The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-05-09
Chicago stock Yards.

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Chicago Stock Yards.
In practice the tourist to California
will do well to stop two days IN Chica
60, and one day Ia Salt Lake City, in
which case he would gst to San Fran
cisco In ten days, aud with surprising.
~ little fatigue, aud he will have seen
several very remarkable sights on the
way. For instance, though Chicago
itself was burned aud Is not yet re-
built. the ruin Is worth seeing; and
near at hand, accessible by frequent
trains. he may find one of the most
characteristic sights Of our continent,
the great Chicago stock. yards-a city
whose inhabitants are cattle, sheep,
and hogs, and where these creatures
are 30 well cared for that many poor
human being supposed to have an
immortal and amenable soul, living in
. New York tenement house. is mel
ther 40 cleanly lodged nor so we'll
protected against harm or cruelty.
This city Of the beasts has streets,
sewers, drains; it has water laid on !;
1t is lighted with gas it has A bank,
an exchange, a telegraph office, post.
office, an admirably kept hotel; II has
even newspaper-else it would not
be an American city. II has very
comfortable accommodations for lis, :.
$50 residents namely, q 900 head Of
cattle, $1,000 hogs, $4,000 sheep, with
stalls for $50 horses. 1t contains 345
acres Of land; aud when all this is
prepared for use, 2l0,OoO head Of cattle
can be lodged, fed, and cared for there
at once, and with the certainty that
not one will suffer or 90 estray
1t has thirty five miles Of sewers
ten miles Of streets and alleys all
paved with wood; three miles Of
water tronghS, all SO arranged that the
water may be stopped off ut any point;
800 gates, which are the front doors,
50 to speak, oe the place; 800 open
pens, heavily fenced in with double
plank; 100 acres are covered with pens
for cattle, aud all these are flOored
with three inch plank; 500 covered
sheds for sheep aud hogs; and seven
teen miles of railroad track connect
THE city OF the beasts with every road
which runs into Chicago. 1t has two
Artesian wells, one 1902, the other
l, 100 feet deep. which, being spouting
wells, send the water into huge tanks
forty five feet high, whence it is Dis
tributed al, over the place in pipes.
Fourteen fire- e-plugs are ready to fur
nish water in case OF fire !; immense
stacks Of hay and large granaries Of
corn contain the food needed for the
beasts; and, / believe, y train OF pal :
nee cattle oars now hears the emigrant
animals from this their city comforta
bty to the Eastern butchers.
OF course, ss the "!owc. animals
uv sssss ssvsp ssseussosver, u cUmssoerNutc
force Of men IL needed to attend upon
those gathered here. The company
receives aud cares for all animals sent
to it. 1t has THUS taken in, penned,
fed, watered, Uttered, aud taken ac.
count Of Al 600 hogs, 5000 cattle. and
1900 sheep in . single day, and that
without accident, hitch, or delay.
From us to 200 men are constantly
employed in this labor; and to accom-
modate these and their families numer-
Gus cottages have been built, while y
town hall for public meetings and
lectures, . church, Sunday school,
and q well kept day school provide for
their instruction and amusement. The
hotel, which has bath rooms. aud il in
other respects well fitted, is for the use
Of the drovers aud owners Of cattle.
whom business brings hither. At the
Exchange sales are effected, and the
news OF sale may be sent to Maine
or to Texas by a telegraph from the
same room, while the money paid may
he securely deposited in the bank.
| which il under the same roof Thus
you will see that this surprising enter.
prise il completely furnished in every
part; and II will not be the least part
Of your surprise mud pleasure to find
that this whole business, which abou,
New York often involves painful
brutalities, is here conducted as quiet
~ "a though Quaker presided Ovel
ii, and with as much care for the
feelings of the dumb brutes as though
good Mr. Rergh were looking on all
time.
1t will cost about two millions when
ii ia completed; is a pecuniary success
rs il deserves to be: and when you
hear that 80 long ago As 1869 Chicago
received and sent Off 40S, ,lO2 head o.
cattle. l ,66l $50 hogs, and 34O. or sheep
and that it will probably remain fol
years one Of the greatest cattle mar
kets in the world you will see tn.
need for such elaborate arrangement
as I have described, aud, II You are {
humane person, will be pleased tha'
these immense droves OF animals are
kindly cared for and comfortably
lodged and fed on their way to I
marhat Afnst nf the nennle an, rlnyet
In the yards are Americans.
Among such 4 multitude OF beasts
- are here received. Mr.. Buckles Law
OF averages would tell you that ther,
will he a certain few monstrosities
and you will probably be shown one o
two Texas steers which look mucl
more like elephants or mammoth
than horned oxen; perhaps a two
headed sheep, or n six-legged hog
aud, indeed, when | saw the stable
they contained collection which
would have turned the face of Chat
ham street exhibitor green with envy
from California;" by CHARLIE
NoRDHorr. In Hnsper's Magazine .fo
May.
Memphis has been trying TO remov'
her blutfs by hydraulic power--play
ing upon the earth with heavy stream,
Of water-hut the attempt has provet
failure. The surface Of the grount
was easily removed, but the hard un
der strata resisted the severest tests
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