Milford chronicle., 1924-09-19
1886 TONS OF FREIGHT
GO ON STATE ROADS
Highway Police In August More
Than Maintain Department
With Fines.

More than fifteen millions pound
of freight, embracing fruits and veg
etaDles and general merchandise. anC
building materials, were hauled owe
the concrete highways of Delaware
during the past month, according tC
data kept and assembled by the State
Highway police.
AT each of the three sub-police
stations throughout the state--Pen-
ny Hill, State Road and Dover. there
are scales where loads are weighed
by the State Highway Police and
their contents noted and in this wav
accurate records of the amount of
freight being transported over the
highways is kept. This record added
to that kept by the railroads of goods
shipped from this state enables state
officials to establish some definite
idea and record of the amount of
stuff raised and shipped out of Della
ware.
During the past month the State
Highway police collected, through
magistrates offices, more money in
fines from traffic violators than it
cost to maintain the department and
this was in addition to the great
value of the highways in freight
transportation lines for which no
revenue is received by the state
other than the Once-a-year license |
fees from trucks and automobiles.
Figured down to tons there were
1886 tons of freight or 1922. OOO
pounds Of goods hauled over the
state highways during the month
just closed. There were 1855 trucks
engaged in the work.
General merchandise led all other
character of goods hauled with 61S.-
24S pounds. Of building materials
there was 184,094 pounds and 142.9S1
pounds of household goods. Other
items hauled under a general miscel-
aneOus character were furniture
'9,487 pounds; machinery, 87.289 !
pounds; ice, 80,045 pounds: wool.
i8,415 pounds; junk, 1880 pounds. 2
'oal, 4S,760 pounds; rags, 11.735 t
pounds; empty baskets, II, ,25O units:
mpty bottles, 3,917 cases emntv
rates, 500 units; oil, 14O barrels: c
mpty barrels, 100 units; logs. 6S C
nits; ice cream cabinets, 2 units. b.
In vegetables, cantalOupes led the Ell
st with S6,786 crates hauled. Cen tt
raj produce was next with 25. 1893
ounds and other items embraced q
-atermelons, 25,69S pounds: lima tr
cans, 7,7O4 units; potatoes (white) al
Ol6 bushels; tomatoes, 3,293 bush 3,
IS; cucumbers, 1898 baskets: sweet re
)rn, 1853 bushels; potatoes (sweet)
'8 bushels; string beans 181 BUSH ti7
s; cabbage, 143 bushels; peppers. ST
= bushels; Okra, II baskets.
Iuash, AZ crates.
Meats topped the list of groceries
Id provisions hauled by motor with +iv
5,487 pounds. There were $4,000
arts of ice cream transported dur tai
the month. Other items included
IT drinks, 5766 cases; poultry, g.
coops; milk, 2235 gallons; cake.
30 boxes; eggs. 765 crates: flour, ist,
bags; bread, 100 crates; fish. 70 :
shells. for
Fruit in bulk totalled 46.973 7
lnds. There were 2S,136 baskets of vot
aches hauled and other items en- che
iced apples, 4193 bushels; banan- ties
1860 bunches; hucIleberries, 773 the
ties; grapes, 447 baskets; pears, trio
baskets; blackberries, 80 crates;
ms, bushels. I
here were 642 head of livestock one
lied. In grains there was 564 bus out
s of wheat, 562 bushels of field -
n, 399 bags of feed and 95 bags
meal.