Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-12-08
GRAIN FOR THE EAST.
Railroads are Mastering the Ser
iOuS prObLcm.

Within the Aex, 80 day : all Of the inn
meuse quantity OF gfain-p'obabiy ex-
ouing 10 ,000,0t0 busueio-which has
bee II 20 d 10 f.aslerners VIII have 'elt
the thres North Pacific States. The
congestion due to lack Of cars, which
has been worrying the wheat merchants
OF Portland, is netlly al an end, and be-
/ 10 the month of January is over, the
! slate will have been wiped eff. SO tae as
| the local trade and the railroads are
conc rned, and fIesn start can oe
made, provided tue Eas era consumers
VII want Northwestern wheat and are
wiling to pay the prsce.
The handling OF this great volume OF
traffic pres, ,nted obstacles which the
rail, Dads naturally had not foreseen.
Some OF them met the emergency aud
some of them did not. Loud and long
were the complaints made by dealers OF
taIs city at the inadeQuacy oi the car
SCI vice, as they saw golden Oppoilnnl-
ties OF making money OF which they
could not take advantage, tor the grea'-
est difference III price between the
Northwest and Chicago were at the
very time they could not forward the
grain. Happily, the trouble is now
nearly over, and cars are being rushed
in so rapidly that the grain remaining
being rushed in so rapidly that the
! gam remaining in the country will be
dis Jalcued to it's destination within the
tims required by the contracts.
The total amount Of wheat bought in
this country for the East cennot be stat
ed accurately. bat wel.-informed grain
m n say it is not less than $1,000, 900
bushels. Of the amount still to be
moved, the estimates range from 20 to
40 Der cent. A conservative estimate is
that ,wo-,hlrds Of the purchases have
been forwarded, and ut the rate that the
grain is being moved the remainder,
some 100000 bushels, will be sen,
across the Rockies in this and the COM
inx month. The y. r. & N. has to
date moved about 100000 bushels,
aud the wheat handled by the Northern
Pacific will aggregate almost as much,
though some wheatmen believe that it's
shipments will exceed that of the .. K.
& N. The Great Northern has also
handled considerable quantity, though
litde ia comparison with the two other
roads.
The improvement reported of late on
the Hartman system is most gratifying
to shippers, as a large quantity OF wheat
had accumulated in o. Il. & N. territory
that they were particularly anxious to
have forwald ded. 1t is said that 60 cars
day are now passing Huntington East
ward bonnd, and mole cars ale avail
able to expedite the movement. These
extra cars are from the connecting | nes
which are willing to lend their equip
ment for the purpose, as their roads get
the haul after the cars leave the Union
Pacific.
Wtether or not the Eastern demand
for Pacific Coast wheat will revive a!ter
the supplies now bought are sent aioE-
re mains to be seen. Chicago ptices
have of late been tending downward,
while foreign markets have slightly ad-
yanced, and thus diminished the likeH
hood of much of an Eastward no VI
ment to follow, but speculative markets
are hard to f,recast and the scale may
vet be changed. AT any rate, there Is
not much more wheat left in this coun-
try to be shipped, only about 10 per cent
OF the crop remaining in first hauds,
with seeding requirements and home
consumption yet to be tax care CT
Oregonian.
l. n. Bare, of the Imnaha, while
confined in the city jail at Joseph,