The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-10
SCARCITY OF CARS.
immense Crops and Revival of
Trade Tax the Railroads TO Their
osx CaPActty-Lumher ana
shfnsie shippers Uneasy as the
Prospect Of . Famine.

Lumber and single shippers ce The p
G-2e Northwest are begsnrssnx 20 look trsss
g 1t-s aE1soSzs2y toward she possible
SO ~sse al cars caused by the enormous
s1A-h crops OF the Middle Wes-. The In
.I111Ass ssssa Of wheat ard corn IN tha. SEQ
N-e-a = gong 10 Tax The roads 20 their at-
I1o'S1 Capacity, and al me syssa.sss tribu-
% = ars oyszaaolfng all their Old
1leaSnt rolling stock ard buying new ears
NeESass-a alone has 500 30 basshsls n.
N1SAt n sight and about -. 30 90 in corn.
- So nothing Of the old crop. q large
aAia"elt o. WhEcn was held In other states
Use product VIII be equally sarSs
40 great exts1t the reads leading into
os1Ntle are dependent on Eastern business
Aor the2r supply ~ cars. Thus far. eoytu-
Hate-y, 10 actual shortage has occurred.
= &c a. Alien, or the SsGssls s Interna-
toha1, the great lumber and single road
OF the state, sad yesterday that whle
so1na delay had been caused In orders on
.1coalhl CT the SOW NOV eElIeQt OF cars
sIA tno cars had been forthcoming In duo
eoarse or time. and ae did not anticipate
any serious shortage. he was free To adj
NIT that owing 70 good prizes the move
nlsnf n lumber and shingles would be-
Ae2Fy this season. but suggested that
some relief. 50 far a. the reads OF the Md
uae West are concerned. might be had
from the fact that rsle great crops now
rIpenAs there VIII not al have 70 %
moved ar the same time. since they ma
Surs at different time IN different states.
Other railroad men ln the city were not
as sanguine as Mr.. Allen, and several Of
them expressed the conviction that a
shortage CT freight cars Is liable 70 occur
at any time. They believe that in addi-
tion to tie lumber and grain shipments.
the coming season Will witness a great
Increase in the general volume OF business.
1T is a significant fact" said one OF
them yesterday, that this impression
seems general throughout the East Such
houses as Marshall Field & Co.. OF Chi
eago, are now working their entire force
thres nights during the week all night
long. This has not occurred since the
Worlds fair. have been told by persons
just returned from New York that there
are more buyers now in that city. ard
they are buying more heavily. than for
years. All this points to a big increase in
the volume of trade, and IL is going TO
tax the reads TO handle IT."
The extraordinary demand for wheat in
the Eastern markets has led TO an unusual
state OF affairs In Kansas City and other
shipping points during the past few
weeks. The grain has been required for
shipment as fast as IL came In. so that IL
has not been allowed 70 lie In the elevators
at all. Ii has been found. however, that
the easiest way I'd transfer II IS TO run 1t
through the elevators, Accordingly the
cars from local points are run IN on one
side of the elevator. and cars, or in Duluth
the boats. for the East on the other. One
leg OF the telescope chute. with its end
less belt OF cups is let down on the re-
ceiving side. and the grain is hoisted up 20
the lofty roof OF the elevator and rushes
down on the opposite side without paus-
ing a moment IN the transfer. The eie-
vator men have thus been able still 10 col
lect their toll OF y cent per bnshel for
the grain.
Latest estimates place the total wheat
crop of the United States this season at
"a GO OD0 bushels