The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-20
ls,,blio slaua nter-FIoase.


The cattle exchange or market IS pfohao.
twelve miles froIn Paris. Sales take place OH
certain DAYS. The cattle are driven TO the
city by prescribed routes aud at prescribed
sneed. with compulsory watering and iced
ing places along the route. Arrived at tue
Idbd!toir. or public slaughter-house ana
pens, theyare comfortably quartcred ana leu
from Government stores at the lowest posi-
bic charge. The owner has no troup'e WIZ"
his animals. He desisnatcs those he wants
killed. and the work of killing Is done Nv Tue
cype,ts in the establishment. The meat Is,
Immediately after killing and dressing, placed
in the cooling-roomS, and the oWner-tiic
man whom we here call "butcler HAS
only to take it to the sllamblcs in the morn
ing and retail it.
Before the animals are killed, however,
the veterinary surgeon employed for the p'r-
nose examines them, and either passes or
condemns them. Those i'll perfect ici'Iiaic
passed. and those in fever or diseased III any
way are sent back to be cured before tilcy
are permitted to be slaughtered.
,
The SYSTEM of police about the establish
mcnt is perfect All paris of the animal are
immediately disposed of. Indeed, grouped
around il are many manufactures winch IN
mcdiatcly convert what is known as the nth
quarter into use There is the tanner Tor
the hides, the glue manufacturer Tor hool"'
the manufacturer OF knite-handics, COMBS
etc, for the horns, and, in short, fc:o.
WAY for utilizing the hair, the lntcStliicS, anu
the blood, is provided. Finally, the lecal
matter is Immediately appropriated tot1Ilase'
The fields are kept in good order, the AMI
mails plcn,lu'y supplied with food ana
water, and the place itself is selected for It's
ouict and freedom from cNcltcmcnts that dis
turh tbc rest of the animals and make them
unthri(ty and fcvcri>l.
The slaurhtcring establishment IS rs clean
" as possible. The platform used Tor lf'y-
ing the animals and the drains are sup
piled with clear streams OF water, ny WDich
all are kept clcanly. No solid refuse Is per-
united to 90 into the drains. 1t is all utilized,
and each owner of the animals slaughtered
is credited for his due share of the oal
Now, then, here we have cleanliness and
cconomv-wc have sound meat for the pco-
DIe-we have the business Of butchcrlng con-
centIatcd and polccd-wc get rid OF sliugll-
tcr-pcns scattered through the suburbs, crc-
ating nuisance, rendering neighborhoods un-
pleasant, and impairing the value OF con-
tigllouS lands Gl great blcSSing)-and the
butcher is relieved of the necessity OF own
in- or renting lands for his cattle, and Of en-
blowing butchers TO kill his meat. These are
all advantages of in important nature, de-
sjder0ta to the community of any town OF
5000 inhabitants and upwards. 1t appears
to be compcnsating and beneficial to al i'll
tcrcstcd. The business OF Strengthening
would certainly bc conducted in the best
stylc by the experts employed in the csl:tb-
lishment, and the butcher, or the owner OF
the animal slaughtered, would have his bu-
siucss simpliticd and facilitated. He would
be relieved from employees, from all the
couipncnts of the Stau@fter-lousc, and from
all care and loss Of rest. lie would only
have TO take his meat from tho coC!n@.rnolll>
and cut and retail it at the markct-hoIlsc.
Thus would his lahors De curtaicd and his
care diminished, while, Is we believe. he
would get along more economically and with
better profits.
There would be adjacent to the slaughter
house the butchers exchange, reading
room, and bar, which should be conducted
| in that orderly style which inspires dccorm
and insurcs comfort.
No man of practical sense and intelligence
can consider this subject without coming to
the conclusion that it is one OF very high
| Importance and that Involves in Il great de-
gree the health. dcccncy, and prosperity of
Il city.
We understand that Il company Of gentle
men have purchased some thirty acres of the
| flat at the foot Of Poor-HouSc Hill, throu%E
| which Shockoc creek takes its way, which
they propose to appropriate TO cattle cX-
change and cattle pens. The Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad runs alongside of ii.
That road brings nearly all the cattle con-
stunned in the city, and can turn them out OF
the cars into the pens.
The idea is good one, and its practical
operation will very much facilitate the hand
ling and sale of cattle. And why may not
the city government cooperate with these
gentlemen, and there establish the public
saughtcr-house under Il wise system of
police? 1t would bea great public benefit.
The cities of the United States are slow to
adopt Il system involving Il vast amount OF
good to society, as every man must see.
New York las nihblcd ut it little, and the
butchers there, from necessity, have been
compelled to resort to Il plan which is Il mo1i-
ticatiou of the French, at least so far rs it is
without the police and the physician who
saves society from unsound meat. Were
Richmond to adopt the plan of Paris is near
us practicable, she would set an example
greatly to her honor, and to the very great
benefit Of her people. We beg the public
rulers to look into the subject, AID hope that
the butchers also will give it deliberate in
vestigation. We are sure they can find in
it nothing that is against their interests. 1t
has especially that merit which has given to
human effort greatly multiplied power
viz, the partition Of labor. This should
particularly commend it To all practical peo-
pie, to which class unquestionably belongs
the community of butchers.
The GRANT Radicals have been asking