The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-11-25
THE CAR FAMINE,

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TIL: CAR FAMINE.
We spoke last week Ut the partial fl.
RI famine prevailing "u tlIr rrairirS Of
Minnesota AMI Dakota. The chief Diff
ic"l,y appears t" liz Il lack 1T cars. s."
HAT it is more IF i car than !. fuel FAM
i've. This lack Of Cars seems I" b+ g-,,-
er,l, that is. all the roads rave, sing
our state are short of ears. II cir is
more Coz, plain, along the Milwaukee,,
especial y on the Hastings Il Dakota
branch, than q" our own road.
smith Il Lewis. fuel dealers If st
Paul, write to II. T.. Shepard & Co.,
,,",rt date of Nov. l6:
Tue delay has "ccurre' for the reason
THAT the railroad company has ln-t:: III
able to give ,,S cars an acc,,,,nt Of the
hl'"katle at Duluth. Everything there
in tl.- Shape If warehouse room has
l,ee" full ard hundreds If cars tmv
lain there with fl"r and Wheit va ling
fur vessels. Navigation il now 81 's-al
and aS there " i'll t#. 10 further Il tficul
~ there beyond their capacity for St"r.
age. there will be no further trouble Of
that kind.
This explains to some extent the diff
ticulty above. AZ t" the trouble ut the
other end. nr the inability If our deal
ers to get coal from the south. the fol-
lowing letter from the Fort Dodge
Coal t."lnauy. tn MesSrS. Sheuar(.
will explain that:
3era,,Se IF the refusal Of the Illinois
Central road to allow their Cars Shirpt.l
to points "ff their ,i"e If road, and the
refusal If the st. p. 4 :. &. to- all'a'
theirs loaded for private IL alerS on
their line until they are stocked mp for
the winter. it Is at present impossible
for us t" fill y"nr orders.
As to the lack nf wood. it is due both
to the lack Of ears aud the lack Of wood
ut the railroad. rs farmers have been
busy ut other work aud hive not been
hauling rs much us usual.
Our own road. it seems, are not stock
el up for their own use. and are attic III
ing to that before they furnish cars for
private dealers. Fortunately there has
been 40 hl:zz 'rd recently to hlmkadr
til" road. and settlers are Squeezing
through "I the very limited supply. \
snow blockade nf the r'ah would u,-
cause no lit le suffering.
The demand for cars is great both
ways just ut this time. Last Saturday
there were calls for fifty cars on the
'V"rthingt"n l. Sioux Falls to t Ike ont
wheat a,"l fl *. aud t re ro I'll could fur
nisi, hut SIX "r eight. The rush Of
grain t" market is g"rging the w:,r.'-
lnnS-> and railroads.
West of lis TIN. Lack of fuel seems t.
'~ greater than it is here on the mali,
line. Lnverne dispatched Il few days H.
g": "Senh us coal 1T any price.''
The worst "f the car famine is pr"ba-
lily over now, and il there is no SNOW
blockade OF the road. our dealers will
he able t" keep enough in their yards to
keep !'e"r'r from freezing.
Since writing tive above. we learn that
there is considerable suffering on tl,r
line Of the Milwaukee, road III Iowa.
TIE Pioneer Press. If Tuesday. Says:
80 severe is the Snff-riI.. on the line
nt the rhilrn;'l above mentioned. that
1T l;sit. lla:c'ck cunHtv. Iowa. ~,
Sal uttlay evening. Il party of filly FIR.
m"rS each ,ns,l with pistol, ll.;,.tr !,
raid on tie coal "lI>e If the raiIru;ld
company aud took f"rcible I',SS"S$i"n nf
all the coal it confirmed. u littI+. far.
lI'rr west Nv" more. coal houses were
treated THESE. men were ~.
identity Il, ivrn t" the cu,r>+. they p,.r.
sued f. III suffering in their fa'nili-$.
At other points along th. Iowa a. i
Dakota division the people are said to
!" tprri"g down fences. barns aud 9th
buildings. an using even Railroad ties
for fuel.
REAL ESTATE re iNSFERX
List 1T fla sfrrs entered ~ Record
t'"m Oct. 20 t." Nov. 20. 1850.
TmI''a~ Il. Merrill aud wife t" Har-
rirt J. NJ. it"i,rrr. nw4 MI % lO2. 40
West. AGO acres. Cons. 81.
Charles X. Thomson t" George J.
hay. sw4'~4 l5lO2 ~, 4U7 acres.
Cons. $50.
SC. Il It P. II. II. 70. to Daniel
Baker, Lot 2, Block :, uersey. Cons.
SIS.
Il. ". Carrier and wife to Anne d.
SHEPPARD. Lot 3, Block =. Wortl,ingt",,.
Cons. $50.
john McCourt"ey to 'nqier Anes.
nv1 "a 10 49, Cons, 500.
Leroy C")+ AND wife to Eugene ".
G"ff. SIT l2-lOl IL. Is" acres. Cn''s. ST.
Eugene ". Cuff aud wife to Alice
Il. Cole. s. t II lOl fl, 100 acres. Cons.
81.
j. P. Mnult"n and wife to Mary Jane
B:a'i'l"ck, w4"w4 22-lO1 80 WEST, 81
acres. Guns. ST.
George J. Day and wife to John V.
1larkm"ft. wi 81 1914, 100 acres.
Guns. $1.OOO.
\. G.. Rnlinsrn and wife to- Jane NJ.
Thnrber. Lots 10. IL. Block II. WORTH
ingt"n Cons. $6OO.
George I. Senrv and wife to Albert
G.. Senry. swtse3 1902. A. Cans.
$l10.
Daniel R"l,rrr and wife and Merrill
Y R"l'rrr. to G"""yr J. Day, nw@nw4
3 1O2 10. Cons. $50.
I'll. Pioneer Press. which comes to
ha' d just "a we e" /" press, says that
Ben lIusselton. If this place, fired the
insane asylum 1T It. Peter.
This WAS our i,nlQine. t after reading