The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-17
1T IS THE MOTIVE POWER
And Not the Lack of Cars on the
Southern Pacific System.
OTHER BIG ROADS IN TIE SAME BOX
Cars Are Moved as Rapidly as Possible
and the Blockade viii Soon
Be Over.

wednesday printed the IollnNlnk
The shortage Of cars the blockade oil
freight at yarlods POINTS Ia Louisiana and
Texas have received frequent attention 'i
late Inc complaints OF the shippers ace
voiced In the following letter, which mas
been received by the Zines Democrat
TO the Editor of the 1imes-Democrat.
New Orleans, January III have Just |
been reading an article In yesterday even |
ings States relative to an interview WIN
Colonel Morse. The article headed A
PARADISE In Rice; Magnificent Future io5 |
etc. and this article rs literally true In my |
opinion, but II has caused me TO renert |
upon the present condition Of affairs ner- |
tanning TO the methods of transportation
now existing on the Southern Pacihc read |
Cars OF rice leaving the towns Of CROWLEY |
jennings Rayne now take all the way |
from ten to twenty-one days in reachns |
their destination. Merchants who have "a. |
ynnced their money to planters, ana nav
been patiently waiting for the crops thAt |
have long since been harvested TO- reach |
our market that the claims may be liquidat, |
Cd are at this date waiting In vain ana
the answer is: mo transportation. No
cars No locomotives. gorge Of freight
As one OF the prominent officials OF the
Soonthcrn Pacific graphically expressed IT, |
the present condition Of affairs Is that inc
southern Pacific Ia now so burdened Win
It, What will 1t he in few years hence;
when, as Colonel Morse says, the TIDE OF
immigration hos poured into southwestern
dlton of affairs then? | am told upon good
authority that the southern Pacihc ROAD
will not now sign any bills Of lading tor
conseoucnce this Interest," Is slowly being
strnnaled ia death nv this unfortunate con
dition Of affairs. speak OF the uelsht
gorge that now seems to exist on this ro1d.
When in n few wears there are len acres
in cultivation to where there is one now
aud there are ten carloads of rice, sugar
aud molasses rendered for shipment to this
market. what will the Southern Pacific ro2d
dof There Is no question but what ne Sc Sc,
tions | have Just spoken of are rapidly NIL
ing up with thrifty people, who are taking
up these lands and going into the cultlHa.
| uou ol rice but when II Is harvested ana
| ready for shipment, what them Are we to
| fairsI VIII they receive rice and Sign hills
of ladlng for same, and then take three OF
| four weeks to deliver II 10 market! Mei
chants who are making advances In this
! section expect when these crops are naI,
| vested that they VIII be promptly shipper
| to them that the planters indebtedness may
| be llquldated. Bat as ~ Is now inns peflou
| or liquidation Is muehhltely postponeu.
| AS rice man, the question stIlNeS W
as an excesdingiy serious one. M ~, t the
| board OF trade TO-DAY, Where VI we nn ,t rue
| proper transportation from i1e Soulnsl1
| Pacific road our tables would no l3,ue
| WIN GOODS beins "nvren' sai , wuuiu V t
| promptly MADE ana olr mus pe running 70
| thelr run capacity noth uay anu ulEht. oul
the rice Is stacked In the fields, the sugar
ana moiasses is stored III me sugar plau-
ters warehouses ana the cry Is no cars
| no locomotives,
Now. | would again ash the question OF
the southern racine, II Mf Morse picture lhde
Is true and l believe II to be rue when
ms great volume or business is ouereu
them, far In excess OF what they are now
unable ho to 99ndI Io what arc they going to
Columbus II, Alien.
A. c. Hutchinson, president OF Morgan
Louisiana and Texas ralroad, last night
said: THE blockade is not confined to
the Morgan road or the lines OF the South
ern Pacific Every railroad in the country
Is complaining of lack OF ears to handle the
business. All the ear factories are away
behind with their orders.i We are now
Just receiving ears which should have
reached us last fall In addition to this
We have over 1900 cars in service We
are building cars at the shops In Alglers
every day We have all the rolling stock
interest to dispatch the business rapidly as
It is to the interest Of the shipper TO have
1t done. we are using every effort to move
the freight The situation is very unusual
| and could not have been foresecn nv tho
longest headed railroad man In the conn
try. The demand lar exceeds any other
| season in the history Of the country CON.
fair estimate Of what the topnnge in u" the IL
territory IL liable 10 be- but this time every
n9ay calcuiatlons went wrong. and the
arc W '''' S'"'' '""'''o" we
The blockade and car famine will con
; TRUE lust so long us the present wave OF
he Il ia imnossihIo 20 snv VIZ qua rna' MI
} to try and have the cars. bur we are
dependent, upon the car factories else
thn sun All" 'r 'Sp o o, our shops Tor
faster than they can be constructed Wc
have done, all we could to keep the
ba ~ Mus muS,eSs tl"Nin nj nht we nave
blockade in AlGiers. The congestion is
new. Never before has the tonnage from
Iha' termlnal e9uaicd the volume Of bust
nvsS W" hIr uo'us now export ana 90
, lr"H" ~ lLenehunus. INC puhhc
s az 70 hn"M tuese thIhES' IhCy G-u
n,,J ~ Nv MI!.'hs 10 any cur lActo9y
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" Ntannpcr Van vlocr ~ tbo Te,os md
, w" " wy ''A"N nu'
o New orleans was shown the above article
y In the Times. Democrat yesterday. He said
; that the Southern Pacific was in tho sans