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PORTLAND, OREGON; FRIDAY t EVENING. APRIL 6 1906. TWO SECTIONS 20 PAGES.
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Pompi
H. H. HALLOCK JUMPS
TO DEATH IN ENDEAVOR
TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES
David Cappa Leaps From Eighlh
y. Floor Into a Net Tom
Narrowly Escapes
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Crowd
Witnesses Tragedy.
v ; :r One known fatality and scores of thrilling hairbreadth escapes
were the sensational features of the fire which started in the seventh
story of the Chamber of Commerce building at 2:30 o'clockthis
afternoon, causing a loss that will tun, into the thousands and for. a
time threatening the total destruction of the building. s
So raoidfv did the flames sbread that occuoants of the seventh
and eighth stories were, completely cut' off from all avenues" of
' escape. .Blinding clpuds ot smoke pouring into of hces were the
Jirst alarms .they received.---.;,' :'";;
Women, half suffocated, rushed wildly to the, elevators only to
find escaped barred. Men, maddened and staggering, climbed into
Windows and upon the hre escapes,.
The fire, according to Manager Tom Richardson of the Com
mercial club, whose escape from the roof of the burning building was
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miraculous, siarieu in me pariors oi uic ciud, ,. now it starred nc
does not know. - It spread in a moment throughout the floor and
inrougn ine sicyiignis ucKea aown upon me nrsi noor. - A
The fire was, Under control within an hour; after having de-
siroyea ine iwo lop stones. anq
periled. ,1 he oeathjotllIi Hallock-was the only fatality,
: David Cappa leaped from the
safety into a net. : -
.: It wi :J0 efolock when th fir tu
discovered. - Offices on , the aeventb
floor were crowded, while the top floor
la occuplM entirely tor the Commercial
club,. Suddenly both floor were fllle.t
with thick, clouds of amoke which
rushed through the jt-orrldors and down
the elevator shafts, pouring- through the
windows and. .doors.
It was the only alarm clven the oc
cupants. ' In the wake of the' names
came yellow tongues of flames, lining
their way through the corridors and of
fices and flndlng easily Inflammable fuel
In the tinsel decorations and rich tapes
tries. , -
Men and women mnhed wildly to the
levators without waiting to pack their
belongingf. The cages were locked and
L the elevators were stopped as soon as
me nam Drone odl -i ne ropes ana
cables which control the machines were
burned almost before the fire was dls
envrred, rendering escape by . that means
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Frantic at the locked cages and mad
dened by the flames which crowded
close upon them, men and women rushed
to windows and crowded out upon th
fire escapes. .Tom Richardson, manager
of the club, went upon the roof and
wast completely cut off from all avenue
of escape. ..,...;... .:',
On the stone coping of the eighth
floor eight men were - imprisoned while
firemen worked bravely raising ladders
for their rescue. Thousands of people
who lined the streets for blocks cheered
as a ladder was finally raised to .the
Imprisoned men. " . t
laro Cappa. chef of the Commercial
club, wen alone to a window -on the
north side In trying to escape On that
side of the great building is a small
on-atory building, seven stories below
him. lie leaned out of the window In
order to ' escape Inhaling; the flames
and smoke - which enveloped hire
but was finally forced to Jump. He
wag caught by a detail of firemen with
a. ilfe-net and after his perilous Jump
w almost uninjured. -
Miss Mary A. Thompson and Mrs.
Blachel, stenographers in the office of
the Pacific Monthly on the seventh
floor, Attempted to escape by means of
the fire escape on the west end of the
building.
They stood there for several minutes
In the hope that firemen would rch
them, but finally descended alone down
the fire escapes. They were uninjured.
Insurance In the amount of 1216.000
was carried on the building. However,
it -was -Impossible at late Jiour this
afternoon to ascertain the exact amount
of loss. ... '. -j ...
Thousand of person swarmed the
atreets for blocks around the burning
building. Practically every police of
fleer on duty In the downtown districts
was at the scene trying to kop back
the crowds, i - '
Steward Clark of the club and 14 other
men who were In the buffet of the club,,
Seventh
Building Rescued by
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causing scores oi lives 10 De
cookhouse, on the eighth fl
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Jumped from the window of the buffet
to the roof of the Sherlock bulldlnk
and saved themselves. '
1 - - Death of atallook.
H. H. Hallock Of the United Railways
company and a well-known business man
of Portland Jumped to his death from
the eighth floor to the top of the Union
Printing company's building, falling
distance, of seven stories. . He was
crushed to death Instantly.
Mr. Hallock had been dining' In the
Commercial club rooms and was one
of those who .was caught on the upper
noor, Dy ine names. Having all pos
sible chance of escape cut off except
by Jumping, Mr. Hallock made his way
to the back of the building and crawled
through a window. ...
t The flames - were rapidly rushing
npon him and seeing no alternative but
to pump or perish in the fire, he looked
below, balanced himself an Instant, then
leaped Into the air. He struck the top of
the building below and was crushed to
death; The body was quickly rescued
by the firemen and carried away from
the fire.
Mr. Hallock was' formerly In the em
ploy of the O. R. as. N. Co. at Pendleton
and was also engaged In the newspaper
business for a time. He was a promi
nent tiK ana uason,
leaps Xmto'Xdfs Vet.' '
Dnve Cappa, the chef of the Com
merclal club, dropped five stories Into
a life net. Aside from losing his breath
from his rapid transit through the air.
and striking the net . and losing con
sciousness for a minute or two, he
escaped Injury. . -. ,
When he gained the street, amid the
cneers or the populace, l appa was too
exhausted, excited and ' unstrung to
talk. He could only gesticulate. He
was hue tied off Ao m hospital for ex
amlnatlon in fear that he might have
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oor, in
sustained internal injuries.
Cappa was In the kitchen when the
fire broke out.- 'He did not think It was
serious. - and lingered among his pots,
kettles and pans. . When he found that
the fire was serious and Mint he mut
leave the building Cappa found that
every avenue of escape, was shut off ex
cepttng the windows to the north, which
looked out upon the one-story building
occupied by - the -Union Printing com
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A TkrUll-ig geese.
Cappa went to one of the windows
and waved signal to the crowd below.
It knew In a minute what It meant
that his means of escape had teen cut
off that unless the flames were put
outand that waa Impossible, for' the
whole upper story was- a roaring fur
nace at that time he would either have
to perish In the kitchen or Jump five
atorlra to the roof below him.
"My Ood, get the nets!" some' one
veiled. - ' ,.
1 "Uet the nets!" roared the crowd. . ,
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time 1,000 voices
"Hold on, old man, for your life."
for an Instant a cloud of amoks which
puffed out of the window In which
Cappa waa i seated hid him, from view.
A groort went up from the crowd, for it
thought that the man would fall from
his seat.
But the cloud of smoks passed by and
Cappa Waved his hands to the multitude
belowhtm. He signaled that ho would
waitfor the net.
- Vhe crowd cheered, "yelled, - cried and
cursed cursed because, they knew not
l What else to do.
V A fireman called for volunteera to
mount the roof of th Union Printing
company, and help hold the net for
Cuppa to drop Into.
Call fot Tolnatsers,j;
A thousand hands volunteered. Lad
ders were placed to the roof of . the
building and men scrambled over one
another In their haate to get onto ..the
roor. . .
"By another ladder the net was taken
to the roof by the firemen. -When they
got it open there were' too many men to
hold it
When It had . been stretched. Chief
Campbell yelled to the crowd to keep
still . ..-
For Ood's sake keep still; the least
noise may mean the man'a death," yelled
the chief.
There was silence. The chief waved
his hand to Coppa to Jump. He erawled-
out of the window, held by his hand,
and throwing himself backward a few
Inches let go.
He partially turned over as he de
scended end struck the net with a thud.
Cheers s4 mescue.
The rescue of the six persons from the
Upper story was accomplished by the
brave firemen aa expeditiously as-possible.
The firemen suffered greatly from
the Intense heat, but one by one of the
Imprisoned . men, threatened with horri
ble death,' were lowered to-pfacea of
safety.
When tha chef at the Commercial club,
the last man. Jumped to ssfety .shortly
sfter the ninth waa conveyed down a
short lsdder from extreme corn-r
of the building, the assembled, crowd be
neath burst Into tumultuous applause.
Excited persons who tried to rush Into
the building and secure money end valu
ables deposited by them In the safety
vaults on the ground floor had to be
kept back by the police. Hopes were
stretched by the police but the cordon
failed to keep excited men and boys and
even women and girls In a few Instances
from clambering underneath and trying
to reach better vantage points to. view
the work of the flames. : ' ..
" tTppe story Lost. "
It was soon seen that the 'tipper story
was lost. ' Flames were bursting from
the windows on all sides at the same
time and roaring against the rear wall.
extending above the Sherlock building.
The firemen on Stark street piled the
water from their hose against the sides
of the building to keep the flames from
creeping down the sides of the struc
ture. -
Hoss were carried to the top of the
Sherlock bunding, while numbers, of
firemen heroically climbed the fir es
capes and directed thetr nossles Into
the flames, at ahort range. They hud
to work In relays,' as the heat waa ter
rific and could not long be borne.
Phould the building not prove a total
loss t Is certain that the loss on th
lower stories from water dumped Into
the flames will be enormous. - -
The men rescued by pompiers are
are Charles P. Bradley, head waiter;
Joe Roe. kitchen boy; Ci. Mattlo. cook;
Harry Thomas, messenger boy, cap No.
IT; Ernest Rosso, butler Tony BinaghL
second cook. , , ,
Albert Feldonhelmer' msde his way to
safety down a firs' escape.
Tom Richardson, secretary of the
CommtrcitU. club, stood upon the roof
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of the burning building with flames all
around him and . beneath' him and the
upper story threatening to collapse at
any moment. - -
i Mr. Richardson was In the clubrooms
when the flames were discovered and
he remained to da all he could ' toward
soelng that every one else got out. He
was ao much Interested In seeing that
no one elae perished that be was caught
himself. . He ' waa cut off from the
windows and doors by flames that si
most cooked him with the Intense heat
He finally thought of th scuttle hole
leading to the roof and climbed through
to the top of ths building. Running to
the northwest corner where there was
the least firs, he looked over, and at
tempted to crawl to the window ledge,
of th Commercial club floor.
Th distance waa too great and he
was forced to hang over the wall rest
ing bis feet upon a narrow ledge of the
wall. He could not see the ladders
that were being raised from below and
as the flames grew nearer and nearer
he mads several more attempts to crawl
down, to th window ledge. Th crown
seeing the tower ladder raised and Fire
man Perkins start up the walL raised
a shout that 'drowned the noise of ths
fir. - "
Kraphoae Oood Cheer.
Bom one got a megaphon and
shouted to Mr. Richardson to hold to ths
wall nntll help reached hlra. Tha tower
ladder only reached te th sixth floor
and from there up to th roof whsre
Mr. Richardson waa. Fireman Perkins
had to us th grappling ladders, draw
Ing one ap on his back as he climbed
from ledge to ledge.
There waa but frail support for th
ladders and, the smoke made It impossi
ble for th rescuer and rescued to see
each other plainly. Just as a portion
of th - west - wall caved In Perkins
resched Richardson and assisted htm
down the ladder. v
In a few moments he was upon the
ground, safe and sound, but half baked
from th terrtflo heat he had to endure
while . waiting for the ladders to be
raised to him. : It looked Ilk certain
destruction for any on to start up th
wall of the burning building after Mr.
Richardson, and when Fireman ' Por-
klns seised his ladders and. started up
th towr ladder. .
, Ortfl of.tae Tire,
Th origin of the firs 1s a mystery.
It .apparently started In ths ladies' par
lors, the portion of the club which, la
seldom frequented In the day time.
1 E. Book, second assistant secretary
of the club, was the first to discover
the blase.
He detected smoke Issuing from the
woman's apartments, and on investiga
tion found th room a mass or flames.
When he -opened the door th flames
rushed past his face and enveloped him.
He rushed out with a cry of fire, warn
Ing the hundred or more men In the
clubrooms. ... .
' Book started for th office to get the
cash and the books,- but the flames had
gained auch headway that before he
succeeded in getting ths money and
bonks from the safe he was driven back,.
The men In the clubrooms made a
rush for the elevators. Beveral of them
In the rooms farthest from , the point
where the fire started , had to rush
through th flames to th elevator
shafts. Beveral had their faces and
clothing scorched.
Carl LUebe, connected with th Wiles'
Construction company, waa with H. H.
Hallock, the man who leaped to hie
death Into the. court. . They were cut
off from the elevator shaft and were
standing at the court window In the
clubrooms. A sudden, blast of flames
swept pettnrm and Hallock, despair
ing of rescue, leaped Into the court and
full upon , the glass roof of the Eliot
lunch room a. ; '
"We were standing together, said
tJebe. referring to Ilallork, "when the
flames swept Pt us. Hallock gave a
cry and Jeane before I could restrain
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him. I saw that unless I ran through
the flames I would also bo caught, and
rushed through the flames to the stair
way. "The fire 'burned my face and hair
and it was so hot . I could hardly
breath," - ' ' ........
. Ldebe's face was burned ' to a, blis
ter 'and his hair was singed from th
right aid of his head..
. Matthew ToeUefs Bsoape.
' Matthew Foeller. proprietor of the
cigar stand on the first- floor of the
building, had his hair burned to the
scalp while coming down th fire escape.
At ths time the blase broke out he wss
In the rooms of the Commercial club.
lie was among th last Of those to
try to affect his escape by way of
the ladder extending down th aid of
the building. He was nearly overcome
by the beat and reached the ground when
nearly exhausted. -
Those "who came down Just ahead of
him were Thomas P. Thorton and W.
P. Tatbolter, who also had narow as
capes. Thorton says he waa In th
bowling alley when the fir was dlscov
ered. All of ths upper rooms were full
of smoke then, and the flames had Just
begun to break out through ths roof.
In rushing to -ths fire ons of the en
gines came near being wrecked on
Fourth street near Yamhill, by on of
the wheela running Into a hole. The
driver and a number of tha men fell
near the wheela and were slightly In
jur ea. , ...
MASTER FISH WARDEN r
MAKES MONTHLY REPORT
(Special Dispatch ts Tbe Jeoraal.t -
. Salem, Or., April .The monthly re
port of Fish Warden Van Duaen for the
month of March was read before , the
fish commission 'yesterday. ' Th re
ceipts for th month are: Pines and
penalties, first district M1.T0; licenses,
first district, 1707.60; licenses, second
district f 76; total, Itlf.zO; disburse
ments, all funds. 11,888.10.
Th contract for the erection of the
new . hatchery 'building for th south
Coos river provides for a one-story
frame structure lot feet f Inches by 66
feet 4 Inches, set on concrete piers, with
an 6-foot celling -and to be completed
by August 1, 105. The building is to
cost 1 1,000 and to be built by a Marsh
field contractor. . .. .,
At th Salmon river hatchery th
chlnook and a part of ths silversldes
have been liberated and ateelbead eggs
are being collected.
At tbe Wallowa hatchery the . fry
will be liberated In m couple of months.
A report was also made on the work at
the hatcheries at 'Ontario. T equina,
Sluslaw and South Coos river.
GOVERNOR PATTIS0N
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
(Jnernat Sowlal lU-rvlee.l
Cincinnati, April t. Governor pattl-
son arrived here at midnight on a spe
cial train and. waf taken to Christ hos
pital, where, he will remain for a week
or 10 daya before being removed to his
horns at Mil ford. Mr a. Paulson and
their, son, John Paulson, accompanied
th governor. Physicians deny that an
operation Is In contemplation.
WALSH IS GRANTED
, ANOTHER CONTIKUAKCE
. (Jmrmat Special Service.)
Chicago. April f.John R. Walsh was
granted another continuance th, morn
ng by the federal commission r ti-fl
April It In the case brought i :
him for wrecking; th Chicago 1
bank, , .
VS 40 PER CEf JT
Contracts Let and Construction
Will Start at One oh Sec'
ond Railroad Down North
Bank of Columbia. -
THREE HUNDRED MEN AND
FIFTY TEAMS NEXT WEEK
Columbia Valley and Wallula Pacific
Companies Backed by .New York
. Capitalists All Connection With
Harriman Is Denied Strong Feel
ing That Milwaukee Is Back of It
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Construction of th north bank line
or th Columbia Valley and Wallula
Pacifio railroad companies will be com
menced immediately. Large contracts
were closed today with two construction
companies and further contracts are un
der negotiation with two more com
panies for construction work.
This absolutely assures two parallel
lines of railroad down the north bank
of ths Columbia river. - J. J. Hill's road
Is already under construction. - -
I Oerllnger, president of the Colum
bia Valley and Wallula j Paclf la com
panies, said today: i .
"The ralroad. projected down-: the
north bank of the Columbia river by
the Wallula Pacific and the Columbia
Valley railroad companies will be built
Construction will be commenced at one
by four contracting companies. Tbe
first two contra ota have been let and
two mor will be closed - immediately,
Th first oontracts provided that 604
men and 60 teams be set to work next
week, and the fores increased as fast
as men can be secured. . The north bank
of the river will be lined with construc
tion forces as quickly as the men can
be hired and the equipment placed on
the ground." ....
Host of might of Way Sectored.
' Mr. Oerllnger said the right of -way
had progressed to a stags near com
pletion, but declined to glv actual fig
ures on mileage, or location of missing
links In ths route. He also declined to
give details as to where the first con
struction forces would be placed. It
Is said th orders Issued are that th
first - camps be located between The
Dalles and Vancouver. It Is believed
the road will not be built aa far west
aa Vancouver, but will cross the. river
on a bridge to be built at Lady's Island.
There la a atrong belief that th Chi
cago, Milwaukee ft St Paul road is
Intsrested in ths undertaking, and that
future developments will dlsclos a
plsn to bridge the Columbia at Trout
dale and make a connection with the
Oregon Water Power tt Railway com
pany's extension to that point bring
Ing Mllwalke trains Into Portland over
th line. and solving ths terminal prob
lem for ths Milwaukee by extending
to It ths use of ths large terminal fa
cilities owned by the O. W. P. along
the east side waterfront '
Th Initial construction contracts
were let today to. th Pacific Coast Con
struction company, and Oleblscb Jop
Iln. Ths PacMe Coast .company is now
engaged In construction of a large sec
tion of the Western Pacific's extension
to Oakland. . .
Th rout of th Wallula Pacifio and
Columbia Valley companies down the
north bank runa for 200 miles parallel
to that of the Hill lines now under con
struction, and th surveys of the rival
lines cross frequently, and conflict at
every strateglo point along the river
bank. A large number of law aults are
now pending In every county along the
river, where the conteattng rauroads are
trying to condemn rights of way
claimed by both, and gain some advan
tage In construction or operation. It
la said they are compromising at some
points, with a view to nslng the same
tunnels. .. -'
Orders have been given at Vancouver
for 160 scrapers, to be delivered Imme
diately, and for the employment of aa
many construction men. aa can be se
cured.. Th first gsng of 160 men will
be taken Into camps tomorrow, and all
preparations are being mad for begin-
(Continued on Page Bight)
WANTS NO CHAPLAIN '
IN GALLOWS SHADOW
(gperlal Pfcpa'-e to The Joa-eal.f
Walla Walla, Wash., April . Simon
Brooks, th Vancouver murderer, sen
tenced to be hanged a week from today.
threatened to throw Prison Chaplain
LeCornu out of his cell Wednesday
evening when the chaplain attempted to
talk religion to him. Brooks remains In
a sullen mood and wilt not talk even to
the guards unless bs is provided with a
cigar. He spends most of his time In
his bunk and appears Indifferent to his
approaching fate. Th prison officials
will commence Monday to make prep
aratlona for carrying out the death sen
tence. DISCUSSING SUCCESSOR
TO PRINCE V0;i CULO'.V
(Joeraat SpwU) Ser-ir ) .
Herltn. April 8. -1'hystrlnns 1Mb
r 'nlnif state thAt prince von Hi -w
I i rrirr Ing sutlarelori!y, but pn.it-
are v -j t j .
Oregon Becomes World's Ch:'
Timber Market and Price(
Are Boosted Four Dol
jars Thousand Feet, . y
LOCAL QUOTATIONS TO ;
BE ELEVATED SOOf
Orient, Railroads and Entire Nation
Looks to Northwest and Increased
Prices Will Scarcely Affect De-
mand Former 'Lists Were Much
Too Low, ; According to Millmen,
' The . world Is coming to Oregon and
Washington for its lumber. As a result
prices of building lumber and timbers'
have In- the last six months advanced!
ubout 14 per thousand In the local. retail
market and about S1.X0 In car lots free
on board nt Portland, or on tbs docks for
shipment by water. The Inequality In
the advance la explained by lumbermen
with the statement that retail prices 1A '
Portland six mouths ago were IX lowef
than the earns lumber would have com
manded for shipment if cars could have
been secured.
A 40 per cent advance of a staple
product in the market would, It is sold, .
ordinarily be regarded as highly sensa
tional. Out the explanation made by
lumber mill men shows that the Increase .
6f the prices of all lumber products her '
ts simply a natural result of the abnor- ,
mally low prices of last season In com
parison with prices of th same lumber
la the east and south. A local concern, -interested
In counteracting any preju
dice that might arise front; the advance
In prices, has sent out - ths following
statement In a circular, to which, com
paratlve figures are attached:-.
. 1 - Way X. amber Zs Higher. ,
--"In- view - of - the many statements -made
aa to prevailing lumber prices oa
th Pacific coast, th attached . state
ment of price f. o. b. mill, In th south,
ths north and Puget sound may be o
Interest It shows conclusively that,
tbe Pacifio coast Is the cheapest lum
ber' market In th United States, andl
when It la known that wagea, supplies)
and almost everything els is very much .
higher then elsewhere, it can readily
be aeen that the lumber manufacturers
of th Pacific coast are making little oe
no profit on their lumber. Wages for
common labor in the south, range from
75 cents to S1.S6; - in Minnesota an4
Wisconsin from $1.16 to 11.46. and ota
ths Pacific coast from 11.76 to. 1116...
Machinery and auppliea are from 14 tor
60 per cent higher than, elsewhere
This you know from reports mailed you
from this offlc from time to time. -.
The comparative figures, giving prices
of all grades of lumber In tha various,
manufacturing sections of ths country,
show that prices over th United States -range
aa follows: For Mississippi short '
leaf pins products, 111.15 to $16.46; for.
Texas long leaf pin products. $11.11 to)
$16.46; for Minnesota whits plnef-prod-i
oots, $40.60 to $14; for Wisconsin hem
lock products, $20 to $16; for Oregon '
and Washington fir products of stmllag T
grades, $27 to $17.
Ths average coat at place of raanu
facture of ail lumber combined outside)
of Oregon and Washington ts figured ''
at $24 to $18. making tha Oregon an 4
Washington average lumber prices $T '
below that of the United States outside ,
of Oregon and .Washington. Por thla
reason, it ie, amid, these two states era
today the center of Interest In tha ,
world's lumber market and the demand
for ths products of PorUand mills Is
dally growing stronger. , ;
Z-ocal Prices Going- Up. - - -.
Builders predict that ths local mills
will push up the local retail prio fur- .
ther before the present building season
reaches Its height, as th mills claim)
that tbey can with adequate shipping
facilities, sell their lumber t o. b. Port-,
land at larger profit than Is realised
from It at present local retail price.
It Is said a factor that would tend to
prevent such a rise would be a growing "
acuteneas of the ear shortsge.
The lumber buelness hss not yet re-(
covered from ths car shortage thst Inst -fall
caused heavy losses to th lumber
mills of ths Pacific northwest. - For
weeks they, were unable to book new '
orders, with any certainly of deltverr,
owing to Inability, to get cars. Th rnll-
road companies. In moving th crone,
had use for esstbound ear for higher
class ton smite that yielded larger freight
rates and tbe lumbar mills wt-re forced
to play second flddl to the Xsrmers an4
produce shippers. . . -
During the winter months there hae
been a much more- liberal supply oC
cars for lumber shipments, but the
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