El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-09
RUDDY SAYS HIS
ORDINANCE GOOD.
Cities Chicago and Kansas
City to Prove Need for
Restricting Law.

"The ordinance now before the city
! council prohibiting the establishment
I Of a stock yards and packing mouse
district within the corporate limits OF
/ fhe cifv is in my opinion, a meritor-
/ ious one and should have the support
| OF every citizen of Ell Paso who has
the future welfare OF the CITY al
heart" said Tom Rudy, the Kansas
city cattle man who has figured rather
prominently in the controversy now
being carried on before the city eoun-
Tel Paso should take a leaf out Of
the books of Chicago and Kansas
City" continued Mr.. Rudy. Cppo-
ncnts of the measure are pointing 70
the fact that the stockyaroS ana PACK
ing house districts OF DoIh OF thOSe
cities are well within the present cry
limits It is true they are, put thaI
does not argue that the cltlzenS OF
either city are glad Of It. AS a matter
of fact the citizens OF DoIh cllles
would be glad If the packing houses
and stock yards of both could be Tar
removed from their present locations.
Chicago StOckyards,
when the stockyards OIL ChlcasO
were established in the early bU Ihey
were located in what was then known
as the town of Lake and were so far
removed from the then center OF the
city that not even the most Sangulne
believer of the growth of the city had
aDV idea that Chicago would ever grow
so large as to take in the stOckyards
district. The same is true OF the ran
sas City packing house district. what
was true of Chicago and Kansas CITY
Will be true of Ell Paso in a much
greater degree, as this city is destined
to be a vastly larger cattle market
than either of the cities named and
will convert more cattle into beef ana
other understandable cattle products
once packing houses are established
''The Chicago stockyards embrace
1900 acres, while those OF Kansas city
cover fully 1000 acres 81 PaSo viii
need fully as large tract II not
larger, for its stockyards and pack
ing house district. tract large
enough for the purpose cannot possibly
be secured within the city limits. The
time to secure a tract sufficiently large
is now and now is the time to begin
to force the prospective packers to
seek sites outside what is now the
business and residence districts.
River Site Necessary.
1t is true that any site selected
must lie along the river in order that
proper drainage may be secured and it
must be down the river from the city
in order that the drainage from the
yards and packing houses may not give
offensive as it flows along the river
trent of the city, For that reason 1
have suggested the section lying east
Of Washington park and south Of the
rankin canal. 1t may extend east
ward as far as necessity demands.
To give a franchise to the Morris
Co. or any other concern for a mere
45 or SO acres close to the business
and residence sections of the city for
packing house or stOckyards purposes
can result in but one thing, the giving
OF an opportunity to the person, firm
or corporation securing the franchise
for the site designated by the Morris
Co to levy tribute on every head Of
cattle coming from Mexico, whether for
trans-shipment to points farther north
or for consumption by FL PasO packing
houses when once they are estab-
hshed. The new packing and stock
yards district should be placed where
it cannot be controlled by any one rail-
road as will be the case if they are
located where the Norris Co. has pc
titioned they shall be located.
Up to Council.
However, the matter is up to the
city council. 1t is proper that that
body should give every encouragement
to new enterprises which, in the 1udg-
ment of the men composing the coun-
ell, win build up the city. Those men
viii not, however, refuse to take into
consideration the necessity of cOnserv-I
inc the welfare of other property hold
ers. Packing houses and stockyards