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CITY MILK SUPPLY 



"In a few years the Harlem division of the New York Central began to haul 

 milk from the counties on the west bank of the Hudson; at the same time the 

 Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut branch of the Central New England was 

 shipping milk to New York City over the Hudson River branch of the New York 

 Central. A few years later the New York, New Haven and Hartford was bring- 

 ing milk from the New England States to supply the New York City market. 

 In 1870 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western received small consignments of 

 milk on the Sussex branch in New Jersey and in the same year the New York 

 Central and Western started its first milk train from Bloomingburg, N. Y. 

 Practically all of the railroads had their farthest point from New York within the 

 100-mile limit except that the Harlem was bringing milk from Rutland, Vt., a 

 distance of 240 miles. There was vejj&r little change in the areas from which 

 milk was obtained until 1890. In that year the New York Ontario and Western 

 extended its service to Walton, N. Y., a distance of 179 miles, shortly after 1890 

 several other railroads started milk trains. The Lehigh Valley established this 

 service with Dryden, N. Y., as a terminus. In 1893 the Delaware and Hudson 

 was receiving milk and forwarding it to New York City over the Delaware. 

 Lackawanna and Western. In 1890 the West Shore extended its service beyond 

 Albany with Syracuse as a starting point, and 2 years later the Hudson River 

 branch of the New York Central extended its service to the same point. By 

 1910 many of the points from which milk was shipped to New York City were 

 over 300 miles distant. Table 63 shows the growth of the business on the prin- 

 cipal railroad lines." 



TABLE 63. NUMBER OF MILLION GALLONS OF MILK AND CREAM RECEIVED AT NEW 



YORK CITY (MERRITT) 

 (Cream not reduced to terms of milk) 



PhUadelphia. " Prior to 1870 Philadelphia was receiving its milk from an 

 area within a radius of 50 miles of the city and the greater part of the milk re- 

 ceived was transported by the railroad. Prior to 1910 the farthest points on the 

 Pennsylvania System from which milk was shipped to Philadelphia were near 



