Middletown transcript., 1875-07-17

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receipts for admission to which aided yer
materially 70 swell the amount gathered 70
the great 1876 Centennial Quite number
distinguished pcrsonages were present. TIL
oration OF the day was deliveredby Secretar
Robeson, after which addresses were made b.
by Congressman G. H. Sinnickson. NJ
and DR.. G. T. Maxwell, ofDelawarc.
Rikcr 4 Co's Rsfrigsrator.
| Having heard and read several contradie
tory statements in newspapers Of this Stat
and elsewhere ia regard to this project, you
reporter called on Mr.. Riker from whom
ascertained these facts They expect to hav
the building done by the first of August; ant
to do this, it will require large force 0
workmen. At present the cellar is being dug
/ in which will be placed the engine and freez
ing apparatus. The building will be franz
one 5ox5o, three stories high, and will hols
over 200, 600 baskets Of fruit, which the frn
expect to buy themselves, running all risk
| Of decay or accident. The engine u already
here, and lumber. and bricks are being pilei
near the placs Of excavation, at as great speed
as the railroad company can possibly com
mand. In the cellar alone $1,000 bricks will
be necessary to-the erection Of afoundatior
and all accompanyings
| This undertaking is looked upon as'af ex
pertinent this year. and should II prove sue
cessfnl, as Msssrs. Rikcr / Co. have not th'
least doubt il will, We may expect to have
other such buildings scattered over the PENN
sula next year. L.
The Peach Crop.
We congratulate opr peach growers on the
peninsula upon the really business like man
ner in which the several meetings have been
conducted that have been held in this place,
and we think they are now making rapid
strides in the direction of the successful solu-
ton oYths query of a few weeks since "What
shall We do with peachss2y The answer
seems to hs written on the face Of each grover
and might b embodied 10 single word,
'Distribute.n Heretofore this peninsula seems
TO have alternated in sections, never giving a
full and entire crop, and Of course no real ef.
forts have been made for shipments to points
other than New York city and Philadelphia
by railroad, and Baltimore and aPhiladslpha
by water, By the unprecedented crop prom
ised this season, this business has as BY magic
assumed size that is well calculated to raise
the query above referred to. But" Necessity
is the mother of invention, = and our growers
seem to have awakened to a sense Of the duties
before them. To give New York and Phila-
8delphia such an amount az can be there sold,
at price that will remunerate the grower,
and at the same time enable the consumer to
have our peaches a . reasonable price, .aad
thus instead d concentrating the crop at tfis
points named to draw at those points class
Of spectators, ii has become matter Of ne
cessity to distribute the fruits direct from the
orchard to points where they arctic be con-
Snmsd. And We confidently predict, that if
the plan taken BY our growers in their several
be carried out they will 6nd that
the peach business is not overdone, but that
We havs indeed . soil and climate best adapt
I'd to the growth Of the peach in the United
States, and next year our fruits will be sought
fsrfrom all points within 4s hours by rail-
road communicaticn and we now say to the
world We send you but samples Of our fruit
this season, and If you appreciate our efforts
next year we will send you supply. 2
Peach Growers' Meeting. ee IN
[R4rolTlp lol syHz rHAHscRIPT.}
, On Saturday last the fourth Seonyention of
peach srewets fshis si .sxioilityi was held and
organized BY calling H, CLAYTON. Essq.s to The
chair and !. Thomas Budd secretary II,
! Mr.. Biggs,. from the committee on Roston
and other new routes, stated the rates from
Middletown would be about $2l5 per carload :
That the train would leave here about Pm.
reaching Boston not later than 8 A. N. second
day; that the Penna. 4. R. had fitted up 100
cars and that shippers must charter cars to
insure 4 daily. and that no peaches could be-
shipped on Friday. Several growers an
nounced their intention 70 adopt the route.
Gov. J., P. Cochran selected Springfield and
Wooster; Il. Clayton, Boston; s. y. Shall
cross, Boston, and W. Green, Hartford.
Some objections were made to the rates
named to certain points by Phila. b Reading
r. B., and on motion of e. R. Cochran, a
committee was appointed to wait on Mr.. Bell
Of that road, and state objections made.
y Mr.. e. R. Cochran and Hon. B. T. Biggs
were appointed the committee.
Mr.. s. Townsend reported that the Penna.
B. r. refused to make any change in rates to
and suggested that Mr.. Cassatt be
waited upon and reduction of rates to cores
pond with other roads be insisted upon.
9 Mr., Green reported peaches about York and
lancaster, Pa. Mr.. Cochran suggested the
Of overlooking important points
near at hand such as Chester, Frankford,
Trenton and Newark, n. J., &C., and thought
Mr.. Freemen would consent to drop peaches
en- route. III M .ef =
Mr.. Cochran also called attention TO the fact
that the ferry boats at Jersey City ran every
half hour during the night and that steps
should be taken to have those boats run more
frequent to enable the carriers to get the peach
es into, New York earlier, and stated it was
said such change would be worth $500, 900 to
the growers, and the following resolution was
adopted i'''''''''' ~. eF..,'s.
Whereas it having come to the knowledge
Of peach growers that the boats, ferrying our
peaches over from Jersey City to New York
make the trip every thirty minutes until four
o. 'elock, P. NJ, therefore At
Resolred, That committee Uf peach grow
crs wait upon those who control the ferry
boats and request that boats be put on upon
the arrival Of the trains and run every ten
minutes so as to give the crates quick dis
patch. - *tiis.
Hon. B. T. Biggs was appointed commit
tee of one to see to the matter. -.
Considerable discussion was had upon new
routes and the determination Of the growers
appeared to be TO avail themselves of every
route and divide the crops TO those railways
and commission merchants who were most
wiling to assist in distributing to advantage