The daily gazette., 1875-08-31

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OIL are aware that at an adjourned
meeting of the Peninsula Fruit Grow
ers Association, held in Middletown
on the second Tuesday In June, that
brought before the meeting q resolu-
ton to try the experiment of shipping
peaches By the American line of steam
err t. Liverpool The proposition was
entertained favorabl1 By the meeting
and l was appointed chairman OF :
| committee OF three--Meqsrs. Serirh r
Jballcross and Richard Cochran were
appointed the other two of the com
mittee. We three proceeded to Phila-
delrhia, and to the Office Of Messrs.
foter right aud Son, the agents Of
the American Steamship Line, ana
opened up our proposition. 1t vas
faToTabiy receired, and Mir Hancock,
the freight agent Of the steamship
hue, Was sent with the committee TO
the snip We went On board Ani
looked at the arrangements OF the veg
sell The steerage cabin forward suited
! US ior location and size. We inquired
the lowest price that this room would
cast nSed up a. refrigerator. Mr.
hsncocL replied that the room or com
partment would he worth two thou.
sand dollars, but that the peach shin.
p, per7 must be at the expense Of fitting
it up, and We replied that we did not
, propose to 60 into the shipping bust
ness further than to furnish freight
We talked over the supposed cost Of
httlng up said compartment as a suita-
Die retrigerator and keeping it m order
during1the passage; the supposed cost
ranged from tvc to eight hundred dol
lars The time was then fixed upon
When we 7uppOaed that good suitable
peache7 would be ripe, and the 2Gth OF
| August Wa the day fixed upon, as the
vessel, the steamer ohio, sailed on
| that day la the meautime the team
ship company received and discussed
the plans and propositions OF the diff
ierent patentees 0t Tetriperstors, and
finally adopted Batea patent, and en-
ployel Bate7 Ia tN up the 4teer1ge
compartment at If the steamer Ohio as a
refrigerator t. take the peaches. Messrs
Wright & Son wrote me that if would
cost twelve hundled dollars to fit it IN
ana that IL the peach growers would
pay one-halt, or six hundred dollars
theY would 90 on with getting ready.
laid this proposition before an al
1ourned meeting at Middletown, and a
resolution wa passed II give twenty.
four hundred dollars tor the said com
partment already fitted up and for the
passage and board out and home taz
they had previously offered to dol 81 i
super carfo for the peach men the
company wrote back that they would
take twenty-five hundred dolar3 and
/, at another adjourned meetin. At
Mhdd!etoTn, laid this proposition he.
lore the meeting and il was accepted
then nothing remained but t. yet the
peaches ready by the 2Gth the sailing
day Of the steamer and III spite uf
self-conceited 1roaier3 there were
trne patriotic, liberal m5n enough to
furnish e,053 crates, aui : 0f0 Liled
the space, which lett AZ crates TO dis
pose Of, which Tas done il Philadel- |
phia, and the mouev Will be returned
TO the parties owning them Hove-er.
| think the true number shipped vas
about 1900 for there va. j mistake
or 10 from this place, made b. the
shipping clerk in Philadelphia Below
| give list Of the shippers aud where
from. In this enterprise. as n nv
first great one to get by PHILADELPHIA
to New York, have had pools and |
poohs; and guess it cannot be done 1t |
will not pay; and It caanct tc done |
and all such consoling music / am
used to hearing from narrow minded. |
mean souls in the peach business. Gut
when line was opened 10 jersey City |
against their cToaking they took good |
care to plant peach trees, and this
year have crop aud to make sale
advised the opening OF " estern mar
kcts and sent the first full car load di |
rect from this Peninsula to Chicago,
and they are following ne there as
they did to jersey City until it IS glut
tel The venture or the undersigned |
liberal men who ahipped b. the steam
er Ohio ia now on the orean, and il il |
proves a failure, Il told you SO |
knew il would not do But let it sue
ceei. and each hog OF peaches sell for
ten or twenty dollars in geld, these |
chicken hearted peach growers will |
crowd around to 60 s. iiies crowd |
around molasses jug
4 list ot all the shippers aai where |
they arc from as given to me, and IS |
near correct a. cau he AMI the dumter |
Of cars shipped in
G0vFG CAR, 2Gl4
,yltal crates