The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06
THE TEXAS.CONTlNENTAL TRANS
PORTATION co.


NJ. llEBei VI AluCluuhiit lItriienN tA-O
general manager OF the Texas. Cont
mental Transportation company, which
has lntely been organized to conduct
the refrigerator car business over tho
Huntingdon oirce system of railroads
throughout tho United Statcs, In an.
swer to an inquiry as to status of the
Texas Continental line, Mr.. Riggs
stated that the increasing Importance Of
the traffic in perishable goods iuto and
out of Texas had led Colonel PIERCE
and Mr.. Huntington TO give to the
shippers and those handling such freight
US beer, butter, eggs, cheese, fruit,
vegetables and dressed meats facilities
Jor the propey are and transportation
Of .deh pre- dulls, Rad to that end tho
company he represented had been
formed, as it had been proved over aud
overthat railroads as a GO neral thing
made botch of running refrigerator
cars, and that separate department
could manage it and do we'll while other
wise it would be failure.
Reporter What do you call the sys-
tenn you speak Of?
Mr.. Higgs- In tue first place, it en-
braces all that system Of railroads iu
California, Arizona and Now Mexico,
known rs the Central and Southern
Pacific, bringing us to the Sunset at Ell
Paso, and from there to New Orleans,
where we have two great routes to Mem
phis, Louisville and Cincinnati, and
thence on over the Chesapeake aud
Ohio to New York, Washington, Balti
more, Philadelphia, Richmond, Norfolk
and the coming city, Newport News,
Away on the West, we commence at
Omaha, at st. Paul and Minneapolis,
and drain the finest dairy region in the
world over the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific to Chicago, and thence by
The Kankakee line to Cincinnati, max
ing a system touching every important
point in the country; transporting beer,
butter, cheese and Northern fruits and
vegetables to Texas; taking back early
fruits, vegetables and dressed beef to
the North bringing fruit from Califor
mia to the East; taking beer and dairy
products TO the Old Dominion and At.
lantic seacoast cities, and fetching back
the early vegetables and fruits of that
section. Don't you see am not over
rating the greatness OF this system, ant
by this interchange Of commodities We
shall do for the sections Of country We
work through double labor, for ex
change makes the world OF business q
round, and in this case it will be clea
system Of exchange OF commodities.
7 Reporter What is the outlook 70
business and the future as concern
, Texas?
Mr.. Higgs y Well, you could see GU
g opinion of the future Of Texas as con
e Germs our especial business when W
Q adopted the name of Texas Continental
i meaning Texas would rule the cont
nent, and the flag of the Republic O
I Texas as the trademark on our car,
that SIN hoe signo yinces" would trul
apply to that We are bringing copitG
and original ideas to our State, becaus
we think that it isa good place to plan
them, and that they will bring fort
}. great returns. Our experience embraC
+ es long series of years, devoted /
the carriage OF perishahle goods, whic
, we are proud to say show up a grel
success. Now, with this experienc
A before US, we have settled to the opinio
that tho Sonth, and Texas in pariicula
+. If cur country to run refrigerator cal
in, and work up tho business TO fill then
a and you can rest assured that backe
by such men 40 PIERCE and G. T. Hun
ington, the Texas Continental line wi
3 be a power in the land, and blessiu
to the people.
!. Reporter How blessing to IL
peoplep
Mr.. Higgs Willful was makes woef
want. That shippers Of fruits aud veg
IS tables can tell You that the waste
I many instances reduces their prof
to an extent which limits their bushes
o Look at the curse you live under
soft, tasteless butter and cheese. VIII
q sir, the poorest laborer up North Ga
better butter and cheese than your mi
n lionaires down here. Do you kno
i that / carried in the American line la
year hundreds OF bushels of tomato
Is and carly potatoes, and tons OF 9th
/. garden truck, from Palestine TO
n Louis and Chicago and never lost
II pound, while to have shipped IL al
~ other way would have seen ut least hG
OF ii rotten. What is to hiudor Whl
IS ton and other placesin that section fro
Is feeding Cincinnati, Chicago, Indiana
Is oils and all those towns in the gre
= West with early yegetables9 Have y,
q. any idea OF tho extent OF that busine
l. in Virginia? Well, one men near No
IS folk who has 800 acres told me he ma,
80 100000 last year, aud he'd like TO MAJ
lie 100000 this year, and II I'd give hi
Or cars he would all thom to st. Par
nj Minneapolis, Omaha, Council Bluff
ID and such places way out West. No
es Texas stuff comes in earlier, aud
want IL for Chicago, Louisville, India
apolis and the interior places in Obi
Indiana and Illinois. This is for y,
TO agitato, and this is yonr duty by Il
At people in sections Of Texas which q
Is grow early vegetables and fruits to she
.. them the way through us to great OIL
" lucrative business. You SEQ a car-lo'
p Of early vegetables is worth up the
Is nearly 5000. Now suppose ten cars
Is day arc sent out, that Is $1,000; we
Is the season should last all around abo
10 forty days. 90 you see there is $4,000
D. o commence on at ten oarsa day. WI
a. it would be when train loads went Nor
D. every day, which can be done, you Q.
= iudge-and there Is demand for ira
At loads they want the stuf; every mi
m can buy 4 little; and remember u
.. States We reach by our system cove
II everything northwest OF tho Ohio rive
y Reporter Won't you be oompetil
70 with Texas growers pulling out Virgil
10 garden truck
=, Mr.. Higgs- Not Al all. We va
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