Show FRUIT TRAFFIC GROWS LARGER I I Record Shipment Total I Predicted By Rail Bail I Official I Business conditions condition In the east tast are on the tho upward trend That lathe Is the opinion of Superintendent Clar Clar- Clar- Clar Clarence ence enco E Gunnell of the Pacific Express company who Iris hu returned Nom lom a visit to Chicago and other eastern cities Prom From the I manner In which business Is pick pick- picking picking I In ing up It means an Increase In freight and e express press business all allover I 0 oser er the United States State accordinG I Ito to Mr Gunnell Car building plants In the cast east are working to capacity I Railroads In all parts of the I country are Increasing their mo motive mo- mo moI moth I tive th e power in preparation for tor the I largest shipment of perishable fruit and farm products In the history of the United States said Mr I Gunnell I I This has demanded an increase e eIn In hi equipment for tor the Pacific eI I Express company of between 40 and BO 60 per cent over 0 CD last las last Son season beSonI I We expect to have Ia e between and new cars in service thIs I fall which will swell our total to more than 35 36 Besides this vast ast amount of ca cas s sI swo I wo will III also have e several thousand nd borrowed cars In fn service I The movement MO ement of fruits from California east cast now Is la fromI I cars dally through Ogden I Our records show that for tor June I 1923 1023 we chad had more cars than in any previous pre sea season sea sea- season season son for tor the tho same period I Empty cars are returning ro rothe 0 othe the coast via la Ogden at the rate of dally Eastbound fruit trans trains will Increase dally daily now as the tho cro i In al aly sections of the west arc far I above normal I oo 00 |