Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-02
Embargo Placed on Freixh1
BY Local Railroads Now q q
Being Felt BY Firms
MANY CONCERNS ARE
HIT IN SHIPPING
Packers and Fruit House
Suffer Most; Movement h
of Coal Is Heavy

All of the local railroads hav. ,s
iecelved the freight embarsn -
ISSUED BY tho various roads n rrs,.s,S7
tlon for the threatened railroad st,11
promised for Monday nnless $780,
prevented. The orders reoe,vcN n r.
Tue, Tue l.elgnt agents OF the local 49,
call Tor the refusal for shipment
a. ilve stock and perishable roo
tnae VIII not reach their destinati
oy Saturday night. Explosives r.
all refused regardless Of when M
reach destination. q M
AS result Of the embargo soma
tne local concerns are feeling 49,
llm,nary effects Of what a real M
VIII mean. Several carloada
perishable goods for Shipment " NJ
olstance have been refused ~ y
local freight houses. Fear of nat y
ting the goods to their destinafinr.
ea,uIuay night has turned away u
Ireisht. The embargo also preve1
tne receiving of large quantity
goods by these firms. Live STOCK EsE
ments to the packing house, viii
one OF the things most missed n
wnile another is the fruits and ~
tables coming from a distance tr r
local wholesale fruit houses. TIA
ter have cancelled a number ar q
that could not get here within
prescribed time and some faw
are In transit that will prohahlws
held along the way undeliyered s
Hits Fruit Houses. ass
Upon local shipments the
houses will be able to shin
orders as late as this afternoon.
nothing will be received ~
railroads from them after today
cause OF no means OF delivery sa
Saturday night. Bananas. T0
grapes, cabbages and numerous rs
things are cut off the supplies 81
fruit and produce men. sss
The butter and egg dealers A
affected and have had shinrai
turned down by the roads. The r
Ing house is the biggest sufl
through the embargo because 81
many oars that each day 80 ou1
the plant for the various eastern
western branches OF the comr
The export business Is also imm
and will be hard hit by the Amb1
7. H. Foster, manager OF the
rell plant, says that the companys
be able to ship its export car9 NJ
Canadian lines provided they
through Chicago by SUNDAY n
These are routed via Detroit
through Canada to Montreal
thence by water to Europe. Tho
pany uses this route for most 81
summer period in its foreign III
business.
Buying All Live Stock.
The cars for the branch housG
q distance have been annuli~d
the receipt Of the embargo. Mr.. M
said that the company ID buyinS
of the live stock that is receive
the yards OF the plant and II d
in supply as far as possible tai
vide for the needs OF Ottumwaa
the towns surrounding in the eve
Of tie up. He is satisfied thafa
company will be able to pr0vtdS
this vicinity for some time to
as considerable live stock ID beiu
ceived. The use of the motor
win relieve the shipping situatio
sofar as the immediate neighbofl
of Ottumwa is concerned. "
The company Is buying plent
coal and has fair supply III
or In sight and II the worst hap
Mr.. Foster says the coal ca
hauled by team to the plant
nearby mines. @
Shipping Much Coal. SS
The shipment Of coal is the heG0
class Of freight now handled on
local railroads One OF the local.
cials stated that every car capab
hauling coal Is pressed into servfl
get the fuel over the roads beca16
the great demand made by large
and the public generally in expect
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