La Junta tribune., 1905-09-20
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big Westinghouse Plant near Pitts
burg. Pa. who Recently spent few
weeks vacation with his parents in
this city. writes a very interesting
letter to his father. jesse II. Miller.
of his return trip east. during which
he visited several points of interest.
The letter. dated Pittsburg. Pa. is
as follows:
My vacation has been spent. and
after my delightful stay Of four
weeks back in the good old Colum-
bine state. am just a little re
luctant about starting on my second
year here in the Smoky City. But
! can do it with a little more cour-
age since getting a Whit of Colo
rado air and little sunshine.
Il had very enjoyable trip east
this time for chose a good route.
Saw nothing new until ! began look
ing up points of interest in Chicago.
which were mentioned to me by =
young Chicagoan whom we met
while looping the loop at George
town. Colo.
First | went to the Union Stock
Yards. where $1,000 cattle and
twice that number of sheep and
hogs are received daily. Aside from
the irnmensity of these yards and
the systematic way in which the
stock is handled. these isn't much Of
note.
But little beyond there, only
about two blocks, there is always
something doing The packing
houses are all located there and l
chose to go through the Swift plant.
The first scene is that Of a man
standing near sort Of trolley line
which carries its passengers. who
in this this case were not end seat
hogs but respectable pOrkers. sus-
pended head downward. They
travelled in single file, and as each
one passed the man it very graceful
ly had its throat cut and passed on
to the bleeding trough; then to the
steam. the scrapers. dressers, gov
ernment inspectors and finally to
the cold storage. One thousand
hogs per hour are treated in this
manner in this one plant. and the
time consumed in taking the animal
from the pens to the cold storage is
just twenty-five minutes.
1T is equally interesting To see
them. put the cattle through the
mill at the rate Of 800 per hour.
and sheep at 500. visited also the
various departments where the by
products. such - soap. lard and
picked goods. are handled.
In this same locality is found the
bull ring. where blooded horses
are bought and sold. 1t is q sort of
stock exchange. where moneyed men
gamble on horses. A valuable ami
NAL is bought and sold as many as
eight times in single day. can
only compare this place to the Chi
cago Board Of Trade. which. they
ny. rivals New York's Wall Street
for 'frenxied finance Men simply
20 crazy at these places and the ex-
element II intense.
II also visited the White City. but
to the persOn who has seen Luna
Park in PittsburH. or the Pike at
the St. Louis Fair. il is Of little in
terest. % tarried only q short
time.
Il spent the whole following day
going from Chicago to Buffalo
Had glimpse Of the University at
Ann Arbor. Mich. and the famous
sanitarium At Battle Creek. At De-
-troit our train Was ferried across
the river into Canada, and while
this was going on our baggage was
being carefully 81 inspected by the
customs officials. This happened
again when we passed from Ontario
to the New York side at Niagara
Falls.
Great Niagara! No use to at
tempt to describe it in a letter, for
you must see it to know. The prin-
cipal point of interest to me there.
aside from falls, is the power house.
which generates almost one hundred
horsepower or about IL per cent Of
the total power developed in the
United States. And that is only an