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Show A CATTLE .ITINERARY . j B Kdllor rrlliuno: As jilaletl in The Tribune several days ao, Iho M. K. Parsons caltlo cars were left standing at Border, Wyo. 't'he ASu head occupied 13 pars. Mr. Bei-son's orilers wore to put an euutil number In rucli car, whlcli would mako :iu jivcrn:e of 'J.'i 10-10. hp a llLllo lisrurliiK will show. As the night Wh pretty darlt and some of tho i-attle a Iff l lo wild, a Tew of llic cars lield "C caeh. I mention tltln liccausn 1 Lhinlc IMrsons oiiKht to litiow liow cnicle.sa Bon-, son Ifl in loading attic, -when tlio Tiial-tcr Tiial-tcr of proper loading in audi an Important Im-portant factor In the safe and humane shipment of viittlc. We left Herder at 7:::0 p. in.. October li. Arrived ulGrc-n lUver al 7 a. in.. l:m-. J.cft at S a. m. lleacltcd Rawlins l:"0 p. in. 'Left at ti:-0 p. in.. rea-liin--l.araiuie at Oili" a. in., lltli, and set In a I stock yards at 10: ir. a., in.. maKIrii; time of our ,flrst run 1'J hours and 15 minutes. . Ordered cattle reloaded at S a. nt. on tlic 15th. Wc left at 5:15 p. m. Arrived Ar-rived at Clicyonuo 10:13 p. m. l-efl. at' liO a. m. October 1G. Tieaciicd Sldncy fi:20 a. m. Tftat TM0 a in., rcauliluc North Platte aL 12;H0 p. m. Left at :i:::0 p. m., arriving at Grand Jslund at li:ii a. in. on the 17th. Unloaded. . Ordered, out at i p. m.. roachhts South Omaha stocl: yards at S a. in., Octouor 1S. ' Kor some mysterious reason wc were held, motionless, for about two hours fi miles wcat of Laramie, on the 1 1th. while tho track hi front of us was perfectly clear. Otherwise the time of our llrst run might have, boon "7 lioura. only 0 hours beyond the lewd limit. As shown In the itinerary, the cattir. ordered out at S a. nt.. did not leave the Ii-iramle yarda until 5: IS p. m. During Dur-ing thut. interval of : hours the catllo were not fod. Then, by adcllnic the rim-nliiff rim-nliiff time of :!1 hours front J.arainle to Clrand Island, wo find that on the sec-mid sec-mid run the cattle were on the cars SI liour3 and without food 40 hours. Once the cattle, aro loaded, they aro w under the absolute control of the .rail- lBf road company. The shipper is aslsrd , !BH whore ho wants, to feed, hut when he I IKK shall feed Io a matter beyond Ida con- ' jH; Irol. Ills tiiflueiice there ainounb? lo pre- lH clscly as miicli as that of the cattle them- I lB selves. 1 1 aeenis Unit every other claaa i IjHI of frclsht must clve way lo California. tB fruit trains. It is. a nuro thiii: that live 3'flB stoclr trains Io on the Unton Pacillc. fHt Tho manner iu which the train wan 'K handled was far from centlo at times. ffR Part of- the llinc it consisted of 05 car.". That means a full half mile. There wa- SB nevei- fewer than -r cars cant oC Chej ' Wxm enne. With this Ion-; string of cars tin Wsm engineer would sometimes take water wlllioui uncoupling: from the train.. jjnd Ids sudden stops and Jcrkn while ap- B-.'l proaehiii" the tank would have thrown sH-S a man In the caboose violently to the Hi8 floor If ho had heen standlns. Piled up HIS at the end of a car. as' the cattle must B have been by their involuntary aero- Ht8 Initios, the wonder was. and Is. that none Hyi of their Jean -"rtJ broken. While there H?H wero no casualties of that kind, the loh-r HSS runs and the coarse work of !:oino of Bill tie engineers mur-t'liave caused tho un- BHm neceamiry loss of many-'poiiiidR in tVi Hffl welpht of the live stock. iKitorlnt; -tho HJl uucatlon of cruelty. Hero is a chance Kin for the ITimiano society to cnlaryo its rfs field of usefulness. IRA PUONTZ. W-M Dayton, O.. November. 1310. M |