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Show IDAHO CAR SHORTAGE. That the car shortage in Idaho will be materially relieved during the present week and that hundreds ot tons of potatoes and apples, which hae been held up through lack of refrigerator cars will be moved with dispatch was the opinion expressed est rda by J. Bloinqulst. president pres-ident of the Idaho public utilities commifs'en. Mr Bloomqnist was In conference yesterday morning with W H. Bancroft, vice president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line and .) A Reeves, general freight agent of the road. He left last night for Boise to report to the other members of the commission. Discussing the situation, Mr. Bloomquisl yaid: "I came down here to cooperaf-With cooperaf-With the railroad officials in the Interests In-terests of the southern Idaho farmers. farm-ers. The car shortage has been serious, seri-ous, but I believe that the Short Line will have the situation well In hand within a few da vs. They are rushing rush-ing 200 refrigerator cars into the district today and will probably send as many more daily until the potatoes pota-toes and apples have be n moved I real'ze that the refrigerator cars are hard to get at this time of the year, when there is a big demand for them everywhere 1 bellee the Short Line is getting them as rapidh as possible" possi-ble" Speaking of the car shortage and the efforts to relieve it yesterday, .1 A. Reeves, general freight agent of the Short Line said: "Mr Bancroft and I have taken the matter In personal charge and will rush the cars Into that section as fast as we can get them. This is the time of year when crops are be ing moved everywhere and the result re-sult is always a shortage of cars, especially es-pecially of the refrigerator type. It is a reprett::blo fact that the Irrigation Farmers there in southern Idaho do not ha e storage facilities so that there would be no injury to I 'he crops in the case of a situation I like this. But it Is a new country and those storage facilities must wait on other plans of development "Mr. Bancroft and I met witn Mr. Bloomquisl this morning and I believe be-lieve he Is well satisfied with the measures we are taking to relieve the situation I believe we will have the shortage well n hand by the end of the present week." |
