The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-25

conducted in this room. Tho carcasS
es are hoisted, BY means It hand
windlass, which IL : rithar slow
method.
The chill room is 10 by 8 feet.
with cement floor, three walls plaster
ed with cement and the other wall of
wood. A temperature Of 40 degrees
Fahrenheit is maintained, and all car
casses are retained iii this roort for
- hours before being removed ID the
cooler
The cooler is % by % feet, with ce-
| ment floor, cement plastered walls
| and sewer connections. Refrigera-
ton is supplied by lotion ammonia
plant. ..-....
The tank room or reduction plant
is a small compartment adjoining the
slaughtering department. It is equip
ned with one tank. The offal IL han
died by means of q windlass and raj.
The rendered fat Is sold to local laun-
dries and the tankage is disposed OF
as fertilizer. The sewage from this
room is piped to the septic tank.
The inspection is performed by
veterinarian who receives salary
of $1,000 a year. The following fees
are charged for killing: Cattle, S1.25
a head; hogs, sheep and calves, IS
cents each The patron receives the
hide, heart, caul, tail and brain. Car
casses may be held in the cooler fer
five days and delivered to butcher
shops or markets free OF charge. For
each additional day a charge of 10
cents is made.
According to the mayor, Hon. E. Fl.
McCuiston, the receipts from the oper-
alton of the abattoir for the first six
months averaged $7o1 month, while
the average expenses were 1862
month, showing an average monthly
profit of $139. The receipts from the
plant are expected to pay not only
the running expenses but the interest
on the bonds which were issued to
raise money for the construction Of
the plant, and to provide "a sinking
fund with which to meet the bonds
when they mature.
Mayor McCuiston has the following
following to say with regard to the
abattoir and the circumstances lead.
ing up to the undertaking:
Almost every person operating
meat markets in the city maintained
a separate slaughter house at which
he slaughtered the animals sold at
his market. The structures were
rough plank; the location was usually
in some thicket or in a swamp. and
surrounding each Of Ike
houses hogs were kept for the pur-
pose Of destroying the offal and waste
from slaughtered animals. These
pens being removed from the city
the only water used was ordinarily
from a pool on the premises or a
shallow we'll. In either case it was
about as filthy as 1t could be. During
the summer season flies were about
the premises in untold millions, and
as soon as the animals were slaugh-
tered they would rise up from the
dump heaps and cover the carcasses
The odor naturally, Of course, was
terrific, and indeed the whole sur
roundings we're such that 1t appeared
to us that meat slaughtered under
such conditions was not at all At for
food. "
We tried for two years to induce
the butchers to form a stock COM
pany and build an abattoir and re-
duction plant, operate it thems selves,
allowing the city to furnish an in-
spector only; but on account Of jeal-
ousy and business rivalry this could
not be done. The city then decided
to undertake the work.
1t is the purpose Of the.city to oper-
ate the plant without a profit. We
have made charges which are sup.
posed to cover the items Of operation,
insurance, interest and sinking fund
for bonds, and allow 10 per cent for
repairs. The total operating expense
is about $500 per month, outside of
fuel. The inspector who inspects at
the abattoir is also the inspector OF
markets, grocery stores, confectioIl-
aries, dairy herds, and dairy products,
and the fees for all these inspections
are turned into the abattoir fund, ana
in that way aid In keeping not only
the prices OF slaughter and cold stor-
age down to the minimum, but also
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