Smyrna times., 1869-05-19
Peninsula Fruit Growers, Association

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The Association met in Dover on Tuesday
18th inst, Prest. Jas. p. Cochran in the chair
Mr.. Samuel Townsend, on behalf of n commit
tee appointed for the purpose, reported tha
the committee had waited on the Presidents O
T., w. d b., and Camden & Ambov r. r
Companles, and had ascertained that the ca
pacltles and arrangements of these comnanie,
tor transporting the fruit to market are com
pete, Prest. Hinckley, of the p, w. &B. r.
II. Co., stating that without building another
car they could transport two million baskets to
market. "
The carrying capacities of the cars on each
ROAD are about equal, each holding, when well
packed, about $50 baskets The cars beinO
arranged for the purpose the ventilation is good
and the peaches will reach market in fair order
Ihe price per car for fruit transported to New
ork city will be $50 from Dover, and from
other stations, pro rata but it was intimated
to the committee that deduction from these
rates may be had if the crop is very large. Mr..
| Illnckley also said the State Tax laid by the
Legislature on the company would be added to
the frelghts, or in some way collected from
growers; this, if equally laid, will be about 7
cents more on the basket shippers will have to
pay. On motion Of r. H. Cunmns, the report
OF the committee was adopted and the commit
tee continued.
Mr. Z. Brown thought we had better deal kindS
ly with the railroad companies, if we wished
them to deal kindly with US. There had already
been some pretty sharp work, and growers will
lose by 1T. These are great corporations we
have to deal with, and they would not be bound
by any action Of this Association. They would
set their own prices for freight, and we cannot
control them; STILL he believed they would do
Their best to accommodate us. They always hal,
II they did make us pay for it. He thought
some better arrangement should be made for
the return of empty baskets. Few growers or
Shippers got more than half of their baskets
re urned; they were scattered over New York
city and all along the railroad line. Mr.. r. II.
Cummlns said that growers and shippers should
MAX: such bargains with their commission
merchants as would insure the return of their
baskets. Make an arrangement to have your
commission man pay for the baskets if lost. or
disabled, and he would warrant that the baskets
came back all right. Our principal hone in this
matter is to have good honest commission mer-
chants to sell for US, and not trust every one.
tie then offered a resolution, the purpOrt of
which was, that this Association pay the r. r.
Companies only 500 per car for transporting
trult from Dover, and other stations pro rata,
&c, &c.
G. W. Cummins was opposed to any such
resolution-the Railroad Companies pay no
attention to it. He thought there was too much
bad feeling against the r. r. Companies; and
as to the commission merchants, he had never
lost dollar by any of them. The resolution
was lost.
d. j. Cummins offered a resolution that the
Fix. Com have an estimate of their own made
by the Association, as to the number of bas-
i@tS OF peaches to be transported before they
waited on the Presidents of the r. X. Compa
MES. He said the Companies had estimated. |
md we should have them and the Ex Com.
should know what we want before they call on
he Presidents. The resolution was carried,
md the estimate made, which amounted in the
aggregate to one million five hundred and sew
nty-two thousand Q,572,OO0) baskets.
Mr. bradford moved that when the ASsocia-
ION adjourns it adjourn to meet on the third
.uesday (l5th) Of June. Carried
The Association then adjourned informally.
The Executive Committee will wait on the
residents of the p w. & B. and Camden &
Amboy Companies in a few days to make the
est arrangements for growers they can.