The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-07

the CITY that the price OF cattle went up Two
d dollars per hundred weight within twenty four
hours. Then. I'm twenty four hours more, thore
was a drop to the old figures.
SOME ExTENsIvE DEALERs.
Owing 10 their experience Of such facts. the
the old dealers are generally somewhat sly OF
extensive speculation upon tue probab lities %
the future. but there arc firms aud indivduals
who do speculate largely nevertheless, and who
are. necessarily from the nature Of their bust
ne a. the most extensive operators in the mar.
ket. Among these operators are Morris, WaXel
x Co.. sherman n AlIettun. Fuller ~ Martin, r.
&. Eastman. VIM. Siegel, aud ID. &. Culver: The
uulcual commission dealers are u w. ToWn'
!. \. Merritt. hDmus wheeler. InumaS GUNS,
and william Dudley There are In all only about
twenty dealers In cattle, twenty In hogs, and NJ
teen in sheep, who handle the supply oi TINS
market. -
The bulk Of the cattle business In the West
concentrates In Chicago, although 81. Louis Is
making an effort at rivalry. aud IL yearly lncrsas-
ing IN prominence. From all over the West the
drovcs are sent by the various lines OF railway
to Chicago. To that point local dealers, specu-
lative dfoyers and cattle raisers take their nerds
in person. The prices OF that market are CON
trollod by those Of New York, and II they are
such as to meet with the views OF the holders
OF the cattle. sales are there effected to dealers
and commission BUYERS. who hold the greater
part Of their stock subject to teleHrlphtc order
from this city. II, however, the seller declines
tho ruling rates there, he must himself bring
his stock on to Buffalo, where the same system
prevails aud IL still unsatisned with the figures,
he may bring them still further to Albany, whlon
is another large market. Large numbers OF
cattle 20 from that point to tue small towns
| about aud to Boston, so that the weekly SAFES
| there Will probably average between eighIeen
and twenty thousand head. II the cattle man
| still is unsatined with what the market has to
| offer he domestic New York as alast resort
aud places his Interests 10 the hands Oh some
| reputable commission dealer.
The cost OF transportation from Chicago TO
| New York Varies greatly, between $40 per car IN
| hot weather up to $ll0 In cold. This does not
| Include the ex pense OF man to take charge of
each lot, and of hay for the cattle at the stopping
FREQ this way. but his wages are about IS pei
diem, aud the cattle have to be led at each stop
ping place. SO that the cost OF transpor,atiso,p
per car. The first stopping place on tho wal
from Chicago Is Toledo, the second Buffalo, th'
third Albany. At eacn place the animals receive
ten pounds OF hay, water, and twenty lou
hours rest From fourteen to eighteen eattl
1ll u car, the average being sixteen. Double
decked cars are used for hogs aud sheep, trans
porting comfortably one hundred OF the fOrme
or one hundred aud sixty OF the latter in each
IMPRACTICABLE PHILANTHROPY.
From time to time phlanthropio and need
nincompoops, blissfully ignorant OF the actue
requirements of stock transportation, RUS
upon the public with anxious appeals for tn
Abortion for purely humanitarian roasons-o
their peculiar Inventions Of cattle cars. Jhos
inventions are ali open TO QUE objection, snal
Of cattle owners, that they would cause ~
beasts to be banged and bruised to death with
In the first hundred miles OF travel Animal
TO be transported safely by rail must eithe
stand lengthwiso OF u car which would take u
so much room, and be 50 expensive tnat
would only pay for race horses-or must
slowed cross wise he packed so closely togethe
that they cannot shift or lie down, else the lerk
ing movements Of the train will throw ther
down and bruiss them fatally against the side
of the car or each other. III one beast In ca
goes down. all the rest are pretty sure to follow
and the drovet ID lucky II he gets three or fou
out sufficiently alive TO be sold, from the lou
teen or sixteen in the lot. One genius got u
some charming rosewood and brass models OF
cattle car. and took out u patent for II. TheI
was plenty of room and a hay rack, and watt
else i'm agins IDLE, except a tooth brush for eac
separate animal. He, good, innocent sou
didn't know that cattle will not eat on a trail
that water would sop out OF the tank on IN
floor. and render 1t slippery, so that the 6eas
would fall down, and that for their own safs'
they had to be slowed close, Ike cargo in q
hold of ship. These, IL Is said, are facts mic
Bergh has not yet learned. .
Upon their arrival mere, cattle are quickly di
posed OF, seldom remaining more than = 70
hours on the dealers hands. The formal d.
livery at law to the butcher buyer Is when
mails tine peculiar dab Of tar which Is his II
, dividuh mark OF ownership. III one drops des
the minute before tbat call, the loss Is II
dealers; but II a second alter, IL falls upon tn
buyer.
THE ABArTorRs.
} From the stock yards most Of the ANNA
! destined for slaughter are taken to the alta
, toirs by boat. The health ordinances perm
them 10 be driven through the streets bctws'
midnight and o clock A. NJ. but the darkne
and liability to loss of animals and futu
| trouble are all reasons against the bHtche
Sncps on of I'll, ss' Is sc.w
/, Forty-third and Forty-seventh streets, First av
! | nue. and the river, and 10 known as the WORKS
4 the butchers HIDE and Melting Association
= 1t is Kept in due style, and has given no iroub
;. to the health authorities, but there are son
= small establishments about IL which have oe
= conspicuous nuisances, and will probably 500
u have to be removed. splendid abattoir, sa
y to be the finest IN this country occupies Z
q block between Thirty-fourth and Ihirty-nf
streets, Twelfth avenue aud tue North river. al
smaller one Is situated at the foot OF FIJI
a street. on the North river. A clump OF SIN
~ slaughter houses are in Tenth avenue, betwe
y Fortieth and Forty-hrst streets, but they "
!. not pro bahly be long allowed TO remain there.
y Tue consumption Of fresh meat In this mark
. Ia upon the eve OF being very largely increas
- by the proposed action Of the various steamsh
lines IN taking cut from THIS port, packed In h
all their meat supplies for both outgoing n
e incoming voyages. Ii has been satisfactor
N demonstrated that In properly constructed
D houses on board vessels meat can bo Kept sw'
u for two months, and as IL can be bought h1
d much more cheaDy than IN any OF the Europe
10 or most other ports to which steamships
% from New York. this plan will be genera
4 adopted. The White star and lnman lines bi
r already put IL into operation with highly SAT
factory results. Ihere are IN all thirteen III
n OF steamships starting from our docks for
ID parts of the world, running about forty nve v
* sells per week during the heaviest pissen
I'd season, anu they viii average about 1907 pour
10 each.