Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-02-17
PEACHES!
Meeting Of the PeninsuIar Association.
SAM TOWNSEND DOWN ON DOVER.
Opposition to the Camden & Amboy
Water TRANSPORTATION.

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In the old Levy Court room, ~ lover.
In the absence OF the President and Vice Presi-
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ueu'e' w ,Ao". '.
called 10 the chair'
After the reading of the minutes of the annual
.a..t1,r ,,h,o, warn odontcd Mr. Fnlton presented
ses''o, , "ne.- -. ~. p.a,,do,. -
several communications from tne fresiuent "a
the association and the presidents of the different
ra;,rooa commands In RELATION TO carriage of
iai,o"u 50 ,s-r, J..
fruit, which, without reading, were relerreu 10
the Committee on Railroad Transportation, for q
,,oro ,aan,te ranort
M. -. 81 49,, rom,,;,,oo nm Water Com.
ino rep'ie Va 'Ae ~ ,,.>.-,
that he deemed il unnecessary for the committee
| q, r,n,r, ,,or. ,ba, nroores. The Indications
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of large crop were not yet sufficiently developed
| 10 enable the committee to make flnal report;
bpt the association mipht rest assured that. IL
oas ~ r.. ,'.,,s ~. ,,,or,,, &c
thefe was iafse e'op' 'no'e "o.,a 10 p'.py =.
competition In the carriage oil iruit' Inc success
If last wears experiments, when over $50, 900
,yoro cant bv water In insufficient boats
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provided NJ very snort hotice, was nn inuicu.n
OF what we might exrect tne Plesen. SEASON. wl.n
large crop, nrge nunoer ~ nrss t',ss
| boats having already Deeb rendered tue communities
to enter into competition WIN tne raiiroau con-
panies. he SAID IL was necessary ior lue nssoc'a-
uon 10 nave controi oi lnc uua's, ~ ulu .I,. W
regulate the starving Time rom eacn ianuIug.
| faTue5 In new iorh, OWNING eteAuuoh,e, me,o
ready to contract, but the commiuee were ,
endeaVorlDg 10 get Tue uoats suuJcct 10 tpe conoi
OF the association. ....r,,. ..,..
MIR. Ioud saia he nau ny uouo. VI eiie s ~ ~.
success OF water transpora ~. paln S ~,
land who last year shipped ny hairoaa Were '.,is
year determined 10 sehu theiI run .hIou , W.
chesapeake anu hei.wure C,uu, 70 Deiumate
Ciiy, and rom thence 10 new lo,k W WALL.
Mr fuloh lhousns ,hu. su,e 'k', nsa,i
ehuuld De inaue 10 tnhe ,uc run uowu ,nu eleeh
~ lighters to the different steam BOAT IanIings.
II would be necessary 70 ascertain wne,ner lue
steamboat companies OF the saippers Wouio iui-
nish lighters. ,... r.
Mr.. \: then reaa comnunlcauon ron
Mcdaniel, and iodu attorneys Oh tne Associa
ton III New YORK reslnging thelr appointment w
such. -.
MI. Iownsenu having just entcIeu saiu no ~.
not see the necessity LOT Tesig
as they han never oeen einployeu ny tuis nsSoeia
Q ton In single case, Messrs loda ana Day 10
vocaled the acceptance oil tue resignation, @hici
was huaiiy accepteu.
z Mr. Townsend inquired whether the corIespon
4 dcnce of the President had been read, anu wen
! to state that there was powerful combination
il against the peach growers, ihere was ~ ,io '.,
= bic WIFI Inc l.. W. x Ii. haiiroan II was hii VIII
d the Camden " Annoy. Mr. loau, treasurer
rehd his report there being $50 81 on hand on
t,,
IL Tor expenses to New YORK. Mr.. townsend op
/. posed the wasting OF time over sucn trlinl
things, when by little effort sou, 600 might hay
! been saved, it the association had used tneir Il,
d inence and got inc Tour cents per basket iron
Jersey City TO New York deducted from thti
N expenses. Another leak might he stopped b
n having the baskets promptly returned or max
the commission merchants pay for them III
II had spent S5OO in going back and forth 10 Ne,
a York In the interest of The fruilgrowers, and h
would not think Of presenting his blll.
, He wanted TO know if a meeting could not
~ held in Middletown, for his part he was tired
u coming To Dover to meet half dozen who ha
" not vet got walked up to the Importance Of IL
peach growing interests If this Associaiu
could not meet 10 Mlddetown, he was in favor
forming another association for the peach grow
: ing section Of New Castle County,
!. Mr.. Brown, reminded MIR. Townsend TINT
y, w. was a member of the committee on Railro.
= TRANSFORMATION. and boped that he had some r.
port to make upon which the association cou
X, base some action He believed Mr. T. was on II
re committee on baskets and he had not vet hea
ch any report from that committee. He was vel
:, lucky for be got all his baskets, and had no re