New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-22
THE ABATTOIRs OF PARIS.

pear sharper than between the rigorous ia"s
which regulate the Cattle Markets and Siaugh-
tcr.IIouscs of that oppressed Metropolis ana the
almost irresponsible conduct Of our own.
Indeed, there is neither Cattle Market nor
Slaughter Pen in Paris. The great markets are
at Poissy, thirteen miles distant, and at Sceaux,
five miles away. The PoisSy sale Is held every
Thursday; that Of sccaux every Monday.
Within the city limits, though in the suburbs,
are five public abattoirs where all the slauSh-
tering for the town is performed. They are
under lie control OF Guild Of Butchers, who
are accountable to the Minister of the Interior,
and ere consulted when new arrangements are
to DO made by Government. The most vigil
ant supervision of police attends them, and no
butcher may follow his trade without license.
The slightest detail in the Slaughtcring or sale
of meat falls under tho closest police regulation.
The great area Of the Possy Market is di-
yided into three departments: the Call Market,
sale a. 8 a. IN; the Cattle Market. sale at 10;
and the Sheep Market, sale at II. The Cali
Market is stone platform three or tour feet
high, with light lofty roof resting on stone
pillars, giving it the appearance OF the pretty
yerandah above the Terrace at Central Park.
And it is a. clean and cool as that arlstocrallc
lounging- place, though all the calves consumed
in Paris are here inspected, chartered for, and
bought All is quiet, orderly aad decent
When the sale is over, the carts, strewn with
clean straw, are backed up to the platform loaded,
and strewn again with straw, that the caves
may be as comfortable as possible. Then they
may drive to Paris, but by the prescribed road,
at the prescribed pace, for the convenience OF
the crowded city requires it, and the great Ma
poeOn took time to arrange these matters when
all Europe menaccd his crown.
The Cattle Market passes of as quietly as the
other. There is the same cleanliness, the same
decenoy, the same care for the comfort of the
animal. When the'SaIe is over, the droyerS set
out for the city; but the road they may take,
the pace they may keep, the number they may
drive, the time they shall occupy, are matters
which the Bureau decides. There is nothing to
Obsiruct The road e the hours when the droves
move. There il no undue driving, no lashing.
40 terrifying, 10 confusion.
The Sheep Market is Us well ordered as the
other two. Two fountains play within, its area,
and all is clean and healhful
Cattle, calves and sheep are taken to the
abattors These, though all within the city
walls, that they may pay the octroi duty, are
remote from the populous districts ard stand in
open places. They cost about So, 400, 600, and
return an interest to the city of over six per cent
Mortmartr6, the largest covers nearly nine
acres Of ground, and IL surrounded by high
wall. The cattle, on their arrival from P0issy,
or Sceaux, are hurried into a large, open space,
where each butcher selects hs own. They are
then stalled in large, comfortable, well-venti-
lated sheds. Here they are carefully fed,
and kept scrupulously clean. The
fodder must always be ready, and quantity and
quality are regulated By enactment.
The saughteg-houses are separated by court
yard from the stalls. They are exactly alike,
solid strong, and fre.proof They are paved
With stone, are light, cool well.yentiated and
abundautIy supplied with water. Each has
two doors, one openiag OF the court, the other
on paved yard where are the benches on which
calves and sheep are killed, the ground shelving
to a gutter, that the space may be more easily
and thoroughly cleansed. Each building is 80
feet long, l6I feet wide, and Is feet high Each
has a large windlsss to bring the head OF the OK
to the ground where it is to receive the death
blow, and to suspend the carcass for dressing;
and with ranges of hooks from which the pre-
pared animal hangs, without touching the walls
All the blood drips into sunk stone basin, and
no parlor is cleaner than those slaughter-pens.
In other buildings, within the high walls of
each abattoir, are the stables and coach-houses
for the butchers; the rooms where calves heads
and sleeps feet are dressed the place for the
of tripe; the Westinghouse for con-
verting the fat to tallow; the place for packing
it; the places of deposit for oilal, and the water
Each day, every part Of the several slaughter
houses is carefully cleansed. So rigid is the
police inspection that no sick animal can be
killed, no diseased meat can be sold, and 10
atom which threatens health is allowed a mo-
ment's Judgement in the great area.
The subject of slaughter.houses is not an
agreeable one. He who has experimental
thereof is tempted to dietof lettuce
and water-cresses for the rest Of his days. But
if the business be horrible one, is it not best
to throw around it all the amenities OF decency
and all the refinements of civilization More