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III. TRANSPORTATION. 



(1) Loading the Car. In loading- a refrig-erator car with boxes of 

 fruit, there are two conditions to be kept in view ; a rigid structure, and 

 provision for circulation of air on all sides of the boxes. 



The plan in detail is illustrated in Fig. 6, which shows a number of 

 boxes in position in the car. A row of boxe's of the same leng-th and depth 

 was placed side by side, with ends butting against the end of the car» 

 and separated from one another and from the side's of the car by narrow 

 spaces. Across each end of the row a slat was laid, nailed to each box. 



Fig. 0. 



and butting against the sides of the car. This was repeated until a tier 

 was formed as high as it was desired to go- Then another tier 

 was built in exactly the same way, butting against the first tier, and so 

 on from each end of the car, until it was filled. If any space remains over 

 at the middle, too narrow for a tier of boxes, the load may be braced by 

 scantling. 



(2) Rate of Despatch. G. T. R. The St. Catharines car left that 

 point about 6 p.m. on September 14th, and arrived at North Bay about 

 T p.m. on September IGth, havings accomplished a distance of 300 mile^ 

 in 49 hours, at the average rate of six miles an hour. The second car left 



