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Show CONGESTION OF FREIGHT Southern Paiflc RefUBes All Lumber Consigned to Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. The Southern Pacific company has issued an order to its agents m Portland to refuse re-fuse all lumber consigned to this city. The railroad officials Bay there aro about 5000 lumber cars awaiting here to be Unloadod and they cannot consicn any more of tho material from the north till these cars have been emptied. emp-tied. According to the Southern .Pacific's officials, the congestion of freight here has causod a great shortage or cars in Portland. They say it is very hard for them to handle their freigh't buEl ness in the North owing to tho conditions condi-tions existing in San Francisco. This state of affairs will make it difficult diffi-cult for tho contTaotors. and others to obtain lumber. The strike on the water wa-ter front tiod up the lumber trade greatly, and now that tho Southern Pacific Pa-cific refuses to haul the material from tho North tho situation is even more complicated. |