The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
LIVE CATTLE ON THE SEAS.
nov BEFF ON THE HOOP ~
SHIPPED ACROSS THE OCEAN.

and Fed Aboard ship-Prohts OF tn
Business Neither Large nor Certain
From q hundred and fifty TO two hundro
thousand live cattle. as near as I can makoit ar
shipped from here to England every year. There
half dozen big nrmsi In tho business headquarte
In the West OF course, and ovcry one OF 'em e GO
millions tied UP In fresh beef, alive or on Ice"
This came from the oldest boss cattleman o
perhaps the biggest firm In the business, and wa
Introductory to what turned out TO DO q dtscours
on the shipping OF cattle across the North Atlantic
as conducted to-day. This pioneer had been dis
covered In surroundings conventional to cattle
men ashore. His ship had locked less than al
hour before aud now no was resting against the
bar Of the saloon nearest tho wharf With on,
foot on tho floor railing, and one elbow on III,
bar. he looked perfectly at home
This Is something like" had been his nrs
coherent sentence 70 whomevor II concerned
In response TO socitous inquiry he continued
moro cohercntly, Ten days, not to mention
nights my friends on tho bosom OF the salty
sea gives q man most magnificent thirst
/ Search tho wide realms Of chemical utera-
turo and you'll nnd nothing. I'll gamble.
that says there's anything'n beat salt
! air and salt water for producin. nourishin and
! quickly bringin' 10 Its maturcst development a
ano thirst It's lucky for mankind, now, there's
a euro for H. And we'vo got It right hero The
ale OF old England may be all right, as somebody
limited while ago but It's the red eye OF young
America that wins my undiluted favor. Here's
| q shoot"
| After tho gurgins interludo the patriarch
was brought back TO the subject Nowadays
| he began. "our cattle comes from the Wost and
Canada and some from Mexico. 'Twould sur
| prise you now how much Canadian cattle arc sent
| across Yes, sir. Canadian cattle orc mostly
| stall.fed. They're kept In sheds through tho
long winter. That makes them quiet and easy
| 70 handle. as far as that COOS, but now and then
| We ge, them pretty lively. I've seen Colorado
steers-they re about tho widest sort-gct pretty
rampaseous aboard ship Let two or three Of
them loose down tween decks in the allcyyays
! and they'll keep crow stepping spry 20 as not
| 10 DO too much In tho way. but there's always
| a way TO handle 'om. That's part Of q cattle
mans business IN straishten out little tanglos
like mess OF cattle sasshaying mp and down
| the nllcywaya
Most Of the shipping is done nom New York.
Boston and Montreal Some OF it's done from
Philadelphia and Norkfolk and quite little bit
from Baltimore and Portland Maine docs tho
shipping for Montreal in tho winter timo. Tho
ST Lawrence. you sco, ices UP in the cold weather
Boston. guess sends out the most Thoy have
nvo big lines there that have accommodations
for cattle
"A steamer has 10 be rugged up to take cattle
They generally put them between decks-thnts
under tho big deck on which passengers promo
made when she's q passenger ship. oh. yes, cat
tie steamers carry passengers too, and have
good accommodations, but not Ike tho Lucania
or the William the Great, you know. Down
between decks the floor Is divided OF Into rows
OF wide stalls about four steers 10 stall Stalls
for cattle on ship are not like stalls in stable
ashore. Two planks q foot wide sol on edgo
and locked above and below make tho partitions
between stalls. There will be four OF nvo tiers
OF those stalls across tho dock Tho number
oil tiers. or rows guess you gentlemen would
call them-is according TO tho beam Of tho ship.
There's now steamer running out OF Boston
has got six tiers they say. amt seen her yet,
bat sho must DO buster OF a cattle boat
There's cleats on the deck for the cattle TO hold
on by In rough weather they'd slide NIL over tho
deck from one aide To the other as abe rollei II
how . big clumsy bullock ssts 50 be can Keep
NJ, place IN rough ga after a couple Of days
aboard ship It's iett they don, tumble s6ou,
though, Of course. the oai,lsnen don't always
have something 70 catch on TO when tho ship gives
Spaces nun fore and Of, between spaces
is , the alieyw , They'll be from two TO s1 feet
Feeding cattle. my people is no poetic occupation
rs al right in smooth weather but when a sea
Z k on i's tough job And In winter time on ,he
of. Cattle aboard ship are fed tire. lines a day
E general ! star, my work AZ 4 in ihe morn;
they wan, TO- drink, After that wo hay them.
We do 'hst always before we get breakfast our.
ce!sm. Or cob eorr according 10 what Kind Ind
r cattle They sr.-ssei!.ied or ranch. you know.
G"n ssnsfy dHnE @aeh up IN i tEs aen SeS
az IN tho morning. Lord! 'tain't nothing for a
"sy Sr's TO %aI nP R e. .. -'fn @ s'
ioI ,hs allow .bosi ~. Si 81; seff hay sS' sS
pnilial e9ch,-nIeal comes only once a day
Ave thousand last year and los, four Two Of
them died from the heat while we were in dock
these fellows had been week on the road in The
cars Cattle have 10 be allowed out Of tho cars |
every forty eigh, hours according to law. when
neyts coming across the country, but that don't |
, ,Ssm sss,s lost Vas II diereP, way One
up a. tines You can, imagine. the ways they
and legs locked in the dumdsst way, and You |
On s shp 1Pa ". br,s with all tho sek.
the head.rcpe aud save them il they're choking"
bHs .d carry Ratchet n their belts for cutting
about bSEe his &c Shs sa nsSs,. I'm
Dlrkephead., Some careless hand in the ships |
cTIw a,%pped , BIZ Of phTt IL hs far end q
RADIO he was-in trying to leap II stumbled and |
broHe MS leg, However, VIC don't count cattle
for about 800 apiece and tho Insurance. COM
panies have to make good,
ri Nave ! eycs had any big iosses' Well. yea
uhcics mo Londonla went down in mid-ocean
we lost everything thel-ship, cargo and all-
not IN speak OF boatload Of our men but I !
guess That amt exactly what you mean In
ne La Plata, now, I had GOO sheep on the spar
deck swept overheard at one crack That WASN'T
50 s., bnd, though; sheep don't count for so much
Bul We had worse than that These cattle was
speaking OF on the Londonia aid La Plata went
down in raging gale and died quick Now
! was on big liner once-we won't call the by
, name because she's going yet and the same cap
Jam WIN her had $50 head and the boss cat
ueman OF another Arm 400. We waTnT very
heavy That IMP II was in tho spring and We
were OIL the banks when No hit an iceberg We
were doing thirteen knots a, the ume and
The log thick and we hit her good and hard The
old 81 stood riSh! Up on her hind end and you
settled down SO fast they thought twas noces-
ssary to Tighten her right away, And they mus,
IN hsn cattle s9 generally tho best thing
soc. than any dead weight in the hold Catus
IRE alive YOU know went up to the bridge aud
said the cattle ought TO DO last TO go but the old
man thought different You see the ship was
IN last nj Act Lat. al.