The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-26
SHIPPING FRUITS
Southern Pacific Officials Com pile Figures Showing Big
 Product.
BIG INCREASE
Purchase by Railroad Companies of Nearly Twelve Million Dollars
 Worth of Cars.

New York, Dec. 25.-Figures have been compiled by Southern Pacific Rail- road officials showing the extraordin- ary character of California fruit ship ments and the means taken to make the shipping service safe and exped- itious.
 During the season ending october 31 1906. 5,9SO cars of deciduous green fruit were shipped east from California This season to November 1. 7,G4S cars This has been the banner year in the green fruit business. California has received more money net than during any previous, season. Many cars of fruit brought over $2,OOO each, while cher ries in a number of cases ranged from $S,Oo0 to S5,OOO per car.
 The total Northern California ship ments of vegetables, green deciduous and citrus fruits during the season just closing have been 10912 cars, nearly thousand more than last year, From Southern California the shipments via all lines were 27.5S3 cars of citrus fruit and BAIT of vegetables
 The prospect for this season is good, Since October l. more than 45O cars of deciduous fruit and 1,40J cars of or anGes and lemons have been shipped from Northern California, far greater number than during last years corres- bonding period. The present outlook
 for the Southern California citrus fruit
 crop is 32,000 cars-vegetables 4,000 1 cars-this season, altogether spelling prosperity in capital letters for Cali
 fornia fruit growers.
 To carry this fruit $500 of the most ]expensiye refrigerator cars yet con.
 structed have been purchased at a the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Ore gon Short Line and Oregon Railway and Navigation companies to care for lthe fruit business originating on these Hines, ninety per cent. of which grows lin California. To insure greatest efflc- l iency in operation separte company, the Pacific Fruit Express, was origin ated to look after the distribution, use, icing, etc. of these cars It has its
 own representatives but all agents land departments of the Southern Pacific give these cars the same consideration las if they were directly operated. The Tears were built specially for fruit l transportation. with such dimensions as to make it possible to load the pro- duct low, giving full efficiency in re- l Ifrlgeration. Icing is done carefully and. the ice shortage of last season is being met by the construction by the Pacific Fruit Express of two great fee
 making plants one at Colton, one at
 Roseville, to supplement the private
 companies supplies. and other plants will be built if needed. Other cars al- so will be constructed as business de- l mands.
 Officials of the Southern Pacific com nanV noint out as one of the advantag- es of the existing consolidatio of man.
 agements of the Union and Southern ] Pacific companies the fact that that
 which the Southern Pacific alone could Inot afford as a business project to un- Edertake, because of the number of cars haul. the lines associated under the presidency of MT. Hartman could and did undertake--all having an interest ! to De served by such an enterprise