National Republican., 1888-02-05
RI'RTOS STOCK CARS.
An Interview viii Captain VI. =. II

An Interview with Captain VI. y. Foote.
one Of the staff Of TIM NATIONAL RETum-
cas- interviewed Captain VI. j. fOotc ut his
Office. i2OS + street to have talk with him
upon the subject of the Burton stock cars, of
which Captain Foutc !, the attorney in this
city. The reason Of the call was the publica-
tiuus made in the Manchester iHtoH, of Con-
cord that a number of contracts had been
made hy the Burton stock Car Company
with several of the Western railways for the
purposc of using the Burton stock car in
the transportation of horses and cattle.
Ipom inquiry Captain footc stated that the
company had already concluded contracts
with the Chicago and Pacific, Rock standard
Pacific, Krokuk and Council llluils, Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids and Northwestern, WiScon-
n,Ntinncsota and Pacific, Nlinnrnpolisu undSt.
Louis - Joseph and Chicago, and the Kansas,
Nebraska railroads, and that they were ne
gotiuting terms with all Of the trunk lines in
the West Andas the company believes II has
the best and most economical ear ever con
Strtictrd for the transportation of live stock
over long distances, IT expects 81 soon nS the
facts are asccrainCd, by the usC ui its ears in
connection with those of other companies
engaged in similar business, tn secure much
the larger portion of the business of this Kind
of transportation Almost every one knows
thr prrnt loss which j. necessarily the RESULT
of ,hipping cattle in ordinary cars, and al
most Gycry one knows that transportation
over long distances produces diseases which
taint aud render dangerous the Use of meats
thus shipped
We claim that animals shipped by the
/ nurton stock cars are in H. good condition
. .,t & 1,,,t ttt,l nf thp in1irDtN AT the lpuIIl-
ming. That money is saved to the owner, Of
I the stock hv the lrsscning of time in trans
pnrtatiun from the shipping point 10 the
market and Il still larger saving Is made
from the fact of the smaller Shrlnkagc, ami
. the saving Of enormous charges for handling
ON the ears and at the stock yards. There
are NO LOSSES Ia shippers 10y the Burton tar
for dead or manned animals, and no hides
spoiled. ~ is the ease in the ordinary cars.
/ We can load a train ut cars at Abilene Tex,
or in Wyoming Territory ana Iand ihcm at
. Boston IN half the time that is ,isially taken
/ for TRANSFORMATION of ordinary stock ears
/ without the loss of an animal or without
( damage to any
In answer the question. how are the stock
cared Tor in your ears, captain fu"tr? Naid {:
1T j. in that particular that WcrInlm nrr-ciii-
inrnt excellence over any other ear. The ami
mails stand lcngthwisc in the ear, they are
not nvcrrOw,lCd have room in which tu
stand mp and lie down, are sheltered from
heat, cold and raiu an attendant rides day
and night in the car with the animals, they
are fed and watcrcd without unloading, ami
ample feed j. carried in TIA" ear for the
longest trips 80 far as humanity j. con-
crrncd there il no other rur equal To- ours.
The reporter said. "A~ understand it, or
binary stock cars ARE nWinird Without
springs is that the case with the Burton
stock rar?' The answer was, N"; these
ears are mounted upon suspension trucks
with double elliptic springs and provided with
United States COuplcrs the trains thus being
enabled to make H. fast time ~ a passenger
train In fact the Burton stock tar Co. has
provided means 10y which animals are
humancIy and safely transported AZ less
expense than in any other way, thus lower
ima the prices at which meat food can b" sup
piled tn Eastern consumers. ThcncNt qucS-
ton was: You say the Burton stock ear
provides for the most humane treatment of
animals transported by II; what has been
said upon this subject by the ratll" owners
and those who interest themselves in such
Uurstions?" Captain Footc replied: Our
cars have received the unqualified endorse
mcnt of the American Humane society, tho
National Convention of Cattlcmcn, president
of the Massachusetts society for The l'rcvcn-
tion of Cruelty to Animals, and of hundreds
IOr breeders and importers who have used
them. They are also used exclusively 10y the
Quartcrma>tcr-Gcncral of the United States
army for the transportation of Government
horses. During the five ycar> that thrS" cars
have been in use there never has been an in
stance of the loss of single animal. Horses
can he shipped thousands of miles and are in
condition for service the dayaftcrthcirarrival.
II see captain" said the reporter, ''that in
the late storms numhcrof cattle trains were
showed in, and the cattle and horses starved
and fro2c To death? What would have been
the result if these animals had been on your
train" NO harm would have come To them" "
said Captain Footc. The Burton StoCk-car is
So constructed that the animals are as COM
Portable as they would be in Il wcll.huilt
stable, and as each car is provided with food,
for all the animals il carries, for several days,
Il Burton stOch.Car train showed in, would
come out AZ the end of several days with the
stock in uS good condition a. if they had
been standing that time in the stables
This ended the interview, hut the editor ut
TnE NATIONAL RErUBLICNN, in company with
Mrs. Barber, leading lady prominently
identified with the Humane society, visited
and examined one of the burton stock ears,
now in this city and he bears willing tcsti-
muny to the fact that it pus>usSrs all the adj
VantagCs claimed for il as II comfortable and
humane method for transporting cattle.
Mrs. Barber expressed herself aS highly de
lighted with the arrangement of the car de-
claring that it surpassed in her Judgment,
unV other she had examined.