The daily sentinel., 1906-07-09
MANAGER MOORE TALKS.
He Was One of the Leading Spirits
at the Important Meeting of
Fruit and Railroad Men
i'm Denver last Week

to both the fruit men of western
Colorado and the railroads were ad
justed at meeting of representa-
tives of the western slope fruit grow
ers associations and railroad offic
ials in Denver the latter part of tn,
week. Confirmation of this repor
is made by Manager John F. Moor'
of the Grand Junction Fruit Grow
ers' association who has just return
ed from the capital city.
Mr.. Moore is highly pleased witt
the results of the meeting ant
stronger than ever is his belief thai
this season will be the greatest anG
most profitable fruit season western
Colorado has ever had.
The following account of the meet
ing and an Interview with Mr.. Moore
is taken from the Denver News OF
Saturday:
Arrangements are being completed
by the Western Slope Fruit Growers
association for the shipping of the
biggest fruit crop that Colorado has
ever known. The total amount ship
ped out of the state will be 5000
cars. California's, Missouri's and
Michigan's banner years have been
5000 cars. The fruit men declare
that next years California record
Will be equalled, and the following
year, with trees in the condition they
now are Colorado will be the fore
most fruit shipping state of the I'm
ion.
At the head of the fruit growers
is John #. Moore of the Grand June
tion Fruit Growers association, the
pioneer fruit man of the western
slope. Others who have been in at
tendance at the meetings are: E. J.
Dalton of the Fruita Fruit Growers
association; George S. Conklin of the
Delta Fruit Growers association; w.
II. Garvin of the Paonia Fruit Graw-
ers' association; Robert HALEY of
the Montrose association: Clarence
Nelson of Nelson Brothers, Paon-
Ia Commission men; II. ID. Foy, the
fruit growers Eastern agent at Oma-
ha; George Granger. wholesale deal
er from Lincoln, Neb.: Don Camp
bell of Fort Worth, Texas and Iy-
man Shonts, general freight agent
of the Chicago st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis and Omaha railway.
Each summer the fruit growers
come to Denver to make traffic ar
rangements with the Colorado Mid
land and Denver & Rio Grande from
the Western slope. to Colorado com
mon points and thence eastward.
Saturday was spent arranging for the
Colorado rates and the rates on roads
running east from Denver will be
agreed upon. The business east from
Colorado common points-Denver.
Pueblo and Colorado Springs-will
be divided between the various roads
running between Colorado and the
Missouri river
Rates satisfactory to both parties
in almost every instance have been
secured. The railroads have rec
ognized the importance of the fruit
shipments and their unparalleled in
crease and have granted rates cor.
responding to the Importance of the
business. There is scarcely any dis
agreement between the fruit men and
the railroad freight agents of the
various lines.
Traffic Manager A. II. Hughes of
the Denver & Rio Grande and Mr..
Moore commented on the fact at
Saturdays meeting held in the office
of General Agent Martin of the Rock
Island.
''You can't work the old game any
longer John" said Mr.. Hughes. I'm |
years gone by you came to us and |
said our prices would drive every |
fruit grower off your slope. Your
stories were pitiful and alarming. |
But when you show us figures like |
these it is all or"
I'VE don't have to work that now"
laughed the old fruit grower. TITS |
all prosperity, and our best argument
for low rates is the size of the crop
to be shipped
The argument was the best one
possible and worked like a charm
The only trouble that is feared is the
lack of cars. The question of getting |
together 5000 refrigerator cars and
shipping them to Colorado and then
east again Is serious one, but the
traffic managers of the various roads
have guaranteed that there Will be no
loss of crop through shortage of cars.
I'VE are prosperous, more so than
ever before" said John Moore in tell
ing of Colorado's wonderful crop for
this year. 'Ten years ago there was
not enough fruit over my way to
shake stick at. Now we find that
all the big roads of the country are
being hard put to it to find cars
enough to ship 1t away for us.
THE Western Slope will ship o.
600 cars of apples, peaches and pears
this season. The apple crop is a lit
tie light. The peaches are unprece-
dented. You never saw anything
like it. Our biggest year before was
1904, when ives hipped $500 cars
Last year was little of, and we
only shipped 5000 cars. With the
present orchards and young trees
that are fast coming into bear
ing we shall equal the record of the
greatest deciduous fruit shipping
in two years.
why do you know that in the
Grand Valley which is little over
eighteen miles long, 100000 trees
were set out in 1904, 100000 more
last year and 100000 have been
planted this year? Do you realize
what that will mean in three or four
years from now? 1t will mean that
Colorado will be the greatest fruit
shipping state in the country.
California ships more peaches and
pears than we do now and Missouri
ships more apples. Georgia and
Michigan ship more peaches. But
the output of those states has been
increasing only slightly when com
pared to the tremendous gain that
Colorado has made in the past five
years"
The fruit men finished their con
CT