El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-11
SAY5STOCKYARDS
ARE ODORIFER0US
Kansas City Cattleman Dis
cUSseS Ell Paso's Stock
yards Controversy.

If the people of Ell Paso had had the
experience with stOckyardS located in
close proximity to the residence and
BUSINESS sections of their city as the
people Of Kansas City and Chicago
nave mad, they would rise up as one
man and insist that all stOckvards,
packing houses, fertilizer factories,
soap works, and kindred Industries be
4Ocaled so far away that no VaSranC
WINDS could carry the terrible stenches
INTO the city proper"
Ihese were the words of .. G.
Hcung, one of the leading attorneys
OF kansas City, who is heavily inter-
ested IN cattle ranches a few miles
east OF Ell PasO, and who has been in
Fl Paso for the past several days on
business connected with those ranches.
Story OF ChicaSO's Troubles.
nave been reading the newspaper
articles covering the controversy which
has arisen because of a protest by
MOTHS * Co. against the passage OF ar
ordinance by the Ell PasO city council
compelling all stOckyardS, packing
houses etc, to be located in a reserved
district outside the city limits con
tlnued Mr.. Young. while the prime
reason why these industries should be
located as far away from the business
and residence sections of the city as
can conveniently be done has been al
luded to by those who have been in
IerYIeWed or have signed the letters
winch nave appeared in the newspapers,
they have not laid sufficient stress
who lived in Chicago 10 or 10 years
ago nave vivid recOllectons of the aW-
tul stencil from the stockyards which
made life unbearable in the greater
portion of that city, particularly dur
ing the summer months, although the
yards were eight miles away Steps
were taken innumerable times to have
the yards removed to a point well out
side the limits OF the city of Chicago,
but all attempts proved abOrtive, prob
ably because of the great wealth and
Influence of the stockyards interests.
Drainage Canal Built.
However, the drainage from the
stockyards began to poison the water
supply and then the drainage canal
was built at a cost of Sl6,O0O,O0O, this
vast sum being spent for the sole pur-
pose of carrying the drainage from the
stOckyards into the Illinois river,
thence to the Mississippi river and the
gulf Of Mexico Since the completion
of the drainage canal, and the instala-
ton OF countless smoke and fume con-
suming devices, Chicago has not sur
fered so much as formerly from the
noisOme smells of the stOckyards dis
tricti though they still offend during
the dog days
In Kansas City.
In Kansas City we had much the
same experience, with the result that
the better residence and business sec
lions of the city were compelled to be
extended to the eastward and to the
south to be beyond the range Of the
yards and packing houses.
''Stockyards and packing houses are
great assets to a city, and should be
encouraged, but they should not be
encouraged to locate where they will
dcpreciate the value Of property or
annoy the people who are trying to
live and do business in the town. It
is not necessary that stOckyards and
packing houses be located in the heart,
or close to the heart of any city, pro-
vided they are made easily accessible
by means of railroad switches or Delt
lines and have ample street car IA
cilities for the accommodation of the
people employed.
Not His Fight.
"YOur fight in FL PasO is not my
fight and l have no interest in it one
way or the other, except in so far as
l would like to see the open market
maintained here, but L have simply
given the experience of Kansas city
and Chicago for the benefit of those
who regard stockyards and packing
houses as great assets and having had
no experience with their pad features,
may regard any attempt TO restrict
them in any way as an attack upon
Not DiscOuraginE Capital.
As has been repeatedly said IN this
controversy, there is no intent upon
the part of those who are endeavoring
to establish a reserved district for
stockyards and packing houses 10
throw cold water upon any enterprise;
They want to see Eel Paso grow and
are among the most enthusiastic boost
ers of the city. They firmly believe IN
its future They firmly believe that
Ell Paso is destined to become the great
primary cattle market of the United
States In order to facilitate the
growth OF that market they want to
see the stockyards, and those indus
tries that will grow up with the stock
wards, established at point where
thew will be not subject to attack be-
cause of their necessarily obnoxious
features for many years to come;
where they will not be a menace to the
health and comfort of the countless
thousands who in future will call Ell
PasO home.
Looking to the Future.
They are not fighting for today or
for themselves but for the generations
vet to come. They know that the es-
tablishment of slaughter houses with
in the city limits now will be subject |