Smyrna times., 1875-07-07

OF which are to be through cars to Pitts
burg, and tho remainder may be dropped
off on the route, the following rates per
carload of 10000 pounds will be CHARGED :.
10 Lancaster $75, Harrisburg $S5, Mifilin
$lO5, Lewistown $40, Huntington SloO.
Tyrone $l2O, Altoona $3.50, Johnstown $l10.
Greenstown, $50, Pittsburg $50
The cars, whether in full trains or not. to
leave Philadelphia on the Pittsburg through
express at 6.l0 p NJ and will arrive ,t
flttsburg at 7.l5A.M. Time is not craran
teed, and the company take no risks
Peaches from Philadelphia to Buffalo.
Ellhlra, Canandaigua and Rochester, New
York, $3.50 per car of 10000 pounds. when
IN less than full train loads Of six. when six
cars furnished (leaving Philadelphia three
cars going through and three dropped ON
the way, the rate will be 5000 per car. TO
leave West Philadelphia at 1I.15p. NJ, and
arriving at Buffalo at p. NJ. (sccond dayl
The company will furnish good ears and
the best of ventilation.
Thomas Ii. Stamford, Jr., the FOREIGN
freight agent Of the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
road, was introduced to the convention
lie stated, on behalf of the companv. tLat
they would ship the fruit over the Balti-
more " Ohio at reasonable r.tos .,l
furnish the very best of ears. and run ON
amy time To suit the growers. The time
ir"m Baltimore to PittshIrg would be from
O clock, +. NJ, and arrive in the latter CITY
The following morning at o'clock. the rate
To b" $l23, and this, added to the rates
over the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti
more, $22.36, would make a total amout
per car Sl41.3G, 81 per car less than over the
Pennsylvania. The Baltimore d. Ohio road
VIII take peaches to Cincinnati, Sandusky
and Columbus i'll twenty-four hours, and to
Chicago and st. Louis III thirty three.
The Baltimore a. Ohio road promises to
make arrangements for the most liberal
scale, and promises to make every effort to
make shipping points am object 10 the
growers.
The committee on the Boston route re-
ported that they would not be abIetomake
the Thirty street route practical this
year but that Il route had been permanently
hy taking battcaux at Jersey CITY
to Harlem Bridge, and there taking the
New llavrn road to Boston. The rate l,cr
basket by this route would be fifty cents
the time, thirty-six hours from Middlctown
III Boston at & 0 clock ON the srron,
day. Ample arrangements for ,hipment,
over this route have bocn made, and it NAV
be considered as finally opened. The re.
port was accepted by the convention.
The growers then selected the following
points to which they agreed to shin during
the approaching season, and not to intcrt,.r.
with any other growers who had made a
like agreement: Governor John p. Cochran.
f. K. Cochran, Scranton; :. F
Shellcross, Williamsport; G.. p. Cochran.
Nauch Chunk; Ford a Colncsy4 Sunbury
II. Clayton, WiIkeabanc, Reading, Pills.
bury, thirteen cars, Harrisburg; J. b.
Clarkson, Lebanon and lIuzelton; Cox A.
Jones. Elmira; Samuel Townsend. Pitts
burg and Buffalo; VIM. Green. Pottsville;
II. Clayton, EaSton and Brthlchem: Shell.
eross n Hurs, (via Sd.sarras riycrD Pitts.
burg. (three cars per day; J. b. Clarkson,
Eric and lanvillc; 6. W. Ingram, Wilkes.
barre, 1.-TWO cars daily The convention
hen adjourned to meet ON Saturday next.