Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-04
BUILD BY DAY LABOR,
The Union Stock Yards Co, Will
Make Their Own Estimate,
FACTS ABOUT QUARANTINE,
Board Of Control Will Locate Dipping
Station on Brook Road.
FIGHT BETWEEN TWO FACTIONS.
The Larger Interests of the Brokers'
combination Win the Dny-Their
sincerity Questioned, hut All
Doubts Set nj REST.
DUlIu " NVHNIVI HI'I HVVu'V UIFVIH0
Station on Brook Road.
FIGHT BETwEEN TWO FACTIONS.
Doubts Set nj REST.

r, new stock-yards will be quilt ty
tr labor
s1 few bi0s-only six-hsve been sub
.HtrI Tor the work. and these are con
rl.r,d so hish that the company has
decided TO make its own estimate. The
ba5.og indeed is so complicated. and
IS on such an enormous scale. that con-
tractors appeared TO fight shy Of it. or
rere unable TO figure satisfactorily on the
work.. 20
~Ie work Of grading is rapidly being
Completed and the Richmond, Fredericks-
lc-- and Potomac railroad has COM
~rcal building the tracks treste. and
bridge across the Hermitage road leading
.-to the proposed yards.
At one time recently it seemed almost
though the building Of the yards would
f. postponed for several months. owing
Oh. quarantine complications, and q very
vigorous opposition on the part of the
owners of the pens on the Chesapeake
.r5 Ohio road had to be met. The mat
tl was finally disposed OF by the Board
0. Control Of Blacksburg College. which
met here last Wednesday. and, as far as
,u la seen. there are no more impedl-
Ir.s in the way of this new enterprise.
LAST THURSDAYS MEETING
Besides the many meetings which the
Board OF Control holds 3uring the year,
60 generally holds one shortly before the
national quarantine goes into effect, in
.-Ia~ To co-oycr1i with the United
-.....l . % sAALal
... lmauon as 40 The state line.
Over since the qcarauuue law was first
..t..c.l-tlrae years agJ-it has been the
u.f..t ar desire %. the Board OF Con-
u0I tl have all the live stock interests
SD united as t1 enable them TO look after
She nou-glalautined cattle at the same
time tlI. tley inspect the quarantine
stock. The brokers were, therefore, often
approached lr those i'm authority, with
the request that they should establish
-,ock-yarls. The location on the Chesa
r-akt and Ohio road being the only pens
Cl o. railroad were used as q quarantine
station until something definite should
I. determined as to the union of all these
interests. There are four livestock
brokerage firms, and one livestock com
I.rN who do an exclusive livestock
business iu this city and county. They
claim that they handle about 9S per cent.
0 40 the live stock handled here. Being
compelled t0 handle the bulk of their
..as.llments at 1--WE places on Brook
avenue. and the quarantined part on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, IL necessi-
t..l good deal Of Inconvenience and
..t ur the livestock market consider
.F
Therefore after q year or so spent In
trying % come 90 terms as 10 a loca-
--r the brokers came together last
spring and purchased the forty-two acres
". larI at The corner Of Leigh street and
te hImitage road, Immediately oppo-
sire fle Ro-enegk brewery. After seve-
... months of negotiations with the rail-
Ed Company contracts were closed and |
tla work is already far advanced.
BOARD HEARS EOTH SIDES.
T.e Board of Control Of Blacksburg |
..s-. having the quarantine matters |
. charge were notified early this year |
tla intention Of the different brokers |
. .u order 20 raufy the choice OF this |
location as % quarantine station. as Wei |
t1 consider the annual proclamation, |
... the establishment of dipping stations |
'.. members OF the board deemed II |
proper to hold it's meeting in Richmond, |
t.s city is by far the largest place |
Within their control
Ia. gentlemen composing the stock |
yards company al the request OF the |
pc.rI appeared before them and eX- !
f..Hea their plans and objects, their rea-
Sons for the concentration Of the busi- |
and their object in selecting the |
y muge road location. They asked for !
i.. continuation Of the boards Oft-eX- |
pressed desire 90 have tho quarantine |
department. established somewhere ada |
l.t t1 The regular livestock business. |
lI. rropr.et0rs Of the quarantine-yards |
.H 'l. Chesapeake and Ohio road also |
appeared before the board, and asked that |
't board would continue 10 use their |
yards as quarantine station, ana as /
.i. dipping station which viii here r |
Invariably te connected with any qd3fan-
.ta station
i1 reply To- their arguments. the stock
'as people represented that the split
ing of their business would be hard
t'r ou them. but more particularly a |
hardship on the farming industry.
.le board ln order TO become more |
.9lycrsaut with both sides Of the ques-
Ton. visited both locations last Thurs
..g
REMARKABLE RUMOR CURRENT.
Having heard through some source that
.ie establishment of union st0ck-yards
r the brokers was only a scheme 70
establish Yards away from the present
aaou. and under their own control,
.ae board did not want 20 decide upon a
location untn the members were
hofolehly convinced OF the intention OF
l-. Union Stock-Yards Company TO build
complete union stock-yards.
Having been satisfied that this was
.h4r Intention and that the plant would
7. the most complete for rs size in the
United states. the board adopted a reso-
l1Ion authorizing Mr.. Graves. ono Of its
members 10 examine the charter and
contract OF the company, and upon find
ing Them satisfactory. 20 notify the COM
lary of the approval OF the Hermitage
iDa4 location as quarantine stock-yards
ana dipping plant provided, that by Feb
iaafy u. 1899 the company shall have
ready Tor use sufficient capacity Cor
handling thirty carloads of quarantined
.attic and sixty carloads Of non-quar-
animed cattle. and that the railroad
rhould have its track IN operation by
mat time The matter was left open a.
w.