The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-05-25
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Cattle D5psl.

Cattle Depot.
Among ;he numero6s, Improvements in
progress About ourcity WethiIk there is none
TO exceed the Cattle Depot, at East Liberty,
ON the Pennsylvania Railroad. This i'm
nense depo: + located just beyond East lib
erfy aud between tie old turnpike and the
Penna. Railroad. The Raihoad Company
has purchased a lot Of ground containing a
bout fifty or sixty acres, most admirably a
dapted for Cattle Yard The central por-
ton Of the lot is elevated, thus afford;ng al
the necessa ary advantages Of d.aininc.-
There is a fall or declination, both cast and
wcgt, of several degrees. which viii afford
excellent facilities loT sewers and drainage.
On the center of this lot, and running in n
northern and southern direction is nain
avenue lLaiiHg form The turnpike, nast the
Hdel which will be described hereaitcIj To-
the RAILROAD on each side 6f which are erect
ed iitoen cattle sheds. The length Of these
sheds is about FIVE hundred ieet, and the
width about thirty feet. They are substan-
tial frame buildings, covered with boards,
with troughs for feeding and watering, and
rieks for fodder. They are foored with
planks about three inches in thickness, and
partitioned into stalls. Between every two
sheds is an avenue about twelve feet wide,
with cato, communication with each stall, a.
long which cattle are driven, when taken in
and out The floors Of these sheds droop
towards the centre, underneath which sub
temancan sewer leads away all the fifth of
the sheds. There are water troughs in the
stalls of each shed, supplied from pipes
which are fed by force pump, worked by q.
Steam engine and supplied by cistern of
g., 1Nb1ry lo,.a also nx tnY,-
sive granarics filed with feed, which ara
sufficiently capacions to supply ali the de-
mands in that department 't' I-.sz' b
Between the railroad track and the first
shed is,a causeway about ten feet wide, ad-
joining which are 30 reception pens for the
cattle brought here by drovers and as many
enclosures on pens for the shipment OF cattle
purchased at this place. Those pens afford
facilities for the shipment Of a thousand
head of cattle in a couple Of hours. In the
rear of the pens is another lane or avenue,
from which there is amesns of communica7
tion by gates to the principal sheds. .'.t
! To this cattle yard the western drovers
| bring their, cattle, where they are fed and
refreshed and frequently sold and passed in
to other hands. The General Government
has agents here, who purchase largely and
ship to Washington. On last Saturday six
teen hundred cattle were shipped from here
and on Monday fifteen hundred ana thirty
xix rt l
Country butchers hundred miles out
supply their market from this place. On
Saturday we noticed one gentleman shipping
fifteen rousing beeyes that cost the snug sum
of sixteen hundred dollars, These were ia
ken seventy miles out. Numerous other
contracts were made about the same time.
The Railroad company has nothing to do
with the purchase or sale Of cattle. They
merely furnish the means for feeding and
and shipping them from and to those who
may order supply.
There is great benefit arising from thi.
enterprise to the citizens Of Pittsburgh anc
| Allegheny 1t removes nuisance from the
city Cattle yards in the city have proved
themselves to be very Objectionable, in more
respects than one The danger and annoy
ance incident'to such arrangements in the
heart of the city are thus removed six mile!
out, while the advantages of having cattle
convenient for purchase remain. ''l
Another advantage in this arrangement
to the butcher, is that all or nearly all the
responsibility is shoulderod by the drovers.
They purchase and transport to this point
at their own risk and expense, while the
purchaser can have his choice out of severa
thousand head of cattle, without walking o.
riding mile. -.'s
In addition to all this company has fit
ted up a most excellent and comModious Ho
tel for the especial accommodation Of thei
customers. At this hotel every convenience
Is supplied that any traveller could desire. =
One could hardly imagine an arrangement
that would better suit all persous concerned
the company, the city, the person wht
wishes to sell, or he who desires to buy. L
is, in short, great and useful arrangement
This hotel is one hundred and fifteen fee
front and ninety FIVE feet back and contains
about one hundred rooms The building il
four stories high not including the base
mcnt. 1t is heated by steam and viii b.
lighted with gas made by artificial machin
cry, on the premises. The hotel is ampl,
provided with baths wash-rooms, parlors, re
ception rooms and seventy-eight large .ant
well ventilated chambers. There is wate,
forced up from cistern below, which sup
plies the entire building. The best table i
provided and regular bills Of fare furnished
from which one can select just what h
chooses. There is also telegraph Office
and there will be bank established in few
days This Hotel is d new building, not ye
entirely finished and is called the Eastern
Exchange. Iti owned by Messrs. McPher
son and AIlerton and kept by Messrs Allen
der and Singer. There will be billiard sa
loon and other attractions. The doors Of tn,
rooms have double locks, one locking from
the out, and one from the inside There ar
other conveniences too numerous to mention
The East Liberty Passenger Railway reach
es to within ten rods Of this hotel