| Show I ON HARRIMAN LINES Figures Compiled Show a Dis Distinctly Distinctly Interesting State of Affairs on Big System V CARS ARE DAILY HELD Shipper rail Felt 11 to tn Unload Number And Hold Thrill Them r Day nn lug Inc III In to Statistics Compiled Special to the es esNe V New Ne York lime lune 24 corn com compiled plied piled at the tho th l of or 13 E H IL n show sho tho groat extent to which coast shippers ra lire are delaying tho the lag Ing of ot freight cam urgently needed to move inure the tho teat truffle fic on tInt till Southern Pacific That Tho rec rye records records of ot the principal California i and amid Oregon shipping collIers centers itow hO y that thai since April 1 l nn an overuse of or 3 per day were ivere held he overtime for tor unload lag inc on tho the Harriman lines hinca In this tee ter territory JUNE SHOWS snows IMPROVEMENT IlU From that date to May Mu 1 condition prow POW rapidly worse e but the Juno June rec 11 show considerable Improvement owing to the tho railroads ls insistence In that cars curl be released Portland shippers on April 1 were intro holding 61 cars cal which they had Increased cd to 3 on May 1 and und reduced to 16 by b Tune June 11 San Fran l ran ranI I eo union had bed cars tied up on April 1 was wan aa holding 2338 May 1 I anti and 1 40 June JUlie 12 Oaklands s record l was Wf J i for lor April 1 for or May 1 I slid and II the tho middle ot of this month Sacramento and Los Angeles Angells shippers aro era holding more cars ears now how then thun on May 1 I WHAT IT T REALLY MEANS The Tho number of ot cars curs so with withhold wIthhold hold held heat from service aggregate over Oer 20 per cent of ot the total new equipment bought b T by y tho thu Union Pacific and South Southern ern em Pacific for tOl delivery up to July 1 This new le equipment amounts to 10 SOO cars for the t th h latter III Iter system and TOO for forthe or orthe the Union Pacific lines Tho Thu advantage shippers would oud derive front from this lurge lor addition to the lines equip equipment ment elect Involving an outlay outa ot or Is materially by shippers delays in p unloading Slut and riles cars UNFAIR TACTICS Owing to to the freight congestion four our months ago when the th Southern Pacific la was wait loading 40 ears cars a Il day Ia Into San Sait Francisco co In lii excess of ot the Ule number ot of curs CUI unloaded warning was wait given that embargoes or Increased demurrage charges would be necessary If ears curs were wore not released more promptly These 1 have repealed more mare lately in itt other othel quarters and the ut utmost most effort If tt In iii I being made by b the vain coni CI 11 tany 10 to I l JP In getting the use u e of or It u IL cars and to malta make mill shippers realize that hat the thc use of freight ears cars as ware wate warehouses houses house Is Js unfair koth to the railroad tad ind to 10 other shippers |
