Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-10
LATE SPRING RUSH IN FREIGHT
TRAFFIC THRU COUNCIL
BLUFFS FOR WEST.
EASTERN SHIPMENTS OF
FRUITS ARE ALSO LARGER
Freight For West Includes Largo
Quantities Of Wool, Summer Goods,
Potatoes and Oystsrs-One Thou.
sand Automobiles Pass Thru Bluffs
Yards in One Week

Council Bluffs. May 10.-Shtpment
number of seasonable articles, continue
on slight increase thruout the Coun
Gil Bluffs yards. That traffic is in
creasing now, when ordinarily it is
the slack in spring material and the
absence of any summer shipments so
early, is puzzle to local railroad au-
thorities. Part of the increase is at
tributed to the lates pring this year. 1t
is generally expected that summer and
spring goods will merge this season
and do away with the annual decrease
at the end Of the spring traffic.
Wool shipments from the west and
northwest are beginning to come in
over the Union Pacific. The wool
traffic means much to the s0gn mer' $
business thru Council Bluffs. where
shipments going east require a large
volume to counterbalance traffic from
from the east to the west and release
the necessity of returning many freight
cars empty from the Pacific coast
states
California Fruit in Quantity.
Fruit. which regularly comes in
great quantities from California, is be-
coming an important commodity thru
Council Bluffs. The Pacific Fruit Elk
press Company, with thousands of cars
of its own, has made this point an i'm
portant distributing center for its traf-
flc during certain periods Of the year.
This city has long retained the distinc-
ton, but the increase in its Importance
this spring has necessitated an addi-
!! ton to the force Of Pacific Fruit Ex-
press men with headquarters here.
Earnest Keller, widely known thruout
commercial circles as an important
clerk in the company, has been as
signed to a permanently added office
here. Oranges and lemons from Califor-
mia form the bulk of fruit commerce
now passing thru Council Bluffs. 9th
er commodities of the P. F. E. service
are vegetables, including artichokes,
asparagus and large quantities of cab
bage.
Heavy Oyster Shipments.
Unusual features of the past week s
shipments were oysters, fully packed
with ice, going to California, and the
continued volume of potatoes. Never
before, according to local freight men,
have such large quantities of potatoes
been shipped thru this city in the
spring. The spuds have continued COM
ing from points in Wisconsin and other
| northern states. bound for Sacramento
and vicinity. They are of the seed va
| riety.
Seasonable shipments. such as straw
hats. gasoline launches, sail boats,
| fleets Of rowing craft. settees and 9TH
er park equipment and commercial
items significant of early summer are
passing thru in force. They lend an air
of recreation to the tresome roar of
transferring which is charact eristic of
the freight platforms.
Surprising figures are shown regard
Ing the shipments of automobiles.
Nearly a thousand automobiles, loaded
| into 100 large, double decked, specially
equipped cars, passed thru Council
! Bluffs bound for western points during
! the last week. The valuable carloads
are shipped as expedite freight, assur-
ing them the swiftest passage possible
in the regular freight service