The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-09
Oppose Legislation Adverse ~
# Private Cars aid Give S.3
Reasons. n.
PERFECTLY SATISFIED i |! 81 I .|::l J,
Any Cl1ahge Would #bc DS'c !iIE-
mental to All Important
Business. II

t1atlOn affecting tho rel 4ctpt "
$rlie subcommittee Of tho House Commit
too on Interstate Commerce, which \ ms
In charge this bill, this morning heard Ll
al large delegation OF y Cieorgia peach
growers lii opposition to any legislation.
affecting the system now emp oyed. II 33.S
is5j il, ii. Hale, fof Hartford, Conn. stated
that prior to 1908, when there was corl-A
petition oll8t he Georgia Cen trail batweens
the avar4oiis tre frgcrato car companies
there was much trouble In securing an al
ADEQUATE supply Of hrs ! at tho proper
time. and sufficient icing facili ties @4as
no company could know how mai cars i.
ut would be able torrent and how much
leo would DO necessary. ss3 Il II u
Armour c ornpany's Contract. "
After an exclusive con tract t, l n been
made with tho Armour Refrig tor Car
Company icing plants were q established
and sitao then there has feer no q fl-5
Guilty Ii, occurring az, nd eO uate Supply OF
cars and perfect fcirig facl tiles. Las
year there were five Tho lsInd cars OF
$CtsooTiRia la peaGiiss sent to northern mar
ke1s iii flyb NJ !t e
Is aid hot thinksis that ANY Sol, them
railroad was prepared VI to 4 purchase five
thousand V cars aud \ mako tho necessary
Sarrangen,e nts for leo, q together wi til i! all
tho risks assumed, ss to be used III for q
period sof only five or six weeks during
tho year. ~ III d nil swcr4 ~ questi ons i BY
Representative Mann, no stnted tina UNI \.
dor present rondl lions, there was n am am
pie suppl of cars an Ice, and no coil-t
}sIdered tho refrig ION char ges re onil-
hlo view Or tic llerlce$ 81 he ser
vice. nj ss 5s fB
s855 Mr. IL tcakc, Is West Virginia, stated
he shipped from around Cumberland M VI
ubutA +. two huYld rod ecdrs spfs peaches per
nn7ilim tto Or XII s;E3 ost bii, ri lladel-;
3phia e bait lmtIra ana Wa sriillgto ton, hlcll
sho hoped to i,icrease to five hulid rod cars.
.Nhe fruit growing III " his q lstrl ot# was
Il as yet iii It's In fancy !, and N 10 asked he
Scommlt tcnt Ia; sec that It was not hamper
ID BY verso at lon, N.
Plenty 9TH Competit ion, ,$ss5s
s3 Iii rep to questions by representa-
tive Stevens " lle said II There wa plenty
Fpf 8competitio for Il, q business In his
TERRITORY u ana mentioned VI three NJ orr ur
private car lines. bllt 9 cd that I'll though
the railroads supplied such cars free he
|5preferred no pliy he te$ caa, ser
vice, S3s
am very franla say itShhtEif the
Armour II Ines allslrg cd " q per
cent. more st'l,all hoy z llo said =
would still Sprerer hem \" III
# lie attributed the s,i ccess Of the fruit
growing ind ust1ys q III " west Virgi III q 4 md
NIarylana&to the excellent service Of the
private car lines, and slid .t'' I;Ss do no t
know hat We could do swtthout them
His 4 firm 4 had fourteen hundred acres,
tWitl165, 600 trees. 4t
q eorgo r. cober, of Mari tin, Ga.,. pres
dlctod that f&th6 spliyat q car Ines were
8leglslated out Of busi ess the raj roads
would mot take III Il til busln ness as ttl,oy
could mo 4 taff ford u to furnish the Z equip-
nj ent for lilo sri ort tim q. ised. and cons
scquently tho growers OF frul would be
ruined; s temp farilyE and tho northern
markets WUuidn bio deprlYe Of outhern
berries and fruits. TX WV III
j. y. I, Hendrlc kson explained Ii that llo
handled a great deal or fruitfa IL COM
mIsslon D nj erchaltt in Philadelphia. N md
last year handled over two, hundred cars
Of Georgia peaches grow In his orchards.
When tho car companies wore com pet
Ing for tho business no said, nj he paid
oightySSdoliars for refrigerating service
from Georgia to p ladelphla; under the
present OK elusive contract. he was paying
sSs j53
s.l &c . AAll J! Are Y! SatisahA q
tarhen$ You arc 50 tisfl Cd ~ asked N eprc--
slsntirel XIV m reply. arc
entirely suits fled with the tment we
receive. 81. III w u Fsl8sS
NJ He also said ms a commission merchant
he had no mplaint. MI. Hendric kson
added that his object was that - the
peaches mature inBiny life time, want
to SEQ them trarsp ted VA 5a
+, He did not care to have present con-
ditlons unsettled for a possible benefit
to posterity,J .is Tx ~
%. IL dillingham;, Of Macon; Gt.,$ stated
that lie did not appear for Arno ul' Com
.pnnys 81 for any ono else, bit was Look
ing ifterft tho Interests OF three orchards
With l55 900 trees. 10 had no interest In
private Cur lines. II es onco had, & but Ind
lost every cent Invested md II Il don't
want any stock In such lines as a. Gift.
Let we'll enough Alone, and don change
present conditions until we have some-
thing Iolso fferatl 4, ~ d Suppose you enact
such legislation and tho private car lines
decline to- move our crops pI5529 ray. tell
mo what wo would do ~ 33g i 5
& "A Big Business.
N Mr. Their OK lllhlted q handsome gold
medal given him by tho American HUI
mlano Society, for, his work III improy-
ing stock cars HoGstnted that no had
conc into this business after having ll-
successfully, solicited tho rallroada to linz
provo their cars, Ills concern returned
about four per cont, on Its tnvestment.
He asked that Congress- should mot Leg
islata an enterprise which had done SO
much for tho cattlo industry out OF bust
ness, Ils stated there We're more than
ono hundred thousand private freight
cars In the country and more than $780,
QUO Invested In shops, cars, yards, etc.
Tho stock cars were prepared Ia move
everything from q chicken to an elephant.
Browne Campbell,
Especial to The Times Dlspa trh.l III
LEXINGTON Al. Feb. S,--The home
OF Mr., and Mrs. Samuel Orr Campbell
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