Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-08-01
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Traffic officers Of the Northern Pa
cifc railway have taken unique steps
towards avoiding possible coal
shortage in the Northwest this win
ter, by utilizing the arrangements
made for the advertising of passenger
traffic matters. in calling attention of
coal dealers and coal consumers gen.
orally to the necessity of laying in
their winter stocks Of fuel at once.
Display tisement mas never be-
fore been used by Northwestern rail
ways for such purpose.
The advertisement which have
beensen to many newspa pers on the
line of the Northern Pacific railway,
state in terse and emphatic terms
that the best way to avoid coal
shortage is to buy early, and that at
the,present time there Is fuel at the
head Of the lakes and empty cars
with which to move it. For the time
being these advertisements will take
the place of publicity with reference
to rates and trains. The effect of the
experiment., which is rather novel
excursion into the advertising field
fol a railway, is being watched with
much interest:
Railway officers fear that should
northwestern. dealers delay their ord
ers for winter coal, sucE shipments
will again fall into the months when
the northwestern wheat crop. is NOV
ing land when all the available equip
ment and motive power Of the rail-
ways is necessarily employed in keep
ing the wheat moving and the lines
clear of congestion. A year ago This
and other causes made it extremely
difficult to move coal. The.extremely
severe weather which suddenly des-
cended on the northwest latel prac-
tically stopped traffic for cons der
able period and brought on severe
shortage of fuel.
All the leading northwestern lines
are making Efforts to secure an early
movement of coal from the head of
tie lakes to, all the various local
points, and the officers are anxious
to bring about condition under
which before severe cold weather
comes. .again, both the consumers and
dealers will be thoroughly advised of
the necessity of getting in their sup
ply of fuel well in advance, and
prompted to protect themselves
against the possibility of a shortage
by having their winter fuel actually
on hand
Northern Pacific traffic officers a
month ago took up the coal question
with the big fuel dock concerns at
--the head of the lakes and asked them
to get into touch with their custom
ers and urge early deliveries of win
ter coal. Local dealers were reached
by letter and the danger Of delaying
their orders to the fuel docks was
pointed out. The dealers have In
many cases replied that they will
gladly lay in early stocks Of coal for
the winter if their customers can be
pursuaded to place their individual
orders early, and the railway is now
seeking to interest the individual
consumers through the medium Of
advertise ments calling attention 20
the traffic problems which will arise
If the northwests' orders for coal
. from the head Of the lakes do not
reach the fuel docks until the lines
are rushed to the limit with wheat
shipments, With. snow. and cold fol-
lowing almost Immediately after the
cessation Of wheat shipments. None
of;the northwestern lines are snxioua
for another SNOW blockade, .and all
are making 2 determined effort to
protect their territory against the
difficulties involved should the ad-
verse conditions Of last winter. again
prevail. Iss5 s..;3
Salt Water Xills Weeds Recen.
tly the brinys water Of the Great Salt
lake has been tried By the Oregon
Short Line for q novel purpose and
with remarkable success. Stored II
tanks, the fluid has been hauled over
,.as