The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-11-11
CARS MORE PLENTIFUL
The Public Utilities Commission Has
Been Busy With Railroad.

The stringent and serious refriger-
2f0r car shortage in this state is over.
This is the definite announcement
made by President John A. Blomquist
OF the public utilities commission, who
has been demanding that "empties"
be rushed into the congested Idaho
field as rapidly as possible so that
shippers could get their produce load
+ed and started to the eastern markets.
The Oregon Short Line, through its
general manager, w. H. Bancroft, has
notified the commission that the car
shortage problem has been taken up
with the Pacific Fruit Express by the
railroad and orders had been issued
on that company to rush every avail
able refrigerator car into eastern,
southern and western Idaho without
delay for the situation demanded quick
relief and the railroad company would
look to the private car company to
supply cars forthwith.
This is the first time in the history
of the state that action of this kind
has been secured to bring relief to a
situation which if continued for an
indefinite period just at the present
time would have ruined many produc-
ers in this state and financially Grip
pACu NUMEROUS SulppClS to We'll do
kept Idaho produce off the market on
which it is now bringing topnotch
prices.
1'You can say that the situation is
very much clearer and that the car
shortage in this state is practically at
an end" said President Blomquist.
s4The commission has been in constant
touch with the common carriers and
the shippers. Realizing the serious
ness of the situation we have urged
prompt action without the slightest
unnecessary delay and / believe that
the telegram received from Mr.. Ban
croft in which the Paicfic Fruit Elk
press is called upon to rush every
available car into this territory virtu-
ally means the end of the car short
age.
1T means great deal to the pro-
Queer when after he had spent a
years labor producing crops he is
blocked from shipping his produce to
:. market because there are not suffi-
'cient cars to handle it, Idaho's big
crop this year has taxed the capacity
of the common carriers, but the ur-
gent demand for more refrigerators
will now, | confidently believe, be met
within the next few days and there
will be enough cars rolling into this
state for distribution along the line
for the use of shippers
The fact that there has been a SER
iOus crop shortage in the middle west
and that the markets this year are
more favorable than they have been
for years with the more important
fact that Idaho has had bumper
crop, especially in the grains and po-
tatoes, while it's fruit crop, although
slightly short, is bringing better
u prices, made producers and shippers
view with great alarm the possibility
OF tie-up on refrigerator cars. When,
however, it was apparent that the
common carriers were unable to sup
ply refrigerator cars as rapidly as
rSThey were needed and some shippers
were only receiving one where they
wanted 25 or SO for immediate load
ing requests poured in on the public
utilities commission asking for relief
The wires were kept alive with ur-
gent messages from the commission
cars and for immediate delivery of
them. The president of the Union Pa
,cific and Oregon Short Line was
shown the seriousness of the car
shortage and what it meant to the pro-
ducer and shipper in this state. Every
railroad official in authority was
urged to get action on empty refrfger-
ators and rush them to this state.
There was a general stir in railroad
circles and the Idaho demand for i'm
mediate delivery of refrigerators was