Middletown transcript., 1872-06-15
The Chicago steck Yssd1..

In practice the tourist bound ~ Cav
fornia will do we'll 70 stop two ,daye o
Chicago, and one day in Salt Lake CUy.
In which case he would ct 10 1aH s'FsaS-
cisco in ten days. and wissAs suvpsSsiuGy
little fatigue. snd hs silI hsse sssn, ssvse-
sl very remarkable sights On the vay.
For instance. though Chicago iiss!f wss
burned and Is not yet rebuilt. the ruth ls
wor.h s,ring, and aear a hiud, aeSeetI.
bic by frequent irains, be rssy '9nd ~ a
the most characteristic sights VI eqr eop-
,incni. tho great Chicago stost yerd-7?
city whose inhnLitnnts are cattle, ehecp
aud hogs, and where these crrstisrss ef1
20 we'll cared for that many poor IssdN
being supposed 10 have an immortal snsi
amenablc soul. living in . New York
tenement house, is neither 30 cleanly
lodged nor SO well protected sgainst harm =,
or cruelty.
This city Of bensts has streets, sesssa
and drains; il has water laid On; IT'S
lighted With gas il has bank sn, cz-
change. telegraph Office. a post ONCE. IN
admirable hotel; II has even a newrpa-
per--else it would mt be an Asmesiean
city. II has very comfortable accomuso-
dations for lis. $50 rcsidcnts-- namcla.
q 600 head Of cattle. $4,000 hogs. 2E-
900 sheep. with stalls for $50 horses. u
contains 345 acres Of land ; and when Ill
this is prepared for use. 2l.O00 hesd Of
cattle can be lodged, fed and cared fur
there at once, and with the certainty that
not one will suffer or 60 ustrny.
1t has thirty-Gve miles Of sewers; ten
miles of streets aud alleys, oil paved With
wood three miles Of watcr ,rougl,s, all
so arranged that water may be stopped oil
At any point; 1900 gates, which are tho
from, doors, so to spcak. Of The place L.
| 400 open pens, heavily fenced in with
double plank 100 acres arc covered with
pens for cattle, and all these are foorcj
with three inch plank 500 coycroJ sheds
for sheep aud hogs and seventeen miles
of railroad track connect this city IT tho
beasts with every road that runs in Chica-
go 1t has two Ariosan wells, ono l.0a2.
/ the other 100 feet deep. which, being
spouiing wells, send thc water into huge
/ tanks f1r,y.iive fee, high. whence Il is dis.
,siburd all over the place in pipes. lsoar.
t,,u tire plugs are ready To furnish wat~r
| in ease of fire: imnicnse stacks OF hay and
! large granarirs Of corn contain the food
! needed Tor The beasts; aud, bclieTc, .
/ train OF palace cath cars nov bears tho
emiyrant animals comfortably to the East.
cru butchers.
/ Of course, as the animals do not help
themselves. u considerable force Of men is
needed to attend upon those gathered there
4 he company receives aud cares for nj
the animals gen, to It. II has thus taken
4 in. reuuci. fed. ya,cred. Uttered and
taken account -. / ZOO hogs, 5000 eat.
tie. and . e90 sheep in u single day. aud
i that without accident. hitch or delay.
i From l.5 10 200 men are constantly cm-
+ vloycd in this labor; anl to accommodate
these aud their families, numerous cotsagen
| have been built. while town hall Tor
public meetings aud lectures. church, 4
sunday school. mud u wcll-kcpt day school
provided f1r their instruction and aniusc-
ment. The hotel. which has bath rooms.
and i IN other respects well fitted. is fes
tho uss of droycrs and owners Of cattle.
whom business bring. hithcr. At the Ex-
change sales are effected. and the nows Of
a sale may be sent to Maine or Texas by
a telegraph from the same room. whild
the money E,ay be securely deposited In
the bank, which is under the same roof.
j Thus YOU will see ,ha, this surprising en-.
,erprise is completely furnished in every
part, and il will not be the least part Of
your surprise aud pleasure to lind that this
whole business, which about New York
often involves painful brn,alitics, is hero
conducted as quietly as though n Quaker
/ presiled over it, and with as much esro
ior the feelings Of the dumb brutcs ~
though good Mr. Iergh were looking on
all the time.
|, will cos, about two millions when il
is COMPLETED it is n pecuninry success.
as i, deserves to be; and when you hear
,ha, 50 long ago as $50 Chicago received
and sen, of 403. i02 head Of cattle, L.
66l 500 hogs, and 3i0.o12 sheep. and IL
will probably remain for years ono Of tho
creates, cattle markets in the world. you
will see the need for such elaborate mr.
rangemen,s as have described, and. II
you are humane person, will be pleased
that these immense drovcs of animals ere
kindly cared for aud comfortably lodged
art. fed en- the way TO market. Most ol
the people emplGyed in the yards arc a.
me.;cahs.
Among such multitude Of beasisr q
are here received. Mr.. Buckles lao 81
averages would tell you that there will lc
a certain few mons.rositics. aud yoa will
probably be shown one or two Texas staers
which look more like elephants or nshm-
moths thun horned oxen; perhaps = Two
headed sheep or six legged hog; ssd.
indeed, when I saw tho stables they. eea.
taincd collection which would have tutn-
cd the face Of Chatham itrcct sx6ibAos
gree; with envy lfren s.,C"tif ifStsf0. !"
by Charles Nurahee.is is Aasper's aksss.