The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-10
MILK SHIPMENTS TO
CITY INCREASE AGAIN
Harbor Strike Has No Effect,
as Pennsylvania Tunnels
Are Being Used.
MORE DAIRY HERDS SOLD
Shipments Of Cows Are Re-
acknowledgements Com
mission Meets To-day.

Reports BY railroads TO the Depart
ment Of Health showed yesterdays re-
ceipts of milk In this city as 1.39b.23S
quarts, an increase Of 2t,7S0 quarts
over the preceding day. OF this guam
tity. 555.114 quarts came from sources
developed by the Milk Conference Board
distributors since January 1.
Hope was held out by distributors
last night that children will not be
ceprived of milk altogether because OF
the harbor strike. !. L. Nathans. sec
rotary OF the Milk Conference Board.
raid milk from new sources coming
ever the Pennsylvania Railroad will be
brought in by way OF the tunnel under
the Hudson and trucked from the Long
Island terminal to this city.
Gov. Smiths newly appointed MIX
Commission will hold It's srst formal
session at noon to-day in Mr.. Bowling
Office. 1s5 Broadway.
PenusyIvania Road Gains.
The milk strike happens to be help
rather than hindrsnce to the city while
s hsrbor strike Is on. according to some
distributors. The Milk Conference Board
reaching out for supply to take the
place OF Dairymen's League milk. which
is not coming IN, has developed much
new business for the Pennsylvania Rail.
road. This milk Ia now being shunted
from the terminal on the Jersey side
by way OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
tunnel under the Hudson River to Long
Island and the. milk wagons do tbs
rest
Secretary Nathans said last evening
he had asked strike leaders to help II
getting milk to New York. He explained
that milk coming in over the Erie, Lack
awanna and other roads would be dis
tributed in New Jersey.
Albert Manning, secretary C, thu
Dairymen' League. pointed out las
night that one effect OF the refusal o
distributors to buy milk at the leagu,
price is shown In reports that farmer,
arc getting rid OF their cows.
In one section of Orange county" III
said. twenty-five carloads of dair!
cattle have been shipped to this city sinc'
january !. Seven carloads. or III
cattle, came from near Warwick. VIVA
win happen to the milk supply OF tn,
future II this is kept up?'
High Cost in City's DairieS.
John II. Arfmann, president OF tn
Orange county branch Of the Da!rymenI
League, has sent a letter to District At
torney Swami explaining that It Is cost
ing tho city OF New York 1913 cents
quart to produce milk at the city's SAINT
tarfum for tubercuiar patients at Otis
VILE. There are 81 mich cows 2 bull
ana 80 dry cows on the city's farm h
said. and the fifty-seven cows produc
500 quarts day. Mr. Arfmann chal
lenged Judge Swami to 70 into the city
costs Of producing milk at his John Do
milk inquiry. The farmers, ne said, ar
asking "a cents a quart for their milk
John r. Dooling, Assistant Distric
Attorney, asked Chief City Magistrate
McAdoo yesterday to adjourn the Johl
Doe inquiry for a week He explatne,
that he had been unable to get In toucl
with the members OF Gov. Smiths Mil
Commission. II was believed last nigh
further adjournment may be taken mex
Thursday
Health Commissioner Copeland an
rounced yesterday that bacte riologica
examination OF lls samples Of milk com
ing TO the city from regions not con
trolled by the Dairymens League shoy
that 1ot complied with the Board o
Health standards, while fourteen wer
below the standards required
TT Is my opinion that milk receive
from the present sources is adequatel
safeguarded and is fit for human con
sumption" he said. I'VE have mad
daily Inspections of all the pasteurizin
plants and our men have witnessed tn
pasteurization OF the milk"
Da!rymen's League officials say tina
since January thirty members OF tn
Milk Conference Board have signed cor
tracts TO buy milk at the league pr!c,
One farmers league inspector RI
ported that some milk which arrive
Yesterday for a fghting distributor Dor
tags showing II had been pa~teuriz.
December 20. 1t came from PittsburI