Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-01
COOPERATION or STREET
RAILWAY is NECESSARY
plan Is TO Have Products OF Farms
OF This Section Shipped Directly TO
Baltimore, Washington and Pn's-
deIphla from Local Warehouse
Farmers Enthusiastic.

Joseph Reyner, shipchandler ana
grocer. has inaugnrated movement
looking toward the establishment OF
truck shipping center In TINS city
Farmers in this section are eh'hus-
iastic over the project and Mr.. hey-
per declares that all that now re-
mains to make the plan success u
the cooperation of the street railway
company In giving a freight car ser
vice at reasonable rates between New
port News and Old Point.
The plan as outlined Is 10 snip all
Of the farm produce OF this section
which Is not needed to supply the 10
cal trade 10 Washington, Baltimore
and philadelphia. The farmers Will
bring their produce to this city IN
their wagons each day and after sup
plying the local merchants they VIII
nut the remainder of their goods IN
n big warehouse at Washington ave-
nue. and Twenty fourth street, which
Is to be furnished by Mr.. Reyner
free II cost to the farmers. There
the produce will be packed in crates
and barrels. sent over the street rail-
way line To Old Point and thence
shipped to northern cities.
Northern Merchants Heard From.
Mr. Reyner has cmmunicated with
northern commission merchants and
they have agreed TO handle the pro-
duce from this city. They Will wire
their orders TO this city daily and the
orders will be filed by the manager
who is to have charge o. the storage
house.
The farmers on the other side OF
James river have been approached by
Mr.. Reyner relative to the movement
and they say they will gladly bring
their produce TO this city instead OF
Norfolk IL the Old Dominion Land
Company will give them landing
here. The produce would be brought
over in launches and a small pier
would have to be constructed for the
accommodation OF the little craft. The
matter viii be taken up with Supt.
Manville and Mr.. Reyner believes
that the land company viii cooperate
In the movement.
Many Big Truck Farms.
There are a number OF big truck
farms across the river and II is
cheaper for those farmers TO bring
their produce T. Newport News than
TO carry IL 10 Norfolk for shipment
They can make the run 10 this city
In fcrty minutes, whereas 1t takes
them more than two hours TO carry
ire produce TO Norfolk ON small
bats. A large amount of produce
could be shipped through this city
from the Crittenden section.
Mr.. Reyner believes that the es-
Enlistment of the Wholesale shipping
house here for the farmers will result
IN the building up OF the back country
north OF this city. At the present
time the farmers have no convenient
market for their produce and as a re-
suit they do net raise large crops.
With reasonable rates 10 the northern
cities and an easy method OF shipping
they will quickly increase their crops
and new farms will be opened in a
few years.
Build Barrel Factory.
II the truck shipping business
grows. and there seems every reason
20 believe that !; will. Il will be only
a matter OF a short time when IL will
be necessary to establish a barrel and
crate factory in this city Norfolk
depends largely upon its back com
try and Il is a farm produce shipping
center Three lsrEe crate and barrel