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tions between the authorities Of that town al
those Of Chicago, has fled l. bill in tho Unite
States Circuit Court for this district, praying a
Injunction against any interference by Hyd
Park with the lawful business Of the Compaa,
The recitnls OF tho bill, diyested Of the leg,
phraseo1ogy, present E history Of the case, an
some details Of the nanEer OF carrying on til
business, which will have IN intcres. for til
public.
It appears that, prior to 1867, the slaughtesio
and packing-houses being located on the Chi
cago River, the offal and blood Of these estab
lishments were run into the river, rendering tn
currcntless stream very offensive, and in tim
so affecting the supply of water at tho Wnte
Works as to compel the city to construct tn
Lake Tunnel. So much Of tie otral and blood 81
was not placed in the river WAS thrown upon the
prairie. UnliEe New York and Boston, thit
] matter could not bo carried in barges ant
emptiod in the lake, as the rifer il
! frozen in the packing season; nor car
it be done ct any season, because the fresh and
! tideless water Of tho 1a1so would not scatter it.
nor arrest decomposition; the blood and ofal
would float, making "the basin Of the 1nke
bloodicr than the waters of Egypt, and 20 ,0o0
tons Of otfal would give it's margin . fringe Of
rotten heads, legs, Eyers, entruits, and lights
Hcnce it was that the city at gEent expense. pro-
vidcd for the cana Improvement to give cur-
rent in the river. Mossrs. Vail established
works ut the Calumet for the manufacture OF
various articles from this refuse animal matter,
and finally, in 1862, Christian Weh1, Louis Wah1,
John A. Lishthall, and others, were incor-
porntcd by the nazno Of tho Northwestern Fer
tilizing Company, with succession for
fifty years, with 4 capital stock Of
$4,000, and having ali the general powers Of
corporations. Tho special power was to estab-
lish and maintain chemical works in Cook Coun-
ty, south OF tho dividing line between Town
ships 81 and IS, for tho purpose Of maaufactur-
ing and converting dead animals, aud d.othcr
animal matter, into Al agricultural fertilizer, and
other chemical products, by chemical, mecLan-
ical, and other processes. It YVES authorized to
establish depots, in Chicago for receiving ell
this matter, to bo carried tl1cnca to the works.
The construction OF railways, afrording the
means of speedy transit, has mado Chicago the
largest slaughtering and packing market
in the world. Tho number Of animals
killed in Chicago, in 1872, wns ;: Hogs
,+17 ,o2s; cattle, 174,o5o; sheep, 165,o99;
total, 1,75c,17s. Tho aggregate blood Of these
WIS ,205 1888 gallons; and the ofal was
q, ITS tons. This business employs, directly and
10000 persons. The packing eeason
begins Nov. i, and ends March 1, and in this time
the daily discharge is about 1876 tons of offa and
II, ,697 gallons Of blood This matter Is too
bulky to be buried; it cannot be cast into the
Chicago River, and it mnst be utilized and con-
rerted, OF the whole packing business must stop.
The growth of the packing business is shown in
the figures eince 1856: the number Of cattle
slaughtered here in that year gsas 9,4ss, and in
1872 was 141, ,l23; the hogs, from 1855 to 12o5,-
600.
The Company now asserts that it has $3.50, 900 j.
invested in the business that having enlarged
itR works 80 Us to be able to remove, utilize, and
consume in the most scientific manner now
known, and with the least ofensiveness, all this
animal matter: it has 3 vested right this right
It admits is subject to reasonable and proper
police regulations it admits that it must take
every precaution to render the business as in |
offensive Us possible, and that it must procure |
eveEy process and machine calculated to that |
and It asserts that it has strictly complied |
nth this obligation, and has now the best and |
most improved establishment of the kind in the
Forld. The process Of manufacturing fertiliz-
zs from ofal is in vaporizing the water from
he animal matter, obtaining d dry residuum,
'hich is not offensive, not liable to
Immediate decomposition, and contains
The old process of Wahl Broth
rs yielded 80 Per cent Of organic
esiduum, containing per cent Of ammonia. By
he present process and machinery Of this Com
any, 60 per cent Of organic residuum is secured,
per cent Of Ammonia. The ammo
IN and animal matter lost by decomposition is
hat constitutes the offensive smell; and this
company, by its processes, hss vastly reduced
40 amount Of this escape Of offensive matter.
he Company. have provided ample means
hereby all this matter may be handled daily.
efore this Company Was organized, no
lood was utilized in Chicago; by tho
'achinery Of this Company, it is now
L utilized without the escape OF tho
asst offensive .odor. The oHal is not
eceived by the Company until it Las been in
art decomposed, in order to obtain from it the
ease. The Company express the hope that in
ne they will have machinery that will enable
lem to Manufacture this also, without the es-
pc OF my offensive vapor- Independent of
10 packing business, the slaushtcrirg for city
assumption is very great.-the animal matter
erefrom amounting to from Is to Is tons of
me and o1fal daily, To close this establish
ant is to leave tho city without any 1neans Of ,
tting rid Of this unavoidable amount ct mi
u matter. Ii
The result Of the ten days suspension Of busi-
as caused by the proceedings Of Hyde Park is,