Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-08-08 | Page 8 | Task of Handling Fruit is Serious

j TASK OF HANDLING j FRUIT IS SERIOUS H Provo, Aug. S. T. C. Wann, gen- H eral traffic manager, and J. H. Mah- H" derfield, assistant freight and passen- t ger agent of the Salt Lake Routo, H came to Provo Tuesday night for the H purpose of looking over conditions aud HJ' to ascertain what Is necessary for the Hs railroad company to do in order to Hj handle the big fruit crop just coming H Yesterday morning the railroad men H accompanied by R. R. Irvine, prcst- H dent of the Commercial club, and W. H H. Ray, took an automobile trip M through the fruit district. The vlsl- K tors expressed surprise at the lm- Hv mensc crop and gave the growers and B . shippers assurance of such shipping Ba facilities as -was possible for the road to give. They said, however, that HBa there probably would be a shortage of Bw cars to handle the fruit shipped oxer BBj, their road and promised that they BBj would arrange for better loading con- HBjl dltlons al tho stations In the district, HVjl so that shippers can load with the j least possible inconvenience. H After tho trip tho railroad men held H an Informal meeting with growers and B shippers at the Commercial club J rooms the situation was further dis- B cussed and assurance was again given H' that the fruit Interests would bo tak- B en care of so far as shipping faclll- B ties are concerned. Messrs. Wann and H 'Manderficld left at noon yoBtcrday H for Salt Lake over the Denver & Rio B Grande.