Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-11

ing annually fron three to four mill
ion vi cattle for several years past. |
eight to nine million hogs. three to four |
million sheep and one hundred tn one |
hundred and fifty thousand horses.
The following figures show the re-
ccip,s of live stock III these yards for
the vast year:
Cattle ..................... 2,'SS.''S
calves ........ .........'...' l"S.'i"
Hogs .................. .SSi.2S3
Sheep NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .3.lOi.I.o
Horses ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ll3.1!E,
Total number of ears ....... 2IO.S16
Ths stock comes from all parts of
the United States. During the past
year stock has been received from Ore
gon aud Washington Territory. as we'll
as from the Republic of Mexico. i'm fact.
you may go wherever You will. the chi
cago market Is known. and Is the Niece
81 of the shipper and stock grower.
The capital stock of the Union Stock
Yards and Transit Company is SI3.-
oo.OGo: its capacity for live stock Is
10000 cattle. 100000 hogs: 3J.OOO sheep:
5000 horses. There are 17i live stock
commission firms doing busin, ~ there.
who loan millions Of dollars to stock
men to help them carry on their bust
ness rs we'll as to sell the stock con.
signed to them. There are also over
9n steady and well-known buyers on
| the market all the time. thus insuring
| the shipper u market for all kinds of
stock every day In the year.
The company owns and operates over
l50 miles of railroad trucks. has twenty
! locomotives of its own and handles all
the output of all the packing houses
| and many other large Industries situ-
atcd along It's right of way. from the
| lake on the east To Ogden avenue on
the west. Every department Is ably
maiiagcd: stock il well and quickly
cared for. and provided with the best
feed to be found. and each and every
pen Is supplied with an abundance of
| pure water from artcsian wells.
| The wonderful growth of the horse
and mule market at these yards will
convince every one that. like every
thing else connected with the business.
II Is ahead of any other market In the
world. The receipts for the past year
were $4,000 head and total valuation
of same reached the enormous sum Of
Si.24OWW. Daily auction sales take
place and large number of buyers are
here from all parts of the world. ihrlud-
ing France. England. Germany. Scot.
stantly being sent across the water In
large numbers. thus iiisuring u quick
sale for all kinds Of horses.
The great pavilion built for the show
AMI sale Of fancy horses by this com
pany IL the largest of Its kind In the
| world and will seat three or four thou.
sand people: contains under It's great
dome n display and speed track thirty.
iiv" feet wide and 80 feet long: IL
lighted at night by myriads Of electric
lights AMI IL steam heated. so that sales
can bc carried on evenings. of desired.
No other place In the world can re-.
crivc. handle AMI care for such IN
amount of stock rs II taken care of at
this point. and shippers of all kinds
ana classes of live stock will lind II to
their interests to bill directly through
to Chicago.
The Transit House. owned ana run by
this company IN connection with the
yards. II one Of the ncatest and hest
managed hotels In the city. and prices
are only ~ per day.
The National Live stock Bank. one ~
the strongest In the city. IL located
within the yards and It's great cash sur.
plus II devoted wholly to the live stock
interests.
The officers of the Union Stock
Yard and Transit Company are: y.
Thayer. President: John Il. Sherman,
Vice President nnd General Manager:
u. J. Martyr. Second Vice President ;
Jas. II. Asl,by. General Superintendent;
j.. &. DenisOn. Secretary ana Treasury:
Walter Doughty. Assistant Secretary
and Assistant Treasurer: u. q. Gray.
Assistant General superintendent.