Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-01
UNION STOCKYARDS.
ONE OF cHIcAeo'S WONDERS AND
ITS uNEoUALED MAGNITUDE.
The Great slaughter and Packing Houses
In Tow oT n GuIds-Pi sticking and
Beef kilIinG-soine Marvellous Figures
The stockyartis Horse Market.
Especial Corr,sl,pnlcucc.l

Especial Correspondence
CHICAGO. Nov. C6.-My opinion OF the
Chicago stOckyards rs they vcrs ssCn yos.
tcrday Is OF a broad cxpnnso OF territory
divided into sections ard travcrSCd by
busy streets, OF squcaling pigs and blcat.
ing sheep, Of frightened hut silent cattle.
of streams and pools 81 blood OF baru
armed and CnsInguinCd butchers, OF clouds
OF steam, OF acrcs and aCres OF mud. OF
smells Of many shades, but all Of the same
general sort and all equally indCsCFibablc
of much running To and fro and shouting
and disappearing. OF almost intCrminabIc
vistas between hanging rows of dressed
pork and beef and mutton.
But above all these impressions is the
dominant one that here is system OF IA
most comprehensive order. Here human
ingenuity has bcCn taxed To the utmost
for the working out Of that most impOr-
tant problem in che world Of affairs 81 to-
day, How shall timC Ia economical? Here
the principle of cooperation IS vindicatcd
in n remarkable degree.
StroIIinS Through the Yards.
The yards are perhaps quite as interest
ing as the packing houses, but after you
have seen one or two blocks you have
practically seen them all. The blocks arc
divided by board fences into pens, and
from certain Of these pens mon on horse
back and on foot arc continually driving
the stock through the streets into other
pens. There Is n deal Of whip cracking
and yelling expended In the operation OF
this transferring the animals, hut they go
quickly enough in the main, although
now and then a Texas steer makes things
lively for n few minutes, and tho confusion
IS made worse hy tho men who drive about
in bucgiCs through the stock crowded
streets and in tho morning by the many
buses that force their way among the cat
tie and sheen and hogs. These buses arc
not exactly like any other vehicle with
which am familiar They arc furnished
by the proprictors If the packing houses
for the conveying OF their Office employees,
of which there must hc some thousands OF
both sexes, to md from their work.
The confusion ON the strCCts would be
even worse than ~ Is wcrc It not for the
fact that some OF the yards are connected
by overhead Tuuways, crossing the streets
at an elevation OF 10 oT - fcct. and which
not only relieve the traffic uf the yard, but
furnish unique feature TO the landscape,
II that term hc applicable 10 stCcGyard
view.
The Packing Houses.
II Is quite n walk aCrusS tho yards to
the packing houses. and during the stroll
tho visitor passes the exchange. a low
brick and STONE building in which many
firms Of dealers and brokers in meats
both on foot and dressed. are located III"
packing houses themselves arr enormous
institutions y dozen separate concerns
operate them, the Nv" most Important OF
which arc swift y 20. and ARMOUR u Co.
This Information Is probably grltuitous,
for their brands are to hc Rad In all parts
OF the knownworld, but writing upon
the packing houses that did not mention
thcm Wound MIS- most important anu