The sun., 1919-10-12
TIEUP MAKES CITY'S
MILK SUPPLY LATE
Dealers Caught Mapping by
Midnight Strike of Men on
Hudson FerrybOats.

Many thousands Of babies and chill
dren were compelled yesterday to go
without milk at their usual breakfast
hour because the tieup Of all the Hud-
son River ferryboats. with the excep-
ton of those in the Lackawanna Rail
road service. temporarily bottled up the
bulk of the entire citys daily milk
supply at the New Jersey railroad ter
minals.
The milk distributing companies had
no knowledge thaS the ferry strike was
to be declared and they found them
selves for the first time being in bad
predicament from which they could not
extricate themselves until late in the
day. They could not do the Impossible
by getting the city's daily quota OF some
1000, 900 quarts OF milk across the river
In the usual time with transportation
facilities plugged up. and consequently
It was late in the day before they were
able to complete deliveries. Even then
they did not get all the milk they
needed Not more than 80 per cent. OF
deliveries were made before or 10 A.
NJ and some milk wagons were still on
routes with ~'norning deliveries" at
nightfall.
There was every indication last night
that milk again will be late in arriv-
companies insisted that customers are
going TO get it.
The Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel
New Yorks salvation in food crisis
such as ferry tie-up produces-wtll be
the medium through which milk will be
brought into the city.
Milk cars coming in over the Erie and
Lehigh Valley will be transferred to the
Pennsylvania at connecting points In
Jei sey City and sent through the p. r
RS Hudson River passenger tunnel TO
distributing points on Long Island.
Milk. which ordinarily arrives at the
West Shore terminal In Weehawken.
comes In over the Ulster and Delaware
and the New York. Ontario and West
eru This milk will be diverted over
| the Poughkeepsie bridge at Highlands,
1 and thence carried by the Central New
England to its connecting point with the
| New York Central. and via the Central
to Twenty-ninth street. New York city.
It was said at the Offices OF the Shelf
field Farms-S lawson Decker Company
| last night that its Lehigh Valley milk
viii be taken by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road to Harold avenue. Sunnysde yards,
Long Island City. where it will be loaded
| onto milk wagons. MIX brought In by
| the Erie and handled by the p. r. r.
Brooklyn When the milk reaches Long
Island 1t will be carried TO Manhattan
over the three East River bridges for
distribution by the various milk depots.
All of the other milk concerns will be
obliged to get their milk in the same
| fashion.
MIX coming IN over the Lackawanna
Railroad intended for New York win be
| taken across the river on the Lacka-
wanna ferryboats. but 1t Is admitted
| that congestion on this ferry will work
| for delay.
Lines OF milk wagons and other veni-
cles waiting for Barclay etreet and Four
| tenth street Lackawanna ferryboats ex-
tended from the ferry houses way into
| the heart of Hoboken until late into the
morning yesterday.
IF we had the vehicular tunnel under
| the Hudson" Daniel s. Horton, secre-
tary of Sheffield Farms. said. I'VE would
not be at the mercy OF ferry workers
and the strikes of such workers would
not affect milk deliveries A situation
like this is one that makes milk cost
money"
| DR.. Royal s. Copeland. Commissioner
of Health, said so far the city has not
suffered on account of lack of milk We
will get milk in this city II we have TO
commander ship to bring II across the
| river"
| DIR. Copeland added that II New York's
5000. 900 quarts of milk which Is con-
| sumed daily were put In bottles and the
bottles placed side by side the string
F, would reach around Manhattan Island.