Telegram-herald., 1891-11-19
CAN'1Gl1CARS ENOUGH
Fsrmsrs Are Unshls 90 Get Their
Grain GO Market
CROPS TIED UP II IaE NORTHWEST
Iss Railways Are Crippled SD Refuse
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been such car famine as exists 81 tAs
Freseat time. Throughout the eatire
xest there has bsea an abundant crop.
and the farners. smsrtinx uAaer
rum her Of successive esa crops Ia the
tar north west aud Impoverished by two
censsce tive failures ia the central
west, are eager 10 realize On ~
least q portion OF the crop a. once,
and are rushing grain 70 ths recsivirg
stationx faster tkza the railroads cas-
get it out Ta.s 10 especially true Of
tho farmers In the northwest There
is now In elevators slosg the Chicago
4 Northwestern nearly s,eso, 600 bush
sis Of grain which the road is
unable to handle. Beyond kssota.
MINI. on tho lines in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas. this road
could load to-day .. 600 cars OF grain
for Chicago IL il had rolling stock. On
the Chicago, Mi lwanles 4 ST. Paul
same condition exists Cars loaded
with merchandise ere seizsd the mo-
ment they are empty. In the south
west southern Kansas farmers are pill
ing corn on the ground beside the rail-
road tracks waiting for transportation.
At Kansas City the Missouri Pa
cifc Is short 900 ears for
immediate de@an2A The Atchison
needs AZ once 2,soo more cars
than it has, end the Burlington, with
the largest equipment in the west and
hes. terminals in Chicago, Is utterly
unable To handle all the traffic rendered
TO it. u IL the same story on every
road, and II all classes OF freight and
passenger traffic except grain were
suspended all the western roads could
tax their equipment and motive power
To the limit ana in four months could
not move what tho western farmers
say shall be moved at once
Grain for Shipment Refused.
BURLINGTON. Ia, Nov. IL For q
time Monday night and Tuesday morn
ing II looked rs II the grain blockade
on the Iowa ana other western lines
had been raised. Orders were received
to ship all loatsvd cars as rapidly as
possible. This condition Of things
lasted but q short time, however. The
mighty rush Of grain that began
TO rour into Chicago from the
west quickly choked up AL channels
of storage Snd shipment and Tues
day night orders were received by all
roads west of the Mississippi river not
only TO suspend shipment Of grain, but
to absolutely refuse 10 accept grain for
Chicago or eastern shipment This
leaves ON Iowa side-tracks alone near
ly 800 cars Of grain that will stand
there indefinitely, and the fact that
thousands Of cars of grain in the west
are still awaiting loading for shipment
lends intensity to the gloomy situation.
The matter Of shipment OF the new
corn crop has not yet entered into the
problem.
Thousands sf Cars Needed
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 1s.-The car
famine which was predicted in the fall
when the wheat crop was found to be
so large is now on in full force. The
scarcity Of cars, especially in South
Dakota, is . serious matter to all those
who still have any wheat on hand.
In many cases the elevators have been
compelled to nail up the doors and
refuse TO receive any more grain until
cars are received in which TO ship it.
HURON. 5. D., Nov. ls.-The state
board of railway commissioners has
failed to tx upon any plan afford;ng
immediate relief from the existing
grain blockade. Warehouses, elevators.
barns and every available building nj
many stations are filed with wheat
and there are NO cars to haul il away.
Thousands OF bushels are piled in
heaps ON the open prairie and unless
soon cared for will spoil Many
buyers refuse to receive any more
grain for lack of storage and shipping
facilities. The demand for cara ex-
cesds daily the supply from 1900 to
I,sc0. In one day the Chicago, Mil
waukec & St Paul was short ZOO cars,
the Chicago T. Northwestern 500. and
the Great Northern 500. Each com.
pany is doing It's utmost TO supply
the demand, but it Is wholly
impossible TO do 30. Ten extra
trains have been added to the
Northwestern. and nearly as many by
the other two principal systems in thi,
part Of the state, bat they are unable
TO make any heaaway in moving ths
grain now awaiting Shipment Hun.
drcds Of thousands of bushels are now
in sisht. with no probability OF early
shipment
Reports from Minneapolis. St Pau
and Duluth show the grain shipments
from South Dakota up to date TO be faI
In excess Of the entire shipment last
year. and snly about half the crop is
thrashed. Cold weather and snow the
past week interrupted thrashing. and
farmers are taking advantage OF the
opportunity To market their surplu:
wheat which ir some degree Accounts