The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
ST. LOUIS NEWS.
THE TNsPECTI0N OF CATrLE-A nrux.
OVER WHICH TIE ST. LOUIS
sTDCKMEN ARE FIGHTING.

A Tunnel tor he'Iron Mountain Railroad
THE June Races-The Coming
1F Reneli show. a
Especial Correspondence nf the Demoerat1
ST. LOUIS. February T.1s7s
The Al. Louis butchers. pork packers, beef
Gamers and stock buyers generally are now en-
gagged in big fight over bill introduced Into
the municipal assembly for
THE INSPECTION or uATTtH
slaughtered ter Et- Louis consumptien. The
bill originally included the inspection Of hogs
as we'll as cattle. but believe 1t has been so
amended as to provide for the inspection of
nuy cattle. Pork Fuckers. however are still
interested IN the hill though their interests,
as Is the case with the interests Of cattle
men, are somewhat conf eting. The
bill Is perhaps the most important one that has
claimed the attention OF our citizens for long
time. Several thousand families are directly
Interested In It, and the whoIs city indirectly.
The main object Of the bill. as represented In
the bill itself, is n sanitary one, but find that
the sani ary question is left ont altogether in
both public and private discussions sn the bill
The arguments mostly used are In regard to
| the commercial interests Of the city. The prin-
eipal advocates Of the hill are st. Louis butchers
pork packers who do their sIaughtering on this
| side OF the river. aud the owners of the diff
| ferent stock yards on This side OF the
| river. The main opponents OF the bill
nre the st. Louis Beef Canning Company.
the bridge company and all the railroad COM
nanies crossing tn bridge. tbs owners OF the
| National Stock Yards In East st. Louis, pork
packers who do their slauehtering ON the other
| side of the river. and cattle shippers who sell
principally to Eastern stock men. e
| THE NATIONAL STOCK YARDS
we're built six or $ ven years ago nj An snor-
| nous cost, and are about as com plete aH any in
the country. All the railroads on the Illinois
aide OF tho river hnye access to them, and tho
facilities for handling stock there are cl4imed
to be even better than ths stock ynrds Of Chieazs
ran boast Of. Before these yards were built the
| stock trade Of st. Louis was distributed among
haff dozen stock yards on this side of the river.
| aad the accommodations pf steh were very linn
| tied. The result was that st. Louis could not
com pete at all with Chicago for the Eastern
| tradn although lying some 900 miles nearer the
| stock raising districts than her ryal. Tho
building of the East ST. Louis stock yards
worked q remarkable change In their respective
trades. The st Louis trade commenced grow
ing and continued tJ grow. and now 1t
| equals the Chicago trnde and seems des-
tined If not hindered by legislation,
| TO SOON ieHV6 Iiie IHlfhRD stDGA EH"H WttNbubH
market for their cattle If, however. the present
inspection bill becomes a law 1t will. La effect.
| place =.=.5
A TAX ON ALL CATTLE SHIPPED THROUGH sr.
4 LOUIS.
and Induce all Eastern cattls bH yers 10 do their
buying again at the Chicago market,
This IL the way the stock men Of East St. 1onia
talk; The Beef oanning Comp nv q, pose the
/ Sill because Ahsr sAnEn err house, IL In E,st NE
Louis. II thabll paasaa they will have to bring
their slaughter house 10 this side Of tne riyer
a Or take thgr bsaf eapnery IN ..t. /, Nc other
they will lose tbeir Iosat trade They
do an extensive business. mpIoying over six
hundred hands aeh king about three hnn.
Do her s sIanehterins in Esst st saik Louis and and
the bill because II will ruin the 'rade OF the st.
Louis st2rk q yards. where they buy their hogs.
aud the Bridge Coupa and the rail'oad conn
panies Oppose Ii for ,easo ons hat need explfs-
nation. The owners the stock ya,ds on this side
of t1e river are OF g ursa per,nnally intere ted
CITY llmIts their properiy IL heavily taxed and
their busires 50 ,lso. and r + ,hat r.asol aione
they al ere , paesd 4 It H. gleat ne IN their
They elaim that tbs new Union Yards on this
slde, of the riger con be enlarged t. Inc size Of
q s oek trade larger than the Chicago trade has
ever been. and burger than he 1T. Louis trade iH
Likely oa to b. w.hlp sy + q r'a h qrs poa
# Che same arguments, and add that unless
the Cit. afr ,,rds the st. L,ui- stock men some
ter house aud pork houses and Ill across The
river. and take oil their efnployes with them.
| Their coopers. TOO, would foil W. and UT. Louis
would also lose their salt tttade. in addition to
the enormous revenue row paid into the city
| TREASURY by the PORK raekers.
they are now pndsrsod bv tse vi, Ginning
COM any. and by d number OF butchers who
buy. injured and diseased cattle as they sre un-
l dad ttxNr nf nt II
| The stock men are divided on every question
affea ted by the bill. One side claims that no re-
that unsound meat can be dsfeeted at onee and
t'e other side claims that discussed cattle CAN be
| told by an expert much more readily and aceu-
rately than dressed meat can. One side claims
that the stock trade OF he city W NH b.. greal ly
reduced by the bill, and the other side claims
that it would not bs affected at aH Two o. three
each side by the committee to- whom the bill was
referred by the city e1uucil end the fight is
the committee are known 10 favor the, bill and
he smyng onphnsnss ore Of it r, 20 tha het hGpe 9ppe
The present session Of the assembly closes
IN h few weeks t,,,a and - 9s noI are several
the adjournment One OF these bills fs for the
| construction OF
to connect the ]evee ftneka the river and the
| Iron Mountain and son hern R4ilroAd With the
t1nion, dept Al the linois roads. exce,t the
Cairo Marrow e Gauge and ons or two short lines.
and Mi the Missouri roads have airre connec-
tions with H. Of their owp. he Iron Noun
tsin road is. therefore, the only gfeat line TINT
does not enter the depot. md . disadvantages
which this road now tas to contend with 10
compete with other sontnern lin, vii. In a'l
probability, soon be removed. h., leves and
| the Union depot are now connected by singIs
track along Poplar street. bit ,hs truck III used
ouly at night, and then only Tor transferring
freight cars a the Mes onrl Pae flc road 10 and
| from The elevators. Machine ah ps. stock yards
and m snufa;tortes along the ieves.. in the
| northern part OF the city The proposed tunnel
| Ia TO be built under spruce street. The com
pany intending t, operate 1t Ia entirely inde-
| pendent OF tn. iron y o,intain and Southern
raiIroad hut there Ia very Ii tie doubt that the
road will use the tunnel If built.
| / THE IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD COMPANY
are also anx 'onsy awaiting The passage OF an
other. bill before the municipal assfmtly.
namely: one for the construct on OF q levea
extension Of their road. to enable them to reach
| the lumber Yards, efnYa work ttock yards and