The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-08

Twenty ThOnsaAd Cars Wanted 10
Move the Crops There.

Move the Crops There.
From Davenport (rowa) Democrat.
swell, how do you do--what's up
there now-and how's business on the
Iowa division of the e., r. I. & P ?"
The reporter was addressing Superin-
tepdent H. h. f. Boyce, Of Des
Moines, who manages the Iowa line of
the great railroad named, III response
to the pleasant good morning as the
Superintendent came walking from
the Perry Street Depot.
@Oh, l am & BOD enough-and there's
business enough, too. Everybody out
West want cars just now for the ship
ment of corn"
"They have held their corn good
while, seems to me ~
"Yes, they have but they could
not help it. You know the wet
weather which prevailed long in the
fore part of the season kept it damp
and hot, and it hasn't been in cOndi-
ton to ship until now. And now they
are ready fer it, every man wants to
ship his corn the first thing"
as there much Of it s''
"Much Of it How much do you
think There's 10, 900, 600 bushels Of
corn in cribs and elevators and barns
along the lines of our road IN Iowa. I
have made search for the facts and
know it. And now, suppose you aver
age 500 bushels to the car (460 BUSH
els would be about right and you
will need 90, 900 cars to haul that corn
| to market. That is what's bothering
me just now"
"That Ia more of last years corn
crop than supposed there was left in
Central Iowa. But Mr.. Boyce what
do you think of the Germ crop of 1881 p
Just then General Superintendent
Klmball came down from his Office, and
hearing the question, stopped to listen te
the answer:
swell, tell you we shall have an av.
erage crop In the two tiers of counties
| tributary to the main of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific in Iowa.
know there has been great deal of talk
about the failure of the corn crop. Well
| 1t has failed 10 these tiers of counties oil
| all the low lands which were soaked
early and scorched late, but on the roll
ing laEds and the high lands the corr
promises pretty well In these counties
Perhaps ought to say that the yer.
much larger area devoted to corn thi
year will give an average yield for trans
porting to Market"
The counties referred to by Mr.. Royc'
are, commencing at the Mississippi AM
going west, Scott, Cedar, johnson
Poweshiek, Jasper, Polk, Dallas, 0uth
RE, Audubon and Pottawattamie; AM
then commencing at the Missouri an
returning; Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair
Madison, Warren, Marion, Mahasks
Keokuk, Washington and Muscatlne
In these counties in 1875 the corn yiei
was A, 900, 900 OF bushels, and In lSS
1t was more than 6O,000,000 bushels
So, II Superintendent Royce's estimat
be correct, the yield Of corn this year !
these eighteen counties will be nearl
10000, 900 bushels. There are a hun
bred counties In Iowa, but all have nc
been so highly favored In corn-ralsln
this year as the thirteen counties named
but these figures show that the crop G
the State will be up among the hun
dreds of millions"
$50 1t will not be such bad year 70
corn with us, after all?
"Take care what you say to him." pu
Ia Mr.. Kimball, ait 10 aa important sui
ject now, and he will have it all in th
Democrat this evening""
swell, that is all right. know hin
All that say can stand by. l hav
been collecting the facts, and what
state Is right. He Is welcome to all b
hears from me on the corn question:"
And the Interview ended.