Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26
Designed 10 Be the Most Modern
in The United States.
SALES STABLES FOR HORSES
1<ingnn & Co. TO Build Thcre-
Grand Opening About June 1oth-A
mammoth Undertnlsing-Outiin OF
The General Plans.

81, rlrfcully guarded, thdt INC F"N'N
,roNs comparatively nothing Of the ex-
cont NJ that mammoth enterprise.
over $1,000 is now going up in wooden
,,r5.rrs tibet are to serve as cattle
p,ns stables. storohouses, and other ac-
commodationS. including n large hotel
md twenty-five acres Of land are COM
pretended in the plans.
IL is beyond question one Of the largest
and most important developments that
have occurred here for some time and
the enterprise that made IL possible has
been the gradual growth of many years
Of careful planning and hard work. All
the livestock brokers in Richmond are
Interested in II financially. and as soon
A the buildings are ready for occupation
they will one and all, take up their quar-
ters in the new yards. These firms are
The Brauer Cattle Company, Well and
Herstcrn. McComb & Black, John Reb-
man & Brother. and ]. w. Carson & CO.
LAND BOUGHT \ YEAR AGO.
The property on the Hermitage road,
aust beyond the brewery, was bought
March .. 1895. but the brokers did not
ioin issue until after months OF negoua-
,ions The contract with the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad was
not closed until November 2lst, but on
the same date the contract was given out
for the excavations and grading, and two
weeks later the contract for the construc-
ton Of tho plant was awarded TO Mr.. c.
G. Burton.
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac railroad is under contracts and is
now at work constructing little more
than half a mile of trackage in the yards
Including a bridge over the Hermitage
road. and $50 feet Of trestle over the
branch. The cost Of these extensions is
$1,000.
The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
railroad will very probably make direct
connection with the yards.
CAPACITY OF THE YARDS.
The present plans provide for 4i2 pens
Of all descriptions. each pen having a
caracity Of one carload of stock-that IS,
holding about thirty cattle, one hundred
sheep, or seventy<five hogs. The buildings
will all be constructed of heart pine Of
the highest grade, which has been brought
here for the purpose from North and
South Carolina. The exposed places will
order to preserve them.
THE HOTEL BUILDING.
4 hotel is to be connected with the
yards. the cost of constructing which Is
estimated at $4,000. Its general design
IS after the Queen Anne style. 1t Will
stand three stories upon brick founda-
ton. and will be capable OF accommo-
dating fifty guests besides containing
Offices for all the cattle brokers and
horse brokers; offices for the Union Stock
Yards Company United States quaran-
tine authorities State quarantine authori-
ties. the Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies.
MOST MODERN APPLIANCES.
Every possible facility and the most
modern improvements will be introduced
with a view to making this the most
complete and most modern stock-yards
in the United States There are. too,
provided in the plans, arrangements 10
meet the pcCuliartics Of the sOu."ern
trade. which exist nowhere else.
Special attention has been paid TO the
arrangements for draining the yards, ana
the ground will be protected from rain
and water by galvanized iron, 50 that
there will be no chance Of the accumula-
ton OF filth or sewerage.
THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT.
The stock-yards proper will be so ar
ranged that forty-eight carloads of quar-
antined cattle can be sheltered, with ad-
dltoual capacity for sixteen extra car
loads in case Of emergency.
There will be shelter for ninety-slN car
loads Of proper cattle, with aoui'lohaI
capacity for eighty-six carloads to meet
the reGuircments Of the natural growth
u the business There viii also be ac-
commodations for fifty carloads or hoss
and twenty carloads Of sheep Ihe sc"ie-
houses viii be so arranged that car
load and "a half of each kind OF STOCK
can De weighed al one time. IN the quar-
aa,le department there VIII De W.
tCals-h0uses for cattle, one Tor hogs anu
one tor sheep. The feed-house VIII ma ,'S
capacity Of ten carloads OF nay anu
COM The cattle sheep, and hog pens
alone cover eleven acres.
Horse AND MULE STABLES.
A very Important adjunct 10 the yarus
VIII be OBJ. horse and mule stables IL
Will be serarate and distinct from thein'
bur Immediately adjoining. Inese 80
b.es ana Grounds will cover no Tess tiia"
nine acres. and will include an exeIoise
ground 100 feet wide by 1909 feet long
along which all the buildings VIII front
The plans include, besides the stabies'
which viii be capable OF accommodating
1000 horses and loo mules, a bazaar anu
sales Offices.
a representative OF the Union Stock
1diD3 Company VIII ShOlty go WEST :"
the leading towns and cities. where the
most extensive traffic IN horses and mules
occurs. FOR the purpose OF gathering In
formation and ideas as 20 the most i'm
proved plans for the construction Of such
establishments, and these plans will be
put into effect Ia the Richmond yards.
KINGAN & co. TO MOVE THERE.
Messrs. kingan & Co.. the packers, have
selected a site adjoining the stock-yards.
and the plant that they propose TO put
up will cover two acres OF ground. All
tue details have not yet been completed.
and while the arrangement has practically
been made. IL has not been consuminated.
A GRAND OPENING.
II is hoped and believed that every
thing Will be ready for occupation by
June 18th. AZ the present time eleven
shifts OF men are at work upon the con
sirucllon. The grading Is all but com
piete. and huge wooden buildings are be-
ginning 20 rear their heads in all direc-
lions
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