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tiers, some Of those letters appeared to have been
turned over to our man and was not aware that
they had not been answered until yesterday AS
a matter of fact Bliss VanAuken did not order
cars direct but handled their orders through Mr.
Mason and MIR. Mason Is In our ONCE every day
and gives his orders for the placing OF cars and
presumed our car man had given the informa-
Q--Mr. Mason stated here yesterday that he
couldn't keep his men busy half the time dis
charging these cars. He does the discharging for
Bliss G vanAuken and they say that these cars
could have been discharged promptly had they
been placed What'I would like to know Is why
you did not give them the cars A-Well, that Is
q question then as to whether Mr.. Mason's STATE
ment Is entirely correct and as to whether he has
sufficient space on the docks at all times to take
care of the lumber of Bliss & VanAuken with the
other cars ordered, and as tO whether or not 1t Is
fact that there was sufficient room on the dock,
and as to whether or not hts gang have been EN-
ployed all the time or practically So l am free
to admit that there Is room for seven cars Of lun-
her on that dock today, but there Is not room 70:
the other 30 cars we have ordered.
Care you making any effort to get those
seven cars today? Al don't think any further
effort Is necessary Instruction were given yes
terday morning that II no other cars were on
those tracks those seven must be placed
Q-Why haven't Joe Kings cars that have
been here since May 30th been placed? A-They
are In the same condition as the Bliss & Van
Auken cars. They are all handled on the same
dock and some individual cars must be left out.
There Is not sufficient room to take care OF all Of
them.
Q-Tbat particular order of May SOth may have
been needed all this time to complete q cargo
A-Whenever that Is the case we make every
effort to place the cars, 30 as to avoid delay.
Q-How long will II be, Mr. Spencer, before
you can nave Sizer & Co.'S. cars discharged? Al
believe Mr.. Sizer says he can unload them In "a
hours. ] will undertake to place them In less
time than that II he will unload them
n aAk An0uk I.lwa. ALI. AE~A
order OF Joe Kings Of May both? Al don't
know that there has been any special effort made
to place It In the last few days for the that
We have kept the dock filed with other cars and
there has been no vessel there for Mr.. King, AMI
that thcre seemed to be no special reason for
urgency in that particular case more than any
other
OFF that particular Ger was placed and uu-
couldn't It.! Ayes sir.
Q-Wouldn't that help to give relief to the
mills? Alt wouldn't help any more than any
other cars that We could get unloaded
Q-Mr. Spencer, do you desire to make any gen.
eral statement here? Al don't know OF any
thing further can say more than to say that II
the lumber on hand was moved promptly by yes
sci there would be no congestion, and that We
seem to have ample facilities for handling every
thing that comes In II It Is moved in reasonable
time and by q reasonable length OF time mean
that thirty days average time for sailing vessels
would appear to be reasonable average for stor.
age. ltfa >H
Q-How long has most Of this lumber been on
your docksf Al will say from sixty to ninety
days Some OF them, OF course, have been un-
loading cars right along hut the accommodations
have been for the last go to 30 days
w. l.. Pierce being called as witness and
sworn, testified that he was Superintendent OF tho
Jacksonville Division OF the Southern Railway.
and of the St. Johns River Terminals.
Q-How many cars OF lumber have you on hand
now? A-trom the best check can make this
morning we have approximately 200 cars
Q-How many OF these cars have been ordered
placed at the docks? A-Practically all Of them
Q-Why don't you place those ordered? A
There Is not room on the docks for them
Q-Any space to store lumber? A-There may
be some space but they are very badly congested
Q-How much room have you for unloading to
day at your docks? Al have them practically
full.
Q-What is the capacity of your transfer
tracks2 A-The track on which we receive cars
holds from 33 to So cars
Q-That Is the Joint track that has been spok
en- or here so many times? Ayes. Il Ia tho
property OF the Jacksonville Terminal CornnanY