| Show Si S. P. P BUILDS NEW NEI SHED AT OAKLAND Strenuous Effort Efort to Handle Freight Not A Appreciated Says Road Officials MANY SHIPPERS SHIPPERS' KICKING Sr Service CrIPI Crippled t I by Earl Earthquake Bein Belag Be- Be in lag II nc Restored tord as Rapidly as ns Road Can Do It The Southern Pacific Is js 1 rushing to completion a new fr freight house at Oakland In addition additon to those tho o now In use and Is putting In ill new tracks for team delivery and se several traveling cranes crane for handling hav heavy machinery The fir first t division of the freight house was opened a few days ago and anti the others will vill wi be e completed In iii a a few days Extra haste In the construction of these Improvements has hns been employed employed employed em em- for fOl th the reason that there thero have been man many complaints recently o of the slow delivery delvery of freight to tu San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and Oakland lJ by tho the railroads centering there These complaints and the criticism that has hen bet directed against them th m. m the railroads deem Inconsiderate and unreasonable In n ii view of what the they have havo had to contend with since Ince th thi earthquake disaster ls ter Ef Efforts f f- f forts that are being made mado to W re rebuild uld the stricken city are In a measure measurE ic- ic for the delays complained of ot Shippers Lack Appreciation AIr The railroad men s say the shippers do not riot appear to appreciate that lint tha in iii both San Francisco and Oakland business business busi busi- ness nes Is being done ono for Cor tlC time present under under under un un- un- un der emer emergency enc conditions and that In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of commercial business depending depending depend depend- ing lug upon ulon freight deliveries the railroads railroads rail rail- rl- rl walt wait the tho resumption roads have havo to w on of or business and are naturally natural re retarded retarded le- le re- re by hy the which confront confront confront con con- front the merchants and the ity Iy So many San Sun Francisco firms 1 have tave gone to Oakland Oaland to tide over ovet the emergency that lint that station Is trying to tb do several times fines Its Is normal business and amid for tot that lint reason deliveries are azo slow The situation has been further complicated by excessive rains in in inthe the thelast thelast thelast last few Cew weeks that have been more severe than hail experienced at this season season sea sea- son soui in recent years |
