Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-08
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Reports of the Employees Relief
Fund of the Pennsylvania System,
East and West of Pittsburg, issued to-
day, show that the total payments since
the organization of the Relief Depart
ments amount to $25, ,913, ,283.9S.
On the Lines East of Pittsburg and
Erie during February, the sum of $107,-
351 80 was paid out. OF this $50, ,204.50
went to families of members who had
died, while S71, ,147.40 was paid to mem
bers who were incapacitated for work.
The total payments on the Lines East
since February 18th, 1886, when the
Relief Fund was organized, amount to
$1S,913, 1852.
In February the payments of the
Relief Fund on the Lines West to
members unable to work amounted to
S27, ,27S. 80, and to families of members
who died So, ,250.00, a total Of $40, ,52S.90
for the month. The disbursements in
the nineteen years of its existence
have reached $500, ,S1S.06.
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Nineteen hundred and eight was the
most prosperous year ever experienced
by the farmers of Southern New Jer-
sey, according to reports which have
just been compiled by the Freight De
partment of the West Jersey and Sea-
shore Railroad-one of the subsidiary
lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. More than 1900 carloads,
140 miles of cars of perishable freight
were shipped from points on the West
Jersey and Seashore.
The shipments in 1908 were larger
by 2,771 cars than those of 1907, an in
crease of 10 per cent. These figures
derive added significance from the
fact that the Railroad company ih the
past year has been carrying on an ac-
tive campaign to encourage the fur
ther development of New Jersey as an
agricultural State. The Company has
supplied to produce and commission
merchants desiring to buy in various
territories list of reliable growers and
shippers of commodities from those
sections. In addition, a farmers
special instruction train was run for
the benefit of the farmers on the West
Jersey and Seashore. The same policy
is also being pursued in many other
sections.
The Ia, 042 carloads of produce ship
ped from Southern New Jersey in 1908
contained the following: 1920 crates
of berries, 519, ,096 crates of tomatoes,
112, ,S61 crates of cantaloupes, 5,554
crates, $50, ,055 barrels, and 307, $50 ham,
pers of sweet potatoes, S,425 crates,
"a, 1923 barrels and 1902 hampers of
peppers, 4,5S7 barrels of apples, S,945
crates and 10, 565 barrels of cranberries,
463, $50 cases of canned goods, 141 1872
sacks Of oysters and CLAIMS, I'll, 1922 bar
rels of white potatoes.
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That the exploitation of the produce
grown in New Jersey, the efforts to
develop the widest possible market,
and the operation of fast preference
freight trains to enable shippers to de-
liver their produce at the markets in
the best possible condition, have been
effective is evidenced by the fact that
in 1908 the table delicacies referred to
were placed in the markets of "a differ
ent States, the District of Columbia,
and Canada. Four car loads were
shipped to Montana, three oars to
North Dakota, II cars to Maine, 45 cars
to Minnesota, 81 cars to Wisconsin,
and % cars to Canada.
OF the remaining 1898 cars Camden
and Philadelphia received 5,507. Jer-
sey City and New York 4, ,451, Newark
GAO, Boston 4S5, Pittsburg 643, Chicago
375, Ohio 100, Buffalo 272, other New
York points Ill, Massachusetts 101,
New Hamsphire %, Connecticut 81,
Rhode Island II, Pennsylvania towns
615, Delaware Dc, Maryland 90, Wash
ington, d. c., 6, Richmond, Va, 1, In
diana -, Illinois towns g. Detroit 81,
other Michigan towns 81, Iowa 0, Ken
tuckey 2, Colorado s, Minnesota 45,
Kansas6, Nebraska 2, Wisconsin, ~,
and New Jersey points, other than
Camden, Newark and Jersey City 1888.
The Railroad Companies are seek
ing still further to promote the wide
distribution of farm products, Through
the operation of these plans, residents
at remote interior points are having
placed before them at reasonable pri-
ces the fruits and vegetables of all sec
tions-a privilege enjoyed few years
ago by only the most important cities.