Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-10
vslrioerator Traffic Of Hartman
Lines Now Handled by
Companies Own Cars.
LARGELY EXPERIMENTAL.
r..h,s Last Legislature Made Il Posi-
be for Railroads 60 Control
special Carrying Concern.

p,girnlnr October I, the refrigerator
..,me on the Hartman lines. Including
-, extremely heavy transconunental
.,H traffic. Is being carried entirely
/. M companys own cars. 5000 OF
.seh have already been delivered TO
se southern Pacific, with 1000 more to
-me. the total cost Of the equipment
sing approximately eleven millions.
avs the railroad gazette. This is the
ros interesting immediate outcome OF
he action Of Congress in MAX
~r the private car lines common
rrlers The Armours formerly sup
,i.sd The Hartman lines
m was brought out ln. testimony that
~ Armour interests owned some IA
IA refrrC0tor cars and rented them
~a mileage basis OF threc-Quarter
,e.rts pei mile, going and coming. with
further agreement Ina tho case of the
erufhcru Pacific, that the Armour Car
I'M company. should furnish 5000
as Of such number as might DO me-
.,,an 90 secure 90 the fruit shipping
rs7s.s OF California "a sufficient num-
r- o. combined Vcntilator and refrig-
.vsur cars for the transportation Of
arh fruit and vegetables from CALI
arh to the eastern states IN return
nr which the Armour car line was give
81 he exclusive privilege Of furnishing
me refrigerator equipment 80 long
as % compiled with these conditions.
Because OF the disparity between the
volume Of deciduous fruit shipments
during The summer months and that of
citrus fruits during the winter months
he southern Pacific company had be-
revei DO would be unwise 90 provide
ar of its own, since these cars wSsld
wsumably lie idle for a good part ~
~ year. In the Armour organization.
Dc seasons in different parts of the
uuntrv were utilized 90 strike n bal
incc. and cars not needed IN the Cali
ioula trade could be sent temporarily
% Michigan, Texas. Georgia OF else
where as the need might be.
OUT FOR THEMSELVES.
But the Hartman lines have now
houcht q third more cars than the en-
tire number formerly furnished them
hv The Armours. at cost moro than
ioublo that which was testified TO in
1908 as prohlbitive and IL win be
niic question Of great Interest TO nota
low the experiment. works out. and
Thcthcr work for the cars can he
ound an the year around. I'm Harri-
nan territory II not refrigeration
harges must either provide for tho duh
eason. or the cars must b. sent out
, competition with the Armour cars.
ma subject TO difficulty IN dealing with
ny kind OF exclusiyie contracts 90
'hich one season fruit roads. like the
ere Marquette, may have been able TO
nd themselves under the new law.
DIFFICULTIES NOT SERIOUS.
But Il may be assumed that these
arHcultles viii not prove worry serious.
According TO the 1906 testimony. the to-
"a number Of refrigerator cars I'm tho
oouliy at that time WIS about %. 600
ard the demand had grown to exceed
hi supply. In view Of the tremendous
T1Wth Of the California fruit Industry,
q may be hazarded that the present
supply u cars will not exceed the pres
snt demand, and that mutually salts
factory adjustments can be made. Ship
msnts Of California oranges. lemons
and grapefruit for tho season now clos
ing aggregate nearly 10000 carloads.
Dcoduous mutt shipments have also
made a high recOrd for tho season.
Moreover development Of an all-the-
year rulnd orange crop to meet tho
CQsilnt demand for this fruit has been
carried out 50 successfully that now
here Is hardly a day In The year IN
which orange shipments are not
lIAANa VII nANNAAAA Oh inc ANAtAfArf'lA
acreage coming into bearing, Il Is es-
tmatod that the citrus fruit shipments
from California during the season be-
ginning Nov. / will reach 80 600 cars.
prc-oo0ling before fruit As loaded into
cars Is being resortcd to on greater
scale Than ever before, with the result
that % considerable quantity Of fruit
and melons that are now spoiled in
transit win reach the eastern market
ia good condition. The Southern Pacific
81 eeCting three ice manufacturing
plants for its new refrigerator car serv-
lee 10 avoid the possibility OF an leo
shortage such as has happened In past
years, causing loss 10 the fruit shippers.
UTAH SETTLED DOUBTS.
The notngorator car business on the
Hartman lines VIII be carried on by
ne Plcho Fruit company, a company
controlled by the Union Pacific, and
Specially organized 10 take over tho
ifNC formerly handled hr tho urIVa ie I
fenigeutor lines. Some doubt had ex-
lsiei on the right OF tho Union Pacific |
20 own stock in "a refrigerator line, but |
a!i uncertainty on this point was clear /
81 up ht the last session or tho Utah I
legislature. At that session a. now ram |
fmd Jaw was passed codlfying the I
fiiiroil laws of the state and including /
lA llr privileges accorded tO the rail- I
IN't organized under the laws OF |
iall -'.fo the right 10 own express and !
Hingoutor lines.
Ar Hartman has boon quoted 90 the /
.ioet That the lines bon hls system would /
heneafier bo able 20 give am enlarged i
an1 better service ana that earnings /
would undoubtedly be Increased from /
NAT source. Whatever they CJhe AR /
ouH made. we win make" ne said. /
lt he left unsettled the question /
shether This was 90 apply 10 profits /
made wholly on his own lines on not.