Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-18
CHEAPER BEEF FOR THE EAST.

Since the opening If the Pacific Railroads the
Texas \ lie trade has form Il a very imp itaht
part of the domestic cunisIclce Vi tie United
States. The cost of shipping live stock taken
ii, connection with the ,le,eri ration of the
Oeeves from being crowded together for several
days in badly constructed fieght-cars, and con-
veyed over the railroads at a furious rate, has
operated injuriously on this trade, aud given
rise TO various speculatiOBs As 10 the best means
of remedy. The most profitable method seemed
to be that of shipping preserved meat by meRns
Of refrigerator ears, and several experiments In
this way have been tried with more or less sue
cess. This plan has been recently adopted
upon more extensive scale than had previ-
ously been attempted, by wealthy company OF
cattle dealers, known as the Texas and ATTAIN
tic Refrigerator car Company, who have OPEN
ed extensive abattoirs at Denison, Texas, amply
sufficient for the dressing and shipping OF 500
beeves daily, with provision to double this num-
Der should the success Of the enterprise render
| 1t necessary to do so. They have also expend-
ed large SUN upon the construction of re-
| frigeraior cars. On Saturday ten of these ears,
laden with 100 tons Of beef, arrived at tie Erie
Railroad Depot in Jersey City, having been
| eight days OH the road, and when the meat
| was inspected It was found In excellent con-
dition. Two carloads, containing ten tons
each, were disposed Of in the Washington
Market on Saturday evening. The remaining
agents at once, and all who have seen the meat
have pronounced the enterprise decided sue
cess. On Sunday u TIMES reporter called at the
Erie fieigh yard, where the refrigerator cars
wore lying, and had one of them opened TO as
cs,tain the system adopted in shipping the beef
| About thirty bceves were suspended from The
roof of the car, and were so closely packed to
se.her as to prevent the meat being bruised b,
the joting Of The train during transit. Each cal
i 10 about thirty feet long. is OF the usual wdtl
of freight ears, and sufficiently high to admi
the beeves being hung mp as in the abatoirs Oh
either side is large air-tight door. On the toI
of the cars ice chambers about two feet de ,p at
, | constrGc ed, and underneath is another cham
i Der some eight or ten inches deep running tn
entire length ofthe car. Al one end ofthe ca
Il there is placed box capable Of containing a
r. bout one hunered pounds of salt, which is use,
/. at intervals duling the journey to keep thu
:. ice in a thawir condition without affecting tn
| temperature to any great extent. The bottom
n of the ice chamber is perforated at intervals l.
q carry the water into the lower chamber, an
n from this il is conveyed by a pipe about a
;. inch in diameter which passes through the Ger
A tire of the car, and empties itself underneath
+ The cars are constructed of the hardest an
i, best seasoned timber, and can be run upo
A wide or narrow gauge roads by changing ii
trucks. The weight Of each is fourteen tor
IN eight hundred. Some prominent stock-dealei
"A connected with the enterprise have accompan
a. ed the train from Denison for the purpose
RI making arrangements with commission agen
~ in New York and other Eastern cities. The
- | speak In the most confident manner of the SUI
an c'ss Of the undertaking, and promise TO deliv
IN | fresh meat here at one-half the usual pric
~ They propose running three trains from Der
n. son every week, and believe the trade can
ed carried on all the year rornd.-N Y. Times.