196 PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



G. H. Crosby to R. D. Stephens. 



Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska, 

 General Freight Department, 



Omaha, December 26, 1901. 



Mr. R. D. Stephens, 



Chairman Fruit-Growers^ Transportation Committee, 



Sacramento, Cal.: 



Dbar Sir: I have your letter of the 23d, enclosing report of action taken at Fruit- 

 Growers' meeting held in San Francisco, December 3d to 6th. I have carefully noted 

 the same. I will say that I think the carriers are using every possible effort to improve 

 the service in the matter of time, and I believe with the greater experience we are hav- 

 ing in the matter of handling this traffic, that we will be able to meet the views of the 

 growers. 



So far as contracts with private car lines are concerned, I would say that this com- 

 pany has none. We handle all kinds of cars without having any special contract with 

 any line. 



Yours truly, 



(Signed:) GEORGE H. CROSBY. 



C. Clifford to R. D. Stephens. 



Union Pacific Railroad Company— Traffic Department, 

 San Francisco, January 7, 1902. 



Mr. R. D. Stephens, 



Chairman Fruit-Growers^ Transportation Comi^ittee, 



Sacramento, Cal.: 



Dear Sir: Am pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 2d inst., together 

 with copy of the recommendations which were made by your Transportation Com- 

 mittee at your San Francisco, December, 1901, meeting, also a copy of Mr. Sproule's 

 letter of May 21st, 1901. 



Of course you know that the Union Pacific has always shown a disposition to assist 

 the fruit-growers to the fullest extent possible, and I am very glad, indeed, to be able to 

 refer all papers, together with your letter of January 2d, to our Freight Traffic Manager, 

 Mr. J. A. Munroe. 



Yours truly, 



(Signed:) C. CLIFFORD. 



E. F. Ripley to R. D. Stephens. 



The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System, 

 President's Office, 



Chicago, January 2, 1902. 



Mr. R. D, Stephens, 



Chairman Fruit-Growers^ Transportation Committee, 



Sacramento, Cal.: 



Dear Sir: I have yours of the 28th ult., enclosing report of action taken by the fruit- 

 growers of California at their State Convention at San Francisco, December 3-6, and in 

 reply beg to advise you : 



First — That existing contracts with private owners of refrigerator cars will expire 

 before the citrus fruit season of next year begins, and will not be renewed, so far as this 

 company is concerned, as by that time it will own a sufficient number of cars to 

 transact its business direct with shippers without the intervention of a third party. 



(Second— That only a small part of the business done by this company requires 

 refrigeration, as we are not largely engaged in carrying deciduous fruit, but that it will 

 not be our policy to exact a profit from shippers as to refrigeration charges. 



As to time in transit, it is probable that your committee and its constituents do 

 not realize how rapidly transportation costs increase when high speed is called for and 



