New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-29
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Albert Pell, N. p. who in 1879 was a mem
Der Of tn Royal ComIr Son that reported remarka-
bly, allie paper ina gl,h Parliament the subject
OF the shipment n American cattle to England.
rived in thi+ country on visit on private business
January he sailed th- week for home the slcuIu-
ship Pnrtha Of the Cuuafd Line To ilEt reporter.
who saw him at the Westminster Hotel while he
packing hi trunk, he said:
"My visit has hcT purely OF private business
respecting cattle. Lave travelled west eleven hundred
and odd miles. having been in Southeastern Colorado,
on the borders o Mexico and among the hills
Rocky Mountains. went far Trinidad Pueblo,
and had lov y weather with little but plenty OF
dust The view wnchI too In my report to the Gov
eminent 1873 that England had nothing TO fear
from tho importation OF American cattle my belief
being at that time that the increase In the population of
the United States would put such u price upon
,at TINT il Ould mako IL difficult export II 10 Eng
land with profit Three years experience has verified
that opuion tho prices ut retail OF good meat In
Ncw-York and butter eggs and cheese differ very
little from those charged In England The trade In
frgerated beef abatod also for its expectation
tremey hazardous. In my trip this time did not
30 many old cattle about before. and think have
eaten ND good bit Of your store II has beer said by
nm obserying man. and think that | can indorse H.
that England begins upon the meat supply OF any
country that she does not eat II short The cattle saw
this time younger than before, aud you won't be
able supply fast M heretofore with old becyes
You will have TO come to what we are doing IN England
lucky and Missouri developing yonr cattle with view
producing large animal possible ht two
O age much struck with some cattle In
Missouri; they very fine thought
Now let me tell yOu OF the most remarkable railway
accident man ever looked at haven't seen anything
about it In the papers. We left st. Louis at o'clock
last Saturday evening by the vandalia Line AT
o'clock the next morning, when We were twenty miles
west OF Indianapolis was awakened in my Pullman
car by great knocking and humping, and In few mo
ments the car came TO a standstill. When got out
behed this The engine 200 yards ahead by ITSELF
the tender being on the rails At the place the trnck Ia
on an embahAnent eight OF ten feet high and there Is
vacant space OF land between the bottom OF the line
and the fence. The ground covered with long
grass snow and Ice The whole train spread out
back OF the engine the retaining their relative posi-
lions, but the line extending down bank and along
the bottom IN curved line, like a snake The two
mhicaIs were on their sides aud without wheels; the
express and two freight had wheels but stood
their bottoms passenger car anne neIti some of
its wheels gone end u the line and the
OF her al bottom OF the bank. Pullman was
had Just left tho rails a. had another ard two that
followed II were on the track Tho mail BAGS had
caught fire and were burning but afteIward saved
Now tie strangcst feature-not single person
hurt The ground 80 hard that the wheels it
until they o and then the began 70 Aide