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Show 00 Light Loading of Refrigerator Cars The United States railroad administration admin-istration offire of care service, with headquarters in Salt Lake City, has sent out the following In regard to ;he light loading refrigerator cars" "All Agents With reference to my circular No f,l. Mav 20, 1019. in connection con-nection with the heavier loading of equipment. "A review of the loading of perish able frleght, particularly appies and potatoes, for the first week of hlr; month, reveals the fact that a la ge portion of the refrigerator cars used are being licht loaded to a very :on-Biderable :on-Biderable extent, the average lar'ing being between 30,000 and 35,000 ' pounds, although a few cars show as I high as 38.0(iO and 39,000 pounds "Last season, during the war period, instructions were issued that a minimum mini-mum of to, (ion pounds be fixed for po-tatoe po-tatoe shipments from the s.ntes of Idaho ami Utah from Octobir 15 to March 15. it having been determined that such a minimum load .-ould be safely transported without damage to the lading, while on apples, it was decided de-cided that 35.000 pounds bulk, or 756 boxes approximately 37,000 poun.'s), ould be safely loaded per car. "These ins I ructions of course were cancelled when the food administration administra-tion ceased to function, 1ml with a movement of almost 6000 cars potatoes pota-toes and 2500 cars apples ye', to take place from our line this present sea son. it will be readily seen hat an immense saving in cars can bo effected if shippers will load same lo the nin ima specified above, as near thereto there-to as is possible. "The refrigerator car supply on our line this year Is. as vou know fr:m existing conditions, very limited, due to the heavy demaml throughout the country for such equipment and situation situ-ation is beng ifurther tiggravated by light loading as referred to. so hat 1 wish you would make appeal to all shippers to help relieve this critical Bitnatlon by loading cars to the minima min-ima outlined, at the same time ad vising them that their failure to co ! operate with us to the fullest extent will doubtless result in the aom'nis-1 I ra I ir,n ol!nllnn n 1tc Met riK.it Inr refrigerator cars, a larger proportion of same to territories where shippers are utilizing them to the fullest exl nl by heavy loading "You should also call matter to the attention of various fruit and po.ato grawers' associations and othej com mercial bodies. Including the j.ress. soliciting so-liciting their active co-opention so that all concerned may be fully cog-1 nizant of the importance of conserving conserv-ing available equipment by the methods meth-ods indicated. "You will please continue reporrngi sll cases of light loading to this of. ce I so that the attention of public Utilities commissioners and railroad sdmlais-tratlon sdmlais-tratlon officials may be directed to the ' situation "1 fed sure, however, if you will ex-' plain to shippers that it is ;o their' advantage as much, if not more so. j than ours, to utilize eery available bit of space in refrigeratOi cars, that; they will be too glad to Join us in this campaign for heavier loading (Sitned) "T, S K I N N ERSLE1 . j "Car Service Agent." |