, 1865-01-22

A sufllciency of 1and has been purchased to
| meet oil possible future wants, and the tracks
| and yards will be arranged for quick unload
tng, and the most convenient and economical
| disposition Of stock with the view to care, ex-
hlbltton and sale. either to packers or ship
peEs.
These advantages, with that Of bringing all
sellers and all buyers together, cannot fail to
atttact stock from remote aud competing
P. ints, that has hitherto sought other mar
kets. 1he largest shipper In the Northwest,
who gathers bis stock from Central Illinois
aud Iowa, and ships east on his own account,
tells us he will turn nll his stock here -
soon as the Union Yards are completed, and
discontinue shipping east. It REQUIRES no ar-
gument to show that with the facilities pro-
posed to he afforded, 1t will at once become
the interest Of ali stock raisers who can reach
this market TO do SO. While the business
Will be conducted entirely outside the city
limits, and thus its present objectionable fea-
turcs removed And its benefits retained.
Now o word about the disposition Of this
great "ms nopolyn to toll the traffic to an
extent that vi II drive the shipper to other
markets. The sympathy Of "a .irlend,'' &C.,
reminds one 6f the old fable Of the "splder
"stock rsiscrs,'' Of whose interest our
friend Is 50 solscatous. can testify Of the ex-
ttavagant tolls Of the present system,
Whether the impatience Of individual inter
eets Tor hasty fortunes, md d combination to
secure enormous profits has anything to do
stock men are' as competent to Judge, per-
haps, as their friend, who seems to Know Ill
about how 4 4 DOM. Complalut is made Of
ne extrao1dinary power asked for In the
charter The body Of men who have had
this plan under contemplation believe they
have given 10 it the fair degree Of considera-
uGn It merits. They have AIMED to consider
the interests Of all the roads, incoming and
outgoing, n providing tracks outside the
city, by which the General or Union Yards
shali be accessible to all disposed to use
them, thus saving the time occupied under
the old plan In dividing trains aud delivering
the cars Al the several yards, accessible onlT
by single track across aud through the
most crowded streets Of our city; In removing
tue Objectionable and retaining. and multiply
Ing the advantages Of the packing interest,
That Is next If not equal to the great grain
interest Of our city and, by no means least,
the Interest Of the raiser Of stock, without
whose presence here, with the immensely val-
.uahle product hc brings, our city would lose
one.half its business and the rail and water
curriers' one-half their tonnage.
Without claiming more than ordinary sa-
Eacity, they believe it will be to their own
and the Interest Of those they represent. to
increase. the business By making it the inte-
rest Of the stock raiser and shipper to come
here, and, once here, to come again and bring
his neighbors.
To provide for the necessary outlay and
conven1enees, no sane'body Of men will un-
dertakc The enterprise without securing such
privileges and rights as will protect them in
the economical and safe prosecution Of the
work. The provisions Of the bill for securing
the tight to luy Trucks are the same as all
bills eranting right ofway to railways. The
lien On stock for trcigE hit and charges advanced
to incoming roads, as we'll as Tor feed fur
nished Is no more onerous to the slipper
when lawful, ttun under the present pructice, :
and Its propriety can hardly be questioned.
The money transactions : in the way of
freight charges and advances In the several
yards, now amount to scores of thousands
daily, while the sales arc ten-fold iu amount,
and together render tie facilities OF a bank
on the premises Indispensable. It may be
i1nmnterlal whether this is controlled BY the
company. SO as their safety Of lnuney trans-
action is secured. The right Of bridging tue
canal or river in connecting with incoming
roads, aud Of ''aqucduct" for supply Of yards
us necessity, can hardly BE- questioned.
Regarding the. fling Of exorbitant rates Of
freight charged by the Eastern roads, the
latter challenge comparison with the Western
on ull heights, and particularly liye stock,
the season Together.
Having extended this beyond my intention,
I will speak Of other features complained oi
In another article. FACTS.