Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-09-29
SUFFER FROM SHORTAGE
COUNTY BUSINESS FIRMS NEEr
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Adjourned Hearing at Salem Brina
Out Important Facts Shippers
Not Altogether Blameless.
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Just how severely Polk and sur
sounding counties are suffering fror
the acute Southern Pacific car short
age was itoldaat the Adjourned hear
ing before the Public Service commits
sion IN Salem "Wednesday : Though
the evidence clearly showed that til,
al railroad aailll1r company could not supply
1.-the cars NECESSARY for the handling
&0of1the freight offered, it was i.adsc
nthat the shippers were moi
.Ualtogether blamelessl dGarsI we'd ssggen,
orally heeldg the evidence showed, UNI
to TIA adf4raH dfe4mrapHrrage az charges, were, iminent
euand neven, two, and three days over.
Shippers did not unload cars, on Sun
--day-and-sold from the-ears, often
tfmesErather than unload 9 -
The Willamette Valley Lumb..
conipany's Car shortage has ieachai
40. Thdidocaii 1nilbii0 running bPw
hyesand "a half days "a weeks sehedulF lFit
and closes down whenever possibl Y
Yestsrday2 the mill did mot run 4 ella r
ly the ,managenfentl consented to cloI
I'M order 91e fIttbbas tbaefh fthae elhployes mig 20
attend the state fair In Augu;
the epifill's mfill's ebpsinesst MAS septy neartiJ To
one=half Lumber is being bsinEsn poiled N.
DMF yarqas7ipFte s7 ensggrshippeOn
1t is estimated The labor cost Aforr n t
extra handling WWifi amount to 5000
m6hth.NoIT9UHT2Wo0 IT,
Iha docab mill anoYstpH down +
good, sasp4b3ess samlervp oHsfel relief IN
sefAhss sfftfAhtaeS ftfAht comes. "TheJee is isapad apadl +
to ent sWlhsspP, we can + siRWn Wesaid OIL
of the officials yesterddauYs.l1a rddusl1a
Il. J. Northumberland
ST sfAe iottFd9ngrlapd ,F9 yarsheuser rbssipe|l 9
sah he he waf afId4R short ;total ofS877F f CARS
Ud194ssP d9p9 Shipments of oats. His wagshop$ $e &
Capacity is exceeded and he is''asi IS using 2
y ap .pnroefea structure foE. the. E.:ffa 4
4 flow. The result was that there Is y
q danger1ef daqamsa.g damage from the elemeats, = :,
= ne admitted holding one Gar oyer tvo Z
+ days and said that he was not dis nf -, -
y POSED 'tos'lcadFcarsRori Susdasss i, ~
-A.-A.-F French, lumber and grai AZ r.
sflppersgofyAirlie, swas onlys sixxeats p
&horfl HE lss,r,. sss Ls3s - Ss77g% 7 il fDy
Nj bookkeeping, DIV Esuggested ~
REhench thought an Did wareho ase be- J fpp N
langlng to the Southern Pacific Should 4 e pt
he torn down-se- that privatel u ~ :.
owned sonegcouldV takerits gplace. i ~
Ell. Sechrist of Baliston, ware fsE y
h9aseplan' s9p n '5J ted Of trouble BE- bad in H. H.
getting cars AA "NEFh I11A fh'
DR.. W. S, MottAof Salem said he tEf :,
hadf a small Hl interest," in ,ther Clement feia 1;
Lunber company Of Gootseh. lie was lols m
especially interested beeanseehe had apll y
sold timber to the company and owr ia
lngrto itsJ inability to- get, cars to m il'l
transport lumber and sllogs, it had ',ieA ,'
been unable to- make Payments to IeoI n
him. ~ The manager reported Monday 'Pror i.
that seven cars had betdlnf delivered for tlm lo
use ii ttrapspqrtfg iog#sElvo io#sEvo 7 peri
.: s. Harper Of tie Salem Fuel aa"a nou
yards, Saleemy said be had been fore S'o, on
ed to purchase chase ow9odT from ,faEmers l. =,
arepnd ISaaersNat ahigher prices than !. : =
he could have delivered wood ,here-Jv] = -
rail, because itbeb Southern Pacific q g
sa1 sa1ea 10 iurn,sh ms % cans lSinee dilHe ~ +
I'd only six!G His attention was called h..
% the fact athat ilfe had held "a ca Re
oaded with wood for three days. be- 1.-The
91nning September 16 and ne exgylain, ii a..
q that he, did not, under the cirdll,h- Ii Irsern,
tances, have tp pay deniurrrage. 1t the c
vas brought odtsthat lie preferred to evan.
ell the wood from the ears, where the, q
oSSioie' - o aNA Feol'
r. u. donaldson, traffic manager Of Ira ad
ne willamette Valley Lunbermen 5 .,,i.
ssoeiatlon, submitted Oregon lunlberE Pro
,atlSucs. SH e 81 the B
Attorney Dey askedth in consid- Black
ing the Southern Pacifc's car supI be in
y thelcommissionp inchtie $500 Pa. sessio
iicTfruit express cars (which are us Jun
!, u M shipping 9lp various products be- meet
y t.R5 i'tRsf o,,,2l,U ,2l,Ua&iQR as&s..iQ l.. '3'4, ''97
piPped7atlhat the practice was to quel t
r tpe ears when On .ihsiF N tay fof VIII B
nt' 'Tith~1herchaandiss 6f Sariohs beYeppjjn
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Letters from the Bellevue Ward tdf6if
hss and Hauek Miilingvconpany both ,st
nPphhihing Pphhaih about inabilis IL st 'isSi