The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-09
Tripe Room Is Filthy.

The tripe room y as in a filthy condi- /
ton and full of steam
The fat and bone room has little ma
tuIdl light; otherwise it was in good con- /
dibOn-
The sausage cooling room was COM
meEGed- In the sweet pickle cellars Wa
ter was dripping from the ceilings con
tlnuCuSly. and in small trimming room
adjoining water was dripping on tables
where women were trimming meat
"On the sheep killing floor the general
conditions were good
The water closet opened directly from
the Killing floor and the partition did not
reach to the ceiling One emplOye was
observed urinatins in the gutter OF the
killing floor
/ The smoke room conditions were sail
10 be very good also the dressing room
Of the beef killing gang The water closet
/ Is located in corner Of the killing beds
/ The sausage packing department. AMI
I smoked beef department were commend
ed. In the main tank room a water closet
! IS located which Is apparently not flushed
and Was found in an insanitary cOndi-
ton.
/ Another canning room was clean. light
and dry I'm the Clipped beef department
the floors were old and wooden but clean
There was some evidence Of whItewaSh on
the walls and ceilings, and the lower
Y oodWOTk was painted.
( The water closet for men IN the can
ming room is separated and well flushed,
though poorly lighted.
/ The beef extract department has &C.
ment floors and clean windows. * nicely
whitewashed and painted and is generally
sanitary. In the beef CuttiTg and trim
ming room, the floor was crusted with
Abatt0ir No was gene through with
the same detail and the condition report
ed better in many respects than fin No l.
Very Dark and Dirty.
The cooking, stuffing and soldering
room in No. was given this description:
This room contains processing ma
chine in which the canned product is
cooked IN oil. and the room is ventilated
over this machine. The room Is IN a fair
condition as TO paint and whitewash, and
the floor Is fairly clean The ventilation
a bout the soldering machine Is not good.
About the stufGnS machine box Is ar
/. ranged on the floor to catch the falling
meat. Near the cooking retOrts the CID
clothes of the workmeu were piled or
hung on sacks The room WAS steamy-
and quantities Of canned veal having the
appearance OF age was observed. The
Tafters we're encTustcC with dirt. in some
places to the depth of an inch in the Vi
clnty OF the cooking retorts. In one place
a qudrter-lnch stream OF water was run
ming on the floor from height of three
or four feet On the east side of the
room the floor was very dirty The cell
ing was so arranged as to make this prac-
/ tically a half-story. Tt was very dark and
only artIficially lighted.
/ THE pork and bean room was very
: ste3my and the ventilation was poor.
There was plenty Of air entering this
, ROOM but no arrangement Tor carrying
/, off the steam The floor was strewn with
: salt for preventing putIefaction of blood,
! etc, In cracks and creviCes"
/ The beef extract room in this building
was also clean. but the extract kitchen
2 was steamy and poorly ventilated In the
ham packing room was a water closer
which has no outside ventilation and was
! dark and dirty.
; Some Dirty Pictures.
r Abattoir No ; was next described in the
same detail and next No D the report
r on which begins by stating:
THE water closets in this canning es-
Enlistment are located in separate rooms,
clean in every particular and well
: flushed
A woman attendant was in charge OF
every WOmen's closet.
In two cellars of No. p q small guam
tity of tainted meat was found.
z I'm abattoir No. % the beef beds were
well lighted and ventilated. but tbs
: floors were in a filthy condition There
were no water closets in this establish