The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-16
THE TRUCK CROPS IMPRovINa
The Question of Transportation and
Market.

1t would be after the heavy freeze three
weeks ago. 1t has greatly improved
within the last ten days. The crops that
were killed have been replaced by other
crops, and the farmers will suffer much
smaller loss than they expected.
A good deal of interest is being taken
now in the transportation question: AS
soon as the truck movement demands 1t
fast vegetable train will be put on by the
Coast Line, leaving Savannah at 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon, Charleston at II o'clock
| the same night, and arriving in JerseyCity
at 3 o'clock the second morning. Making
the time from Savannah TO Jersey City
thirty-six hours.
THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION.
The next meeting of the Chatham
( County Truck Growers Association will
be held May 5. At that meeting Mr. j.
| i. Shuptrine, who recently visited New
York in the interest of the truck-growers
to look into the arrangements
for handling truck shipped
| over the Pennsylvania railroad line, will
submit his report MIR. Shuptrine went
as representative of the Truck Growers
Association, in company with represent
ative from the Charleston association.
In his report he says: Upon our arrival
IN Jersey City we were shown the new
depot recently erected by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company for the handling
65S feet long by 90 feet wide, and has
| every possible advantage in the shape of
railroad facilities on one side, while on
the other is broad, private street, run
ming the full length of the building, for
the use of trucks, drays, etc, loading
with produce. At the end of this street
| and deport is a ferry for the transporta-
tion of the truck to the various trade cen
tersin New York and Brooklyn.
THE FACILITIES IN NEW YORK.
After thorough study of thisreceiving
depot, we were taken to pier 20, on the
New York side, where the Pennsylvania
railroad has heretofore delivered truck.
Here our attention was directed to the
| crowded condition of the comparatively
small space available for the companY's
business at this point. as wells as to the
similar state of affairs at the pier of the
Old Dominion line of steamships Stress
was laid upon the impossibility of prop
erly identifying and handling with the
necessary rapidity the enormous amount
or vegetables arriving during an
ordinarily successful season. The
highly perishable nature of such
freights, as is we'll known to ali,
demands that they be moved with dis
patch when the place where they are to
enter into general consumption is reached.
1t was this inability to satisfactorily dis
perse the truck after it reached the pier
owing TO the extremely limited accommo-
datlOns, that, the railroad people claim.
led them TO make arrangements for estab-
fishing depot or market where ample
space could be had for the reception,
| temporary storage and distribution of
such freights, In doing this, they claimed
| due consideration was given to the con-
Venlence OF those most interested and the
move was made only after a careful study
OF the situation from every point of view"
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE wHARvEs.
In order that we might better under
stand the difficulties experienced at the
! New York piers, as related above the
committee were shown a number of pho
| tographs taken on the railroads wharves
during the truck season In these views
the piers were blocked with trucks from
/ end to end. The stoppage of business, it
| was apparent from these was complete
1t was impossible under such circum-
| stance to move even hand trucks. The
! delay and loss incurred by shippers if
! such condition was prolonged, as
! claimed, need hardly be pointed out.
! After thus enabling US to compare the
old and new facilities we were taken to
! the various centers for truck, and the
| facilities of the Pennsylvania railroad for
| the rapid movement of the same from the
| depot at Jersey City to these places was
fully and practically explained. From
/ bLO Representa- VI LlG TdllEOdu s
| agents, buyers in alloparts of New York
ana Brooklyn will be able by the medium
of the company's ferryboaUs to haul at
least three loads of truck from the Jersey
| City depot to two from the New York
piers, owing to the continuous blockades
and general slow progress resulting from
the limited area available for the pur-
pose.
Taking this saving of time, 1914 per
cent. it is claimed, in consideration there
is no greater cost attached to the moving
Of the truck from Jersey City, in
Guiding the expense of ferriage.
WHAT COMMISSION MEN SAY.
While in New York, Mr.. Shuptrine had
interviews with a Ii ge number of com
mission men. In his report he says. Il
first called upon MIR. j. II. Killaugh, of
Killaugha& Co. He stated that his firm
was not in sympathy with the move of
the Pennsylvania railroad, and could not
see how the buyers of truck could be in
duced TO so to Jersey City for that pur-
pose. In his opinion it would not tend to
keep up prices to have the market divided
Mr.. Hillaugh very kindly accompanied
me on my round. l visited Frost & Co.
John Nix q Co., O)livit Bros, Brown q
DeWinter, Phillips & Son and W. H.
Llscom0. With the exception of Mr..
Frost, these gentlemen were Of one mind
They opposed the idea of Jersey City
delivery, not because of any lack of facili-
ties on that side, but because they be-
lieved the buyers were opposed to going
TO Jersey City.
MIR. Frost said in substance that he did
not doubt the success of the Jersey City
delivery. He looked for the Old Domin-
ion and Ocean Steamship Companies
steamers to eventually 90 TO Jersey City
with this class of freights.
In conclusion, / will state that all con-
cerned acknowledge the superior facili-
ties that are now being completed by the
Pennsylvania railroad at Jersey City, and
that great deal Of truck will 90 there on
account of the rapid transportation which
will be afforded by the Charleston and
Savannah railroad and the Atlantic Coast
Line and by other routes. A market viii
unquestionably be established there. 1t
is TO be hoped that the declarations of
those responsible for this move will be
realized, and that it will prove to be for
the best interest of the truckers.
MEETING OF THE DOCTORS.