, 1873-11-26
EXTENSION OF THE sT0CK.YhRD3.

TV1,nt rTna Eoon Accomplished in q
Eosv Hkont.lg-.rIlo Exchange Ist,itti.
ing Enlarged rx1ts Thirty Acres OF
Ground Covered with rcna, Sheds,
dc.
Some time during last summcr, tho managers
OF tho Union stock-Yards became impressed
with tho idea that tho accommodations fur
nighcd by them woro insufficient to meet tho
wants of shippora of live stick. They talked
tho matter up among themselves, and In duo
time the work Of enlarging tho mammoth mar
kot was commenced, undor tho direction Of
Mcssra George Williams aud John Sherman,
gcntlomen who hayo beon connected with tho
yards Bnco their establishment, and wlo thor
oughly understand the nature Of tho busfnonB
transacted there, and Its nccoss!ttcs. They
discovered, on worry superficial examination.
that tho yards wore altogether too limited In
every department for tho proper transaction OF
such yaat business NJ Ii conducted in then,
daily, and they laid their plans accordingly.
Their first work waa to improve the railroad
track running from Brighton to the Lake shore,
which Is owned By tho Htocl1-Yards Association.
SLcol rails aud now Bile-traoln md ties woro put
down, and now tho ront Is superior to any onter~
Ing tho city, and It's capacity Ia
fully equal to the demand upon it.
Tho nozt improvement vaa an informal
one. About thirty acre8 OF vacant land, lying
north Of tho original yards, were giyon ovor to
all army Of carpenters, end wcro speedily cov-
cred with pens. chutes, and cattle-yards, and
cut up by strcots and alleys. This work, in con-
junction with tho extension Of wator and aow era
pines, and tho erection Of corn-cribB, platforms,
barns, scales, otc., cost Site, 900. Tho greatost
change Of nll, however, il in tho Exchange
Building. to which large aadidone ea,9 ~ hsye 1sSt
has been erected. end wing 1noasur.
| inE G0x125 feet has been put up for The
accommodation OF tho commission mon rho
used ollcos. and tho telegraph and railroad
wing are equal to tho most luxurious downtown
| Offices, md have tho additional advantage Of
botng Convenient to National Ban1, Il rostau-
rant, \ barber-sloc, and several other comforts.
great deal Of woodwork and painting yet 70:
n,aining to- DO aono: a little parlt, surrounded
by mn iron fenco and ornanlontcd With fountains,
Is contemplated in tho plans for identifying tho
Exchange, and when this particular portion Of
the genera! improvement Is flushed about
S70,0U0 wil! havo boon expended. THE original
building will bo given up by tho Office people,
and everybody who frequent tho yards mijl bo at
| liberty to 80 thore and talk with His friends,
without fear Of Interruption. A general meet
ing-room has long boen wanting at tho Stock
Yards. aud has at length been supplied. The
commission and telegraph Offices, tho bank, tile
restaurant and saloon, tho railroad Offices, and
reached through this public room. and, there.
fore, everything Is handy, and tho strang.
CT is not troubled III tranHacting Iii
business The Exchange building, with tho rs
furnished with portable dre.ongiucs, water
pipes, &c. We have shown .whorin tue manage
inont OF Tho yards has already expended near1,
S2up000. Tho placo il 50 layEo that tho I'M
Tho constant visitor, but when sonlo ono who il
posted takes the trouble to poins out ans
explain Whit LAS been done III the past fos
months, tho magnitude Of tho work Is readil,
understood and unprecedented 1horo ras SOM
talll not long ago about 81. Louis cslab1shin,
s.oci-yard modiod aftor ours. 1t is scarcol
probablo TINT tho sclono will oyor 10 cacro<
out, but, even il it should be-, Btocll-men sa;
that tito prescott addi.;ong to tle Union Stock
Iardp Till be far superior to ii.