Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-16

the branch house of kinghn q 70; Al sn
city, was scen by the reporter anu nsnJ;J
what he thought of the ebatfolr; 10 ~.
his establishment, located IN lndiannp9;sss'
did their Strengthening at an apattof sisa
ated on the bank of river on the QUIZ.
side of the city. The hogs were brouens
in on trains, and did not go through !ne
city, though they do in many other citiss'
When asked if there was any stencn c9u,
nected with the establishment ne repIe.u.
that he thought there was an odor, put I"
was not disagreeable.
rMpRAcTIcABLE.
Several gentlemen connected WITH tne
fra of V. Hechler, which operates large
slauchter-pans near this city, were seen
Yesterday and asked TO give their views
concerning the abattoir. As one OK the
senior mem bers of the house was out, tney
said they did not care to discuss the SUI
ject at length. but they stated that IN case
the proposed plan OF the Chamoer OF oom.
merce was sucoessful they would be heavy
losers. as thsy already had their buildings
put up. This was the case with otner
butchers. too. -.
Regarding the transfer of cattle from the
oars to the pens, they did not see how tnis
could be done without taking some of them
through the streets, unless the abattols
was so situated that all the railroads had
side-tracks running 10 it. The only way
10 obviate this difficulty would be to trans
fer them in balloons. As to the uncieailli-
ness of slaughter-houses. they SAID theirs
was kept as free from decomposed matter
as possible.
WOULD CLOSE THE MARKErs.
The ruddy-cheeked butchers in the Se-
cond market we're as busy As bees last night'
but when the DrspATcH's representative
tho,,, tbo.- oil had ftma to stOD
and talk about the aDattoir. They are
literally up in arms against 1t, aud say that
If necessary they will fight il as one man.
Messrs. Il. Brauer, Son IL Co. were the irst
seen. They said the abhttoir would close
the markets and ruin the farmers OF 'ir-
GINA In the first place the butchers
wouldn't have the time to DO going back
and forth to the establishment after their
meats. As it was they lost sleep by their
hard work. .
I'VE believe" said they, that some Of
the outside influences are brought to bear
on this thing, as the outsiders will proht
by it. We get nearly all our cattle from
Virginia. We keep them several weeks be-
fore they are slaughtered" !.
Are YOU careful about the matter OF
killing diseased or MANNED animalsI"
asked the scribe.
Just as careful as possible" was the
reply. 1t Injuries US just as much as any
other merchant 10 misrepresent what we
sell. Our cattle being brought from points
near the city, are not feverlsh when they
arrive in this city, but Notwithstanding
this fact we keep them several weeks and
feed them carefully before they are
butchered.
Can you tell good meat and bad meat
by looking at it!"
Eyes, indeed; we can tell either before
the animal is dead or after 1t has been
slaughtered, whether it is diseased"
LOSS FROM SALE OF OPAL.
The Messrs. Brauer explained that they
would lose all the money accrulng from the
sale of the offal If the nbattoir was estab-
lished. This at present yielded them as
much money as anything else.
When asked about tho stencil they said
that their neighborhood was malodorous,
but not so much from decomposed matter
as from culverts which emptied near there.
They invited public inspection OF their
slaughter houses.
Last but not least, they would lose or
rather have to abandon all the property
they now had for the conduct of their
business. Our houses are situated near
the slaughter-houses of course, but we
don't look unhealthy. do WEI
AT this young Mr.. Brauer stood up for
inspection and he looked so big and stall
wart that the newpaper-man could not
help thinking that the only Improvement
possible in butchering would be for the
meat-vendsrs to knock the beasts in the
head with their fists instead of axes,
MIR. Ed. Schumacher made substantially
the same statement to the scribe as did the
Messrs. Brauer, and was emphatic IN what
he said about the cleanliness OF the slaugh-
ter-pens. He likewise challenged per-
sonal inspection from any one.
WOULD 60 OUT OF THE BUSINESS.
Mr.. Mathew Briel was another man agi-
tated on the subject, while MIR. Henry
Rupp said when approached: ~ am OPP
posed TO the abattoir. When it IS estab-
llshed l am going out of the butcher bust
ness"
The Clerk of Second Market. who was
present during several of the interviews
with the butchers. told the reporter that
section 16, chapter 26, Of the City Ordi-
nances, required him to inspect all meats
and fish. and to confscate any which ap-
peared decomposed: This he did every
day, but he rarely found any which was
other than it should be. He told the re-
porter, as did the butchers, that the abat-
toir scheme seemed to have been started
by persons who had selfish interest in the
matter. Nothing had been said at all
about the Union Hill slaughter-pens.
THE DOCTORS, AGAIN.
DR.. Farrar said last night that he
had advocated an abattoir ten years ago
and thought it very necessary institu-
ton.
DIR. Williams, homnopath, said: The
city should by all means have an ebattoir
for the reason that by concentrating the
work of slaughtering rules of sanitation
could be better enforced. He thought,
however, that the greatest danger from
saughter-houses was the contamination
Of the water in the neighborhood. There
was, in bis opinion, more necessary step
than the building of an abattoir. and that
was tho appointment OF an inspector OF
plumbing.