, 1877-12-16
THE HURBITES.
How They Enjoyed Their Second
Day in Chicago.
. Visit to the Stock Yards and the
Packing Houses.
cnnnlcmeuted By Tour Through a
Dusty Elevator.

qhr gentlemen composing the Boston CONNER
-, c1ub rsisiuS this city, sav something vester-
=, Chicago and her great industries. which im-
..xsea ~ uDou them the fact tnat this city is the
p. np.ropoIis OF the West, and destined to be-
- +he Great centre Of internal commerce for the
~. United States. The elevators, hog killing
lire. stock interests in general, received atteu-
~. Yesterday. Fortunately for the Boston
r.o,,e thcy came here during delightful spell Of
F.,,ner sitter scas>,n Of rain and general dis
.asshIeness, and thus greater facilities have been
sSn,deo them to enjoy themselves and the hospi-
..rtv rendered them by our representative
s,,I,eas and merchants. Besides the Dos-
~ Commercial club. there wcte with the
.,1v Charles P. kellogg. J. ". Doane, Murry
rra,:on, George Clarke, Il. J, Mcfarland, John B.
ns,re. AID. McCauly, Juase Carey, Alderman
,.o,o the Seventh Ward. A. c. Eddy. Judge Henry
t,r, s,ronr, William T. Baker. Charles E. Culver.
cen7re Armour, William 4. Havemeycr, Charles
800. 1u!ian S. Rumsey. George c. fClarke J. J.
1.,e. I. Il. Durand, Gen. ". Z. Strong, n. 4.
r,1icr of Palmer, Fuller s. Co., O. ". Potter,
1,s,aer Mccormick. D. B. Fisk, F. F. Spencer
u,,rr James, C. K. Grannis, J.. Stiles. James
eh.ehan. George l.. Dunlap, y. f. Fair
h.ns, Henry Sayrs, the Rev. Brooke Hereford,
Etsou Keith, Kelsey Reed, and \. A. spraeuc
As will be noticed by the the above list Of we'll
t,own names, Chicago was represented by nearly
sre,y business which has foothoid in this city.
,,d by it, leading men. With such q company OF
.o1;d business men, the Boston gentlemen could
~, helm bnt feel that they had been met upon
ecnsl ground, and more ENJOYABLE. dign1cd, yet
thoroughly social party could nor have been gotten
,oge,her anywhere. It seemed as though
,a,fered beforehand, and, therefore,
<yifhnuf ha fane
rsr or slightest annoyance. This, in a great
1neasute, was due to the liberality Of the Chica-
"a burlington & Quincy Raiiroad Company, and
ear own Committee Of Arrangements. each mem
Ter Of which did his best TO make their guests hap-
~ and comfortable. Messrs. Kellogg, Doane,
Fircaulv. Nelson. Mcfarland, a1i't Clarke eeemed
THE START WAS MADE
.,og, the Grand Pacific Hotel Mt $40 in the morn
ine. Carriages were in waiting at the door, and
H. par,r was driven TO the foot Of Lake street,
where special train Of three OF the Chicago, Bur
In-tou 4 Quincy cars was in waiting They
were o! the conpany's best and thers was plenty
General Solicitor OF the road, had the guests in
rha,re and he was assisted by Frank knight.
Ysrd-Master, and j. Knapp, conductor. who had
1he,r full control. 20 where they chose. and the
fnriue wns in charge OF Frank Piesen. ono Of tine
best engineers on the line. who knew how to man.
ase the throttle. At 10 o'clock precisely the train
after was on fid1ng at Armour. Dole i Co. + ele
ya,o., Twentieth and Brown streets. This being
the lafgcst elevator In the United States, the Wis
jtors we're given full opportunity OF judging how
quickly cars Of grain can be loaded and uu!oaded
IN this city. The capacity Of this gEain-house il
/ 10, 900 bushels. Just as tho party arrived
Just been unloaded, and, al soon Us the visitors
were within. a train Of twenty cars loaded with
West was backed in. There arc twenty receiving
honpers and twenty scales uaon each of the tracks,
~ m. shnuf fHrnc and II half mfnt1fts n
losd oil the cars The visitors were carried to the
TOP floor and shown the receiving and weighing
hoone,s, each Of which held carload. They
we're also shown tn" moaus opcrandi Of changing
bins TO prevent heating, and also how grain was
graded. This elevator is 13s feet high. and from
sy e7fs,'so yS~ Of td6 5es city M i obtain
picture. The immense lumber piles surprised
them all. and one enthusiastic gentleman re-
marked that there was lumoer enough down there
tc single the whole creation. The various pub-
lie buildings throughout the city were noted, and
the West Side Pumping Works pointed out and
gentlemen with dust, hut they were very we'll sat.
isded with what they had seen. and aga reiterated
that Chicago never aid anythin. by halves.
As Mr. Leauder Mccormick Was along, the Hos-
tonians coul6 not do better than visit the famous
mammoth reaper factory. ana thus, when the party
LEI, the elevator, they were taken TO the renncr
works. The tram was sided and hacked INTO
the yard and alongside the freight platform
Of the factory. SO that the gentlemen had
ou,y to stco down and out The several DEPART
laeat< were shown the Hostonlans, ana they pro-
tesstd the C7ea:e-t surpris: ut the mammoth pro-
portion. OF the worke. At present there a:e on4!
about 500 hands employed. The manufacture Or
,Iaswlng, and rcapln:- machines was shown in al
IT. cetaits. and the foundry and hlacksnith-silop
ec:::cd 10 attrac1 the greatest interest Havn:
seen this, and thanked Mz. McCormick for. his
eouytesr, the party agu,n boarded the train and
STARTED FOR THE pACklNG-HoESE
at M<ssrs Armour & Co., at the west side Of the
Stock-Tard*- This time, also. the train ~ vas
bought to the door and the party allshfed IhSy
vent taroueh the mammoth h1tldlnS: and haalls
Though seemingly endless lines Of carcasscs the
gentlemen wcn1cd their way until they came to
lite vats. They came at sn nnuckS hour, Just ~
tho bnys were coming from dinner. some of the
lads caffed the visitors with 'look Il: all the biz
hugs.'' ''Bovs 1ske care Of your leather etc 4
packing house where ;, ooo hoEs arc kllled dallv
vas something new to the Dossonians. KILN.
sud dressing twelve ho-s minute was something
ronc Of the visiting gentlemen bad eve: seen nc,
FIRE. The hustle bn:tie and noise in.stssed
''the hngs have hardly got through squealnS oe.
fore they arc split and hung up az carcasses AZ
ssrced taat it was quick and good work, and that
md al connected with the business were
remarkably expert. from the hschest to
The lowest Some Of the t .hs rent,Gmen hsh;n,'
buencss, md they we're astounded at its great
proportions. The quality OF the PORK also struck
the gentlemen being very snpesior to That "a seq
IN Inc E9EI upon sNlIl HUI uA&AS Ah AAAH@
pens. The making Of sausases and sausace-
ea+incs thcr also looked into. but. thonsh II was
remarkably neat aud clean. il spoiled thcls ap2e-
tite for pork ana heans and fEled sausage o1 sone
time TO c,1nc Tnc cooIing-rooms. packing rooms,
and meat cellar. were all locked into anu tue
greatest satisfaction expressed At their clcanHnes
snd sururiee at their mammoth proportions. Nneh
o, was ns9aea eeneuaed hc1 az tram upd
By By coaaaeseF se T. Il. Goraon, of the illinois
Central Railroad. The cattle, hog. and sheep
and, finally, the trats slapped al The Exehangc It
vas now nearly o'clock and President John 3.
Sherman and Secretary George T. Williams. ol tne
Stock Yards and Transit Company; tooS INC sls.t-
0rE in chArgc. They were escorted 10 Inc Utrcct-
ore room. where some 1uid refreshments werc III
waiting. to which justice wEs DONE = little stluu-
Ian, just then being decidedly attractive and vel
house. Mir: Kelsey Reed went through the train
and furnished cach gentleman with some OF - LII
bins Jeckcy Club, ITO take OF the effect OF the
bridgeport stencil. and tnie bit Of thoushtfulness
IVES gratefully appreciated by all.
THE sTOcK-YAKDS COMPANY
had prepared for the guests 1nnch. and at 2:lo
o'clock all were invited into the Excnan.e nes.
1arEant TO paE'aSe Of it. The meal was aometains
wholly unexncctcd d-that is. 70 fur as tts Eet-np
was concerned. Exquisite taste had been dlspiafca
1n the Arrangement Of native and tFo?lca! plants.
Nr, T. G. Glpxon. the manager OF the restaurant,
i lores OF flowers and this room is aWafs alaed
With choice plants, hut yesterday they were espe-
cta'ly arranged for artistic effect To each stcst
plate was button -hoIc bouquet: ana Inc Who.e
arrangement was for an elegant tanquet, ratnet
tnsn 4 simple, cold lunch The steaks which
Ns- Sherman, who runs the Transit House,
scrye0 up were especially delicious, and the bos-
ton gentlemen appreciated them fully 4 keen
were loud in their praises of the manner OF sers-
lnc. Champagne and claret were INDUCED n ~
moderate extent, and everything passed OIL dehsnt
fnls pleasant. Mr.. Sherman said it WIS mect
fhn %fs7c1 " nr1r In