Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
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4 Few Things of Local and General Nature "Spun and Woven For Public
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If MT. Amos Bultung of Toadvine does not become the richest man Tn Alabama it will be because the railroads of the country have conspired to sit on him. In the eternal fitness of things MT. Bul- tung proposes to save the meat of all the cattle and hogs killed by the railroads in the United States. When it is remem- bered that there are 17U,000 miles of rail- road in the United States, and that year in and year out there Is a hog or COW killed for each mile of road 1t will be seen that 170000 cattle and hogs are killed yearly. MT Bultung says he can not prevent the killing, but has directed his inventive talents to saving the meat of the animals thus killed. His invention brings into the railroad yards each day all the stock killed that day. He makes no other charge for the use of his inven- tion, but will prorate with the different roads, taking as his share one-third of the meat. The railroads will skin and quarter and sell the meat, and for this get two-thirds. MT Bultung gets the other third. The average weight of the stock killed, quartered and sold each
 year by the roads will be 34,000O0 pounds of fresh meat worth at cents per pound $3.400,000. MT. Bultung's share will be $1, 1883, ,3SS Ia per annum This will be MT. Bultung's income for the next sixteen years, which easily puts him at the head of the rich men of the state. MT. Bultung was populite in politics and an ardent advocate of free silver. He says now that he wants no silver in his-gold Is good everywhere. and gold he wants.
 MT. Bultungs invention Is so simple that the wonder isno one ever thought of 1t before. He took much interest in showing 1t to your reporter. and it was not much to show It was simply q se ries of iron or steel rods. At the end of each was a harpoon point. These steel rods are fastened to the sides of the en- zine, projecting just feet beyond the COW catcher and as the indolent COW grazes upon the track, or the enterpris- ing hog feeds on the spilled grain they will be pirced by one of the projecting points and safely and surely brought to the railroad butchering pens There will be no blood or hair to disfgure the inju- ries. as there are now. but 1t will be quickly and cleanly done. neither will there be any chance to derail the locomo- tive and kill the numbers of passengers and employees that in the past have been so frequent.
 Usually, said MT. Bultung, the car casses are left to rot on the ground where the accident happens and 34.000. .000 pounds of meat lost to the world-enough to support 500.0 900 people year.
 Six iron concerns in Birmingham are now figuring, on the manufacture of the rods. as it will require 60000 sets of them. Railroad presidents, says MT. Bultung, are tickled to death at the invention and the great saving of meat. and several of them have offered to take the thing off MT. Bultungs hands and pay him sev- eral millions for it. but he has spent too many sleepless nights over his invention to give 1t away, and he is now seeking some capitalist to assist him in the man. ufacture of his "cattle points,"
 When I suggested to Mir. Bultung that his points would be as fatal to men on the track as to cattle he said: Not at all All as to cattle, he said: Not at all. All you have to do in case a man Is caught on one of the points is simply to unscrew the point of the rod which catches the man. draw the man off and let him go"
 The effect on Toadvine will be magnif- cent, for MT. Bultung will build a beauti- full palace there at once. He will lay out the streets. plant trees and build a dum- my line at once to Birmingham so as to place himself in easy touch with the