, 1875-01-24
1.-THE %ribpne" Commissioner Con-
elQaes Ills Investigations.
Drds: The Present System thsr. ls Little
I; 4eps Of Belief lfam Foul oders.
The Ignorance or Incompe.
tenoy Of the Health
Authorities.
Haw To Destroy the Stenct---Descrip.
bon oi a Successful Process.

N1n Oh ouCCeSSiul ffQceSSs
:; '
10 conclude tho personal Investigations OF
Fhy Ta1auNE's commissioner into the various
rsekin2-housee in aud around the city, and 9TH
a establishments charged by the public with the
product.op of stench-nuisance, We have this
vcst to report tho result OF examinations into
three packinE~housez situated in ths Stock-Yards
fuat ortside the city limits, and 1t which Grip
pled hogs slo killed., l. T., those which have auf-
fered injury in body Or limb from any accident
n from conflict among themselves. The Thought
FL reader may ask: "1f the crippled hogs are
killed SO near the city, does the resultant
poFk aver get into our home market
Of II it ahipped East along With sound
meat and sold Is such7" The rrtor is not pre-
pared 1t present to answer the question, but
assures the public that II al the facts concern
Ing the disposal OF meat produced By crippled
hogp we're suddenly made known to them, there
you'd 10 IN equally sudden and very large de-
crease in tha consumption Of pork in the City Of
Chicago. Tna first Of these hon:es visited was
that Of
J. nouoH,
which has : capacity Of 600 hogs per diem,
t!io.sh OF late ouly $50 hogs PEI day have been
1iied. There are three tanks in use, one for
l::11 md the other for gut-boiling. TIE "tauk-
ipgs are sent to tho Northwestern FertiIizine
Con,rany. No arrangement for either con-
der&ins OF burning the gases evolved
:'.n the 1ard-tanls- Ono locomotive boil
II ID. n horsepower is in use; steam
pree.oe employed. 80 pounds per square
iaeh; amount and kind Of fuel used, 1,5O0 to
1oGt ;.ounds Of BHer Hill coal There Is also
o.'4s. - ~ w. - - W. ~ ose
~ Hn@ H'no OF LILO "1asefa f1s11~ AZ tho pack
mg-h1lss OF
- HArror
+h.-. L. ..,.r,+x Inv t;,l;no sno ho... s;.
49, = scpAs, - As ~ noso Pof o'ol1'.
.nou6n uas5 noes ps' o'e'a LAS oeen tue recent
klhug. Ihe tanks are two IN nnmoer-one lard
hank and ono for CUTS. Tue tankings are Ill
hanled AWAY bv tha fertiIjzer-m.nnfactnrer.
.t<,,, t,~sAA t;r,a. u..h oo,dana.- :. -, .as
s~..o: ~. sl.t4 "esa- a so.uenei 20 u oee
Ios oonoenolns .oe tases eFoAseo l5on ING tanR
the tefute OF WHICH 10 allowed TO escape INTO the
a:eu air. Ona steam boiler about feet long,
and xotkad u = pressure Of 40 pounds per
.orera inch - in nse. .nd coDsnme. nm
49,. T.-.r xp;,a,;,..as a.1 49, 1. w,
t"'"oS FSA 10y " IVA eoA4- A17 PaeA-
Aak-lses5o "
=. LATcHAx co.
has . esracity Of about 1000 hogs, though Of
lat. Il ~. ,,,,v ham r1nninu m bo0 h I'm hon.
~ 49, - -S1 .I- -, ....,.- 80 80
1ne5e A'e .o1oe . IA 4o''"oAa Huu ono su'-1an1'
1ha "ttak1nea are eant 70 CONAN q ocantan,
soap manufacturers, and the blood to J. SheT-
WINS nackius-houee. The gases from the lard-
tanka ire first passed through . large coudenser.
On the sauc plan as that 1t Shernin's house
and xftefwsrd burnt under the boiler furnaces.
or rather they arc sent there NTH that intention
Ihere arc two steam-boilcrs in use, oue of 90
horse power and ono Of 5o-horse-power; press
uro OF steam, 40 pounds per square inch !;
smount and kind OF fuel used, 5000 pounds per
day Of Strsightsyille 70. coal No arrangement
foT prevention Of smoke is applied to tbs bolera
Qf any ons Of these three houses.
THESE THREE HOUSES /
bsyp much In common aud have, therefore,
been taken together. They Ill do the Rsme |
class of business, killing crippled hogs they |
ase ali together ia the Same locsiity, and are sil
wanting In cleaulness At least TWO out of the !
three ars great offenders in that respect, and |
ths blood and refuse Which fails into the sewer |
il empded ont into large, open ditch or gutter
running on tho east side OF Hasted street, CROSS
inc the samo at Egau avenue. and running |
thence along the south side thereof. Owing |
doubtless - the recent sewers weather and long
cold spell but little Objectionable smell waa ap-
parent coming from these houses ut the |
tins OF the writer's visit, but he is in |
formed that In summertime the stencil |
nuisance thcrefrn1n il very bad, owing to the
fact that the CUTS are frequently Kept for two or
three DAYS until sufficient quantity has sccu-
muiaed to mako good tankfull nhen they |
m rendered. Mich may be done, aud At only
slight trouble and expense, to render these three
houses mora clcanly and much less Of nuisance
dunng summer t,me No remarss hare been
made during the course Of these articles which
ean justly be construed into invidious compa1i-
sens betweeu ono packips-hous and another,
and. therefore, the winter refrains in this piaco
from pointing out wha, should be done. speclat-
y to tho th1ee houses lust mentioned. to render
them less obiecaiouable Is uuisauces, and less
harmful tn : aani,&ry poiut Of view. but lot the
owne1n apply 10 the1nsel res such OF the general
susges,ions and recommendations which follow
y may eeom to refer to their works.
-. an ExAn1nA14ou 80.
has now been made, 80 Tar as no are awa7e, Of
IL tho pscking-houses aud fertilizing mapufac-
tazies IN and around the Citr OF Chicago, aud it
has been nlearlv ascortained which houses are
aud xhich are not rightly chargeablo with the
khominabe smells that SO often polluta ths city
III. There are other works and factories in this
sad almost overy oth-~.arga city, such - chem
tnl works OF various ki,Ids. etc., which produce
szaela; hut in this case. md for the purpose for
which these ARTICLES have been written, the
1toet Of the city-that from the packing and fer
HlIZnr 1nuaae~ h.ao o}ora bna>, Iryae+frafa |