The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-03
Railroads
HITS THE J0BBERS
Some of Their Consignments From
the East Are Sixty Days
<, Late.
Eastern Roads Issue Blockade No
tices, Specifying What Ship
nlents They Must Refuse.

The tracing departments of the Mime
apolis- Chicago roads are very busy at
present. Local jobbers are at least sixty
days behind in receipts Of their shipments
OF goods bought in the east. Although
by the system Of tracers the commercial
agents are enabled to tell consignees just
where their goods happen to be at any
particular moment, this is cold comfort TO
the wholesaler who is anxious to set his
goods out to customers in the northwest
Much has been said Of late about the
inability to get east-bound freight ship
nnents through Chicago, but equal diff
Guilty is experienced west bound.
The roads into Minneapolis are doing
what they can to help out, but at least
10 per cent of the car equipment Of twin
city lines is east of Chicago. and appar-
entity there TO stay. One Of the systems,
the Wisconsin Central, proposed to it's
eastern connections to pay for handling
east-bound freight in Chicago. thus en-
Aiding the road to retain its own cars,
but the eastern roads were unable to
furnish cars for the transfer.
1t is due to the foresight Of General Su-
perintendent e. F. Potter that the Central
would be so we'll able to carry out it's
end Of the propositions. Last spring he
foresaw the present difficulty and had
every. piece of motive power belonging to
the road put in first-class condition. This
road and the Milwaukee have taken fur
Their steps to accommodate shippers on
their lines by sending their own coal
trains and crews to the Illinois coal fields
after fuel to keep the trains moving.
1t Is expected that the removal OF the
sixteen-hour trains between New York
and Chicago will help matters materially.
So great danger attends the rapid running
of these passenger trains that the lines
are kept clear fifteen minutes before the
approach of trains and this time lost with
fifteen minutes necessary to get the sys-
tenn going again makes the delay tc
freight trains very appreciable.
Blockade Notices Sent.
Because Of inability Of eastern rail
roads to handle all the traffic offered te
them, western roads have issued blockade
notices that affect several of the neces
saries of life. Among the latter is flour
which the northwestern roads will not re
ceive for delivery to eastern roads unit
further notice. The congestion on east
ern roads is very much worse than OF
western roads, and the blockade notic
issued by one Of the western roads give
an idea of the condition of affairs. TIL
notice contains these paragraphs:
Until further notice We decline to accep
shipments as follows:
All carload freight except live stock
company material or supplies, perishabl
freight or fl eight loaded within switching
limits at Chicago destined east of Yer
sailles. MoLndsvie and Parkersburg.
Loaded cars for switching service With
Chicago terminal district with the eX
ception Of coal, coke, oil and perishabl
freight.
All freight except live stock or perish
able, destined to points reached via Wa
bash railroad line, Windsor to Buffalo.
An freight except live stock or perish
able, destined to Canadian Pacific rail
way via. Wabash railroad and Detroit =
All freight except live stock, perishabl'
or bituminous coal, destined east vi
Nickel Plate.
All freight except live stock, perishab
or coal, destined to points on Grand Trun
railway. S-...
Grain, hay, lumber and ore destined
points west Of Pittsburg. Grain destne
to points on or reached via Erie railroa
Grain and flour products destined ca
via Niagara frontier, routed via Milwa1
kee and Grand Trunk railways across lal
line. y
Chicago and western Indiana advise tn
they cannot accept shipments of gra
routed via Michigan Central railway.