The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1875-10-26

With such charming cleaner
EDITORIAL RRESPONDENCE.
The National stock Yards, East Saint
Louis, Illinois-their Extent and Mag
nitude Facilities for Business, and
Other Interesting Items for stock
Men.
Reference was made in my last to
numerous developments and improve
men,s in the various Industrial
interests and pursuits of Saint
Louis, as ihe coming emporium.
| W, II worthy of mention as one of this
class, and deserving, indeed, OF II much
more extended notice than can conycn.
iently he given Just nov, is the Insti.
tuition above ninned, the National Stock
Yards, which, though situated in East
St. Louis, Illinois, are 10 all intents
aud purposes, part aud parcel of the
city itself. Especially is tins the case
since the great bridge, affording access
10y rail, cffectually unites the two shores
OF the river. The trip over, in this
instance, was made by street car, and
atfording fine view of the city and of
the river, with its shipping, and the
bridge, the largest and most magnitfE
cent in the world, the trip itself was
not SO bad-only less ENJOYABLE, in
fact, than the return, which was made
in company with Mr. George $. Taylor,
of the Stock Yards, who, coming over
IN buggy, invited me To seat, and
if there is anything finer than this
drive with so pleasant u gentleman, it
would be, Of course, the same drive
with some ones ladye fair, a pleasure
which, observe, is duly appreciated
by the young gentlemen of the city.
Arriving at the Yards, one is surprised
alike at their extent and magnitude
and at the skill and labor expended IN
their construction and properties.
The ground, $50 acres, is laid OUT
in blocks, flanked with avenues, all OF
. which are lettered. ON entering Ave
nue. A the eye takes in at a glance nc
less than lineal mile of csttle pens,
and every pen large enoug&fpr two
car loads of stock This,~of Itself,
would be sufficient, it would seem, bui
this is only one o! the several avenues
:, The pens are all provided with fec
: and water troughs, and are also sbel
e tered and paved. The avenue itself
n aud, in fact, the whole yard, is wei
, paved, so that there can he no DANCE
Of mud. Further down in this grea
stock city is The Hotel de sheep, AN
ON the opposite eide of the street, til
Hotel de Hog" both mammUt
> buildings, containing about n thousan
II pens, an provided with all the requi
Il sites for convenience and comfort i
% storing and safety in haAdling, even t
/, the extent of gas light at night, athit
n loving darkness better than light.
Not far from this Is the princip'
- slaughter house, whose fixtures an
appurteuAuces need not be described
but whose capacity for slaughterin
and puckins, II s,nuugl {" say, j, ii
, thousand hogs i day. Nclily, Of ii
e the places | ever saw, this on,
r prosaic as it Is, mos. wildly recall
e Dante's poetic words, though, hsI
r. PLY, with an application only to hogs
a "Who enters here leaves hope behind. -
Near the centre OF the yards stand
; the Exchange Building, where all tn
business of the yards is centralized
q iIeIr is ih, bank with ample accom-
y u,odaliuns, tAr tel,graph aud rallroa
il offices, offices of the Stock Yard Com
/. pany, printing office, that of th
/. Stock Yard Reporter; and last, nO
!. least, the offices Of quite number q
live stock commission merchants, all ii
the same building, Of the commi:
sion merchants ! take occasion, jus
u here, to INTRODUCE M,ssrs. Daily & Nil
D ler, to whom | found Henry Lewis, u
: lloarne, Just in Ille act OF consigning
;, car load of sheep, aud whom, speak
u ing by the card, can fully and col
q daily recommend. I he other, Messrs
Hunter. Evans & Co, is said to be dc
g ing larger business than any other i
the Texas trade. I his house has
branch at Kansas City managed by thel
Mr.. A. J. Evans, for many years resi
b dent of Gonzales, Texas. Mr.. Robt
d d. Hunter, an estlmahle gentleman,
l. manager Of the st Louis house, an
the reputation OF both is pledged t
the satisfaction Of consignors to eithe
place.
To Mr. Joseph II. Knox, Ptsiien
of the Company, my acknowledgment
:, are especially due; also, to MIN
a Host" Of the Stock Yard Hotel, au el
/. cellent place to stop at. J. W. b.
d p. SIN addition to the foregoing
II It is due to say that these yards al
n sbundantly supplied with rail chute
e affording unsurpassed facilities Of al
r. cess from all the different lines uf raj
u road also that they afford peculiar f
II cilities for sale aud shipment to III