Middletown transcript., 1875-07-24

superior 10 any oars ever offered the shipper
The ventilation was complete asd the interio
arrangement Of the cars 10 every. way sati'
factory. That Mr.. Sharp assured the CON
mittee that everything should Be done :
make the cars in every way sstisfactory, Tn
cars are hung on passenger trucks an
springs and equipped with ''air brakes" ant
peaches will ride IN them as easy as in pas
senger coaches. The cars will carry 45
baskets or $4,000 pounds in crates. As the.
will run at high rates Of speed the compan.
will not permitan excess Of that weight. Mr.
Gailford met the COMMITTEES and assured then
that the rates named BY Mr.. Stanford were tn
lowest they could sonseat to offer.
The committee then waited upon Mr.
Hinckley, Of the p, w. q. B. R. R. Co., VII,
very promptly agreed to pro rata with the B
i O. Co., to points West, and taking tn,
route to Cincinnati, Ohio, the rate per cal
from Middletown to Baltimore will be $3s To-
or from Middletown to Cincinnati $3.50,
about 81 cents per basket. The committee
further report a. = schedule for west bound
trains to leave Middletown at O'Clock P. N.
Mr.. Hinckley will carry to Baltimore as low
as six ears, and Mr. Sharp will take any
number from one car upwards, as soon q
they arrive in Baltimore.
Some discussion was had upon the report
Of the COMMITTEES, - t. the hours Of leaving
rMiddletown, but the report Of The conmittee
was received, adopted, and the COMMITTEES
continued and instructed to conclude the ar
rangements reported. The Secretary added
to the report that be was authorised to say
BY Nj. Shatr that Al the openiss Of The sea-
son, 4 but one car daily was rscsived 1t
should b sent forward to destination By the
passenger trains
1 Mr.: Samuel Townsend, from tie committee
to visit Philsdslphia, relating to shipping
fruit direct to Liverpool vie the American
Steamship Companies ships made the fol-
lowing report, which on motion Of B. T.
Biggs vas accspted, the COMMITTEES continued
and Mr.. Townsend requested to furnish :
cspy of report for publication, which W
herewith present:
1--WE the undsrsigned COMMITTEES appointed
at an adjourned meeting, Of the Peninsula
Fruit Growers Association, held in Middle
town, on the,loth OF. the present month. to 60
to Philadelphia, and confer with the officers
and managers Of the American Steamship
Line, between the port Of Philadelphia and
Liverpool and ASCERTAIN from said COMPANY
II they could or would fit up compartment
fer compartmsnts) as refrigerators to carry
peaches to Liverpool at reasonsbls rates, and
the committee, Samuel Townsend, s. F.
shallcross and Richard ". Cochran, went to
on The 18th inst l, and first called
pn David b. Gummins, Esq, one Of the active
directors in said line. Mr.. Cummins vent
kth tie committee to the house Of Peter
virginia Qca lkhc irs.iba msnsgsrs Of said
Steamship line, and iatrodscsd the commit
ee. The Officers talked very snsopNgingly Of |
,ur propositions TO ship peaches tolLivsrpoel,
md they sent one Of their principal officers
WITH rs down to Queen street wharf, and on ]
'oaFd ofone Of their steamers, the tIllinois -
We were there met by ]. " Marshall, super
ntendeat engineer, and also by their port |
aptaisp ,aaA shown through the ship, The
teersgs cabin, forward, they offered to US,
md. also compartment underneath, (oa the
lsxt deck below The storage cabin hunks
re made to be taken Down and put up AZ need
d. Thisc cabin or space would store hand-
omely, from $500 to 5000 crates with plenty
+ air spaces, and the space below (on second
leck) will hold to 5000 crates. The stesr- !
go cabin would probably be enough space to
make thesxperinent with, and the only diff
ulty ip the way was the fitting pp Of said
with rsftigsrators They pro-
'ose that he peach shippers Htit up, Ourselves,
1cept ablowsry snd thstthsy would doit for
IS, We told them that We did not propose
o 60 into The steamship 5usiness, further
han to furnish them freights, if they could
axe it satisfactorily for rs and at reasonable
atess 1Thsy offered the space, or cabin, for !
wo thousand dollars 10000, which in our
opinion was reasonable, provided the fitting
Up is1 not tee expensive end radded to the
reight. 1t wasagrccd thatsif We cosld find
suisablei psrSon who would % to their COM com,
,any aud ft up their steamers for reason
'ble price, they would have it dose. That is
O. say, the four American built steamers.
Zach steamer, If the project answered could
nly take est one shipment, a. they are six
seeks making the trip however, the frat
hip might be able to take : second lot. The
hips have all the necessary machinery to at
ach at'blower9 to keep up the proper cur14f
pnt Of, cool air. After the refrigerator was
xed eue man would be required to attend to
he temperature. They told us the SEA tenn
erature would average about fifty degrees.
hey were very. clever and willing to use
very facility in their power to assist The;
each grower to extend the ARIA Of his market, Y
nd offered to take a super-cargo, or agent Of
alesman for the peach growers. over to Liver l.
poland bring him back free of passage and
oatd..a The only remaining and Important
ling is to find suitable person 10 arrange
,ea compartment into . refrigerator to BE- Il
ept at such temperature as will keep the
eaches sound. On motion of s. F. Shall
ross, Mr. II. N.isNilliu was added 'toths
ommittee.
Hon. B. T. Biggs offered the following rsso-
ltions of thanks ~ -
ResolUed. That the peach growers of Della
are return their tha1ks 10 the Baltimore
nd Ohio railrord company for the kindness
nd hospitality extended to the COMMITTEES on.
thursday last in Baltimsre BY the company's
ontracting freight agent, Mr.. ThossH lStah- Il
,rd, Jr. it'ss' sAla,eiif1s ".fszars itss
Resolved. That we return aour thanks tol
resident Hinkley of the Philadelphia, Will
lington and Baltimore railroad for cour tesies
xtended, aud for his liberality toward the 7
each growers BY making 4 pro rate freight
18th the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and
,e- Pennsylvania railroad companies deliver. :
,g our peaches. to each company without
Which were unanimously adonled.