The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24
UNION STO CK ARD|S s
A"C LEARN CHI U)S $, E
Cold Storage F ABILITIES Ample sf il''Ei
Local Needs, and Easily S En- sI5E
larged to Meet Wants Of ,sgss
Larger 7 rritory Dis sS!Ss
tributing Point .sss,Sss
for Meats. II NIX

Interest than that OF mea Is 1reSn$ IneAHDJS
that folks eat for say what they may taA Ts
support OF the theory OF the egetarianssf
the people OF this country are becoming I'D
more and more. as the days a go BY, r. f.a
RAGS OF meat eaters. They call for meat N
at regular meals three times daily and ,IItss
they want to see 1t on the lunch co ntessN
and at the tea table between all the meals,fls
The lunch basket at q Sunday SCHOOL, s
picnic or any other sort OF g picnic 81 Nh
an aching void and q delusion and sSAS III
snare t& It Is not boun tlfully supplied
with meat e beef meat, sheep meat sSor III,
hog meat, or all OF them comb ed. sss III
This public universal taste for mea t@S
we're jolt In recent months by the drls M
ivestgations that have been going On
In high places, wherein 1t has been EshoWnX@
that the great packing houses OF III no
West from which comes much IA q sythe XXI
so-called fresh meat used and consume lrl 81
In this part Of the country, e re- ahys
thing but clean and sanitary. 'ssst
Richmond s Facilities. IN
All Richmond folks, and as Fl for 81 thai IA a
matter, dill ~ irgnians would 81 obablyaSs
become X confirmed vegetar ians thout NH
listening to further rgunents ff they did
not know that&the$ best hogs. the $finest'ls
sheep, the best Of cattle the world ever
saw ARE raised right'hereE In old Virglnla,ss
and that the people OF this ityS andso ssS5
the state are In no way dope dent pom sssS
the dirty packing houses of sCh cage and tSs
elsewhere In the " est or tn cir an mn WI
Sof beef 8f sheep meat " and pork
$ Maybe some gpeople "a o. not know but
the fact Is, that right here In chmol1st
there are ample facilities for SUPP lydnRaa
not only the city consumers, but athssS
meat ters Of the State ith Tres S
every day 4 In the year-meat thu IA are sS,
Virginia mad rginia-ki led, gin assssss
cured, and, altogether Virginia. throug
and through. $5s za "A rs Ss4 I'M
5s55 Cattle Growing State.
The fact IL, that Virginia s the best s %
Scountry,fin the world In wi oh to raise Msss
good cattle for beef, good sllee Tor
ton and good hogs for pork and y bacon,lsais
and the sooner the farmers Of the State
find this out and get out o the stotti IN ~
of raising only just enough meat I. 3ssfors4its
home consumption, and 90 Y to "a sine ss
cattle and sheep and hogs Sor rntt keeff;Y d
the sooner they will get ndepend en- -Tnos MI vi
to say rich. 5Sl US ss . 5' s'ss
" The Union stock Yards Of tn s. city ISL
8anginstit,ltion that is BIZ tie known
J; but It or gone great industry that VIII ls
grow out OF II, Is destined at no @latehss
date to revolutonizo the meat 1blsi nesaaIs
as done In Virginia. and to become the faa
MISUNDERSTANDING center OF the. wholaSss5sss
South. The company owning and opar-s&Ess
Sating the concern hold forty q cres
ground out on the Hermitage Road,. and HUI
they hayo filed MS much Of the spa el
as at present necessary with bulldin ss
pens to hold cattle, slaughter 8 honseeaS}}S
in which to kill 4 beeveS, II hogs, sheep
etc. storage houses Il in ich 4 to- keeppsSs
meats and arehouses In which az SEpro-ss "a
vide for all necessary demands upon sue hssssl
an institution. III. III. as3
Tho railway trackage Is immense and .iI;igsS
enables the managementto unload cattlej
In the yards, Instead ( OF ct various Isl des9Ssk
pots and driving them through ss he Ia
streets. as In former d lays. asss
"A Clearing II ouse. sEsS's
# Tho Union stockyards IS Q kind Of clearsssss
ing house for the butchers and meat ts
dealers OF Richmond, and such Of them asA
do the4r own Strengthening find there INV
ample facilities, and through the goodags
work of the yards. It has become true
that most OF the fresh meats con sur1ed sas
In Richmond and vicinity In home re isedss iS
home slaughtered, home stored and honaHSy
cut It Is certain that any and all Rig M ssSS
%,nond folks who do not like the w estern.I VIII
killed and shipped article, can get the l$l
real Virginia goods every day In the yearsfigSas
IL they will take the trouble and exercis SEW
the nerve to call for and demand az M
There arc houses here that handle nothtn r asess
else and can not be persuaded to handle l
anything else. 1t Is easy enough for the VA
lover OF good and pure meats to ina sAa
out who are the dealers In hon1e-madafssa;
and home killed meats II they want ~ ME-
know. s nv s...ss SsiSS
Ample storage and warehouse prov slons Sga
has been made to meet the demand Tor ssss
pure, home killed meats. for there has Hi:
been demand for " and there arassSNS
wholesale houses in Richmond which have g8ss
gone to enormous expense to provide
facilities for meeting this demand. ss u
The Kastelbergs.
Perhaps the biggest establishment 81 R
this kind Is that OF r. Kastelberg' s sons,Es
Nos l70S and no East Main Street. a sSs
concern started in business not }yery#sSs
many years ago as plain meat deal rs Sys
or butchers. and at first ran Q Ssnlats IA "a
shop, cutting UP daily about ono COW on
steer and dealing tho steaks and shanks
bones out to a limited tradesiy;s
Hut the Kastelbergs were made Of good El
business material, fahd DIS the boys canasssss
along and succeeded TO this srpall31
hit good paying business which,
the progenetor had started. they aayylsSs|
ahead larger and brighter zelda, JUST III
as the Armors and the swftsf OF the ls||
second or third generation saw Is VII
They bnilded upon the fQundat ton "a syys||
and Keeping up with attsr-dAy NE
they have builded we'll. very Well, ~
At their place, on rather places, "a s5ij
business, for they require neariy a stsst as|
lishment that is simply perfect ion m
- n y frsort,rned or, Bnurt IA paxp y rs