Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Fast Fruit Trains Promised. [ARTICLE]

Fast Fruit Trains Promised.

At a meeting in Los Angeles, Cal., between the southern California orange fruit growers and shippers and President Charles M. Hays of the Southern Pacific road today the question of marketing the future orangq crop was definitely decided. President Hays announced . that he had determined upon a course for the next season’s citrus crop that now is estimated to reach 25,000 cars. These features and concessions embrace ample rolling stock to be supplied early in the season, the icing of cars in transit by the railroad at actual cost, and a schedule in time that should be the fastest ever made direct between Chicago and Los Angeles, practically making Chicago the eastern terminus for citrus distribution.