Chicago Market May Be Moved to Rail Road Tracks
Chicago talks revive plan for a central freight yard to handle perishables with a single rail system. A committee will confer with railroads to assess establishing a large yard, echoing earlier proposals tied to Sixteenth Street and Archer Avenue.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Trade & Credit Assn
Faw
Packer
Santa Fe
Sixteenth Street
Archer Avenue
Pittsburg
Michigan berries crop short amid rising arrivals
Dealers report a small Michigan berry crop and a short season. Receipts surged to about 13,000 cases over two days with prices easing as arrivals from Michigan Illinois Indiana and St Louis varied. Blueberries raspberries and plums show mixed demand while watermelons and cantaloupes move, supported by larger distributions from Evansville and Georgia Florida.
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Chicago
Muskegon
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
St. Louis
Baltimore
Illinois
Illinoia
Weper Pond
Carolinas
Georgia Peach Prospect Moves North Headquarters to Chicago
A. H. Kay general northern manager of the Florida Citrus exchange plans to relocate the northern headquarters from Cincinnati to Chicago with Joe Friedheim stepping back from active duties. Auction sales to continue at Central Fruit Auction Co. rooms as last season. Georgia Peach Man Geo W Bosman visits Chicago representing the Georgia Fruit Exchange and aligns with BE Hasler Co. to coordinate peach sales with Central Fruit Auction Co. Hasler directs the auction operation and Bosman predicts heavier Georgia peach distribution this season.
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A. H. Hay
Chicago
A. H. Kay
Florida Citrus Exchange
Cincinnati
Joe Friedheim
Florida Exchange
Kay
Ahe Exchange
Central Fruit Auction Co
Georgia
Geo. W. Bosman
Georgia Fruit Exchange
BE. L. Hasler Co
Mr. Hasler
Central Fruit Auction 1 Co
Peycke Bros. Pineapple Trade Burgeons in Florida and Cuba
Handling Lots of Pines reports immense business in Florida and Cuban pines. The Peycke Bros. Commission Co. notes active demand and says they clean up on everything received, signaling strong season for imported fruit despite market shifts.
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Kansas City
Peycke Bros. Commission Co
Florida
Peycke Bros
Michigan fruit outlook from Hartford area crops
Hartford Michigan June 16 reports say frost and cold, wet spring reduced fruit. Apples show uneven color, few seeds, Duchess likely absent. Baldwin and Spy varieties vary by location. Pears improve with light June drop. Bartletts Keiffer good. Plums and cherries largely failed. early strawberries abundant, later crops good. grapes mixed. potatoes uncertain. beans up 25 percent in some counties. White Pea beans rising, Red Kidney smaller.
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Revere
Bangor
Lawrence
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Steel
Canada Reds
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Baldwin
Water Witdh
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Clapps
Lawton
Paw Paw
Lake Cora
Alany
Berrien
van Buren
Allegan
Water Witch
Wacker Bulletin
Market Notes and Business Briefs From Memphis and Chicago
Memphis market reports note Brown potatoes at 75 cents, cabbage abundant and affordable, tomatoes from Mississippi about $1 per crate, Florida cantaloupes and Texas peaches in supply, and prices for exes around 20 cents. Separate item reports Owens & Co of Norfolk failing with estimated debts of $2,000 to $3,000 hurting local shippers. Chicago packing stock butter buyers Rueb & Co offer 21/2 cents for good No. 1 stock with season-long market watch.
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Ind
Kentucky
Louisr
New Albany
Albert C. Guack
John Neumann & Co
Florida
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
E. Owens & Co
Norfolk
C. EB. Owens & Co
Southern
Owens
Chicago
Edward Rueb & Co
West
Randolph Street
Rueb
Peaches and fruit shipments and trades in Ada and Kansas City
Ada Michigan? Ada Oklahoma reports 4 or 5 carloads of Elberta peaches due to ship around July 15 with potential Carmens and Champions. Also notes International Apple Shippers Convention dates at Niagara Falls August 3 to 5 and enlargement by Thayer & Craig in Kansas City to handle seasonal fruit business. Georgia watermelons arrive at McKinney Bros in Kansas City with prices from 3.60 to 6.50 per dozen.
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Okla
Elbertas
Ripa
W. A. Alexander
Apple Shippers’ Meeting
Chicago
Wagner
The
International
Apple Shippers’ Assn
Niazva Falls
Kansas City
Thayer & Craig
Market Square
McKinney
McKinney Bros
Early Ohio potatoes in Lint Valley expected 100000 bushels
Newtown Ohio June 16 Prospecta 79F Early Ohio potatoes in the Lint Valley are very good with an average yield. Acreage ranges 40 to 1100 per field, total over 100000 bushels anticipated. Seed stock came from northwestern regions. association officers, including Henry D. Lemon, plan to load cars starting the first week of July for northern and eastern markets.
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Newtown
Ohio
Lint Valley
Little Miami
Red River Valley
Hill
Tu|bers
Miami
Plainville
Pennsylvania
Watermelon Trade Ad by D Anguish of Chicago
D Anguish of 604 Ogden Building Chicago offers watermelon buyers a reliable outlet. He invites inquiries for ninety days, asks for preferred average size and type, and promises fair service from experienced growers to dealers seeking a safe outlet.
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B. D. Anguish
Ogden Building
Chicago
D. Anguish
Ogden
Tildy
Pinched for Speeding by Chicago Police
W A Schurmann president of W A Schurmann Co egg carton maker was pinched for speeding in his new automobile and paid a tenspot after urging the court to scold the arresting officer. The evidence showed his car did not exceed the limit. Schurmann, once a professional bicycle rider, fears a distaste for the benzine buggy of the Chicago cops.
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W. A. Schurmann
W. A. Schurmann & Co
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