Middletown transcript., 1869-05-22
Pen,nsular Fruit Growers, Association.

the 10Th inst. AT CLOCK, L. NJ. the
President of the Association, John P.
Cochran, Esq. of Middletown, took the
chair and called the meeting to order.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read by the Secretary, Mr.. j. Alex. Full
ton, after which the President announced
that the meeting was ready for business.
Mr.. Samuel Townsend, chairman of the
committee on transportation, reported that
by slight alteration the cars of the Cam
den q Amboy Railroad could carry num-
ber of baskets equal to the cars of the Phil
adelphia road. He also reported that the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Company proposed to carry peaches from
Dover to Jersey City, at $130 per car
load of 16, 900 pounds, and pro rata ad-
| dition or deduction from stations south or
north of Dover, the tax imposed by the
Legislature to be added, if the Company
should be made to pay said tax. Proper
ventilation of the cars had been secured to
prevent the rotting of fruit in transit, and
the present freighting capacity of the rail-
roads was fully equal to the prompt deliv-
cry of the crop. One of the newly ventil-
ated freight cars was at the Dover depot
for inspection. The proper size of baskets
to suit the Camden & Amboy cars would
be IA inches high by Is inches in diameter.
Mr.. S. F. Shallcross in reply to ques-
ton, said that his baskets weighed an av-
erage Of 284 lbs. which allowing a car to
hold $50 baskets, would amount to 49,
53799 lbs. or within the limit of 16, 900 lbs.
allowed to the car load by the company.
The report of the committee on trans
portation was received and the committee
continued.
At this stage of the proceedings, at the
invitation Of the President, several gentle
men Joined the Association.
A desultory discussion then arose in
reference to the return of the peack bas-
kets, and the honesty of the New York
commission agents, which was participated
in by Messrs. Charles Brown, David j.
Cummins, George W. and Robert Cum
minis, Read, and John and Samuel
Townsend, and others. 1t was stated that
from one-fourth to one-third had been the
usual proportion of loss in peach baskets,
and that agents had sent them from New
York to Boston and Canada, and wherever
peaches had been sold by them. Mr.. G..
w. Cummins stated that he had never in
Cured any loss, and had transacted his
business with his peach agents, with as
much satisfaction as with any other class
of men. Mr.. Brown and others thought
that Mr.. G. had been a very fortunate
man, as such had not been their expe-
rience. 1t was finally concluded that the
best way to secure the prompt return of
baskets, was to charge them to the agents,
and require them to pay for all lost, or not
promptly returned, and this arrangement
can best be made by every individual for
himself.
AT the suggestion of Mr.. Richard
Townsend, who is peach grower as well
as commission agent, resolution was
adopted instructing the Executive Com
mittee to request the Rail Road Compa-
MES to give receipts to commission mer-
chants for all baskets returned in the cars.
1t was also suggested that the number
of baskets and the names of the owners
should appear upon the manifest, with the
station to which they were to be returned
to do which, owners should mark their
baskets with their names and stations, in
stead of their initials only, which is now
the practice.
On motion of Mr., David J. Cummins
the Association proceeded to make esti-
mates of the number of baskets which
would be shipped from the various station.
along the line of the railroad with the
following result: Baskets
st. Georges. 10 0W.
MI Fleasaht. ..'..''.....,...,,.,.,." 10, ,uuU
Armstrong; Corner. $50 O0O
Middletown ..........,...............
Townsend OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, l4U. q
Blackblrd.. ............,......,..... Az. .Ut.
Oassafras. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 70. .OG
Clayton and Smyrna. .15O 600
DrenIoru, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25 900
Moorton '..........,.."".,..... 150, 900
Dover 200 900
wyoming and Camden..............125, 900
Willow Grove. ve......,...........,.... 90 OOO
:, Eah'erpury'''......'............."... $4,000
Feiton' '.''''........'........... 60, 900
,ie'1 ,iiarrington'''''....'...........,,,.. 10000
MILFORD. .'',''''''''''".."""".. $4,000
rpg rarilingtoh '''''.'.'.'......'........, 10000
GREENWOOD 10000
DricgeVille .''....................... 10000
1eaiord' .......................... 5000
laurel '.'................... 10000
Deillar 5000
3aiisDury Dl ;''.'''.'.'...',."..,.... 10000
Irlncess Anne........................ 10000
nings.on ''''''.....'".,,....,... 1900
Orlsneid' ......,,..,,....,.,,.... 5000
The above estimate does not include the
number of baskets which will be shipped
by water, which has been put down at
400, 900 to 500, 900, making the aggre-
gate about 1900. 900.
Hon, b. 7. Biggs being called on for
an estimate of the crop accessible to rail-
road in Queen Anne's and Kent counties,
responded by saying, that he was not a
member of the Association, but as he had
been called on he would say that the num-
ber of baskets from Massey's Cross Roads
miOht ha act;u,otaJ ~ On mn