June 28, 1864 – The members of the Chicago
Packers’ Association agree on four resolutions at a meeting in the Tremont
House. They are as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
association that the various stock yards of this city should be consolidated
into one.
Resolved, That said yards should be
conducted by a joint stock company, the stock of which should be accessible to
all.
Resolved, That the said yards to meet the
requirements of the different interests concerned ought to be located near the
city limits of the South Division.
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed to confer with the committee of the Common Council in relation to the
sanitary condition of the Chicago river, and that such joint committee examine
each and every slaughter, rendering and packing establishment and their
relation to the condition of the river.
In this
same year of 1864 the Union Stockyards opened on 320 acres of swampland just southwest
of the city, land that was purchased for $100,000. Within five years the area would be
incorporated into the city. On July 20,
1974 the enterprise closed, 110 years after the four resolutions were adopted
in the Tremont House on the southeast corner of Lake and Dearborn.
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