Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
LIVESTOCK NEWS.
A New Scheme for the Transportation
OF Cattle.
Vestibule Stock Cars to Take the Place Of
the Old Fashioned Ones-Sald to be
Millions Behind Il

A limited restibule stock train is the
latest idea in livestock transportation.
In short time a Texas maverick or q
Montana steer can make the journey
from the ranch 10 the Atlantic sesboard
with ell the lu1uries of the limited vesti-
bule passenger service, excepting little
but barber shop and library. The pro-
jec:ors of this luxurious method of trans
porting livestock have faith to the ex-
tent of several million dollars in their
scheme.
The plans Of the company are much
more comprehensive than merely stock
transportation service. They include
the erection at Philadelphia of immense
slaughter houses and the establishments
of English stations for the sale of dressed
beef. London, Philadelphia, New York
and Chicago capital has gone into the
scheme. !
At the head OF the On terprise is one of
the best known railway officials in the
country, who until recently has been
connected with one of the largest roads
vest of Chi ago. 1t is expected 20 run
these siocE trains from the western
ranches to Philadelphia at an average
speed while running OF twenty five miles
TN hour. Cattle will be taken straight
through from as far west as Montana
and Utah to the Philadelphia slaughter
ing establishment without a halt. The
trains Will be combiuation dining cara
and sleepers and the cattle will be made
about as comfortable as they would be
made in stable.
1.-The idea of the car Is simply the rum
ming of trains having every convenience
for feeding and watering the cattle while
in transportion. This thing is more than
q theory. We have slready built thirty
cars, shipped 40U0 head of cattle, and
have demonstrated the possibilities of
this method OF transportation in the way
OF saving the stock from shrinkage. On
trips where the cattle will shrink In
weight from 8 to 10 per cent in ordinary
cars we have demonstrated that We can
haul them with an average shrinkage of
less than ~ per cent. When you figure
out a saving of or per cent on steer
weighing l 400 pounds you can easily see
what an advantage we will have.
1.-The fret distinctive feature of the
cars is that they are made wholly of iron
and steel. The only wood i'll them is
few narrow slots on the sides. The roof
is arched like q passenger coach and
under this arched roof running the whole
length of the train of thirty cars is hay
NOW carrying hay enough for the ninety
hour trip from Montana to Philadelphia.
Running through the center of the car
and suspended from the roof is a passage
through which man can go from one
end OF the train to the other while it is
under full speed. BY that means the
hay racks IN front of the cattle cen be
kept full all the time and the cattle care
fully watched without the necessity of
any halt. In front of each animal is a
steel watering trough holding ten gall
Ions. That turns up against the side of
the car when not in use. A steel tank
ct the end of the car Is filled with water
every eight hours at the railway pump
ing stations. The whole train load can
be watered by two men in thirty minutes.