Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-10-18
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The Impressions of 'ifbe ioBdSu fClo.
graph" Correspondent.

The Impressions Of dfhc i.oBdSn rcIe,
graph" Correspondent.
| Ts- cores popdent, of The London
Telegraph with shc Hatch party thus
recorded his impressions OF :hia city:
P"Cbicago fully maintained its reputa.
.ioE. Ga all sides palatial public build
ingS and private cf''"es were being
erected. Some of these ediiiCGs pro so
calossal and show such architectural
Pretensions that even London and Paris
Ntrs' nome ii,er. But it is astonishing
that city 81 y'o"'tbv qhould for one
day tolerate streets which az sTmrly
disgraceiul and dangerous. The thor
oughfaras are wide and straight
enough, but the authorities appear to
be SO busy money making that they
harq ittle timc or inclination to render
a ride thro4gh :tcir "ity other than n
pcnancc. However, the iniiSI''tFnts do.
serve great praise for the admirable
manner in which the parks arc kept
| Vig~ ard cattle form the principal topic
Of conversatloh, nd Il tho visitor has
a stomach which can stand tho rrdeal
AhbShould not neglect the stock-yafGS
,Isii7 hn"kiPg houses. The great Union
StOcG.yarus C,.n - ieoehcd by the
street tram-caIs or by train. iney are
located at the corner of Egan avenue
and IlsIstel ,ir"et, adj Dining the south
rSs'"rr city limits, The company has
3lj acres, g. ',&'rR thS vards and pens
occupy li6. More land Is nos, @"Nfed.
These yards have capacity for 2j,OO0
head of cattle, 100000 hogs, $4,000
sheep, and stalls for $40 horses; there
ere eight miles Of streets, - miles of
water.troughS, 10 miles Il fNed.troughS,
? 800 gates, 1900 open stock pCncj ind
800 covered pens for hogs and sheep,
Tho water supply is ineyhausLible.
EuoFtttdr" tanks hold 3i2, 600 gallons.
In no mart Of the ScrId "a thcro any
'hins like tho enormous ht!si1c"N rons-
acted IN tlti3 yard. In lY5l tile receipts
we're ,4yS, $50 cattle, 'E,giS calves, g.
f7l,Sii hogs, 1852 sheep, and f2,-
900 horses. During seventeen years
the tGta, -"Henls have been lI,62g,Ol3
cattle, 73 9l3 camt7, SO l3i Cos hogs,
) 1888, ,S20 sheep, and l4J,,T hrr"Ys.
The pork and beef-packing industries
employ millions Of capital and chou.
sands OF men. Our company had heard
so much of the expedition with
which q pig was COnTcftai into saul
sacos that We vert anxious to witncss
tho operation. + courteous reception
was given and thc "SyStcfN' c'DIained
in practice. 1t is doubtful whether
ladies' would like to -s9c it more than
once, although tho sIaughtcrcrs thom-
selves were amazed T., the solf-com-
mand with which one Or two went
through the task, and the singular Gu
riosity for information displayed. To
tho majority it was enough that pOr-
kGr entered ut ono end Of a machine
and in tho t~inkliHg of m eye was
'drrjrEcd for the table at the other.
All statistics &bCGt ,hi5Gg' "rc n"tra-
ordinary. It has just celebrated its
liItieth anniversary. Citizens living
remember when the population was
only two or three thousand; now il
must number nearly three d''artors Of Il
and is rapidly increasing
While at Chicago the proprietors of the
celebrated Pullman ears invited lis to
inspect their works, which are situated
u few miles out of the city. Pcrmis-
sion would readily be granted to Strau-
gers. The on ICaYOr mas hulu been
tried, AID his sucGGdod hrvnnd all cx-
pcctation, OF making capital ahd labor
work tremendously together. Within
the last thirty months vast carriag"
establishments and
model town for workmcn have been
built The shops and hoUsc3 are con.
structcd with almost pious regard Tor
health and comfort. The workmcn
and their families, about 25OO in num-
Der, have church, schools, library.
stores, and theatre the
last one oi the most artistic and best
arranged places OF amusement TO be
found. Tho LOudonct can On,y tcgrct
there arc not many like it at the West
end; there would then be no COM
plants from the lord chamberlain or
the metropolitan board of works. II
wo can't have tho building, there is
no reason why our seats and stalls
should not be equally simple and com-
Portable. They fold up, aflording SUI
licicnt roont for passing, and when open
have the ease Of an arm-chair. III
leaders of fashionable English society
knew the comfort and elegance Of this
biou theator-m made by the managers
of tho Pullman Car works for the
OF their workmcn-thcy
would insist that equa! regard should
be had for them in London. Two la
dies who happened to bo present fay.
oren us with some music from The
stoUp.