Smyrna times., 1929-10-30
HIGH PROPORTIONS REACHED
DURING SHIPPING SEASON
HEAVIEST TRUCK MOVEMENT
DURING MONTH OF AUGUST
118 Destinations Off the Peninsula
Are Supplied, Extending From
Washington to Canada

That the truck movement carry
ing Del-Mar-Va products to var
ious markets has reached impress
sive proportions is evidenced in a
report just completed by the Del
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association
covering the past five months of
the present year. This period is
accepted as being the height of the
shipping season, altho it does not
include shipments of broccoli and
turnip greens early in the Spring.
From the reports of the Delaware
State Highway weighing stations,
which keep accurate and detailed
records of the truck traffic, show
ing leading point destination, ma
ture of load, as well as gross and
net weight, the figures were tab
ulated. While the Association ex-
plains that there is undoubtedly
material hauling by trucks of
Del-Mar-Va commodities from the
Eastern Shore of Maryland coun-
ties which does not pass thru Del
aware and is therefore unrecorded,
investigation shows that major
ity of trucks from the agricultural
section of the Peninsula, and es-
pecially those going to markets
other than Baltimore and Wash
ington, must weigh at one of the
several Delaware stations. For
this reason the figures compiled
are said to cover at least so per
cent of this traffic. This may be
used as an accurate foundation to
estimate a total for the entire Pen
insula. During the months of May,
June, July, August and September,
IL 300 trucks were weighed at the
Delaware stations. This was an
average Of 3,460 per month, or al
lowing 26 days each months as
shipping days, an average of 133
per day. The heaviest truck move
ment was during the month of
August which totaled 5,343. More
than half of this number carried
cantaloupes. May was next with
400 trucks recorded and of that
number 3,571 carried strawberries.
June followed with 1882, straw
berries, beans, cabbage, mixed
loads and seafoods making up the
greater part of the commodities.
July was fourth with 2,452, cucum-
bers totaling IT'S truck loads, can
with 256 and tomatoes with 202.
September was the lowest with
lip, potatoes totaling 400; wat
ermelons 276; and mixed loads 242
The quantity of the commodities
ranged in the following order:
Strawberries 4,193 truck loads with
3,571 shipped in May and 610 in
June. Cantaloupes followed with
5000 truck loads and of this num-
ber 1852 moved in August. The
mixed loads, totaling 1921 and
composed of practically all of the
commodities, including poultry
products and seafoods combined
with vegetables and fruits, were
we'll distributed. On seafoods alone
1 ,299 truck loads were shipped
Beans, 1,207 truck loads with prac-
tically half of this number being
shipped in June and the next larg-
est period being August. Potatoes
,,oo1ya1 Turnout tho frra r,o0r,+hc br,f
did not reach any substantial hg-
ure until September when 400
truck loads were checked, complet-
ing total of $50 for the five
months period. There were 733
truck loads of cucumbers with 715
shipped in July and 571 truck loads
of peaches with SAL shipped in
August. Tomatoes totaled AL
moving during July and August
The poultry shipments reached 366
truck loads, being heaviest during
May and June, while there were
1853 truck loads of cabbage with
$40 shipped during the month of
June. Various other fruits and
vegetables completed the list CT SO
commodities leaving the Peninsula.
In the compilation of destinations
Philadelphia led by material
margin. The total for that city
was 1851 while the New York
City markets received 5,6S8. Next
in line, Newark, N. j., was the
destination for 1903. Baltimore
followed with 469 and Chester, Pa,
with 216. Atlantic City received
1S3 and Washington 125. The re-
naming destinations each received
from one to 81 truck loads. In all
there were 118 destinations off the
Peninsula supplied by truck with
Del-Ma.r-Va commodities. They ex-
tended from Washington and Bal
timore to Montreal, Canada, thru
out various points in New England
and northern New York and Penn
sylvania. A majority were in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and New
York States.