Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-05

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ter from the pens or thous ands
animals before they are killed-b
after the killing nothing of the amin
will get into the sewer, not even IL
smell-that Mr.. Armour would almo
murder any man in his employ VII
would be guilty of such gross negl
gence rs to allow any of$the intense
valuable parts or essences to g,
away, either first into the air, or la,
into the sewer. @sS%
We submit that II this state of a
fairs is the actual case there can the
be no valid reason why you or an
other Minneapolis party should objet
to locating that plant above you o
the Mississippi river at any distance
near or remote. s4<:
Now, while we admit that theore
icslly the animals slaughtered ar
thoroughly used up, we do assert tina
never yet have all the essences an
the oils been extracted from the cal
cass before the sewer Is reached
There is always something left TO
putrefaction somewhere. In this case
with the plant located. as now pro
posed, that somewhere will be be
tween the university and our levee
Another thing and the great thin,
for all to realize is that an i'm
mense institution of this kind, will
all its varied departments, dove
tailed one into the other in it:
working scheme, cannot be carried or
without great deal of waste going
into the sewer at many points in thu
process of manufacture. Never car
tho theoretical standards of Mr.. Ar
mour's engineers nor his plans fol
making use of everything contained
in the animal be fully attained.
The slightest displacement of any
of the cogs in this great industry
must result in stuff being dumped into
the sewer. ~
Swift & Co. run an up to date plant
They are subject to the same govern
ment inspection now which your plant,
If built, will be subject to and which
your business men say ENSURES the
truth of all their statements as to
cleanliness. Please go down the river
below the Swift plant and see if any
thing gets away from them.
Is it not apparent that the problem
Of the construction Of that sewer
fixed the location as selected? It
wasn't, In our opinion, Mr.. Armour
who said positively, II must have this
particular spot and noSother," but
your own men, who saw that to build
a sewer from the old New Brighton
location to point in the river below
your city presented a difficult task.
The old site Is much lower in eleva-
ton than the new. It would require
an immense amount Of money to tun-
mel for a sewer clear through that
high ground south of the old site and
SO the managers of this enterprise de-
cided that the plant must be located
on the high ground and decided to tell
you that Mr.. Armour says it is the
only feasible spot, that he won't build
anywhere else. We ask you who is
building and paying for his sewer?
Your own city. You are paying for it
and we repeat that the problem of
the sewer and the cost OF the sewer
Is the economic reasonably the plant
Is located as proposed and why your
homes on top of the ground are
with, this nuisance. And
with its beautiful resi-
dences on the East Side and St. An
thony Park and all the beautiful coun-
try around the agricultural school and
the fair grounds must stop, it's growth
out there of homes and must give that
whole country over to the class and
kind Of people and homes which sur
round tie South Chicago stock yards
at the present time. We submit right
usre another phase of this question
which is perhaps more important to
he citizens Of both Minneapolis and
st. Paul than any other, namely, the
moral atmosphere which surrounds
The large packing houses and stock
yards industry. Do you want such a
street IN Northeast Minneapolis as the
celebrated Halstcad street of South |
Chicago?
Minneapolis finds st. Paul with a |
stock yards at South st. Paul, an in
dependent municipality in Dakota
county, six miles from the center of |
St. Paul This has cut off the growth |
If our citysSin that direction and to-
wards the east. s,SS2
Minneapolis proposes to locate a !
,lant SO close to the northwest of us !
hat all growth of homes ID stopped !
n that direction and, in addition, she |
urns the sewage into tSe river right !
lown on our Town and Country club !
md along under the most beautiful |
liver drive on the American con. |
inent. She stops our building, out
hat way along the river orr towards |
he fort and when we object she says,
jump OF the EARTH" ssz
Is this neighborly? Is it right? Is
business? We contend that these |
wo cities are practically one today,
q broad minded sense, and that we
re equally interested with You In the
tate university, in the agricultural
chool, in the fair grounds, In the
apitol and In any large, farreaching
Proposition, such as the location of
he stock yards is, that you have no
light to locate such an industry near
o us or to our limits without giving
. a hearing.
This is primarily a question of
ZONES, the homes of your people and
t your neighbors and the homes of
ur state institutions. 1t Is . remark
BILE, thing how big q nuisance 9 man
4 the pursuit of his business may /
earn to endure and, on the other
and, it Is just as remarkable how
mall thing In the way Of q stencil
ill ruin the pleasure Of home to
lany people and particularly to the
omen. Why is it that everybody
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