The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-12
MORE MILK TRAINS IN.
The Famine VIII BE Pretty Much Over
s2-s.g- To-day.

New York had milk famine yesterday
morning, as predicted by the milk COM
panies the night before. A little less than
oae-third the city's milk supply came in.
The situation was improved later in the
day by the arrival OF :wo big milk trains
over the Ontario and Western and the Della
ware and Lackawanna, but this milk was
not delivered until almost noon by any
of the companies and some made no de-
liveries of 1t at all, because it came so late.
Most of the big wholesale milk companies
seemed to be confident yesterday that in
some way or another they would manage
to make their regular deliveries this morn
ing. The opening up OF the Ontario and
Western and the Delaware and Iacka-
wanna, they said, would probably put an
end to the famine by to-day.
Not since the blizzard has there been
such a scarcity of milk in Greater New
York as there was yesterday morning.
Some concerns said that to them the situa-
ton was worse than during the blizzard.
The Borden company. which supplies pri-
vate customers mostly and does business
all over Greater New York, had scarcely
a third of its usual supply. The drivers
were under strict instructions to supply
milk. first to families where there were
babies and invalids and this was done
Housekeepers and servants beseged all
the offices of the milk companies. Some
OF them apparently hadn't noticed that
there had been rain and couldn't under
stand the milk shortage. One milk COM
pany posted on its window articles in the
morning papers explaining the cause of
the milk famine I'VE simply got tred
tellngsth4 people that came here for milk"
said ope'Jpilkman.
Some families in dcsreration appealed
to restaurants, and these in many cases
were able to help a little The restaurants
and hotels are supplied by contract. he
Beakes company, which has nearly all tie
big hotels and restaurants, got enough
milk to fill it's contract requirements by
noon, so that the shortage was not felt
much anil tht. restaurants had Some to spare
to private families Al Shaney's restau-
rants it was said that they had been giving
milk to private families all day long in
small quantities.
The iOntario and Western "relief" train
arrived at II O'Clock and was in three sec
lions, Consisting Of eighteen carloads of
milk, 1T was the first milk train to get
through on that road since Friday morning
The train on the Delaware. Lackawanna
anu NSSleIH gov lttt dl)OIl tllt Maine IlfI.e.
The big wholesale wag ms had been wait
ing all might long at The terminals across
the river and they lost no time in gettir 9
over to the city with the milk The wagon,
were still going through the streets with
this milk late in the afternoon
The FIRST milk train to arrive on the Erie
Railroad since Thursday night got in last
night at o'clock. Three more trains fol-
lowed in the course of the night bringing
altogether, az Eres contribution, 200 900
quartss These trains start ed at Hornell,-
vile add came the greater part of the way
over the tracks Of the Lehigh Valley and
the Pennsylvania.
The Campbell Milk Company, which
supplies a great part of Brooklyn, hired
boat on Saturday night to bring milk
down the Hudson from Newbure h, and this
boat, got in around, 3 O'Clock yesterday
morning with 1900 quarts Of milk With
q little the company rec oired over the rail
roads this made about one-thiid of its regu-
All Of The company's customers, it was
said got little of this milk, but no more
than one quart was given except in cases
OF sickness or special need Arrange
ments were made yesterday by the Camp
bell company 10 get more boats tonight
and 1t was stated at the company's Office
that they expected to get their usual supply
for This morning whether the milk trains
moved or not.
lot OF grocery stores opened up and sold
condensed milk to their customers vester-
day morning