FOREWORD 
The carlot unloads in Kansas City for 1938 amounted to 11,766 cars 
compared with 12,217 in 1937 and 13,969 in 1936. This is a reduction in the total 
number of cars unloaded in 1938 of 4$ from the 1937 figure and 16$ fron the 1935 
figure. The truck receipts (our record of which is probably 90$ accurate) show an 
increase of 427 carload equivalents in 1938 over 1937, or 3,382 carloads in 1938 
conrpared with 2,955 in 1937* By adding together the carlot unloads and the truck 
receipts in carload equivalent we have the approximate figure of 15,648 cars in 
1938 to compare with 13,172 cars in 1937. This indicates a shift to truck transp- 
ortation and an actual increase of about 4$ in unloads during 1938 over those of 
1937. 
The following States originated more than 500 each of Kansas City's unloaded 
cars in 1938; (comparisons are given for 1937 and 1936): 
1938 
1937 
1936 
California 
2,878 
2,484 
3,14b 
Colorado 
8-12 
1,390 
1,552 
Florida 
650 
443 
469 
Louisiana 
508 
682 
599 
I daho 
1,651 
1,489 
1,639 
Texas 
1,438 
1,719 
1,603 
Imports* 
1,225 
1,312 
1,101 
*all Bananas except 2 cars of Dates. 
The following tables have been compiled fron our daily and monthly arrival, 
unload and diversion records. While these tables are intended primarily for 
Sractical use by grov/ers and handlers of fruit and vegetable products, every effort 
as been made to make them strictly accurate for statistical purposes* 
E. E. Corbin 
Local Representative. 
Released March 1939 
