The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-15
PIPER MADE NEAREST
ESTIMATE ON 1910 CROP
1864 Cars Have Been Shipped QUIT More Will Be
Loaded Before December LIST - Great Northern Has
Given Excellent Service This Year in Furnishing
Cars-Yakima Shipped but ss5 Cars.

The total shipments of fruit from
Wenatchee for 1910 are 2041 cars.
To date 1864 cars have gone out and
there are II more yet TO be rolled
before December first. The railroad
company has 95 cars in its yards, so
that the season will end with rec
ord of remarkable good service on
the part of the railroad company.
At a meeting of the commercial
club last night. resolution was I'M
animously carried thanking the Great
Northern railroad~officials for the su-
perb handling of Wenatchee's great
crop. c. w. Wilmeroth, manager of
the association at Medford, told of
the trouble in the Rogue River val
ley with the railroad company.
There has been a shortage of cars
straight through the season. The
same condition he reports having
found at Hood River. Last week
$4,000 boxes of apples were stacked
up awaiting shipment, and only two
cars day were being furnished by
the railroad company. Coming to
Wenatchee he found the big crop
almost entirely moved and the yards
full of cars which certainly look
good to me-" said Mr.. Wilmeroth.
Piper Judges Output.
A. A. Piper, local agent for the
company, showed to reporter of
the Daily World this morning a car
bon copy of letter which he sent
to headquarters on May last. He
gave as his estimate of the crop to
be moved this fall from 1900 to
1000 cars, and requested that this
number be furnished promptly. That
this guess came within 4 / cars of the
total showed a remarkable foresight
on the part of the local agent. In
credulity was expressed by the Of
ficials at first, and finally w. c. Wat
rous, general superintendent of
Transportation, visited this city and
made a personal investigation. He
was convinced that Mr.. Piper's esti-
mate was correct and began at once
to make preparations on that basis.
His assistant, Mr.. Blake, was de-
tailed to devote his entire time to an
chez crop. Cars from all parts of
the system were moved in this direc-
ton and later Mr.. Blake went to Chi
cago, where he kept after the whole
salers, compelling them to unload
their cars rapidly so that they could
return to this point. In this way the
Great Northern was able to get a
double haul with its refrigerator cars
simply by giving close attention to
the business.
Gibson's 80 Cars a Day.
w. c. Michael, representative of
the Gibson Fruit company of Chi
cago, secured practically all of The
association pool. Some days the fruit
growers shipped out 20 cars, and
there were number of days when
this company received 80 cars a day
from Wenatchee. Forty-three cars
was the largest number shipped any
one day from the Wenatchee valley.
In commenting on the service
which the railroad company was able
to give, Agent Piper stated this
morning that the company could not
have accomplished the work as 1t
was done had not assistance been
rendered by the newspapers and the
growers. The numerous articles
which appeared in the Daily World
regarding, the necessity of picking
and packing the fruit early and rush