, 1870-08-09
From He Sacramento IIrprti,


4 good coal has been said BY certain poorly
posted journals about the failure OF attempts
10 ship fruit from this State to the East, and
while these papcsa have Affirmed that the
bssines9 could not succeed. they have not
scrup1cd TO attribute the alleged failures to
railroad. As the most satisfactory reply to
these lrconsiderAte or malicious assertions,
VIC propose TO state villa! Is being done 1t the
present time. in this city. 10 further the ship
ment Of fruit, and to build up an important
trade between California and the East.
4 uEAyT ENTERPRISE.
Mr. George B. Davis is fruit grower Of
lile-]obg experience, md for Twenty-Five years
has owned the largest gardens, orchards. gran
cries, and couseryatolies in OF about the civ
OF Chicago. He heard OF the excellence Of
California fruis long sgo, but, until recently.
Lad no opportunity for visiting the State and
testing the reports By The Light Of his personal
experience At length, however, il became
necessary for him to repair to differsut
climate, owing to the sickness Of dear
relative. and, being here, he Of course set
70 work to examine the fruit question.
He has travelled throughout those por-
tions Of the State where frni. is grown,
vinced. and determined to embark With
out delay in the ahipmeut Of this delicate,
species Of freight Having connected with
himself aIr. 4. F. Barnes, OF Chicago, and Dr.
J. 4. Crandall, an old Californian, whose n.me
will be familiar to thousands, IN extensive
programme has been arranged In tho f5st
p ice the fruit h4d to be procured. Il, the
second place facilities for collecting it At con-
venieLt points for shipment had to be got. In
tue third place the shipment of the f.nit on
the railruad had to be secured. Add in the
ating appar..us had 70 bs solved. The In.
three points have already been satisfactorily
disposed OF. The last, We believe. hls beea
also met
| COLLECTING THE rRC11.
Heretofore. half the fEnit grown in The foot
hilIA has been wxsted for want of market.
In pasring through this distsict, Nj. Davis
| found several ranches on which large quanti-
| ties Of plums, peazs, etc. had been either led
| TO hogs or dug into the ground as m4nuie.
| And III this time there we're millions Of mouths
watering at the ides Of these same plums and
pear, and longing sos The chance to taste
Wis. Ea1nes, and Crandall, have desesmin-
I'd tlas this condition Of things shall
exist no longer. They appear among
us As haruonizegs OF .onaaictin.
elements: ~ benefactors whose mission il te
introduce luscious fruit to waiting lips. Tha,
this may be accomplished the MOI. etfectually,
+ hey propose to erect cooling houses here and
there about the i.aa:t-gg:oT'n5 districts, 80
| that the f1uit may be collected md prepared
for shipment without any unnecessary los Of
| time. Al present there will be one OF these
cooling houses At Sacramento, another 1t
| Arbulut and third In some other point Of
the foothills, but it is proposed to erect them
wherever the amount Of fruit grown and for
sale lustifes the construction Of = special
point Of distribution. Fruis-g1owers arc in
vited ~ the firm named above TO comnuni-
cate with them, u,th view to further arrange
nente in this connection.
TIE RAILROAD.
The Arrangements made with the railroad
company fo1 the shipment Of fruit, ne, we
serJ and reasonable, They speak in tbs
waIueet terms CT the consideration met wi+h
from the company, and expressly state tbat
the nanaGers and officers, from the first to
the lsst, hare doue all that could be done d
faeilstate their nusiness and help on the nav
Be borne in mind that certain writer's. VIZ
kIows nothing whatever of the frnit.crnainr
botlneeF, AMI WHO know Al little of the r,;{
road buainese, undertake to affirm that ona nf
theee enterprises is iuiunns the o:her. Tha m
public may and VIII draw THAR osn infer
ences from these premises
THE SEw RkFR1aEn.1rxo c4ps
Having made all necessary aranpema,ts
vnh the railroad company, the NEXT tRinr vas
70 procure = good md convenient refr;Ser,,.
lee ca, ana this was done By purchasing ths
Psten. r6ht OF Fishers Patent Refrigerator,
aPFAA14s very extensively used in tho
Ess:. ana which bears high name for general
;a ;emetenes: The Central Pacific Company hsv-
ile tendered The use Of their chops to ths fir1n,
tne construction Of 4 car to which this ptinci-
PIE should be spplied was 1t once commenced,
@ea aa We write is completed. This is IN ex-
pertinent, 1t ls true, but the projectors en-
testain the fullest confidence IN its tuc-
eess. The principle Of the new re-
tngesator NAY 10 stated trsety anc intel
litlbly az folIprs. Thu eflte. of the car ara
lined With wooden fues, one get for the warm
air coming from tho e1ie,ior or other sources.
and ther other for The cold air that has flowed
over the ice. The cold als, being heavier than
the warm air. deece,.dt, md tins tbs frait il
ccc,ed. The warm ai:, being r1si3e], ssceai.,