The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-26
MILK TRAINS WILL BE LATE,
By SEVEN nouns on MORE RAIL
ROADS NOTIFY DEALEhS'
Dealers Say That the Farmer Is "onuer
at Getting His Product TO the na'''
road. and That II Is the Railroad No'
,he Farmer, That Gets BliZLhrded

Mt Getting His Product 10 oho ""
road. and That II Is the Hailronu' NV
the Farmer. That Gets blHAhrue"'
Although many business houses we're able
10 olose lp and allow their employees TO
60 home early yesterday, 1t was very dii-
ferent with the milk dealers. They were
kent on the lump In the first place, II
was with the greatest difficulty that the
produot was delivered. This was accom-
plished in fairly good shape during the
forenoon.
The dealers then began to worry about
the supply for to-day. 1t wasn't the ques-
ton OF being able to deliver milk that
bothered them. but the problem was 20 get
a supply for this mornings distribution.
In discussing the situation last night the
managers of one of the largest firms in the
city had this to say:
I'VE anticipate little trouble in getting
all deliveries made tomorrow, Milk, OF
course. is a product that cannot be kept
in storage for a very long time. new
supply comes in each morning. Our dairies
are in most cases either near by or right
on q railroad line. and all the milk that
New York can use will reach here, provided
the railroads are not tied up. We expect
tnat the MIX trains VIII Dt HlOlt VI i'''
late in reaching this city and this VIII cause
a delay in the delivery.
Our greatest troubles are in the sub
urbs This may seem strange, but we
were able to deliver very few orders in
such places "a Orange. Montclalr New
Rochelle and other small places to-day.
Most Of the milk for these places comes
first TO New York and then i reshipped
TO our agencies there. We had all we
could do to supply this city to-day and
had to neglect the smaller suburban towns.
Some folks may imagine that the small
dealers will suffer as a result OF tine storm
that is, the dealer who gets his supply
direct from the farmer, who in most cases
has to drive many miles 10 the nearest
railroad depot If the railroads fuiil
their part OF the task the small dealer
will get his milk all right this morning.
The farmer Is wonder at getting about
in oil kinds of weather and he will he found
at the crossroad stations tomorrow morn
ing on time He will come in wagons,
sleighs and any old kind OF vehicle but
he will get there. little thing like a
blizzard will not stop the farmer. II the
railroads are as reliable as he Is there IS
no cause for alarm.
The milk trains that come in over the
West Shore and the New York, Ontario
and Western, which uses the West Shores
tracks from Cornwall were all tied up
late last night These trains are usually
due about midnight. They bring in a
large quantity Of the city's milk supply.
As the line was then completely tied up,
it is not known just when these milk trains
will get in. The dispatcher in Weehawken
said he didn't think any Of them would
reach here before A. NJ
The If" turned out 20 be big one.
Dealers kept the telephones busy between
here and Jersey City last night inQuirlng
about the arrival Of milk trains. The
officials Of the Erie notified all that no milk
trains would get in before 3 o'clock in the
morning. All Of these trains. ii was said,
would be from six to seven hours late. The
trains from the Lehgh Valley and New
England railroads como over this line,
connecting az Goshen. y Y.
The Susqueharna, which is a big milk
carrying road, notified AL dealers that the
trains would be seven or more hours late.
The usual gathering of milk wagons in
Jersey City was not in evidence lat night,
az the dealers decided not to send men
over until notified that the trains were
coming in.
The New York Central and West Shore
roads bring in from fifty 10 sixty carloads
of milk day II was estimated that from
ten to fifteen cars might get in some time
this morning There was little hore that
the milk trains over the New York and
New Haven. due at 10 o'clock last night,
would get through.