The daily gazette., 1875-08-03
For the DeldaodTe Gazette.
Peach Growers and
Shippers.
and Maryland. Who shtp Peachss
"a Market by RatIread. r~-.

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and Maryland. who ship Peachs,
"a Market by Railroad. lr-.
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Five weeks ago the first Of q seriei
OF peach growers meetings was held Z,
Middletown, and at that meeting, nd
doubt by special invitation, q freight
agent Of the Baltimore e Ohio railroad
was there to offer inducements 10
peach growers to ship peaches from
! Middletown to Cincinnati, and Other
western towns, via the Il. q o. r. r!
and the promise held out that peaches
could leave Baltimore at any hour.
At the second or third meeting held,
(for these meetings were held Q week
apart some growers proposed to give
$S24 from Baltimore. to Cincinnati and
q COMMITTEES composed as follows, Ben1.
T. Biggs, Henry Clayton, Thomas
Cochran and II. II. Willis, was ap,
pointed to 60 to Baltimore and confer
with the said railroad company. They
went, came back, ana reported THAI
the Baltimore d Ohio Co.. would At
up cars with shelving that would carry
fourteen thousand pounds; and. fot
such car load would charge two hun
dred and twenty-five dollar2, and at
pro rata freight with the p. > ". q
B. Co, to Baltimore. The freight on
car load of peaches Of fourteen thou
sand pounds, from Middletown 10
Cincinnati, wotid be shout Two hum
dred and sixty dollars, and itwas sup.
posed that was 1nal; and Q line Of ovef
six cars were made up as it takes si1
cars on any road to amount to q spe!
cial train, and right here In the meet!
ing 1t was stated by the said railroad
agent to me, when I called out for In
formation, that the trains lid NOT, as
was supposed, leave Baltimore at any,
hour, but only at the hours Of 10 p. "a.
and 9 a. m. Then there arose . dis
pute In the meeting; one portion con-
tended the trains would leave Balti.
more any hour, and others, as this
agent stated, 10 p. "a. and 9 o. IA. and
finally Joseph Walker pulled cut pa
per that he said he got from the head
superintendent, A. ID. Sharp, and this
document stated Top. m. and 3 a.. IN.
Thia showed the time aad b. T. Bisgs,
chairman Of said committee, was re-
quested to either 60 on or write on to
Baltimore, to know exactly what the
company really meant. He did so,
and received dispatch from Sharp,
saying that he would only leave Balti.
more at 10 p. m. and ga. m. Now,
peaches picked In the afternoon near
Middletown, and intended to leave
Middletowh as they supposed they had
arranged, at 2 p. H., could not reach
baltimore at 10 p. m, but the Eastern
Shore peaches could and then for these
peaches that left Middletown at D.
m., after arriving in Baltimore would
have to lay over until q a. IN land then
arrive in Cincinnati at 9 OF 2 the next
morning, after the Eastern Shore peach
es that left Baltimore previous on the
10 p. m. train, and had filled the mar
ket before the MiddletOwn peaches
arrived; therefore the Middletown
peaches probably would not sell for
enough to pay freight.
Last Monday l went to Philadelphia
and called ON Mr.. A. J. Cassatt, Vics
President of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad and asked him what he could
do, and here follows his letter
PENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD Co.,
Office of the I'D vice.P President. :
Philadelphia, Pa. July Goth.
Samuel Tssosead, Esq.,, .:
Townsend, Del.
DEAR SIR:-We will name rate of
two hundred and fifty dollars per car
of sixteen thousand pounds, ON peach.
es from Philadelphia to Cincinnati, in|
train loads of not less than six cars.
Yours, Truly,
A. ]. CASSATT,
I'd vice. President.
The letter not giving the time of
starting and the time required to rum
from Philadelphia to Cincinnati, I
wrote to Mr.. Cassett, and here follows
his telegraphic dispatchto me:
PHiLADRLrHIA, Pa, July 81, T6.
To SAM'L. TowNsRND -
Referring to my letter OF yesterday,
If you will give rs trains of six Car
loads or, over, all destinced to go
through to Cincinnati, we will rum
them through at any hour they reach
us kere, and will put them into CID
cinnati in twenty-five hours. l;la 4
A. ). CASsATT. 4
On last Thursday Messrs. Serich +. \
Shallcross and Thomas Cochran, met
Mr. Sharp, of the Baltimore & Chic r.
r. in Mr, Kenny's Office, Philadelphis,
and he told them be only would run
trains at ~ p. n, and 8 a. Ne, They 4
then went over to Mr.. G. K. Ide and
ordered cars for Cincinnati, via the
Peansylvania railroad, who have made
and published joint tariff with the
p, W. & B. r. r., and the charge by |
that route as far down as Clayton is
$3.50 for sixteen thousand pounds to
Cincinnati, which any person will see
is cheaper than. the Baltimore q Ohio
for their charge from Middle
town to Cincinnati is two hundred and
sixty dollars for fourteen thousand
On last Saturday an addition
al person came to the meeting from
the Baltimore s. Ohio railroad. vary |
ing previous promises, and trying to
make up, q line via Baltimore; how he
may succeed, I neither know or care.
But this should be borne IN mind that
it was admitted at lsst Saturdays
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