Middletown transcript., 1871-11-25
FIR The .Midiiaorn Trdnscrpt.
COlsisEsPONDENCE.

Finding from n letter in the " Trans
oript'' n short time since, written by
Samuel Townsend, Esq. that the Peach
Growers Association are making nn effort
to ship peaches diicc, from their orchards
to cities beyond New York. | send you
the following list Of Rail Roads aud the
important towns along their lines, which
may be Of some benefit to fruit growers
Mr.. Townsend with his usual perseverance
and energy having arranged to cross from
Jersey City to the other Il RS. will
begin with the Hudson River r. II.
Along this line are, Youkcrs, 5000 popu.
lation, Tarrytown 5000, Sirg Sing 9 1000,
Pcckskill 1000, Poughkecpsic i5, 900.
Rhincbcck 5000, Hudson 10000, Al
bany 100. 900. Troy, $4,000, aud Schc-
ncctady 10 900 Gu the New Haven Il
Il. are Greenwich 5000. Stamford ~, 900
Norwalk $4,000. Bridgeport 10000,
New Haven $4,000, Mcridcn 10000,
Wnlliugford 5000, Hartford ~ 900,
Thompsonvllc 900. and Springfield 80
900. On the Boston and Albany II. r..
and connections are Palmer, 10, 900 ;
Worcester, 90. 900 Wcs,borough, 5000 {;
birmingham, 5000; Brighton, 5000 p;
Boston, $50 900 f; Lowell. so. 900; Salem,
40. 900; Lynn, 10000; Danvers, l5,-
600; Newburyport, $4,000; Lawrence,
sc, 900 Gloucester, ~. 900 Portsmouth.
%, 900; Dover, $4,000, From Wor.
ccstcr on the Worcester aud Nashua X
Il. aud connections. are Clinton, 5000
Lancaster, 1000 Harvard. ! 800 Gro.
ton, 5000; Peppcrcll, $500; Nashua
2O. 900; Manchester. 3s, 900; Concord
l5. 700; Grafton. 5000. and Fi,chburg
&c, 900. Qu the Springfield and North
hampton II II. are North. South an,
East Hampton, 10000; Greenfield, 10,
600; marlborough. 6.00O, and Ru,
land, 1900. Starting again at Ne,
Haven. op the New Haven, New Londo1
, aud G. II. RS. are New London. ~. 900
! Stonington, 10000; Newport, 10000
Providence, 90. 900; Middle,own. l | 900
: Norwich, $4,000; Williman,ic. 1000
!; On the New York Cen,cral X. II. ar
Rome, %. 900; Utica, so, 900 ; Syracuse
A, 900; Oswcgo, %. 900; Lyons, I 900
!. Palmyra, 5000, Rochester 50 900, nn
!, Caniaudaigua, G 10000. making in all
population Of I ,s47 900 people Tothi
!. add the population Of shipping points a
d ready established, say, Wilmington, Che
ter, Philadelphia. Trenton. Newark, Ne
York. Brooklyn. Baltimore, Harrisburg
Reading. Scranton. Williamsport, Alle'
,. town and Elmira. probably 3 900 900. at
r. We have 4.sl7 900 people, oil fond
!. peaches. and willing and ready to br
"A them. at reasonable price. The on
n, thing is to arrange. to reach each Of the
;. points. without the Intervention Of q
., New York commission men.
4. Now, NJ there are many persons gro'
n. ing peaches, not members Of the Pea
ID Growers Association. yet sharing the u
he vantantages derived from the Association
h. labors would it not be we'll, for the A
n sociation to appoint enc member, COZ
re n,ittce for each shipping point, to asst
!. upon each grower 81 for each 1000 trc'
nj aud with this fund, send Mr.. Townsen
NJ, or IL he can be found, some other cgu
ho ly good man. to spend the in,cryeni
n. time, from now until peach harvest,
nm opening new routes. establishing dcale
~ and pcrfscting all the necessary arraut
vi ments for making the next peach CT
n. nav the growers, at least ~ we'll as ,
hs past one did the Il. RS aud New Yc
~ Commission men. The peach Growers
-. this Peninsula. by united action can &C
In troll the peach business, aud make il ce
:. - tiuue profitable. but this eau only be de-
IN By working together. There are pco
~ enough in Pennsylvania. New York a
=, The New England States to consume
4 tho fruit this peuiusulu can RrOW. III N
,hc can got il, and since We can grow
an ~ fruit, let such course be pursued as '
II result In the greatest good and most NJ,
he ~. Knowing but little about the pc.
,ht business. my ideas may bc erroneous.
n. they are given for what they arc wor
~ aud II they do NO good. will surely do
4. injury. FAKiNsR
Vi Nsr Chais Co. Ncv. 22ad, 1871.
-. L has already been announocd that