, 1865-01-22
Union Stock Yards.

Editors Chicago Tribune:
+ I have read with some interest during the
past two weeks, the several articles, editorial
nrd contributed, on the subject Of the Union
Stock Yard aud Transit Company" the bill
Of which is now before our Legislature.
Having been familiar with the project from
It's beginning, l feel in some degree qualified
to speak Of the plan Of its projectors in or
ganizing and carrying out this. great enter
prise which has, wherever understood, COM
mcndcd itself to entire favor.
While the communications Of your cnrres-
rondents in It's favor have failed to set forth
producers and buyers, Its enemies (and It Is
fortunate they are few) have seen f1t to de-
uouucc 1t as !" a huge monopoly y A" grand
money making scheme" by which thS few
interested were to- be made rich by the cx-
elusive and extraordinary privileges to be Sc
cured to % them ~ under gae ths p.;aaar shartsf
in yaur paper Of Friday, represents that the
interests Of the stock growers mud purchasers
will be far more secure In the hands OF indi-
viduals with yards Of limited capacity, scat
tered miles apart and within the limits OF the
city, than at one common yard where all
buyers. can meet all sellers on the same
ground. -
The three eastern roads now lease or own
the grounds on which oil the stock gard con-
renienees Of Chicago are located, save the
Cottage Grove Yards {of limited extent), be-
side the Illinois Central and Michigan Central
tracks, and the new West Side yards now
acsee,, are on ground now worth from five to
ten thousand dollars per acre. The leases,
none Of which extend three years longer, can
not be renewed on any terms, and il is not
proper they should be, ga the ground ts want
Cd for Other pnrPBnesss- & Of the Michigan
ehore and covering some of the most desirable
residence property In the city. The other is
equally valuable for the same aud other pur-
: Nc City ofits size save Chicago, would have
tolerated those yards 90 long within It's ltm-
droycs constantly shifting from yard to yard.
It is to meet and overcome these difficulties
By entire removal outside the city, where
ample grounds can be purchased to provide
for all prospective wants Of this great traffic.
and at prices SO low, that excessive land Fcnt
eeveral railroad companies In interest have
commenced the work. And here let me cor
rect the statement crrnneously conveyed By
ia friend, !" ETC., that the eastern roads only
arcsnterested, by saying that tue management
of 90 the railways, center1ng In Chicago. sase
Its advantages, 1y doing their business there
Us soon as the yards and connecting tracks
could be made ready, and 0fl but two arc re-
presents in the names Of the corporators~
= d location has been selected after much d.
liberation, in which the interests ofa'l the
incoming and ont going roads have been con
suited, as we'll rs these Of the packers, eighty
four per cent of whom have signed 4 ctreull
Of the PACKERS Association" indicating til
location selected nd the most convenient and
accessible to Them. and urging tho carly
completion Of tho general Union Yards.
Ofthe advantages Of these yards where, IN
less the efficiency Of the company iscripplotb
acceas will be Afforded to all roads, and all j
interests promoted, you have well spoken
cdltosially. a..