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Is abundant, practically unlimited In quantity
nn,t excellent IN quality.
Tie water ia supplied from three artcs!nr
Tclis sunk to : dct,tk, nf about $50 feet. II
tanks. nt a height Of forty-eix fcot, and foldfna
llbooO GALLONS each, which ase counectctl with d
hyarant III each pen By means Of iron pipe,
whereby fnrn[ahlng to each pen an abundant
supply Of puro, fresh water,
tot tto purpose 81 conveying live stock to Its
fa,d yards. and 1snllfng anil unloading the snnic,
tnc ssock. Yards conlpany has constructed nbout
NIFTY miles OF railroad trnek. connecting ali the
oyer which said lire stock 10 conveyed. frcc oi
\ charge. 10 tho shIpncr. Properly. to care for
sad i've stock consigned 10 II, to lead and TN
loatl, weigh, satcT, n,nl fcnd the tatnr, remove
,l.e dead e. nnt! crtupled animals, clean out arsl
keep 10 rrua'r tho yart!s md pens ana other
! business connected Herewith. the atock-Yards
Company kccns constantly employed about 600
men my hoycnfy-sivn tcatns.
stock. the Stock. Yards Company Keeps, md l,ns
each.
The aetna1 expenses paid mil INCURRED by tho
stock-f arls Company ~ conducting alll carry
ing on It's business, III addition to those already
enumerated, are
VAST IN AMOUNT,
md should be considered In dctermlp!nc tho
rcasonablcnoss offs charges. The taxes levied
n,a asessse ~ ngainst i for tho ycar 1878
lts exnanscs for insurance amounts to thou-
6AtHis per scar.
1t s,eon,pcl!ed to pay largo nmoun1s Of money
annually lot settlements with thu owErrs for
stock Injured while IN said Yards, u,nl by bccou,.
tnE mixed with 0tller stuck, or Lust IRON tic
yafds
.llc quantity Of feed furnished The stock in
aasI yards Is enhtnittcd 10 and determined en-
ttrc!v ~ tho owner Or cona!gnrc.
The uauat n,nuint Furnished ts two jn,stos OF
corn 10 2 carload of hogs, TN nrtrAse carload
peNlt. nltS.hvc ~ nutnb.r. THUS. lt!e avern!,c
st9ss - a.noaht CHARGED 1or fcel per carload "a
Si s,nt'h ue'ng Icss tl2n ihrce scnts per head,
reuuel"s Hle average to
ABOUT TWO CENTS HEAD.
The greater portio,, Of lin s,ur1r rrr,pcx q, IL,
yarda tctwccn 9 mud y o'cIocb in thn mnrnsnr @
up"n tlcir arrival the stock is watcrc,l, Mlsl
feeding cattle do nil average to cxceosl from, IL
to ID cents ner hcud.
Thu Company makes no extra Charge to the
shipper for freight, Or transportation oycr rai-
for tile cattle, for cleaning out peus for toaCint,
or unloading; but all tlicso services md IL
pcnses nra nrluted IN the two cl,argcs for yartI.
age and fcctt; anil no charges whatever for
yardag9 nre nude to The usnur by The Cu1]Dnnv
o,n easte shipped through It's yards, East or
West, Without being sold therein.
as stsIl further exhibiting tho rcasouabloucss
of It's charges for cafi for, feeding, nlld ila,ld-
rs ~
scEta t!sut, while It's iucllitics for caring for md
handling suc! 1.-Two stool; arp III all resMcts nnt1
in many parttculnrs, superior to auy o,ocE1yarlls
on thu Continent, It's charges for ynriifrr
and less than those Of any yards cast oi thjlss
city, In tho Jersey City Yards tile ct,urpcs fnr
yar1ing Of cattle are Is cents por head, against
.5 cents charged " the Company; SD per ion
The charges for yasllng at tIle Aibany Ynrds
arc iG cCutB per head: for cnt tie at thn phIla,ini
pia Yards, 30 cents per head. The charges ior
lay at Buffalo md Albany aro $40, unl Mt ph.lu-
s1 IN ha hE Easca @ sS vs % stss sss
for Weighing which Is not nlntle by this Com
pany. As showing that Tho charges Of this Com.
pany
ARE REASONABLE AND JUST,
and nrc regarded, ACCEPTED, md wtlifnc,v rntt,
as such tlc Comuany oycrs 1,nt within ,s' ,,n INV
in,s fhn ,ast ynnr IN shinncr nj a. nn. ~ T.,
l,as complained to either tliu Prcsidont ~ H.
pcrtntcucut pi tic COMPANY of its rbar1", w oar ~
requested or suggested Il reduction Il,crcpf Vt
Owing to the lr,,ra,1nlnI fncIIitins ,v,i,, I,
furnishes to te slinner ,Il owner ~ liz" s,na ~
for safe, easy, and r0pid handling t,f nrnnnr,s
The caro which It rccelyes, and rio n.cnnpn1s,
lima fnrnshrI. n,nl III, hr1,riu,. ~ .e.,"n.1
one placu OF n1irchascrs nn snicrs f,an, .,.rn ~
nort;on Of ,hfs conntry. nm tmmc,,so ,Tn1,,c as
been dayo]oncl Of ajnost incaiciahc I 1,e,s. ,,,s
not only to tllc stock growers Of thfs statn i,m,
Of the tshoe country. ihc trade At III" yar1. %
l tpis COMPANY now reaches IN yomc nv nv. !.ros s,a
tic ysst st,l Of about Sio m cr,,,i ru1 Io"' u.
thrce.t}fths tho cxnort OF rottu, from tl s,t,r,
Southern Htutos for tin vcar 1S7It. sTh,s rn.t
trade las becn brought to Chicago III the facc
OF the most acttyu and cager cou,pctItton. nmI
Is due In d great measure to tho skill, fairnc.s,
iIbcrAljtY and jtlattce to all ctlncnrnn viii
wl,Icll the business Inns been nluagcd by tia
Company At lcast thrce-fourths OF tho stuck
yarded md cared for Ut these yards co,no from
out the State, attracted hero 'by tho sunnrfnr
itlcliticB furnished bS It.
Tho Indirect influences OF this 8rcat cntcr-
pr!sa can hardly bu cstiu,utcd. Between twentr
and thirty great paek!llg-housns havo beon
established tn tho iIlrnc,lIate locality of lin
Stock Yards, and thu sud Yards uu its arnnr.
tenl,ccs furnish support to about foo.cXm |
people. S'00'
Tile organization Of tho Union stocl. .Ynras
g. Transit Company, a,ul tic pcrfoct,y M.
pointed ynrtls, and adnlirublc nccoulno1ationa
ind facilities ri cycrv rIIrartrr fnr "nrn~ f'n
feeding, ..l,d lltn!li1g ca,tlo md Ityo STOCK ri
to IN Improvement OF ali the Gtoci; yards |
throughout tho country, and no 6!rplc indtvl.
uni, nor, It Is believed, asgoctat!on Of utyj,i-
ais, could perform the work done by thu i,om-
.at1r with cnuaj satisfaction to tle flca,cr- nr
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