The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
They Do Not Want to SIauqh-
ter in a Place Provided by
City Council. -
WERE GIVEN A HEARING
ALL SORTS OF OBSTACLES PUT
IN THE WAY OF THOSE WHO
ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE PURE
MEAT FOR PUBLIC.

The council committee on public
health and morals and City Health
OFFICER. c. A. Bond, met last evening
at the council chamber with delega-
tion of local butchers for the purpose
of obtaining the sentiment of the
butchers in regard to city ordinance
regulating the inspection of meat at
the local butchering establishments,
exclusive of the Richmond Abattoir
company.
The principal sentiment obtained
by the city officials was the intense
feeling the local butchers have against
the Abattoir company. The commit
tee also learned that the butchers are
opposed to any plan whereby their
stock would be slaughtered ON a mu.
nicipal floor under government inspec.
ton. Butchers who attended the
meeting were Henry HolzapfeI. Frank
Haler, Anthony Stole. Ed femme,
Roy Harris, Jack McKone. Joe BAIL.
man. Oliver Harris Jack Maher, Peter.
Mitchell, Charles Guyer. Walter PilIeo
and John Bennett Each and every-
one of them expressed themselves as
opposed to the plan of slaughtering on
a municipal floor.
Own Their Own Establishments.
Mr.. Mitchell stated that the obiec.
tions the butchers had to this propos.
ed plan was the fact that all of them
owned their own establishments and
that all their money was invested in
them. He stated that by being COM
PEELED to butcher on city floor these
would depreciate in
value.
DIR. Bond acted as spokesman for the
and he stated 1t was abso-
lutely necessary for the protection of
the public against impure meat for
the city to take some action in provid-
ing for the proper inspection of meat
here. DIR. Bond stated
that he had thoroughly discussed the
local situation with DR.. Wagner. the
government inspector at the Abattoir
company. and that DR.. Wagner had
stated that he thought the govern
nent would provide for the inspection
of meat butchered here IL the city
would pass an ordinance conforming
With the meat inspection law DIR.
Bond said that Dr. Wagner stated
hat to secure this government inspec-
ion, which would be furnished with
,ut cost to the city or the butchers, it
would be necessary to provide butch
ering floor to conform with govern
nent regulations, as none of the To-
al butchering establishments had
such floor. DIR. Bond asked If the
butchers thought charge of Il, cents
or each beef slaughtered would be too
zig a charge.
Opposed to Most Everything.
Several butchers stated that they
would regard such a charge as too
Ugh, for the reason that they would
AVE to drive their cattle to the
laughtering place and then cart the
neat back to their cooling rooms
DIR. Bond was asked if il was pro-
osed to locate this Strengthening floor
t the Abattoir company. They stat
d that If such was the intention each
nd every butcher would most vigor-
usly protest. The feeling the butch
rs have against this company seems
D arise from the fact that the butch
rs believe the Abatroir people are re-
for the agitation that has
risen for the thorough inspection of
II meat slaughtered in this city. DIR.
ond stated that he had not been in
uenced by the Abattoir people and
lat it was not his plan to have the
slaughtering floor at the alb
ttoir. He suggested that. the floor
2 located near the butcheing estab-.
shments Of Henry Holzapfel. Antho-
Y Stole and Peter Mitchell. where
early all the slaughtering in the city
done Objections were made To-
lis plan on the ground that a floor
rye enough to slaughter all the stock
lilly butchered here could not be
Tilt. It was then suggested that
rec floors be built, all near together
Id close to the abattoir, SO that DR..
'agoner and an assistant could in
'ect all stock slaughtered I'm the city.
pposition to this plan arose on the
ounds that cooling rooms would not
provided, and that all butchers aft
the kill would have to cart their
eat back to their establishments.
Bond Objects to OffaI.
DR. Bond stated that the city in
nded to put stop to dumping in the
ver and that the establishment of
unicipaI slaughteging floor would
nplify the refuse question, as all the
al could be cremated at q place near
e sIaughtering floor. Butchers stat
that all the offal is now hauled from
cir establishments daily by Tom
srtes and they deplored this fact be-
use he got the refuse for nothing.
Iey stated that if they were allowed
place this offaI in tanks, which a
3 ordinance provides against, their
nnal profits would be increased
I'M 5000 TO $500 each year, as they
Ild then sell the refuse. When