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fed and kept at West Albany, in alley I) and yards adjoining (15, 16 

 and 17). 



I think we have now clear proof of how the yards in alley D, 14 to 

 17, inclusive, wore infected. It should certainly be a lesson that in the 

 future more care should be taken in the way that quai'antined cattle are 

 handled. 



(Signed) Wm. Henry Kelly. 



On June 19 there is record of a consignment of eight carloads 

 of Chicago cattle to W. H. Munroe, Brighton, Mass., via West 

 Albany. The cars used were Boston Live Stock Express Nos. 

 53, 89, 81, 51, 67, 2sl, 39 and 45. The first four were shipped 

 east, according to the Boston & Albany Railroad books, on June 

 20; the second four, on June 21. The latter four cars at least 

 were unloaded at the West Albany yards. Cattle from this lot 

 were put into pens 3 and 4, alley E, and 15 and 16, alley D. 



On June 23 a consignment of thirty-six steers was received at 

 West Albany stock yards, en route for Brighton, Mass., W. H. 

 Munroe consignee. These came in cars Boston Live Stock Express 

 Nos. 19 and 64. On the 26th, eighteen head, the rest having been 

 sold in Albany, were reshipped in car Boston Live Stock Express 

 No. 58. These were said to have been put into shed No. 26. The 

 above is from stock yard notes. 



The railroad notes give four cars of steers, Boston Live Stock 

 Express Nos. 73, 70, 19 and 64, showing some confusion between 

 the two. These shipments to Munroe were not recorded as quar- 

 antine cattle, but comprise, with the Harrington shipment of 

 calves (?), the only lots that Dr. Kelly and myself could find 

 record of up to the present time, October 10, which could possibly 

 have infected the suspected yards. 



On June 17, W. H. Munroe, Brighton, Mass., consigned in Bur- 

 ton's stock car No. 55 a carload of quarantine cattle from Chicago 

 to Boston. These were said to have been sold in Buffalo, and not 

 to have reached Boston. The coincidence of the dates of ship- 

 ment of the eight carloads and this carload suggest the possibility 

 of mixing at Buffalo of the two lots, and the subsequent contami- 

 nation of pens 15 and 16 by the quarantine cattle. Thorough 

 investigation alone will determine the fact. 



The thorough investigation of what has happened to each car- 

 load of quarantined cattle that has been shipped through Albany 

 under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry has been delayed even to the present time, October 11, on 

 account of the delayed answer from the Bureau in reply to the 

 request of Assistant Commissioner Flanders for the data relating 



