Middletown transcript., 1875-09-18
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Shipping Fruit1 to Europe.

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/ Ea;tot u 1raascrsps In regard u
the much discussed subject Of shipping
American fruit to Europeap markets,
you will not accuse the writer Of med
ding with other mems business foreign
to his own, should be venture word
10 reference to the same, when he as
sures you that be was one Of the ship
pers interested in the trial made by the
Ohio, on August 26th. to the Amount
Of twenty-five crates Of choice peaches
Of choicest variety, prepayment Of
twenty-five dollars as vessel freight,
three dollars and twenty five cents rail-
road freight 10 Philadelphia. besides
the cost Of crates, preparing fruit, &c.,
and the loss Of all the same. -
Now we have received notice from
railroad authorities that the amount Of
railroad, freight is to be refunded. and
it is to be, supposed that the amount
expended as vessel freight will be re-
funded BY the Steamship Company !!
However, be thas IS it may If we
lose all money expended BY us on that
experiment, il is cheap one, inasmuch
as we assure ourselves that in the
future it can be made success.
Nowoathee business of transporting
american fruit aacross the Atlantic
Ocean to- European ports, 10 one Of no
insicni6cant magnitude, neither in the
undertaking itself nor in the pecuniary.
Importance to the American fruit grow
ers, she1 transporting company, nor to
the European consumers; hence bthe
necessity Of. q more general 4 and exd
tended preparatory outlay TO guarantee M
d practical Success, than was offered. BY
the Steamship Company in the con.
tracted sasd tooilscantily supplied yre1
frigerator on board the Ohioi In the
future trial, let the company y contracting
to carry our fruit, with knowledge
gained from experiment Of the OHIO,
provide sgreffigsrating space for ample
storage of asll.fruit' bargained for, and
let them remember that zee in saf6olent
quantity, to furnish the refrigerator
after the first supply, can be manqfac,-.
tured ID board tie steamer at less cost
than that created BY purchase, storage
and general inconvenience Of the inn
mense quantity Of natural ice needed TO
supply during theidwhole "trip Of two
weeks duration. The Ohio started with
fifteen tons Of ice which lasted three
DAYS (August 9th, 28th and 29th J,
proving the average consumption Office
in the vaults to Be- Eve tons daily, or
The whole amount needed for the eleven
days ID which to consmpmate1 their
journey would be- tiftyr6ye tons, which
amount, however, would be insufficient
should the steamer be nnavoidably de-
tanned on Its voysges Sevdrati days
hence sixty or seventy tons osiac wOpld
Be the least amount with, which they
could with any guaranteed safety leave
our shores then let the remedy Of sup
plying ice bylartifsial means bsFresorta
ed to : the continual imannfacture of ice
can handily be achieved by scientific
employees if the exterior of refrigera-,
tof'be provided with sheet iron tanks
or reservoirs into which shah be allowed
totdrain the water accruiug from the
melting ice and moisture from the at
rnoaphera. for; We are told that, the
condensed moisture from the atmosphere
passing over one ton Of ice IN the vaults
DE- fruit reffigerators almost or quite
equals in bulk the amount .of ,Watsf'
produced by the ton Of ice when melted)
in, such manner as it may be- subjected
to the congealing influence. either in ae-
cordance with the regular mode Of pro-
ducing artificial ice, and replaced in
refrigerator thereby, having the assur-
anoe Of . continual supplyaa icss From
the same amount with which they began
their trip, and should they be 20 unfor-
tunate as to be detained several days
Gas vessels frequently are in nearing
the English and Irish coasts) ensroute
to their destination, they have ever be-
fore them the. means Of keeping up q
supply Of pure, ,icc, without having their
cargo crowded out 7 by tie immense
,amouns Office requisite for consumption
should they depend entirely upon their
first supply. Wild Roses.
Lsssh, Da., Sept. io,y Is75.sd % ~ons'
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