The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
FIX SCHEDULE
OF FRUIT CARS
Agreement Reached at Conference
Of Northern Pacific Officials
and Shippers =
NINETY-NINE HOURS FROM
NORTH YAKIMA TO ST. PAUL
Cars to Be Ready ut 8 O'Clock
Here. Will Be Re-iced at Pasco
and Leave Early Next Morning
for East


part of Northern Pacific operating Of
ficials to handle the Yakima fruit
crops with speed and efficiency, an
agreement that growers shall prepare
their cars on a fixed schedule, Begin
ming at 8 o'clock at North Yakima,
and an agreement on the part of the
railroad to maintain 99-hour sched-
ule between North Yakima and st.
Paul, were the chief results of con-
ference held last night at the Com
mercial club. Present were practical
ly the entire operating department of
the western divisions of the Northern
Pacific, and representatives of every
large fruit shipper in the Yakima val
ley
The meeting was called by the Of
.ficials of the road in order to get
the views of the shippers. and to ar
range their operating details as nearly
as possible in accordance with the
wishes of the shippers.
Big Men All There
The railway was represented by
General superintendent I. B. Richards,
General Manager E. G. Blanchard,
General Freight Agent Henry d,
Blakely, Division Superintendent J. l.,
De Force, George r.. Merritt, gen.
eral agent of the refrigerator system,
and M. E. Moline, Inspector Of re-
frigerator cars, c. G. Burdick, district
agent, L. F. Sainsbury, loc4l agent.
and James Shannon. trainmaster.
Other railway men present were
George Donald, former president OF
the North Yakima & Valley Railway;
j. c. Roth. superintendent Of the N.
Y. & "; c. F. Van de Water of the
O.-W. r. & N. Co.; N, c. Richards OF
the Yakima Valley Transportation
company, and q number of agents for
the, Northern Pacific. lstet
Representing shipping and grow
retarW and J. IT, Roman, traffic man.
ager of the Yakima Valley Fruit
growers association, e. r. Sampson,
manager. and w. N. Irish. Of the
Yakima County Horticultural Union,
DIR. J. 8. Kloeber, III. M. Gilbert OF
the Richey n Gilbert Co.. J. M. Perry
Of J. M. Perry &fColJ Fred Thompson
of the Thompson Fruit Co.. Clyde Nc
Kee. A. H. Henry. Richard Strobach,
and others. a
Agree ON shipping Schedule
After a discussion lasting nearly
two hours, It was agreed that in order
to get the fruit train into Pasco and
get it iced In time for an early start
the shippers should have their cars
loaded, braced and ready to pull al
8 o'clock in the evening. The Selah
cars will be loaded by 1880, half an
hour earlier. The towns of the lower
valley will also have their cars ready
on schedule, which will begin with
wick.
Will Re.Ico at Pasco
1t was agreed on the part of the
railroad men that in the case of cars
which are partly loaded. or which
have stood on the, tracks empty for
"a hours, that provision will be made
for re-icing here before leaving for
the East A new track, leading past
the ice house and connecting with
in case of cars in which the ice has
got low in the bunkers will re-icing OF
loaded cars be done here. The whole
train will then be re-iced at Pasco.
The shippers were practically unani-
nous that In the case of fruit put
warm into the cars at night il the
back vents were left four inches open
no re-icing would be required until
Pasco was reached.
Ninety-Nine Hours to st. Paul
The railroad officials agreed that
the 99-hour schedule between North
Yakima and st. Paul could be kept
by the fruit trains. II. M. Gilbert
voiced a request that in the case OF
peaches the schedule be shortened
considerably, but the railroad men
said it would be difficult to shorten
the time.
Warehouses Proposed
Secretary c. G. Ware, and N. G.
Richards, as a member of the gov
erning board Of the Commercial club,
both spoke In favor of the proposed
( plan to form company for the pur-
pose of selling bonds and building
warehouses along the lines of the
railways for storage of fruit. They
argued that in the future 1t will be-
come impossible, no matter what the
Transportation facilities, to move the
fruit crop as fast as it must be har-
vested, and that portions of the crop
must be stored for considerable
lengths of time. The consideration
of markets was also touched upon as
making storage facilities advisable.
H. M. Gilbert, as a heavy shipper,
and H d. Blakely of the Northern
Pacific both spoke in favor of the
plan, but no definite action was
taken last night
Perry Brings Apples
A box of Winesap apples. just from
the cold storage rooms of the j. M
Perry plant was opened and the fruit
much appreciated by the men pres
emit at the meeting.
DIR. ROSsEK
Physician and Surgeon.
Office over Jansck Drug Store.
Residence. Cor Sixth and Chestnut.