anaheim-gazette 1906-06-21

Horrors of Packing Houses No novel of recent years has so stirred the country from end to end as Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle," which depicts the horrors of the Chicago packing-house. This novel was the basis of the recent investigations into the packing-houses. Extracts from the book are as follows: There is over a square mile of space in the yards and more than half of it is occupied by cattle pens; north and south as far as the eye can reach there stretches a sea of pens. And they were all filled—so many cattle no one had ever dreamed existed in the world. Red cattle, black, white and yellow cattle; old cattle and young cattle; great bellowing bulls and little calves not an hour born; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce, long-horned Texas steers. The sound of them here was as of all the barnyards of the universe; and as for counting them—it would have taken all day simply to count the pens." Jokubas Szedvilas was showing Jurgis Rudkus, the central figure in the book, "Durham and Company's" plant and the miracles of ingenuity struck Jurgis as well as the immensity of the thing. "If you counted with it the other big plants—and they were now really all one—it was, so Jokubas informed them, the greatest aggregation of labor and capital ever gathered in one place. It employed thirty thousand men; it supported directly two hundred and fifty thousand people in its neighborhood, and indirectly it supported half a million. It sent its products to every country in the civilized world, and it furnished the food for no less than thirty million people! "Perhaps they had a secret process for making chickens chemically—who knows?" said Jurgis's friend; "the things that went into the mixture were tripe, and the fat of pork, and beef suet, and hearts of beef, and finally the waste ends of veal, when they had any chickens walk about on it. Once, an ingenious stranger started to gather this filth in make lard out of; then they took the cue and got out an arrow to stop him, and afterward gave themselves. The banks of Creek are plastered thick wattle and this also the packers go clean." Meanwhile, lest we forget, be of interest to our farmers to get out of bed at midnight their portion of water for to read what Br. Sherwood of the Yorba reservoir site ago, after making exhaustive gations into its formation. Was at that time a director of pany, as well as the engineer of its construction. This was he sang in 1902: Anaheim, July To the Board of Directors of W. Co.—Gentlemen: Your committee having further examination of reservoir site with reference availability for the purposes reports as follows: Borings were begun on Jurgis prosecuted continuously until The tools were a two-inch inch ordinary auger, welded quarter inch black pipe. It was screwed into the ground ordinary pipe wrench for more, and then withdrawn adhering material removed sand a little water was poured hole to make the material the auger. This method well and rapidly in loam or considerable difficulty is usured in going through a able stratum of sand, as it will adhere well to the auger, unless puddled with clay. Culties were partially over driving a piece of casing as hole was bored and working and indirectly it supported half a million. It sent its products to every country in the civilized world, and it furnished the food for no less than thirty million people! "Perhaps they had a secret process for making chickens chemically—who knows?" said Jurgis's friend; "the things that went into the mixture were tripe, and the fat of pork, and beef suet, and hearts of beef, and finally the waste ends of veal, when they had any. They put these up in several grades, and sold them at several prices; but the contents of the cans all came out of the same hopper. And then there was potted game and potted grouse, potted ham and deviled ham—and de-vyled, as the men called it. De-vyled ham was made out of the waste ends of smoked beef that were too small to be sliced by the machines; and also tripe, dyed with chemicals so that it would not show white; and trimmings of hams and corned beef; and potatoes, skins and all. "The packers welcomed tuberculosis in the cattle they were feeding, because it made them fatten more quickly; and where they bought up all the old rancid butter left over in the grocery stores of a continent, and oxidized it by a forced air process, to take away the odor, rechurned it with skimmilk, and sold it in bricks in the cities! Up to a year ago it had been the custom to kill horses in the yards—ostensibly for fertilizer; but after long agitation the newspapers had able to make the public realize that the horses were being canned. After Jurgis, his young wife, Cousin Morija Barczynskas and the children of the family had seen Packingtown conditions from the viewpoint of employees they became doubtful about eating the product which they handled. They had always been accustomed to eat a great deal of smoked sausage; and how could they know that what they bought in America was not the same—that its color was made by chemicals, and its smoky flavor by more chemicals and that it was full of potato flour besides? Potato flour is the waste of potato after the starch and alcohol have been extracted. "Bubbly Creek is one of the most horrible pictures in 'The Jungle.' That lard should be made from the filth of a slough that had been a plague spot of starch seems inconceivable." ordinary pipe wrench for more, and then withdrawn adhering material removed sand a little water was poured hole to make the material the auger. This method well and rapidly in loam or considerable difficulty is usuried in going through able stratum of sand, as it will adhere well to the auger, or unless puddled with clay. The culties were partially over driving a piece of casing as the hole was bored, and working Gravel containing boulders usually unable to penetrate digging pits. The location and results ofings are shown in detail on the panying cross section. In general, we find that age depth of twenty-five feet surface, on the proposed there is a stratum of tough low clay about fourteen feetness underlaid with fine sand we did not penetrate more feet. Borings made in the reservoir 400 and 800 feet the dam line and at other places indicate that this stratum is continuous and unbroken in of the reservoir site. This stratum of clay is over strata of loam, sand, clay, varying in thickness and gravel being usually found off of the hills to a considerable Your committee sees no need a safe dam cannot be const this place if a proper four made in the above mention of bluish clay. The details of construct whether the puddle wall built to the top of the dam; the hills on each side it short structured; of what materials should be built, and the most logical method of conveying the site; and others, are matter should be referred to a record in this line of work; an action will be productive of certain results. An incomplete examination places from which the m building the dam must come made, the results of which in detail on the cross-section. An examination was all ascertain if the height o could not be increased. There appears to be no height should not be from five to ten feet. Th for a short distance on the w a little low; but the elev hills at the dam line and side are sufficient. Taking the average area foot level at 55 acres an add feet would hold 550 acre fe what they bought in America was not the same—that its color was made by chemicals, and its smoky flavor by more chemicals and that it was full of potato flour besides? Potato flour is the waste of potato after the starch and alcohol have been extracted. "Bubbly Creek is one of the most horrible pictures in 'The Jungle.' That lard should be made from the filth of a slough that had been a plague spot of stench seems inconceivable. 'Bubbly Creek' is an arm of the Chicago river and forms the southern boundary of the yards; all the drainage of the square mile of packing houses empties into it, so that it is really a great open sewer a hundred or two feet wide. One long arm of it is blind, and the filth stays there forever and a day. The grease and chemicals that are poured into it undergo all sorts of strange transformations, which are the cause of its name. Here and there the grease and filth have caked solid, and the creek looks like a bed of lava; Mother's Ear A WORD IN MOTHER'S EAR: WHEN NURSING AN INFANT, AND IN THE MONTHS THAT COME BEFORE THAT TIME, SCOTT'S EMULSION SUPPLIES THE EXTRA STRENGTH AND NOURISHMENT SO NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH OF BOTH MOTHER AND CHILD. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 400-615 Pearl Street, New York. 500, and $1.00; all druggists. walk about on it, feeding. angeneous stranger came and gather this filth in scows, to out of; then the packers due and got out an injunction on, and afterward gathered it plastered thick with hairs, also the packers gather and AN APPROVED THE SITE while, lest we forget, it might rest to our farmers who have of bed at midnight to use ation of water for irrigation, that Br. Sherwood had to say orba reservoir site four years making exhaustive investito its formation. Sherwood at time a director of the comwell as the engineer in charge construction. This was the song in 1902: Anaheim, July 5, 1002. Board of Directors of the A. U. —Gentlemen: committee having in charge examination of the Yorba site with reference to its purpose for the purpose intended follows: were begun on June 3d and continuously until July 2d. were a two-inch and a threenary auger, welded on threenich black pipe. The auger fired into the ground with an pipe wrench for a foot or and then withdrawn, and the material removed. In dry water was poured into the make the material adhere to ear. This method works very rapidly in loam or clay; but able difficulty is usually expegoing through a considerum of sand, as it will neither cell to the auger, or stand up added with clay. These diffiere partially overcome by piece of casing as fast as the bored and working inside it taken him four years to inform the irrigators of that fact. Yet this preposterous individual has been able, even though in the minority, to keep us irrigating at night, to defeat the wishes of the people, to set at naught the desires of the directors and the irrigators. Can such things be, and overcome us like a summer's cloud? Ancient Irrigating Systems Discoveries were recently made in the lava beds of New Mexico, which prove that thousands of years ago there existed in New Mexico a system of reservoirs, irrigation and viaducts that is unparalleled at this age. Under the lava which covers hundreds of square miles are found traces of cement ditches and reservoirs that are marvels of civil engineering. Our irrigation engineers have much to learn from the people, older than the Pueblo race, who inhabited New Mexico when the race from which Columbus sprang were still barbarians. The ancients provided against seepage by cementing the bottoms of their ditches wherever they were conducted across loose soils. Their ditches wound in and out at the base of mountain ranges, following the sinuosities of canyons and rounding points in such a manner as to catch all the storm water before it was absorbed by the loose sands at the mountain's base. Reservoirs at convenient basins stored the water which was led in cemented ditches across the loose soil to where it was needed for use. Chasms were crossed by viaducts and wonderful engineering devices were used for the removal of silt that might be used as an aid to the fertility of loose and rocky soils, otherwise valueless. Into some of the ditches lava has run, showing their great antiquity. Others are now covered with shifting sands; but enough are still visible in many places to enable the skilled engineer to understand the system which prehistoric pipe wrench for a foot or and then withdrawn, and the material removed. In dry water was poured into the make the material adhere to this method works very rapidly in loam or clay; but stable difficulty is usually expegoing through a considerum of sand, as it will neither well to the auger, or stand up added with clay. These diffiere partially overcome by piece of casing as fast as the bored, and working inside it. containing boulders we were able to penetrate except by outs. ation and results of the borshown in detail on the accomcross section. Oral, we find that at an average of twenty-five feet below the on the proposed dam line, stratum of tough bluish yelabout fourteen feet in thick overlaid with fine sand, which not penetrate more than two strings made in the bottom of voilr 400 and 800 feet north of line and at other places would that this stratum of clay is us and unbroken in this part servoir site. Stratum of clay is overlaid with loam, sand, clay, and gravel on thickness and distribution; being usually found on the top to a considerable depth. Committee sees no reason why dam cannot be constructed at time if a proper foundation is the above mentioned stratum of clay. Details of construction, viz.. the puddle wall should be the top of the dam; how far in each side it should be conof what materials the dam built, and the most economid of conveying them to the others, are matters which are referred to a recognized existis line of work; and such accute productive economy and results. complete examination of the from which the material for the dam must come was also the results of which are shown on the cross-section. Examination was also made to if the height of the dam be increased. Appears to be no reason why right should not be increased to ten feet. The elevation start distance on the west side is now; but the elevation of the one dam line and on the east sufficient. for the average area at the 40at 55 acres an additional ten hold 550 acre feet, which is Commencing June 17th, the Santa Fe will make several important changes in its time tables. Train no. 78 will leave Anaheim at 7:35 a.m. instead of 7:55 a.m., 20 minutes earlier. No. 73 leaves Anaheim at 2:50 p.m. instead of 2:35 p.m. No. 74 at 12 o'clock noon instead of 12:19 p.m. A new train will be put on between Orange and San Bernardino connecting with this train from Anaheim at 8:50 a.m. Connection for all points between Los Angeles and San Bernardino will now be made by train no. 78 leaving Anaheim at 7:35 a.m. Other changes of minor importance will also be made in the new schedule. $100 REWARD, $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. 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The elevation short distance on the west side is now; but the elevation of the dam line and on the east sufficient. for the average area at the 40at 55 acres an additional ten hold 550 acre feet, which is approximately, to 300 minutes, 12 hours a day for 90 days; one-half the capacity of the as planned. committee is not yet able to rethe resurvey of the outlet Respectfully submitted, JOHN P. ZEYN, G. W. SHERWOOD. after four years of intermittent in, Sherwood has been forced that, when he made that rehad in view a "certain definite work upon the reservoir was begin, in the summer of 1902, and incontinently fired Sherwood position as engineer, for bum tunnel construction up the and for other faulty work. 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