New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-14
RAILROAD ABATTOIRS.


TO COME TO TERMS-A SCHEME TO BUILD AN
IMMENSE ABATToR ON THK WEST SIDE.
The trades which involve offensive processes
have one after another been driven by public clamor
from the interior to the borders OF the city, The
saughterers, among others, have had 10 lease puhu
ings either beyond the limits Of dweDghouses or III
localities whore the inhabitants are regardless OF inc
nuisance created. Several men engaged In the hog
business sought refuge from the perseon
ton of sanitary officers in buildings on Thirtyeighth-st
near the North River, and here during the past ten
years nearly all the firms engaged In that business have
gradually settled Other persons occupied In sheep
killing also came 10 the neighborho0d Win thoso
who earned livelihood by fatmelting and lardrender
ing In 1865 the NewYork Rendering Company was gwen
the pier the foot Of West Thrtyeighths ana tnere
until fortnight ago received all the dead animals Vi
the CITY, year ago the trades further supple
mented by the addition Of a manure manufacturing
firm whose factory consisted merely OF fouracre lou
srewn with straw, and whose chief machinery was inc
sun and rain Around all the saughterhouses are large
yards in which thousands OF animals are pent up 80
long as the dwellings distance the slaughter
ers were unmoesed Within the past three years. how
ever hundreds Of dwellings have been built In the
neiehborhood OF this Nuisance District as 1t ermeu
by the Sanitary Inspectors, and frequent complaints
have been made by the inhabitants to the Board Vi
Health in regard TO the odors emana'lng from tne
slaug hter-hOuses
ton last Spring resolved put end to all the nui
saDces complained OF before Winter came. part OF
their campaign has been carried to successful issue as
already related in THE TRIBUNE. The Rendering Com
pany has been deprived OF Its contract, ferhzing
company has been driven out OF the city. and the
ure manufacturing firm prevented from storing any
more straw the lots The greatest cause OF oense
the hog saughteriug business, yet remains and
the problem Of its government is the subject OF
much thought and debate In the Board OF Health On
June q the representatives Of the hogslaughtering
firms appeared before the Board in reply TO request OF
the Commissioners that they would present what
ever arguments there might be against the ex
cluson OF the business from the city limits
Horato b. Reed, OF the firm Of White Co., appeared
behalf OF the hog slaughterers He said that there
80 firms engaged In the business, who had capital
of 100000 invested. During 1872 they slaughtered
127O263 hogs the value Of which s15,Oo0OOO. The
live stock landed directly the premises either
from the from the steamships, thus obyiating
any driving of the animals through the streets. Tho
saughtering was done between the hours Of m and
a. M. and by m. all the shops had been cleaned and
the meat carried into the city, The hog slaughterers
were willing TO make any change in their establishments
which the Sanitary Inspectors might dictate In respect
TO the building of an abattor which was proposed by
Health Commissioner Stephen Smith, they would
answer that such an establishment as was re-
ouired would entail larger expense than
would be warranted without guarantee
that after completed the location might not be
obiectedro bya future Board OF Health The Board OF
Health did take any further measures until their
meeting on Tuesday of the present week, when Com
missioner s. Smith proposed additional ordinance
that hog Strengthening should be forbidden below One
hundred-and tenth-st. after the 1st of july 1874 The
ordinance contained the proviso. however, that such
hog slaughterers would build large abattoir on
site approved by the Board would be exempted from its
commands The proposed ordinance was not passed. |
owing to q desire on the part OF some OF the
Commissioners to inspect all the hog-slaughter- |
ing buildings. After the Board adjourned
committee representing the hog saugherers appeared
before the Board, and announced that all the firms
engaged in the business had signed declaration thatj
they would erect the abator proposed by the Board on
the condition that site chosen should be the block
bounded by Fortieth and Forty nrstst and Eleventh
aud Twelfthaves The Committee then handed to the |
their reSUest bY an Architect The proposed building
would be $50 feet in length aud 200 in depth 1t would
floor there would be the latest Improvements in the
methods of dsposng Of the refuse OF Strengthening All
would be disposed of on the premises by pro-
lately made known. The hogs would be longer
kept i'll yards but would he confined the third story
Of the building The railway tracks would be so ar
ranged that the cars could be rolled into the basement
the building and thence the animals would be hOsted
TO the third floor. The Health Commissioners looked |
carefully at the plan but did not express any opinion
OF abatoir at rtyeghthst. II 1t had been proposed
by tne nog Ihg ea "a nave
regard to the slaughterng business OF the city, and
are not now eager accept these terms. 1t Is
proposed abattOir sufficient for the slaughter
ing Of all anmas-cattle, sheep and hogs The pro-
pOseTs Of the plan that the concentration Of all
tue saughtering IN building would certainly be OF
great sanitary benefit, and also that the bust
ness could be done more economically. Such |
building could be erected on the two blocks |
bounded by Thrtynlnth and Forty frst-sts and |
Eleventh and Twelfthaves IL is alleged that the |
officers Of the NewYork Central and the Erie Railway
Companies using all their influence in favor of the
erection OF abatoir fearing that II such building
not soon erected, the Board of Health will drive the
slaughterers beyond the city limits. Once beyond the
city limits the firms may prefer 10 do their slaugherng
Pennsy lvania Central Railway thus depriyng the rail-
ways mentioned OF large income, II Is further as
serted that the firm OF AlleBOn, butcher Moore deal
ers I'm live stock in FOtiethst, Eeyenthaye are
pushing the scheme OF abattOir that they feceiy
ing subscriptions stock in the National Stock Yard
Company under whose charter abattoir be built
The the company has been put at S5OOOOO but IL
is intended enlarge that amount OF capital greatly
inasmuch is entirely insufficient for the erection OF
al immense abattOir.
The hog saughterersi mako opposition TO the plan
proposed abattoir, asserting that they merely
want Sufficient room in the building. They oppose,
however proposition of Aleron, butcher Moore, TO
erect the abattOr Sixty fifth St. and the North River.
They claim that the land in that section OF the city
far costly than that at present occupied and that
the greater distance from the markets Will entail more
expense the OF meats. The plan has not
formally before the Board OF Health yet but IL Is
engaging the attention OF all the Commissioners
THE JERSEY ABATTOIRS.
A BUSINESS OF FORTY MILLIONS AT COMMUNIPAW- |