The herald., 1893-05-03
THOSE NEW STOCK YARDS,
A Purchase of Many Acres for
That Purpose.
The Economy of Shipping No Live
Cattle Over the Rails.
Already Over One-Hslf of the working
Capital Is Subscribed, and
Its ProJectors Mean
business.

The proposition to create union
stockysrd in this city, as SET forth in the
articles of incorporation filed in the
county clerks Office on Monday last,
means the employment OF large
amount OF skilled labor which is now
employed elsewhere. And everybody
knows that it is skilled labor that makes
cities. Los Angeles, while an important
city as the home of wealthy cattle-gro
era and meat-producers, has never yet
been cattle market, for reasons to be
hereinafter set forth. II is the want of
market, organized upon the principles
of the larger eastern cities, that has here
tofore made the business Of cattle and
sheep raising in this vicinity such pre-
carious business in q pecunisry point of
view. There is, however, breaking OF
light ahead. and the outlook now is for
steady markets, If not increased prices.
The present condition of affairs is one
that could not have been avoided. The
wholesale butchers of Los Angeles, in
order to obtain steady supplies of cattle,
sheep and hogs, have been obliged to
make contracts for months ahead with
stockbreeders, and, in most cases, to
make cash advances upon their con-
| tracts with the primary producers of
| beef, mutton and pork. This, of eoure,
left all outside producers living at dis
tance entirely out IN the cold. Because
II they were to make shipments OF cattle
or sheep hither by rail or on foot they
found the market glutted. II not glutted
with cattle it was glutted with contracts
tor the delivery OF such animals, and
hence the shipper who had no contracts
with our wholesale butchers, found him
self obliged to sell at ruinous figures or
else put his cattle on a train and ship
them east where fine market and fair
competition may be had.
contemporary yesterday estimated
| the daily consumption of fresh meats in
this city at $4,000 per day. A HERALD
reporter spent half the afternoon in
looking the matter up. believing that
the amount had been underestimated !;
and from all he could CLEAN from the
Wholesale butchers, the amount would
reach valuation of $4,000 nearer than
$4,000, from the wholesale butchers
alone. Added to this there are large
quantities of slaughtered veal in the
spring and summer, and Of pork in the
fall and winter, brought into town by
farmers living at distance from the
city, a much larger amount of meat in
the course of the year than would be at
fret imagined. Hence the amount of
fresh meat consumed here daily Is not
far from $5250 per day, or sl5, ,750 per
month, or 81 800, 900 in the length of q
year. This is something that needs the
presence Of skilled labor to bring to
market in proper shape.
The question OF economy in transport
tation is one that enters largely into the
present consideration. Every steer
weighing 1900 pounds that ie shipped
from point 400 miles east Of here to
Chicago weighs about 550 to 600 pounds
of actual beef. The rest is simply blood
and offaL 1t is to avoid paying freight
on so much offal that the system of
slaughtering here is being inaugurated
so that in paying for the long haul
across the continent the producer hires
seven cars instead OF fifteen to carry his
| beef to market. This will make ,fos
Angeles steady cattle market, for the
cattle growers will find customers here
at any and all times, while the whole
sale butchers will find it no longer me-
cessary to make advances in cash to the
owners of herds on the ranges. More
over it is quite likely that large por-
ton of the cattle slaughtered here will
find their way to San Francisco. thus
relieving that city from the stress of the
Lux-Miller monopoly.
The new company is inaugurated with
! capital Of 100000, of which $5l 200
has been already subscribed. The di-
rectors have already been elected and
consist of Messrs. Telfair Creighton. r.
e. Davis, John L. Van Every, Simon
Levy and j. w. Harris. r. L. Manning.
an old Arizona cattleman, has been
chosen as foreman OF the yards. Prop
erty to the extent of 164 acres has been
secured on Santa Fe avenue, near Elev-
enth street, upon which will be placed
the stockyards and outbuildinge, with
sites for packing houses if the same be
desired.
The two principal railways have al.
ready been given the right OF wav for
sidetracks running into the yards, go
that there will be no delay when once
the yards are opened for business. In
stead of cattle being sent in trains of as
sorted freight and left to stand for hours
on eloe TRACKS AZ way STATIONS, the cat
tie trains will be run on special time
| table of their own.
The advantages to Los Angeles con-
tanned in this proposition are not easily
computed at this early day. It means
additional wealth to Los Angeles, be-
cause, THE being the great market sown.
! evsry wealthy stock raiser in New Mex
| leo, Colorado, A-'-ora srd Southern Ne
vada will come here to live on account
Of the social and educational facilities
offered 70 his family that cannot now be
enjoyed at his present place of residence.
And it is fixing it very low estimate. to
say that over 81 ,O00, 900 will annually be
spent here that is not spent here now.
1t is only another link in the golden
chain of prosperity that Los Angeles has
waited for 30 long; and which she now
sees coming to meet her. face. to face.
| The First M. E. church OF Artesia
filed articles of Incorporation yesterday.
The following are the trustees: John Fl.
Pearce, Elijah w. Dolly, OF Artesia: w.
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