Of bun.
pess transacted there Ai present Oar ,sbes sho tast
over $4,000 head of beeves have been cold there
upon tie great market day. Of Tuesday and wedns'.
DAY in 1858. The msrket-plsce nov covers sbou'
fourteen scre dviied into about $50 yards fifteen OF
them shsddea and the greater portion OF them paved
snd furnished with CIoton water. The stables which
contain numerous cattle stalls, for feeding,
and pens for sale. Of sheep and calves, are
$50 feet long and 80 to 40 feet wice. This MAJ kst
s capable Of yaIding 5000 buI'ochs, and 60 eqa4l
number Of tbeep and calves. The tirst market held
here was op the 9th of May lSi5 and the lss without
. renewal Of the Lease vii be az years hence. There
Ia large brick hotel and other permsocnt improve
mspts that ell revert TO the owner of the soil Ali
this tboee who nee the msrkepsce have 10 pay for,
ard wheo the lease OF this locality expires, they @ast
20 somewhere else and pay for other necessary pro-
vsops becaufe the city furnishes nothing TO accom-
MEDIATE those who supply it with this vast amount "
food. The principal proprietor at this time VI Bnus
Head M.rlc ct-plsoe is A. N. Alerton,jr
Ifthe CITY makes TO provision for tois great ou'i-
ness before the present lease expires, it difficult TO
cay where the market place viii be dnvsD 70 next, or
who can be found 10 eIpend 81 large sucn - will be
Necessary to supply Accommodations equal TO those now
provided
Mr. Allertos has, Also lately Attsd up st the west
end Of Forieth street the best hog market in America
is t~ostory building, and WI, be, when completed
100 feet vide and 600 feet long viii upper ssd lover
Hoor divided IN pen. opening upon center alleys, pro-
vidsd with au conveniences for feeding wstsrny clean
irg weighing &c. As the business incressss Mr.. Aer.
ton intends to make a addition Of Unge noOr, open
pens 100 feet by coo feet TO be able To sccom
nooste twenty or thirty thousand hogs week.
There r, alec, another hog market built by A. W.
Turner, the ioot Of Thry-seventh street snd Hud
son River. where eight or ten thousand hogs week
hsve been frequently cold.
The other market places of the city ss-two in
S1th street east of Third avenue and j, Robasou
street, where the great n as Of aeaIy $4,000 sheep
have been sold, together with cows and calves snd
come oseves
From two TO ten hundred Q week Of Bsevss are
also sod At Carperter's yards, oo Bergen HILL