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Show I THAINLOADS I OF FRUIT GO I; THROUGH K An increase of 30,000 carloads, or j f20,000,000 pounds of export fruit Is H tbo modest estimate which California H fruit gTowcrs anticipate this year and H J io substantial does their figures ap- H pear that the transcontinental rail- H roads are preparing to furnish the H transportation facilities for bringing H that extra quantity of fruit to' the H eastern markets. H The growers and shipping experts H Btate that they base their estimates H on tho fruit now in sight and they H 'I nccoum for it on the grounds of In- H creased acreage and the fact that m this year's weather conditions have m been almost Ideal for assuring a hum- Hl per crop in all varieties. H The Ogden agents of the Harriman B system stat that 172 carloads of B fruit have been handled through Og- B den during the past twenty-four PH hours, the shipments consisting large- BftS ly of apricots, peaches and early ap- V pies. Cherries end berries are prac- BBjl tically off tho market and canteioupes BHj arc not consigned to the distant mar- BbS hets, there being .sufficient demand BH nt home for the entire crop: PPJ Empty refrigerator cars are boing PPJ Kent wostward in large quantities to PPJ handle tho rirenlng fruit crop, as PPJ many as two complete trains, or 180 PH carR a day having passed through Og- PPJ den from the past six weeks. Tho J ccction tributary to tho Southern Pa- f ciflc and , Union Pacific line of the J Harriman system nciudes that portion PPJ of California north of Bakcrsfield. J Fruit from those districts is routed PPJ through Ogdcn That shipped from V, south of Bakerfield goes over the J Santa Fe and the southern line of the Southern Pacific |