Show DENIES R AD I IHA HA HAVE V IMPEDED O 8 BUILDING Missouri Pacific Official l Here Her for Fruit S Survey IIa Places es Housing Shortage Shortage Shortage Short Short- I age Blame on on Others I T LACK ACK of transportation ra 1 facilities and the car shortage cannot be beir assigned as asI I the principal deterring g influences in the building situation of the country said country sald ald c C. E P Perkins president ot the l Missouri Pa Pacific railroad rail railroad I road who arrived here Sunday With Mr are ire re H. H B B. Kooser Koose president of f the American Refrigerator Transit company also of St. St Louis and G. G S. S Kelch general head of the transit company with he headquarters in Den Den- ver Mr Kooser is a former Salt Lake railroad man The party will I make a crop survey of the Utah fruit I regions BLAME LAID BLAME LAID ELSEWHERE I In spite of the fact that a lea leading financier of the East maintains that the limited transportation of he the I country has impeded building 1 I be believe believe he- he lieve that high prices for tor materials materials materials ma ma- and the conservative policy of the federal T rese S r credits are ara the leading ledding factors As is commonly com corn known the Interstate commerce commission has granted coal priority in shipment over other commodities and ad as A consequence the open top c cars rl are nearl y li ll devoted to fuel I carrying This hinders the mo mom movement m nt of building ma material FUND The allotment of ot of f the revolving fund as provided In the transportation act for tor car building I will improve e the equipment situation to the extent ot of 25 per cent as the carriers carders themselves must must provide the theother theother theother other 75 per cent out of ot their capital fund However some some time must be iven for the construction of these cars and their delivery The pr problems of f private ownership will work out and I can only look to the future with optimism said Mr Perkins I In Jn company with J. J J. J general freight right agent ent ent for the Missouri Pacific here the Party will go to to i Provo Tuesday to confer with I K I 1 M 1 Roylance a a p prominent Utah fruit broker of that city |