Middletown transcript., 1871-10-14

rIse en- TRADE.

a copy OF the Commercial, Of the 26th
ult. was sent to me to-day containing q
communication signed {" JUSTICE" which
was marked for my notice. As this CON-
munication has been published in your
paper. will reply to il through the same
source The article 10 headed /" Peach
Shipments to New York. &c." !" Justice"
says | claim to be the pioneer, and that I
MI much mistaken; that this whole i'm
mcnse trade Was begun at Dover, by the
firm Of Jones. Smithcrs 4 Co. who. on
the Sd of August. 1863, sent 40 baskets
to .. W. IdelI. In reply. will give u
condensed statement, although il msy not
DO necessary, as my action is 10 we'll known
to leading peach growers, and ofiicers Of
railroads between here and New York,
aud ull l need do to establish, without
doubt, my claims. would bc to refer to
Samuel NJ. FELTON,. late President Of the
p. W. a. B. II. II. Co. W. II. Gatzmer,
President Of tho G. h A. r. r. Co.. Wsl-
ter Freeman. Master Of Transportation Of
G. x A. r. Il. Co., Ashbcll Welch, Pres
idcn, Of New Jersey transportation Go.
+. w. Jackson, General Superintendent
Of tho New Brunswick and Jersey City
Railroad Co. Mr.. Stockton, Of Princeton,
Treasurer Of G. Il A. Il. r. TO. to the
papers Of the late Col John Bingham,
Superintendent Of Adams Express. phila.
dclphia. and Mr.. Coleman. Mr.. Bing.
hams successor, and to the sworn evidence
Of Present Samuel NJ. FELTON,, At Dover.
Now | propose for the benefit Of the ig-
noran. to make them statements that can.
net be disputed. and may be interesting
In 1860. fixed up the first two cars
with Slated doors and shelving that ever
carried peaches over the Delaware Rail.
ROAD, and tho next year the company i'm
proved on the shelving by fixing centre
uprigh,s and striugcrs, but the slnt doors
are still in Use. As chairman on tie Com
mi,,ee on ventilation in 1869. had pu, in
those ron venetian end vcntilators So
much have | done for cars. In 1860 and
1861, shipped to Philadelphia, and my
peaches having to be hauled by wagons to
the Delaware front for sale, while those
shipped by water had the advantage OF
being delivered n, Camden to the New
York buyers, where they shipped by the
Camden x Amboy rou,c--lcaving CAM
den u, 3. I. VI and arriving in New York
mex, morning. being two days in getting
from the orchards to the markets The
next spring 1862, | went to see the p.
W. & b. X Go. and the c Il A. Co. and
arranged ,ha, my loaded peach cars should
20 up On the morning passenger train.
rented stand in Washington market,
New York. and sent my son Richard there
!, 20 sell, while ! attended to the shipping
from the orchard. They were taken up
with the passenger train, transported across
the river 10 Camden in thr same cars,
and thence to Amboy, without unloading
This was better than stopping a. Phila-
dolphin, but gaind no time, and l. there
, fore, stopped shipping before the season
was out.
,. The next year, 1868. frequently cal.
led on Mr. Felton, to know if ho could
arrange for my shipping direct to Jersey
City. Mr. leiion informed me that !
would have to 60 10 Princeton and sec
Mr.. stockton, aud also gave me letter
to Mr. :. In company with Richard G.
Hayes and, believe, Robert Cummings
| went to Princeton and delivered tho let.
ter, aud asked MIR. Stockton If they could
take Eve or six cars on their l0i =. NJ.
,ra;a, ,hen via Washington Street Ferry
to Camdea lie said he thought they
could, but he would have to las the mat
ter before the Board before he could give
us an answer. He wrote me some time
after. that the Board refused to do it.
This | reported to Mr.. FELTON,. and !
will here add that Mr.. FELTON, did every
thing in his power to help me get line
opch TO Jersey City, and one day in June
1863, Mr.. kclton told me that the Adams
; Express Company had succeeded in get.
ting through line to Jersey City. aud
sent me to Col Bingham, ip philadelphia.
, Not being acquainted with Col. Bing ham,
Mr., FELTON, gayo me a letter Of introduc-
tion. and called on Col B and made
the first bargain for Delaware peaches to
be shipped direct from Delaware to Jersey
,, City in the cars Of the p. W. Il b. II. II,
!, Company.
My first shipment was on the 3lst day
of July. ls63-26 baskets to Fielder
Mount 4 .Iimcson. and % baskets to G
mo, Ncrmilye 4 Steward. Tha, year !
shipped to jersey City.by Adams Express
,, Co. H. 40i baskets. and paid the Compa-
ny for freight on the same, 1851 so, The
business for the next year, could plainly
see. would be too heavy for this company
and went to Dover, and urged the oall.
ing Of meetings Of the peach growers; tc
combine them, and to SEND strong delega.
tions to the different r. II. Companies
to make an impression by nulnbers-nnd
= after wonderful amount Of talking and
and travelling back aud forth, ue got The
line established
Tho minor details Of oil this may not
; probably. interest the public. but l will
here add that at no time among the com.
mi,,ces appointed Of the 6rst and leading
9 peach growers Of the State, did I evci
meet with Messrs. Jones 4 Smithcrs
They, as others availcd themselves Of the
route when opened. have worked un'
ceasingly aud untringy ior NE benefit o
nv brother peach growers, and / think