Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-06-17

CONVENTION At Down, YKSTHRDA1-THE wv
DOLLAR oAH TAx-1aE PRRsKNT Coop EsTIHATrr
AT 100000 BAsxETs-yRu0HT TARIFFS ANn
NEW Observation-Disclosures 10 MOVE TEE
Speeds. b the con.weretai.
DovxR, June IL.
Ths peach growers assembled In convention
here. this afternoon, In tho Levy Court roo0.
Ssriok r. Bhalaoss, Esq, OF st. Georges. WA
elected President Of the association.
Mr.. Cummins made few Introductory. re-
marks, dsploring the fewness Of the member
present from the lower portion Of the Psninsu-
IA, and awarded to New Castle county the palm
| for enterprise and push In the peach business.
Upon . general request from the growers
regard to the controversy Of some Of the peach
men with the p. W. Il B. II. II. relating To
TER e5 pya cAR TAX
collected in 1S69.7O. Mr.. Townsend stated that
the entire amount collected up to May lat, and
the interest, would aggregate In round numbers
eS9. 900 that the Railroad Company. BY their
statement before the Legislature in February,
that they now proposed 70 Increase these figures
TO al, 900. 1his, he explained. would b. n the
ra.s Of e866 Per car for 1859, and eS34 foe' 10.
Several large growers have already settled upon
those terms, and he thought that all would even
tuAlly. He. therefore, thought that the conven-
where IL Is. ft
THE STATUS OF THE CROP.
was thoroughly discussed. and the following res
olutton expressing the opinion OF the oonven-
ton, was psssed -.a.es
Raeotusd, That In the onnioa Of The conven-
from present indications, will reach 5000, 900
bAskets, and that the number of baskets to be
shipped by railroad will reach At least 1000, 600
Mr.. Cummins introduced the subject Of
ynEIaHT AND NEW MARKERS
which was talked Of with considerable interest,
and the following expression was passed
Reaolued, That in view Of the prospective
enormous crop Of peaches on the Peninsula, II 10
the opinion Of this meeting that the freight
should be largely reduced on the railroads, new
markets opened ami growers ship only their
Geo. ". Cummins, E. R. Cochran and J. K.
Williams wero appoipted committee to wait
upon President Hinckley, Of the p. ". 4 B.
Company, aud consult with him In regard to .
reduction Of tariff raseA
MI. Hayes said that although no rates has, ~
yet been hxed by the road, he could say that .
very material reduction would be made In the
freight rates:
The committee on new markets and routes
were called upon for report, and Mr. Town
or less busy for some time and he thought that
the prospect for ruf bod
AN INoHKAsK OF MARKETS
TO the mountains and to the lake cities, a. we'll
~ to Montreal and Boston, are excellent
Mr.. Oummins stated that several growers bad
informed him that they had probably made ar.
rangements for shipment to the interior Of
Pennsylvania aud New York, and stated that tho
rate TO Buffalo would be el65 from Middletown,
with corresponding rates 70 other points, but
Mr.. Townsend thought thAt be was mistaken, ~
he had tile authority from M. Cassatt to say
that the rate to Buffalo would DO 4250.
Mr.. Townsend theA submitted the following
PROPOSALS. FROM RAILROADS
reaching the interior Of New York and Penn
sylvsnia, and to Boston.
PennsylvaniA r. Il For trains Of not lsss than
ten cars, rate per car 5000 lbs. $500. to Cam
andaigua, Rochester, Elmira and Buffalo. inclu-
ding empties back: to Pittsburg, $780,; time
from Philadelphia to Buffalo, twenty. four hours;
1 to Pittsburg sixteen hours.
Heading Railroad Leave Gray's Ferry At