, 1866-01-01
TIE GREAT UNION STOCK YARDS,

capable OF accommodating fye thousand head Of
tnE situated On The line Of lie Michigan Central
aEd Illinois railroads. and accessible 70 Al! otner
roads ruEnfrs INTO ths cit5, p 1ne Illinois Central
rep ai1es .e!r orcniug The great bulk et tho ilve
STOCK tssde VAS dote saerzlu. Tho glory Of thc
Bulls b sad began to MaHe aad IN late years. the
uamc has passed into obEy1on-to be reaufrected
only when sketch Of Inc l's stock tfsde Il being
MICHIGAN SOUTHERN rAEDs.
Abont 1855, the Michigan Southern Yards. which
had been IN existence since tic buiitllr5 Of that
as catsle market, VI nesns Of he lfliaoia Cen.
tla crossing, cotntnunlcation was obaned with Ill
The tEacks oI the various tallroads een:ezns IN the
city, and liberal share Of patronage IVES conferred
On ihen by the dsoyess Of the Northwest They
ate tm3l1eF than those Of John Sherman, but vel
lail on, beth for !he reception Of hogs nd cattle
tea1s With signal ability, Until laie In Ic=. when
they passed Into he hands Of La Smith + Co.. who
ale tie present lessces.
POET WAYNE fAaDs.
Tie Fort Wayne Yards, the property Of the Pits
burg & Fort Wayne !sallrnad company, wera tue
1ezt candidates for public favor They me situated
end sse 81 ssoat Se
tent as the Southern, though their capac1,y for
handling hogs Is much grcater, owing to the fact
hat 1c fss e. 9s3
art the present ptupfielo1s.
COTTAGE GROVE YARDS
The ne1t On ,ht list ts the Collage Grovc Yards,
espsety ofa e. eae S and % hoss. III; ThcS e weza
opeuedIn 1St: by 3Iessrs. C. i. Loorlts d 20. Fer
SONS unsTplsinsd cause hey were never vefy pop
nun1,saYoy rkn,s
Rome ttuc in tha fnlf of ,sst ttc fh1e,ro- 1snr.
ltrgton 4 Quincy, and Northwestern Kaiifoads IN
eepJarst!oa, With J; E. Dels hns m, two o. three
With weIe one1ei " Anil III sv Msphersan M I
Aflerton. A. they we're too distant ffom the city
ala not nrhIeye mnch nonulaI1fy. and bniV nm Sor
LES gesn sos M e'pe ta nv r, LON
.ra thar Mer sorn Sna, and fhe Isaia. ,,e'r
on Of tfe fenetn md bniii,e nm atalinF ~ 1t;cn
stcct WE T1na 'a'aen ossf ~ 1ae oalon
7.vss ~" .alu somia1t. ~ y
THE GREAT uy,ov STOCK rARp.,
The unparalleled and undrtampt or increase Of
The Live stock Ir9de 10 this c't5 during the past
that the wants Of the trade could not beme BY
hnsiuy the yards 60 far apart. Capitalization waa
urgently demanded, - d means OF competition,
was The Gaze, that the market for can1e orhogs was
quite active at one yard, whle at the others 1t was
ieartnlly dull: sometlmes The receipts at one ya!d
sssls. ill., ,fe olsH stte1 sad
1Ie1ess at The former. The commercial reporters
teo1r the various napess had great difficulty 6on.
theae fanses 10 making up an accurate summary Of
thc da!l5 market From ihe conflicting reports Of
nc na5efs and selefs n5 the tarions yaIl= he r.
pqnets Who a1e uot s1ned viii uoilsnt7, found II
deiSulean Mn1f 70 make dp 9 Correct report. The
paeAess' paIuea!atiy, loand tae system disadvan-
taeeons. ana they ~ expressed themselves y hyor
~ ~ m ,e aso tne at,au @ aavoeai
ga,n;.sd ,; aWay md nothtpg was . done. Finally the
tana Th saw W tae ianIs"y q Ine gu sye
teaF Of rolling stock over lie ns1ow and tnSsuous
,taa , s asa a a.ansa m1enitHe nesef a1stpated
as much TO DO IN De Way II transporting stock as
The o. ~ ac tn. tho ,c,,,on y, ~.
snne ef setDe h he MIa
dy subserbed ior ia Vaous r,i1ross ~ asnae9 1a
Ing here subacribcd largely. The packefs sieuided
Their Willingness 10 taEs sock md put iher aaaes
and The iva stock commission men subscribed Wiz
equal nbera!ity. meeting shortly Afterwards took
pPss ~ Thsh ,ae P Sas q s
scribed by nicc different railroad con,panies, The
ADMINISTRATION subscribed BY Individual par-
passed IN act Incorporating the company. =
| AT the fIrst secriar meeifnr OF the romnauy thc
following oit!eeFs were elected. each ot whom Les
J OF tha comnany: '- se-s &1s~>~
| Ptcsident-T, D. Blackstone.
Secretasy-F. 4, Winton
Tfeas9rI1soIomon m n SUR; Ssurees, Sons.
Supt Of fConstrQctiou-Coi. r. It. uoueh.
| Gen. Eun't of Yar1la-F T. F. frrnnf
| Chief Encineer-O. Chanute.
| Resident Euryineer-W. Ii. Cfyrr.
& EDlrsctors-T. u. blackstone, James F. icy, E. q.
/ L. Hancock, G. ii. Cuibertson. j. ii. McCninush
| and V. A TuIpin.
The first thing 10 be done ate. The ORGANIZATION
OF the cornpcpy was to secure suitable iocsfinn
Various Mats were exau,{ned and reiectcd. At
length the Directors settled down on tfact ar 1and
embracing S5 acres, lust outside OF the city Hujs'
ua South halsted street Thfa property vas ogjte
lutici1us and scientific sgstem Of drainage II could
be made dry and solid.
| On the trst Of June the ground WIS broken. md
| the work OF drainage commenced. An innieuse
main wae laid along Enlisted street. at The cost uf
$f5 000, exclusive Of the lumber. Into this MIN
hftesy, run hundreds Of small ppes at distance Of
$50 feet apart, drawing OF tbs water entirely and
leaving tie yaIda % dry aE sand hill TO give our
readers an idea Of the amount Of sewerage coz
etrucien In The yards, we will state, Tint placed
continuously, It xou!d measure about 81 miles.
Al soou as the land was thoroughly lsj. vi.orous
preparations were st once commented for laying
down the foundations for the yar1s. Large heavy
ftlls we1y laid donn, on which were placed heavy
4inch tolste. On top Of these }oists the plankin
was !ald. TIE cattle pens were Laid with 31nch
pine plank, mud those tor the hogs with 2-iuch
flooring Of the PEI being raIeed from tho ground
aforus an opportunity Tor the water and refnse
matter 10 be thoroughly removed by meuns Of the
drains and ecuers-thns keeping ihe pens in good
order-syhch IN vet weather was seldom the case at
s11ne 0! the old yards. ~.
For the convenience Of moving cattle from one
pen to smother. ar from railroad to another, the
leys and blocks. Through The centre 81 the pzoper
r. FINN north 10 sCSth Fuus bro a1 avenue ErnNu