Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-31
Embargo Affects Shipments
From Pocatello to Hunting
ton, Ore.--Wheat and Mer-
chandise Excepted.
HITS LUMBER INDUSTRY
Boise Payette Lumber Com
pany Shipping Departments
May Close Appeal to Wash
ington Officials.

An embargo tying up shipment of all
commodities except wheat and mer-
chandise on the Oregon Short Line
between Pocatel1o and Huntington,
Ore, and diverting all empty cars
from this district to lines of the O. w.
r. & N. railway on the coast, was an
nounced this morning by the local Of
flee of the United States railroad ad-
ADMINISTRATION.
The probable duration Of the order
and the reason for it's having been is
sued was not announced. 1t may prove
only temporary-not longer than "a
hours. according to Joel l.. Priest, gen.
eral agent of the Short Line.
HITS BUILDING.
Its most serious affect will be upon
the lumber industry, according to c.
A. Barton of the Boise Payette Lum-
Der company. 1t will prevent the
movement of lumber AMI building ma
terials, for which there is a great de-
mand by builders who want to fin
1sh operations before bitter cold sets
in.
Mr.. Barton appealed to the public
utilities commission to ask the rail-
road administration for enough cars
at the mills to keep the men busy. I'm
less cars are forthcoming the shipping
departments, including the planning
mills and the box factories, must shut
down within q few days, throwing ap-
proximately 200 men out of employ
ment. according to Mr.. Barton.
THE Barber mill can run for some
time because we have yard room there
but the mill at Emmett could not run
longer than 80 days without cars, )" said
Mr.. Barton.
CAR OFFICIAL HERE.
r. d. Grund, of the car service de-
partment of the United States rail-
road administration at Washington, d.
c., and Joel l.. Priest. general agent
of the Oregon Short Line, We're pres
ent when Mr. Barton filed his protest
with the public utilities commission
Mr.. Barton declared to the commits
sion that he believed the care were be-
ing diverted to aid the lumber industry
on the coast, where there has been
shortage for several weeks that has
tea up number Of mills.
The embargo will not affect fruit
shipments, since they move in refrig-
orators. 1t refers to box cars and flat
cars.
Complicated by the unprecedented
snow storm and the cold weather of
the past week. the fruit situation at
Payette and in the neighboring terri
tory has reached a tragic stage The
growers are said to be facing a total
loss on account Of inability to get
cars for their crops
The Payette Valley Traffic associa-
ton toda yonce more appealed to the
public utilities commission. and the
commission, doing all in it's pbwer,
again demanded of the railroad ad-
ministration, some immediate action.
The associations telegram to the COM
mission was as follows:
ION account of the unprecedented
storm and cold weather. our appIe
growers are facing a heavy loss, and
some of our, packing houses have been
compelled to close down on account
of being full and having no cars. we
have over 1000 cars of apples on hand,
over 500 are exposed to the weather,
and we hope you Will use every ef-
Tort to secure us at least so day for
he next % days"
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