The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-28
DENIES 1T
DOORS OFFENSIVE TO DAYTON'S
BLUFF CANNOT COME FROM
SOUTH ST. PAUL
ALL PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN
He Suggests That Offensive Smells
May Come From Slaughter
Houses Nearer the
City Limits.

eve who are engaged in business at
South st. Paul do not believe that the
oders which have offended the residents
Of Dayton's Bluff emanate from that
quarter. We are not by any means pre-
pared to accept the idea that such is the
case. However, we are willing to care
fully look into the conditions there, and
if any Improvement can be made. will
gladly cooperate with the authorities
to bring it about"
Such was the statement made to the
G o b e yesterday by Gen. Mark D.
Flower, president of the Union Stock
Yards company. Proceeding then to dis
cuss the matter in detail, Gen. Flower
said:
I'm the first place, let me say that the
Union Stock Yards company, as a COM
pany, does not do any rendering work,
and therefore diSclaimS all responsibility
erations of that character. Necessarily
there is rendering done at South st.
Paul as an adjunct of the other lines of
business carried on there, but it is done
In a thoroughly buSineSSlike manner,
and with so little unpleasant odor that l
Go not see how it could possibly cause
any annoyance to the residents of Day
tons Bluff, fully four miles distant. The
Swift company, which is the largest
packing house, renders it's own refuse
resulting from the slaughter of animals,
which consists of the entrails and blood.
That is done promptly and in a scien-
tific manner, and there is no opportunity
for the matter to become in any measure
decayed or spoiled. There is a strong
and pungent odor which follows the rem
dering of blood, but that odor know is
not in any way detrimental to health.
There is one company at South st. Paul
which carries on regular rendering bus
mess and handles dead animals This
business, which is an entirely independ-
.,TAlaicn h0c obs
hands, and the new company, which, I
believe is called the Union Rendering
company. is about to put in a new plant
for carrying On it's operations by the
latest and most highly approved Scien-
tific process. The rendering company has
always handled the dead animals prompt
ly and conducted its operations in a
thoroughly businesslike manner, but I
machinery, may be expected to secure
even better results from a sanitary
standpoint. A certain proportion of the
animals arrive at the stockyardS dead
and the carcasses must be disposed Of
This is done at once, but in some cases
the animals have been dead several
days before they arrive.
Not cutie a Conservatory.
'Of course, we do not pretend to say
that Stockyarde ana &c
can be conducted SO as to smell like
conservatory of flowers. The mere NOV
unpleasant odor but as to sanitary pre-
cautions, ell business at South st. Paul
is conducted in very careful manner.
1t is to our interest to have it that way.
At Kansas City, Omaha. st. Joseph and
other cities the same business is carried
on right inside of the cities, while here
we have it all four miles away.
Now, as to the smells from the stock
yards causing annovance to the people
of Daytons bluff, don't believe it is
possible. If that is the case, the people
of other parts of the city would be just
as much annoyed in the same manner.
West ST. Paul is much closer to the
stock yards. and Summit avenue just as
close as the bluff. If those doors should
travel four miles to Dayton's bluff, they
would penetrate all parts of this city.
MY own opiri > .,is.e -
smells come from some of the slaughter
ing houses along the river bank between
not be as carefully conducted as the
South ST. Paul establishments. / know
that last year there were. and presume
there still are. several slaughtering hous-
of the river only short distance below
the city. Then too. there are railroad
yards running just below the bluffs ON
Dayton's bluff, where all sorts of freight
cars are constantly passing to and fro,
and the Objectionable doors may come
from the cattle cars as they pass. This
Is the time of year when the cars from
the Western ranges are being moved in
large numbers.
LAS to the sanitary condition of the
stock yards. itself, I will say that it is
of the very best. We have eighteen Or
twenty miles of sewer running through
the yards, with a system for flushing
with water which is as good as the sewer
system of St. Paul.
We don't want to make a nuisance of
South st. Paul in any way, and will most
cheerfullv cooperate with the proper
authorities to make any improvements
that are desirable. And it will not be
necessary to take us by the gills and
haul US into court for that purpose Ell
Their. There may be measures which
would improve the conditions there, and
II so We will gladly adopt Them