The herald., 1893-12-10

District including Mississippi. Alabama,
Seorgia, part OF Florida, and New Or
District west of the Mississippi river,
excepting Colorado took. tkrf. k......s......'.. 1880
While the district, including part s. Of I'LL
nos, with the cities OF Chicago and st.
LOUIE LOOK, ................. z4oo
TOTAL, ,......................... 5424
The facts and figures above presented
show those sections which we do not
reach, or reach only to very limited
extent.
CONCERNING FASTER SERVICE.
In respect to the second point under
consideration, the securing of more rapid
transportation your committee would
report that in the course OF their invest
igations they interviewed personally or
by correspondence the traffic managers
or other officials entitled to speak for
the Southern Pacific, the Atlantic and
Pacific, the Union Pacific, Rio Grande
Western, Chicago and Rock Island. The
Southern Pacific assured US that the
fault was with the eastern companies,
who do not fully realize the importance
OF the fruit industry or the necessity for
quick time in fruit transportation. Mr..
Gray stated that his company had prom
ised to give 45 hours to fruit trains to
Ogden, and that they had made within
half an hour OF schedule time. He gave
the assurance that his company was
fully alive to the Importance of the rapid
movement OF fruit trains, and would CO.
operate with any movement which the
fruit growers would make to that end.
This assurance we consider very import
ant in it's relation to the outcome of in
quiries made elsewhere and reported be-
low.
Later, Mr.. Rowley, member of our
committee, had an interview with Mr..
q. w. Luce, general agent freight de-
partment OF the Union Pacific railroad,
and that gentleman expressed the atti-
tude OF his company as follows:
Permit me to state that while we
do not desire to endeavor to shit the
burden from our line and Its connec-
tions east of Ogden to that OF the South
ern Pacific company, yet desire to say
that the line east OF Ogden was more
regular and the trains were handled at a
greater rate of speed than west OF Ogden,
and, in connection, l wish to advise
that we made arrangements with the
Southern Pacific company last season to
make 45 hours to Ogden, in which case
we were to make with our connections
(Chicago and Northwestern or the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul) so hours
Ogden to Chicago. We further en-
deavored to arrange, for the past two
seasons. to have the Southern Pacific
company make SO hours Sacramento to
Ogden we. in that case. would be will
ing to make rs hours Ogden to Chicago,
actual running time Ogden to Chicago
TO be 70 hours, and three hours for
switching in Chicago. Will state,
further, that we stand ready to make
this arrangement for the next seasons
business.
"Would suggest in connection with
the above, ii it be possible, you arrange
O regular time for departure of these
fruit trains from Sacramento and sched-
ule the same to arrive at Ogden at u GER
tain hour. Ii this can be done, it will
insure much better service through than
ii the trains are delivered to us at Og-
den irreeutarly.
"The Union Pacific has always recog-
nized that fast service is necessary in
tia bspaiHg ri stha AfcGtdqops cGtdq ifNitA !Abtt 9I
to the fullest exten. with this end in
view, and we heartily do so in ANYTHING
they might suggest which would be the
means OF placing the fruit in the very
beat time in the markets of the easi,
which we appreciate is growing each
year, and it 10 onr intention to foster
the industry and To assist III placing the
lrult at It's destination In the best possi-
bic condition.
With a view OF ascertaining what time
could be had by diverting fruit ship
ments at Ogden via the Rio Grande
Waatarn tho hanuar
and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cihc railways, we made inquiry and
we're informed by Mr.. w. H. Snedaker.
western representative Of the Rio Grsnde
Western, that his road was prepared TO
give California fruit shipments prompt
service in trains of eight to ten cars.
from Ogden to Pueblo in SO to 40 hours.
In 4his connection, Mr.. Frank McCor-
mick, western representative of the
Chicago and Rock leland. stated that
his road would co operate with their
connections (the roads above naned) in
giving quick service, naming AZ to A
hours from Pueblo to Chicago This
would make the time from Ogden to
Chicago, by the Pueblo route, rs to "a
hours.
From these statements it will be seen
that ii the Southern Pacific company
will corporate with its eastern connec-
tions in the matter of reducing time of
fresh fruits to eastern
markets. q very material reduction can
be made in the time consumed in tran |
sit, as compared with the record of the
pazt season. BY study of the above |
it will be seen that they
promise Ill hours (by the Union Pa.
cifc) or ll6 (by the Pueblo route). as
against an average of 1872 to 2l6 hours
Tor the fruit shipments of 1898. There
are two contingencies-bo very i'm
oortant-namely: Q) That the Southern
Pacific will shorten the time from As to
20 hours between Sacramento and Og-
len. and (2)That the Union Pacific and (
he other roads named live up to the
propositions az above quoted.
CONCERNING FREIGHT RATES.
Incidentally, your committee investi-
'ated the question of reduction in
reight rates from California to eastern
POINTS, but received no encouragement
rom railroad companies in this direc-
ion. The Southern Pacific claims that
t is now moving fruit at the lowest
profitable rate, and that the mileage
ates from California are now much
over and the service better than those
rom Florida fruit districts.
In communication from Mr., Grav.
raffic manager OF THE Southern Pacific,
nc following statements are made.
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