(erielack) Erie fruit traffic Jersey City

["Russell Hallock" <rhallock_@_frontiernet.net>]

From a booklet printed in Sept. 1948, about the Erie RR's New York Division. 
I'm not sure how it will look in email format, especially the data.
 page 17- Monmouth St. yard: (just north of main line at start of Weehawken 
branch)
21 tracks,  capacity per track 4 to 23 cars.
 total capacity: blocked 250 cars,  working 197 cars
"Carload freight is delivered from this yard.  In addition, 17 tracks in 
this yard are used for storage of passenger commuter coaches during the day 
all year except period when juice grapes are handled (Sept. to Nov., 
inclusive) During grape season cars of juice grapes are spotted in this yard 
and samples are displayed on covered platforms or in cars for inspection by 
prospective buyers. Narrow covered platforms are locatedbetween some of the 
tracks and are used for the display of boxes of juice grapes.  Auction sales 
are conducted in auction rooms located adjacent to this yard.  The following 
is the number of cars of juice grapes handled at Jersey City, seasons 1935 
to 1947 inclusive:"
year                    1935      1936    1937    1938    1939    1940 
1941    1942    1943    1944    1945    1946    1947
Monmouth St    802        320      491      323        305        158    251 
528      59        439        163    219        333
Pavonia Ave:     685        389     595       538        736        811 
798      863      224      434        647    708        856
Diversions        2596     2039    2712    2124       2566      2540    2267 
1964    241    1184        762    1446    1455
total                4083     2748    3798      2985      3607      3509 
3316    3355    524    2057       1572    2373    2644

page 8- Pavonia Ave. yard- New yard adjacent to Provost St.
6 tracks, capacity 5 to 8 cars each, total 44 cars, blocked,  40 cars 
working
"This yard is used during the grape season for the delivery of juice grapes. 
During thebalance of the year this yard is used for the handling  and 
delivery of cars of vegetables and other miscellaneous freight."

page 28, Croxton yard.  capacity 5600 cars.
"California fruit for Duane St. Station on arrival at Croxton is classified 
into F- Yard (Eastbound holding yard) where it is held until ordered by 
consignees.  Orders for this fruit are received in the afternoon and cars 
are then switched out and grouped together in accordance with order after 
which they are moved to Jersey City and floated to Duane St. for the market 
for which ordered."



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