The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
new YORK A WELL.PED CITY.
PAYS S2OO.OOO,OOO 1 YEAR ron
MEAT ALONE.
Ten Thousand Bee.es SiauKht cred weekly.
BESIDES $4,000 sheep ami Lambs -
Vet the Uty Lives From Ham, TO
Mouth Meat We'll Taken Care or.

Vet the uty Lives From HAM 10
Mouth--The Meat We'll Taken Care or.
New York IL a well-fed city-the best fed
city ON the face Of the globe. In fact. IT,
people, az a whole. do not suffer from hpn-
ger The best evidence Of this fact IL the
amprnt Of meat annually consumed by
Father Knickerboc ker's large family.
The figures Of the meat trade OF New York
city read like those Of a nation. and the bill
Of fare seems to be on profiisate scale.
The large abattoirs and the smaller slaught-
ercrs In the metropolitan area Kill. on an
average, 1000 head Of beeves weekly. At
$50 pounds TO the dressed carcass this
amounts to 1900. 600 pounds Of fresh beef
a week or 800 900 900 pounds year.
On a fair estimate the West and other
outside districts ship in ~ COO carcasses Of
beef a week. which. AT the same weight to
the carcass, amount to 1900, 900 pounds, or
,es 900 900 pounds annually. The city's
weekly supply Of fresh baef IL. therefore,
in the ncighborhood Of is,50o.Ooo pounds
and the yearly supply reaches the enormous
amount Of s5s, 900. 900 pounds.
Some Of this is exported, come is sent out
Of the city by caterers to nearby and dis
tant hotels and restaurants, and some goes
into the rommissariat Of the big OCEAN
liners crossing 10 Europe or sailing to South
crn seas, anu into the stores Of the Pullman
car ser, ice FUZZY foui ifths Of this beef
supply, lowc,er. is cons 'iined 10y the IA
habits at Of the Greater New Yorl territory
While the beef supply liz re biggest item
in the oity's catering trade. the rrutton and
lamb form no mean second. There are
1. la hx, ba Grnpn
abattoirs Of the metropolitan district not
including those in Jersey City-about 10000
sheep aud lambs.
Averaging the carcasses at so pounds each
the weekly slaughter amounts To 800 OV0
pounds or 7s.OOO.oOo pounds Of lamb and
mutton a year. In addition to this, Jersey
City sends over 500 600 pounds week
Fully "a much more comes ia from the
West and other outside territory, so that
the mutton and lamb supply Of New York
CITY reaches the enormous tot"l Of 49,, 90 900
pounds year,
The supply of pork IL harder 10 get at
because New York city is an export and
distributive centre for hog products. That
rlakas il more difficult to ~ paIate the local
CO sumption from the quantity exported
or shipped out Of tie city. On conserva-
tive estimate, however. Now York city
consumes fully 100000 pounds Of pork.
hams and bacon weekly, OF $4,000 900
pounds of hog products year.
Taking the above estimates as being
reasonably correct the amount OF frcsh
meats and provk IONS received weekly 10y
the, nations METROPOLIS reaches the snor-
nous amount of 23.0oo go pounds, or l.lss,-
0o0,oO pounds per annu,n, TO the above
must he added the millions of pounds OF
satI-ages. tripe, haslets oAtails. brains,
heads, ~ etbreads ana trotters.
To these, again must he added the mil
lions OF pounds Of poultry, game and fish
before Father Knicker lockers supply Of
flesh food Is complete.
The check in payment for the above is
amazingly large. The s5s 900 coo pounds OF
beef at an average price OF o., cents per
pound, in the carcass, wholesale. amounts
To Ssh $40. 900. Some Of this beef sold at
cents and some at ~ cents pound. IT,
then, the retail price Of the same meat
averaged IL cents a pound, the eaters paid
si20, 800 0O0.
The 49,, OOO,OOO pounds Of mutton and
lamb at an average Of 8 cents a pound
Wholesale fetch Si.,5eo,oO and S2i,sio 900
at II cents pound retail. The lj6 600 600
pounds OF hog products at 10 cents pound
from the dealer cost SIS, 10000 and. al ~
cents pound retail, the consumer paid
SCI $40 go for swine flesh during the twelve
'"J,'.in W -, - aJdod 1, nil, u.
'.t .u,. ''enH ,r-i u ro,,,,,a,,n n
S''i tI'at .o Nv 90, "a ~ 80, 49,; ~,
tisiiy Pay fSv,o'"'UDi ~ oI " &c vi
Nen iHis u qua, W .,,S ~ ii Snra;a,
eNpoIN oi hea' P'ouu0'n " az 'e"
poit" .,L
M es'ii.ate SHOWS 'ha' 'Hoa
He@t ana creates, ci,f 10 'ai ron, a to.,o,i-
t'oh o. star Vat'on. Wheh ,e'', ~ ,
ho"'N'', WA, nov niptS ma, ~ ~
hdyS 70 TWO M'ths nupfy y, H. T. 80 &c
on nan" dl one t''iie mti' la'uiS We nrS
sary 20 say wa, u" CIV "uIoii s.anu "
siege ~ Vif'uaiy iVse rom hai'u W. 'io''h'
though living bouhtuully an we 'hhe,
IL Iaisht not De SApec,"d 'hat 80 Yieal
m amount OF lerishaoie 1000 Pro1ucts
could be handled N ier1e"Y saIn.ary
state; hut u virtually L. ne system OF
warehouses th' U"dhH p' uaiiNlo'ta'ioh
anu the BOARD oil neaHh INSPECTIONS hi" 30
perfect that very niue meat Is l1-,'
A. Verihcatioh ol thH may re s.aIsu
that the average W~kIs cotidehira' .oil oy
the Board OF heanh II %o pouhoS OF itesh
beef l,too pounds OF veal, 100 louhd- o'
mutton, l'eio pounds OF PORK ana 10y POUNDS
of ABSORBED meats, or i,4e' pounds III az out
OF 23.cnO,~ pounds week SOD ABOUT
al OF The veal cond"inned Is what me trade
calls bob veal or veal OF a cali kiiled under
fCGr weeks old. Nearly all OF the PORK
condemned was AT TIE umclai envy abat'oifs.
The hogs were affected and were condemned
Immediately after slaughter. The meat
was fresh.
Deducting thcse items there are LEFT lcss