Show PRIVATE CAR CAB LINE HIT BiT Santa SantI Fe Pe Will Furnish Its Own Equipment For Fruit h go Feb 8 The of the Ine Santa attu aruta Fe has decided not to renew Its it contract t with the Armour flight tar I ar Poes Ines ne when it expires next spring tIe H V t made by the R raid I The company ha baa been busily bus fc f several ral months bU b i fruit na cirs and D l I y the file thee Of ut r fh th ex ox of the contract ct have be he and 45 4 cars re for tor jc tram I Tt It t is i l also that the Southern Pa nr will break It relation with the ur company anti and KO go o Into the fru i carrying in business on Its own account u uth urh h ping hing the cue case there will be at i no nd possibly fruit cars for or huh the Armour company comIn will vIll MJ hat hv to t find other business The Th decision ded of the two companies Is I s considered a ft severe vere blow to the at tp tar ar business and to companies owing and an controlling C private car ear lines The three thre companies which have bae been arr the fruit out of or California for ear and wh h are either owned or iii d iJ i u the Armour people are th Ui Fruit Express Kansas ity t Fruit Express and the Fruit r w r Express The latter company m il belonged ed to the Earl Brothers N i f r the officials who nho ho have the of these lines for the Ar Al s would talk regarding the matter matteri mattert It t i 1 ill Mated that the Armours ha e at l tied up in the private Ia a ines w which are engaged e ed in carrying rut Inde the present system the eon coit with uh the car r lines are made so 90 O that nat the railroad companies can c n call n fl trum for cars during the season se soft up t 1 n i f number mid said to have hae been lat last vent ear ar about 2000 for each road For some reason it is stated cars were wert not furnished with ith sufficient promptness md Thu in sufficient numbers to take care of Cf f the trade This is 1 alleged to have 1 d in a great Ices loes of fruit and wd I th thO i railroads ail roads tood th t tte blame Another f stor tor dor for fr the railroads n going into tb t the Hue is j said Mid to b be the fact that thy me arp compelled to pay the private 1 r Unes of a cent for every mile tn by b every enry private car and in th the 1 tsp ase sp of f the fruit trade this amounts mounts to tot toTi toai I Ti t ah fat a year The present contract of or the Santa Fe FeA Feith Feith A ith tho th Amours Amount was entered Into three years rears ago A O and since then the alta aua Fe Pe has built between 1 TOO and Moo I fruit ears cars which it now operates T It requires in ordinary or seasons about M cars cam arR to ce cae for the Santa Fes fruit traffic and an nfl equal number f for fori forth r rth I i th Southern Pacific citie |