Arizona republican., 1906-09-13
AMONG THE RAILROADS.
Western Lines Threatened by a Grsza
 Car Famine.

Car Famine.
 The moving of the big crops fs now the big question before the trarIc uaan- agers of the western roads A shors- age of ears is already felt In usrs localities. although the grain nnove-rre the past ten days has been srnaIIer. probably. than it will be again for ser- eral months There has been a FallInr- on in wheat arrivals at primary points. but the shipments Of old corn showed steady Increase. and receiving housea are predicting that there win be a hst- Fer movement of thIs cereal from now en, sdvices from Nebrasfza. Iowa. Kan sas and Missouri saying thar farmers are leosening up on their holdings ar old cora now that the uew crop ls Practically assured. and ar- ofEerlra- l- more freely for immediate shipment
 The cats movement has been com FaSratlvelT light but there has been .a- enormous crop raised in the narthue=r and Iowa and Nebraska. which vrlr nave To ke moved sOons and the snrfrz wheat cTop Eiu be shipped as rls- as cars aFE available Conditions fr rr.- spring wheat states are much dlf---~r nos shaa they were a few years asa. ten Ss principal crop raised uas H heat. ZsE there are raised Elrra
 
 are sStasllF marketed first Urgeuf a.- maAss aFs being made on the rnaHz ueAStfataag this territory for cars r, sel fnsse crops out Of the way 0f tr. wheat HaeNement. Farther north r- the seiaiRies, there is also likely to b. a strstsaoss period before the rauroa.f- Both the EhsaJ and oats cropz r-lsr .n- moves st ss-ces as there fs not sua1crenr sSofaeS ,.1 roo snto aecohHnodate the sur. p4Hs that Is raised. and farmers n1ust consequently sell regariIess of rrs-e Ihe Canadian Pacific has made srec.af preparations for the annual crou move ment, in the way of added roIllr- -rore.. and motive power. and other reads. nave cone the same, but Il alrealfs t- evident that. even with the aHI-r equipment, the roasfs' vsiu bs taxed f.s their capacity.
 The one thing that Is upsettInE .ta calculations of the railroad -narrr--. m their plans for transpo-tine tna gram crops to distributing cenf-rs f- the unprecedented movement uf Eer- eIai merchandise throughout ths- aesr Wholesale and jobbing interests ar- unanimous In expressing the ouf-rr- that the production and distrfhutia-, .-F staple goods of all kinds has never been equaled in the history of the v-z- aanufacturers are running their ulaarz to full capacity and md a ualrfr- market for their product A sre-r- - cant fact ln this connection is rr. changing Of the plans oT some of tha leading western manufacture. -efarfra 10 extensions A few months ago seV- eral large concerns planned exrenslre additions to their plants. but fss.- aosndoned them temporarily. fearlre a business reaction Now It ls unders-onF that they have decided Co go ahess with theiF former plans in rha h-r.rr that there Vill be no financial OF conn meTcfal depression for some rfr.a sr least Buyers from interior ra.nrs have been in the principal western aIz- triostins centers fu larger number than ever before known at this season Of the year
 With the movement or general uer- chanoise breaking an records ana promising to be even heavier Ir tr.. near future. grain tonnage that ur exceed everything before known arf heavy shipments or coal iron and steel and lumber the outlook for the vest ern roads this fall could not Ueu bs more encouraging and the aVoIlau-s of a serious car famine win be Iitf-- cult
 The prospects for the ssuthurezter- roads are particularly bright Crapz ar all kinds have been harvested urirhosr serious losses. except possibly in ls- plated instances where local condItiorz have caused some injury. A factor f- the business of the south western raaEa IS the steady opening of new farninr sections. and the rapid upbuildluE aF the toEns and cities It has been rhe aim Of the transportation companies l1 this territory to encourage farmers ana business men to settle In the s=c1Iar- tributary to the reads. and subsranr.aF returns are now being derived hr th- lines as a result Of this policy. both fn the passenser and f-afeh- .a.-,. ---.,..--.