, 1875-01-10
THE STEMCH-NUlSANC!E. :.
Conclusion of tho Investigations Of
The Tribune Commissioner.
Examination Of q Few More Packing
Houses.
The Manner in Which They Disposed OF
Their Gases, Etc.

Method Of Manufacturing Glue at Wah
Bros.
That Establishment No Nuisance.
Before proceeding to the description OF the
various packing houses which arc situated With
in the city limits, mention must be made OF the
packing house Of
coEY CO.,
at the Stock-Yards, which was accidentally omit
ted from the list given in last Sundays TRIBUNE.
This house has five lard d-tankB each measuring
IL feet high by 6 feet diameter. All the tank
ings and blood are carried over to the house OF
Tabor l. Brenock, which is within the same IN
closure, there to be rendered iuto fertilizers
The capacity OF this house ls 1000 hogs per
DIEM Steam is provided By two boilers, one
measuring Is feet long by feet diameter; the
other II feet long by feet diameter; hre-grates,
each feet inches by feet 6inches i; fire and
as-p pit doors each equal to one-thirteenth OF the
area OF ire-grate. The average pressure OF
steam in boilers is 55 pounds; amount and kind
OF fuel used, 1000 pounds per day OF p hours,
Of Wilmington coal. The vapors from lard
tanks 20 up into the open air as in most
packing houses, no attempt being made at de-
odorization.
An examination was made during the last
week into all the packing-houses within the city
limits with precisely the same objects in view rs
in the case OF the packing houses ut the Stock
Yards. The first visit was paid TO the packing
house Of
!. L. HANCOCK.
where AGO head Of cattle and 1000 hogs can be
killed per diem. The house waG not at work,
nor had it been for some two weeks past, 80 the
writer had no opportunity OF Judging whether
any Enel! escaped into the building itself or into
the open air from the lard-tauks when at work.
There are nine lard-tankB and two kettles in
this house, from which the *stankings" after
boiling are dumped, without first being pressed,
into = vat on the outside of the building In the
usual way. to be carted away thence BY the fer
observation-disclosures. The blood is simply run
direct from the an1mals, whether cattle or hogs.
into the olood-tank outside, aud thence carted
away by the fertilizer manufacturers. No ar
rangement is adopted at this house for dcodor-
izing the gaHes Or vapors arising from the lard
tanks; they are thus allowed to escape into
the open air. There are TWO steam-boilers
used Ut this house, and Hooking Valley cosl EN-
ployed in the furnaces No arrangement Is
fitted either to these or any other boilers for the
prevention Of smoke. Neither IN this instance,
nor in the case Of any other packing-hou sltu-
ated within the city-imits, were detailed meas
urements Of the boilers taken, as in the case Of
the packing houses ut the Stock-lards. II Is
merely sufficient to state here regarding them,
that the same carelessuess with resard to econo-
mr. Of fuel and prevention Of smoke is manifest
in the c2ge of al the boilers OF the packing
houses in the city, es in the case OF all those at
the Stock-Yaras, and further reference to this
question is made in the article on - Prevention
of Smoke" which appears on another page Of
this paper. At tho packing house of
JANIS TURNER
there is capacity for 500 hogs and 2,o0o cattle;
no hogs are being killed At present, but an aver
age OF $50 head OF cattle per diom are being
tanks, the s'tankings" are first pressed to OBJ
tain from them any more grease there may be-
in them, and are then sent to Sherwin's pack
iug-house to be manufactured into fertilizer.
the neck Of the COW or steer. aud sent to Stein,
Hirsch 1; Co. factory to have the albumeu ex-
t1acted. THO lard-tanhs were not in use at the
time Of the writer's visit, but another visit is to
be paid to this packlng-house When they are IN
full operation, as an arrangement is affixed to
thom for burning tile gaseous Vapor evolved.
which differs from any othor We have seen and
on which the writer cnn pronounce no opinion
until he has seen and tested its practical opera
ton. There are two steam boilers in use here,
one 70 feet long by feet inches in diameter,
rnS made S'bst By A. l. r. Bu.hies CO. 1ar Hill coal
is used in the furnaces and 40 pounds pressure
OF steam is maintained in the boilers. A visit
was next paid to the factory OF
STEIN, n11scH co.
to ascertain ii any nuisance arose from the pro-
cess employed OF extracting aibumeu from the
blood which is collected from various packing
houses and here treated for that purpose. The
proces8 is very simple; the blood Arrives in tin
pans about 1G inches in dlameter and inches
deep, in coagulatcd condition, but fresh lit
coagulates within Eve to ten minutes after issu-
ing from the ANIMAL; it il then scraped out
then r pressed % On top Of the sAvea. which sends
the watery portion of the bloN (Which contains
all the albuE,en) through thH same; the solid
portions are then sent off to khe Fertilizer man
ufacturers, the albumen being largely used, We
believe, in the publication Of sugar. There is
no nuisance arising from this establishment At
the packing house Of
there is capacity for killing 800 hogs per diem,
Killed. There are three lard-tsnks, and the
tapkings are disposed OF precisely as IN Han
cocks house the blood is sent to the Chicago
Rendering and Fersiizing Company. No ar
rangeulent is adopted for deodorlzng the gases
from the lard-tanks, nor apparatus fred to the
boilers for preventing smoke. The boilers are
two iu number, measuring II feet long and
feet in diameter, mada by DeGine pressure Of
steam, so pounds per square inch amount and
kind OF fuel used 5000 pounds Per day OF Briar
Hill coal. At
J. sCHoESEMANN co.'s
packing-housa thers is capacity for 400 hogs and
200 head Of cattle. There are Six lard tanks, and
the "tanlings" are not pressed when removed
therefrom, but merely dumped on to platform
outside the building whence Bherwin takes them
for treatment in lis fertilizers. The blood is
sent to Stein, Hirsch l. Co.'S. The gaseous
yapora from the lard tanks are first led into q
condenser, where the watery vapor is condensed
and flows thence into the sewer; the gases being
led thence under the boiler furnaces to be burnt.
The boilers are two in number, each measuring
12 feet long and feet in diameter, made by J.
Macfsrland l. Co.; aressure Of steam, As pounds
per square inch amount and kind Of fuel used,
1000 pounds per day Of Erie coal. At the pack
ing house Of
D. ER1EGH CO.
there is capacity for killing 1900 hogs. though !
this season the average number killed has only