, 1869-08-26
4 DETROIT INNovATIoN.
Co4um oditaes Is kefzsgerntorH on
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i Revolution IN the Tn nnHpoFt0xton
ofErcah ncnr nDd otneE Nerishnbsc
Commodities - IS Efefzigerators on
Jyhetlx.s. 80.
frp.. ths Detroi! Pn.t, august e4 II
There nrr nonc OF our reat'ess who hnve not otf+
sered the deoves of Eiye stock taxed from time 10
tine through our streets to ioad N eafs tor coz.
40 few who bare not pttied fhen- Tnelr treat
mens was enough 10 provoke the formation ot
.! a she
dusty st1esta dl1t1ens Iron the green pastures
,9e sad ,s 70 ,ssenS % tasa sen to ,1s &c
By the black hole OF cucuttz The d1oyer, or
.ball- poker. as he IA generally called, ka chaf
saouenea hal, his dtr4y pants tncte'. into h:s
boots, ho,h rlenstfully aprtukled with nltn, and,
1T, but not ,east hts hiesoFy PROD, WITH "a irot
odapte. 10 the betf: hitting iask fot which l: vas
intended Well-frnm 3 Humanitarian point Of
Of 1ortur1ng the poor beasts and hauling them
hundreds Of miles over railroads Is drawing To 4
close; that tie discovery hns been made tnat To-
stead Of ln1{1ctlng upon them thoTs2iid dG1shs,
one can be made to enn1ce TO answer the rr-
guireMents Of man: ana that the genus bul!-poker
Is doomed to he au extinct species The heal sad
1ront OF The movement ts Ia Detroit, aud The eI-
tets1Ee nanuiActure of cars l5 already being pros
ecased at the Detroit car and Manufacturing Com
fresh meat TO the Eastern cities, anu bringing back
foreign fruits, fsh, and other per,snshe mcrehau-
disc Those cars arc neither more nor less than
q REFRIGERATOR On whee!a They arc no longer IN
experiment., being constructed upon scientific
principles, the efneacy Of which hare been fally
established. The nasn!suie u the enterprise
may be esttnasea from tho t1ct that forty
tour OF these cars have already been con-
tfacted fot, at cost Of about s. 600 each.
They t.e nb0ut the size OF The orinaEy car
an.l are intended to Gritty about 15.Do0 pounds VI
meat and three tons OF ice About two and half
gees in cpe end Of each Is reserved for an les
house, and the rest IS already promised. is s1rl-
ply mammoth refrigerator. Com,nuu as the ar
uce =, when got up On such an enormous eca1e 1t
becomes great curiosity, a featart which Is tp-
fcEhl1ed bJ the great mechanical skt1l displayed
IN The construction. TIE temperature will be
kept uniformly 1t about a degrees, which will be
tested pI thermometer which can be reached
Piled through TIE sane channel The car IS uaed
With Ice tanks, and 1900 pounds Of hair felt-tne
noa.condocung quality Of which ts vel EnoHn-
is packed In the walls ROOF and foot OF esch caz
The nest Is suspended from upn rods I1nniag
along The rpol Of the car.
II requires 10 elaborate e0lrt to convince the
Teaher that This admirable sFsteU Of Transporting
meats 10 naEset Is ca1culate.t to eject complete
revolution In the business. The superior quality
OF meat upon fEs aTr1Eal IN Easiera c4tcS over
lhut slaughtered there, IA calculated to drive the
latter out OF Market The bf1t1 aE1rtng and tor
turing Of stock Is not the only canse pt tue cte-
ro7at1on Of the aua.ltJ Of nest: the practice OF
~ eject. Nothing grteTes drpycr more than q
4a17Te to 1eeH his stock, rs makes 1t tell on live
weight Instead OF alternately nrsistng and
fescHug The Carcass, the meat will 10 forT arf IN
the incest possible condition The West, 10 return
foT This beue1t conferred upon the East will reap
AeomPensa!fne advantage in the additional EN-
thn np}rnAiA ~