Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-03
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Pennington. y, NJ, July 3i-Thd
prospects for proper transportation
facilities for the fruit of san Juan
county have very materially improv-
ed during the past few days The first
letters to the officials 90 the road
from the state corporation commits.
sion brought the district trunic man
uger 10 the field. az well as the IL
vision superintendent from Aamosa,
colo
80 first the state corporation com
mission was iu doubt as "a Us author
ny 90 compel enectual service, but
MS was promptly cleared up by tho
opinion Of Attorney General clancy
On the eth. which holds that tho
state corporation commission has am
Pile authority 90 compel the railroad
iu furnish refrigerator cars whether
they be- Tor "a shipment within tho
state. or Interstate
The railroad has already assumed
an entirely diacrcnt attitude in tho
matter from what b din short time
ago. and tho growers now have hope
that the crop viii be properly trans
ported. During the past few days the
railroad officials havn noen trying TO
get the growers Go agree 90 shin ia
cars sent out OF this district 100 the
evening. the fruit 10 be transferred
"a refrigerator ears az Durango While.
his Is quite "a concession from their
former attitude IL is by no means "a
solution, because there h little or no
difference In the temperature OF tho
fruit and the ears. 10 loaded in the
afternoon aud sent out early la tho
evening, or " loaded IN the forenoon
and sent out la the afternoon. In
either case II puts the fruits % san
Juan county at disadvantage COM
pared to that Of other sections
IL ~ just as good fruit as the best
anywhere and must be- put on tho
market In just as good shape or the
farmer VIII lose very materially In
both price received aud la the rcputa.
zion of the district aB "a producer.
An alternative proposition suggest
eel hy some OF the officials OF the RAN.
road. that the ears he opened al the
ends so as To permit ,hs circulation
~ air etc. has been investigated 10
some extent, and h Is found that this
method was tried thoroughly in tho
'fffifA hNNA'A HFAllN NlNNftN ANuIh MEUs
oven 90 the extent OF hitting up cars
WIN large sheet iron tunnels 10 catch
M" air aud cause circulation, and that ,
II proved TO be "a complete and abso-
lutte failure
county mass meeting ~ fruit
growers and others interested In the |
welfare Of the county was held az !
Aztec Monday afternoon for the pur-
pose of considering tho question or |
ituit transportation, and among other |
things the following resolutions were |
adopted
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the fruit growers OF san Juan /
county New Mexico, IN convention as
henbled. hereby recommend that an /,
peach growers Immediately make an 1
estimate Of ali peaches. together with /
names OF varieties, ana that each ,
file same with whatever shipper he
expects To- handle his fruit or with
tho chairman or secretary OF this body
10 the end that "a demand may ba
made on the Denver A. Rio Grande
railroad company for iced ears 70
cover such shipments.
That we further recommend that
growers deliver all peaches 60 such
railroad company properly packedd,
ana " such cars are not delivered.
that claims viii be flied for same.
Resolved, That We demand OF the
Denver a Rio Grande railroad COM
pnny that feed cars Ne furnished at
an shipping polnta In san Juan coun-
~ where demand Is made. for tho
shipment Of this years peach crop
Resolved. That We are willing 10
accept any Of the three methods pro-
posed through the state corporation
by which refrigerator cars I
ran be- furnished by said railroad
The following communication was
received from the state corporation
commission.
Mexico, santa Re. July 20. 1879 /;
state Corporation Commission of New
Hon. Frank sMplin. Pennington, New
Mexico.
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