New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-17

| 90 Win II, were the prOpOeltlOu uOw " WV
ate the monopoly. But monopolies do ex-
ist, and they are sanctioned by law, anu on'
forced by courts of justice.
| Now, this company has vested rlgnt IN
| this franchise under the stipulation OF lts
| charter, which is a contract with the ota!e.
| Undoubtedly the State may, in the exercise
of the right of eminent domain, exproPri-
| ate the Slaughterhouee Company; out luis
ia simply superior right. predlcated upon
the recognition OF the right OF t9e conpany
| to hold its property and franchises 10 SUI
seryieuce to public utility. But this right
of appropriation, in order to be exercised,
must be preceded by the assessment ana
paymept of a fair and adequate compensa
| tion-an indemnity which is not contem-
plated by the bill under discussion.
The undersigned object to the provisions
of this bill which revoke the franchise
of the SlaughterhOuse Company without
ADEQUATE indemnity; and which repeal the
charter of the company without cause or
necessity.
The other provisions of the bill, intro
ducing more etfectual police and sanitary
regulations for the slaughterhouse district
are Of sound public policy, without invad-
ing private right. They should be adopted.
JOHN YOUNG.
FELIX VOORHEES,,
MICHAEL HAHN.
Mr.. Levisee, from the Committee on Ju
dietary, submitted the following report on
behalf of the minority:
To the Honorable Spe aker and Members OF the
House of Representatives:
Tho nndersie ned members of the Com
mittee on Judiciary, to whom was referred
bill No. l79. entitled an act to protect
the health of the city OF New orleans, 70
locate the stock landing and slaughter
bouse. and to provide for the inspection OF
animals slaughtered and sold for food in the
citv of New Orleans, and to repeal certain
acts. beg leave to report that they have
examined said bill with great care, and hnd
that it is intended to recognize the right OF
maintaining private slauRhterhouses IN
various localities, and the right Of landing,
keeping, yarding and slaughtering animals
limits Of New Orleans on the left, and below
Morgan's railroad depot on the right bank
of the Mississippi river.
To provide for the inspection of animals
before and after slaughterng. and to repeal
the charter of the Crescent City Live Stock
Landing and SlaughterhOuse Company.
The intention OF the bill being to alter
the law, to abolish the grand slaughter
house or abattoir at present established ana
maintained. and to permit the Strengthening
of animals at various points, has caused us
IN enter upOn an extended examination OF
the effects produced in the city Of New Or
leans and other cities by cOniinng the
slauphteripg of animals to abattoirs or
grand slaug clearinghouse located at places
designated by law.
The question is fortunately not new one,
and the minds Of men of science and OF leg
islators have been called to it for three
quarters of century.
The frat abattoirs were those established
in France under the great Napole on, where
thew have been maintained by law until the
present time, and have received the COM
mendation of men of science, and although
when established they were outside OF the
urban district, yet they are continued IN
their original location, although now within
the closely inhabited portion OF the city OF
Paris. no cause of otfense or complaint being
founI in them. In this country they have
been established and are still maintained
by law in the cities of Jersey City, Chic ago,
Brighton, Massachusetts, Cincinnati, Pitte-
hurg and Philadelphia, in America, and
many cities in Europe, and with great ad-
| vantayeto the health aud comfort Of the
| inhabitants.
In Philadelphia a contest arose on the
subject, and in the suit Of Sellers against
| the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company, much
| testimony was taken, w. D. Kelley, the
we'll known member of Congress, was one
Of. those examined; he was decided in his
opinion in favor of public sl4ughterhouses,
under proper regulations. He had visited
the abattoirs Of Paris and greatly ap-
proved them, and recommended similar
establishments for Philadelphia. In that
preceding many men OF science and prac-
| teal good sense were examined and all
testified in favor OF grand slaughterhOuses
or abattoirs, to be established under proper
regulations, and against private slaughter
| houses. Among them were DR.. +. Il.
Alpuente, of New Orleans, who said that
..he is acquainted with the abottoirs or
| slaughterhOuse, known as the Crescent
City Live Stock Landing and SLAUGHTER
house Company, situated on North Peters
street, near the city limits, on the left bank
| of the Mississippi river, and has no hesita
| ton in saying that the establishment has
| added to the general health of the city OF
| New Orleans and it's vicinity by removing
private slaughterhouse from the city, most
| of which we're deficient in cleanliness and
drainage. The latter operation being diff
cult and expensive from the absence OF
natural grades, no offensive or unwhole-
some odOr exlets or arises from the aoat-
| tOir of the said company as ls verified by
the robust and healthy appearance of the
employees
DR.. C. B. White, president of the Board
| of Health of New Orleans, also testified in
| that Investigation, be said:
The abattoir sy stem has proved great
sanitary improvement over the method
| formerly practiced in killing animals in
| numerous and separate locations of said
| city, New Orleans, and to the comfort of
| the community, the improvement is univer-
| sally admitted, no complaints to the knowl-
| edge of depOnent have been made by the
| residents adjoining said slaughterhouse Of
any unpleasant or un " holesome OdOrs from
the Strengthening of animals therein, and no
| increase of disease in the vicinity thereof
has been observed or reported"
DR.. A. w. Smytb, reside mt surgeon,
| of our Charity HOspital and member OF
our Board Of Health was also examined,
and after speaking Of the slaughterhouse
located on North Peters street, IN this city,
| said:
"Deponent is of the opinion that the abat-
toir system has proved q great sanitary i'm
| provement over the method formerly prac-
ticed of killing animals in numerous and
separate locations. etc. This opinion is
| concurred 10 by host of witnesses, men of
science, practical men, drovers, and by Or;
| G DevrOn, sanitary inspector OF the Ihlrd
District Of New Orleans, who has made
| special report, in which he says, quoting
| from some writer on the subject, 1T is singu-
| lar that buildings Of the nature OF these
abattoire should hitherto scarcely have been
erected anywhere out of France, and that
most people even in the largest towns, should
remain willing to endure the nuisance OF
numerous private slaughtering yards or
sheds, offensive in the highest degree to
both the eye and smell and what is worse,
d,ffusing pestilence and death through the
midst Of their population
speaking Of our abattoir, he says the
company has q powerful pump to supply
water from the river, and to furnish all the
different parts of the buildings with cold or