Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-05-17

ADJOURNED MEETING on THE PEHiNsuLAR |
PRuIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION AT DovER-
A SLIM ATrsNDANcK-wHAT THE oRoP
PRoMIsEs TO BE-sonH RsriNATKs.
Tuesday afternoon an adjourned stated
meeting Of the Peninsular Fruit 9rowera'
Association was held In the Farmers Cluo
In the absence Of the President Of the
A ssociation, Hon. Chas. Brown presided, on
motion OF O. II. b. Day.
Probably owing othe fact that the peach
crop In New OAatle county will be an al
most total failure, but few gentlemen from
this part Of the State were present, and the
meeting in consequences was very SHINY
attended. To be exact, we had Aa well
state that but ssven members Of the Aasoei-
alton were At the meeting. Five reporters
were there, however, and in connection
with the growers made the meeting sum
GENTLY interesting to retain the meagre au-
dienee that had assembled Tor the purpose
Of learning something Of peaches.
X. II. Cummins, from the Committee 70
obtain a reduction of the tax levied on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company, reported that the bill
presented by the Committee to the Legisla.
lure, reducing the tax on this company, had
passed the House but failed In the Senate.
Another bill, however, passed both houses,
which taxes the Railroad Company about
40, 900 per year, but some OF its provisions
| are so utterly prepoHterous that II cannot
| be carried into effect. He understood the
| cOnsutunonAnty OF the measure ""uAe pe
| tested.
Mr.. Fulton reported that the last Legis.
iature had chartered the Association, but
/ he thought II unwiae to organiIe under II
until the regular meeting In June, at which
time, he thought, larger number OF mem
/ bers of the Association would De present
Mr.. Fulton was directed to procure Ger:
titled copy Of the act Of incorporation and
present 1t to the Association at Its next
| nees.h.t r,,,,,n.ard chairman Of the Com.
mittee on New Markets and New Routes,
| being too busiiy engaged In looking after
the New Jersey and Delaware Central Rail
road, could not be present and therefore
no report OF the committee could be made.
Mr.. Cummins, however, in relation to new
markets and new routes, thought that Mr..
tiould's road now building from Bombay
Hook west, in connection with the roads
already in operation In New Jersey, would
afford a splendid route for the shipment OF
reaches to the New York market over
This line, which will be completed July LIST,
peaches can be shipped from clayton TO
per basket, IN about II hours. The speaker
said the early completion Of the road was
assured and he thought at the next meeting
OF the Association the committee could
report some definite arrangement VIII the
MT Brown thought that Mr.. Gould's new
line would bring the whole Peninsula 10
direct communication with New York, and
I Immersed
, or finding a peach market eA3t Of New
{ YORK. Peaches, he said, could and should
be delivered in Boston within thirty hour
after they are picked on the Peninsula, and
he thought the com mittee should examine
. the eastern railroads and report something
I defnite as to how this can be done.
Mr., Cummins did not believe the present
2 Chairman OF the Committee on New Mar
] kets and New Routes, Samuel Townsend
, Intended to act with the Committee THU
! year Before definite arrangements for th'
i Shipment Of fruit east OF New York eonls
be made Mr.. y. said that the Committed
. would have to have authority from the As
! ISOLATION 10 pledge at least Is or 20 cars pc
4 dav over any route that should be selected
4 Mr.. Fulton moved that Messrs. =. X
! Coehrane and X. n. Cummins be directed Z
y ascertain fully and specifically what faeili
q ties can be had for shipping fruit east o
a New York and that the Association b
q responsible for the Committees persona
h expenses.
Nanlove Hayes to the committee, AM
making Mr.. Cummins Its chairman.
The amendment was adopted, and tn
motion, as amended. prevailed.
In answer to inquiries regarding IN
probable extent Of the peach crop this sea
son the following information was elieitet
Q which shows that the yield in many local
2 ties In this county, as compared with IN
y production last year, will be very small
y Mr.. OOchrane said that not more tina
o 10000 baskets would be shipped from Mie
q dletown this year last year az, 900 basket
!. were shipped He estimated that 1870
: baskets would be shipped this year from M
!, Pleasant; last year 100000 were shippe.
j. From Armstrong; not more than 10000
i 30, 900 baskets, he thought, would be shlppe
u this year.
large crop around Smyrna and Clayton
i. Throughout Kenton and Duck Greek hui
D drecs. and from the Maryland line to III
Y, Delaware BAY was very natter ,ns ~. .o,,,