Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
PROFIT IN DEAD HORSES.
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Down the llackcusack River. between
Jersey CITY aud Newark. n. j., is small
building which. W lie no, particularly
attractive or peculiarly savory, accommo.
dates IN interesting enterprise. II Is there,
SAYS the New York Mercury. that Jersey
City's worn OF, horses go. Some Of them
are dead when they arrive a, the works,
while others require the services OF the
execu,oper who Is in constant attend.
snce during business hours.
Wien a trolley car has butted the life
principle out Of faithful nag, or an ex.
pressmau's spawned plug has slipped on
the wet asphalt for the last time, the 70
sultsut product looks decidedly useless to
the casual passer.by. And yet for twenty
years tue proprietor Of this factory has
gladly sent his men 10 remove such OBJ
s:rucions from streets or private premises.
aud no, only finds uses for them, but for
each aud every part Of them.
Paying for dead horse Is notorious.
~ an unpleasant thing, and Mr.. Autenreith
doesn'; do IL. lie finds that most people
ere very glad to get easily rid Of the re.
mains OF deceased equine. and conse.
queu,ly his raw material comes to him
with only the expense Of hauling II. Many
horses be gets while they are still able 10
haul themselves even. When mans To-
humanity can no longer wiring service
from faithful beast. or whom the =. p.
&. A. has intcrd:cted Its further use, the
animal Is led away to the death house by
the iisckeusack. But II he goes there on
his own feet, his treatment after the In.
PRODUCTION to the executioner IL the same
rs that of his less fortunate brothers who
die by slower methods than blow On the
head
Once dead. his skin Is taken on. This
b the most important part Of him from q
commercial standpoint. II his shoes have
not already been removed, they arc also
knocked of and sent to the farrfcr OF the
junk dealer. according to their condition.
Tie hide has numerous uses. From the
hest portion, OF 1t u "trip about 20 inches
broad across the buttocks, Il made cord.
Oval leather, which Is a favorite material
for mems fine shoes. The thinner parts
go into gloves, ladies' shoes. AMI especially
into baseball covers. All high. class base.
balls are covered with horschide aud the
demand for leather for this purpose Is
considerable.
When the hide has !een removed, the
body is cut up AMI thrown, bones and
6esh. into u vat, where II Is boiled Tor
come time. TIE class Of horses that come
to this SYNONYMOUS end do not furnish
large quantities OF fat, but such rs there
is Is skinned loif and goes to the tall0w
men. The bones and flesh, after being
boiled, go together into fertilizer.
Even the tail, and names do not go TO
waste They are carefully cut OIL and
preserved. Though hair cloth furniture
Is no, as popular u, II wa, in the days Of
on: grandmotlers, the c'oth itsef Is still
Z In large demand. being used for various
purposes. Curlcl hair. which fills mat
trcsses and pillows. Is also made from
these names and tails.
But y isn't every old horse that MIR
Autenreith will haul away to hia works
merely for the asking. Horses that me
their death in barns, or hsve been badl!
mItilated lie doesn't care for, and dc
mands pay for removing them. The hide
o. stated above. Is the most valuable par,
OF the animal, and when II Is burned o.
badly torn he makes charge VI % or u
Tor removing the body. The commercial
value o! the products made from deat
horse IL In the neighbOrh00d OF %. 90
varying with the size, the amount OF IA
and the condition OF the hide an hair
Mr.. Autenreith handled 1000 horses las
year, aud the business b growing year b!
year. He has practical monopoly u
disposing Of Jersey City's horses which
have passed beyond their days Of useful
cess.