New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25

for export at West Thirty-third-st. II Is the
first attempt to establish a microscopic meat
i.-,a,.tion i'm New-York. The laboratory IS I'M
der the direct charge II DR.. Blazer ana TWO eN
mort assistants Miss Richards OF me Ml'f'-
scopic Bureau al Chicago, ana MISS HuSc"'
I-hlrch Of the Bureau at sioux Oity Inc
l,t,rator.. is subject to Or. Hickman director
Of the Bureau of Animal Industry All EN-
,,,,.s undergo civil Service examination mat
-. LARGO an exporting centre IS New-lorK
should bee so long without this important '''-
...rr,o,t service IS attributed to the fact that
IN. facilities If the metropolis DO not admit ~
a large Government plant The saushteFinE.
.ackiug and exporting interests are "Id"y
scattered They Lack the eentrallzaioh 10 DE-
had at Chicago or Kansas city. Beer Is @iauEh-
tered on the East Side. while pork IS ki'e' Il
the foot Of West FOrticth-st. whence IL y
taken to the packing houses in West Ihlr'S
sixth-st while the microscopic bureau mas
found a home i'm the third story Of Rome
Bros commercial headquarters IN West lhlr1y-
.hird-st.
without a microscopic bureau had not Hohe
Ero applied to the Agricultural Department
for microscopcal inspection at home inns
bn,se has been established since 1871. For the
a large exportinE business in lard Its agents
abroad urged it to add pork 90 It's exporting
rroducts As there was no Government micro
ecoric inspection bureau in N""-NorK' 'heY
dill not think it practicable. All Continental
countries refuse to accept in their markets PORK
that has not been micro-c5picauy inspected.
Tn sard their pork to Chicago. for instance. for
iosp..,i3n would entail too much cost Their
hny
,,,,.,rtions that they felt justified last Deeem-
L~ IL, aDnealine - the Government Tor i New
York bureau
The applicant must have sufficiently large eX-
nor,ing trade 10 satisfy the Government Of It's
in,portance. and agree to furnish suitable l"ca-
tior and proper facilities for conducting the
work and defray expense Of Government labels
and minor essentials. With this assurance the
Government employs and pays for the brains
that conduct the work.
The method Of procedure is not without IN
tcrest. Robe e. Bro. deal largely IN Raster"
hos besides large shipments from western
markets. At the slaughter house AT the loot 'i
W4st Fortieth-st. the hog underg'es an ante
inortem and a post-mortem inspection. Ton
d.,ar.d hogs are tanlttd At once and utilized "a
f.rti,iz.rs Tn. carcasses OF approved hogs ar"
branded with the United states seal bearing
the number u tn. abattoir Each aDattor has
ifs oNu official number Each hog IS then sub
iected 10 the knife and from it are taken the
narts which trichinH are likely 10 inf"st-
th, pil.ars Of the diaphragm, the i'hirriph'
called the SORTS muscle the inner aspect Of the
shoulder and sometimes the tongue. IheSe
s,,enec-ed parts are then put into tin boxes
about three or four inches in diameter toSe'h'F
with = Government label the duplicate Of which
is attached to the carcass from winch me pafls
were taken. Every day great quantities Of
these boxes are taken from the d'ait"F % the
,u,,roscopic laboratory Visitors are denied al
mission to the laboratory. and no member oi
the STAFF is permitted to give Information with
out permission from the chief Of the Bureau Of
Animal Industry at Washington. Dr. salmon.
The laboratory is a large, airy room' with
good north light AT three tables sit the eX-
perts. Before each is fine microscopic lens,
one inch in diameter with pair Of delicate
pincers the operator takes up bit Of the sus-
pectcd mattcr-there is no way of Identifying
trichina until it has been subjected 10 the mi
croscope-and places it between two oblong
pieces Of glass about three by two inches which
are fastened at the corners with clamps. The
glass is then slipped under the microscope.
The microscope now in use is Of American
manufacture. 1t is stage grooved. 50 that exam
nation Of every part Of the specimen is assured
a special form Of glass compression has been
devised that greatly facilitates work Before
the bureau was established it was estimated
that it would cost from 10 to % cents carcass
for microscopic inspection. The actual cost
has been reduced to six cents carcass The
packers objection that microscopic inspection
would delay business and damage meat has
been wholly overcome. From all parts If the
country the Government is in receipt Of appli-
cati,re for ,,,icrnccoui, iusparfion There are