The daily gazette., 1875-12-09
EDITION
tbe Delaware Gazette.
.o PEACH SHTPNIST' T6 nv
ERPOOL.
, LAW! SUIT PENDING.

5Isst . August, in the American steam
., ,;n ia1 1company's steamer "Ohio" from
snnniiRisdelphia sniiRi to Liverpool. There was
u. an hoard of said steamer, about
pu. tho,lsand crates of choice peaches,
,rder the written promise of said COM
INV nv that the steeragc compartment
aid steamer, was to he fitted up by
y. 90 said company as first class re
sn.;rerator, wy aDd kept in that condition
f,om , Philadelphia to Liverpool. We
Iva LA two thousand dollars. Upon the
p'rival of the steamer at Liverpool,
ss gossrs. Peter Wright 81 Sons, agents
~, said line in Philadelphia, tele-
...nhed to me, chairman of the COM
sta;ttec. who had bargained with said
Dompany; that our peaches were rotten
on arrival, owing to the supply of ice
wing out on the goth of August, lust
tsme ddw after the skip sailed, that,
Notwithstanding the peaches were in
srst rate condition for four days after
,he ice gave out I the 29th of August
makinc by this admission of the com.
oany. that they were solely to blame
tOr the failure and loss of the peaches,
therefore called at their office once,
N sec them, they were not in or
Sodeed. then wrote; they replied.
hal Bate, the person who put IN the
,efrirerator made the failure, and
animated we should look to him. ]
wrote back that we had nothiug to do
ri,h Bate; that had never seen him,
ro,did not wish to see him, that ]
harsincd with the aforesaid steamship
rompsny, and that we held them
rspOnsible for the failure, and that if
they would pay back to us the money
tbey had received of us, we would let
tbe matter go. They quibbled and
refused to do it. | then, to save farther
trouble, or law suit, took the respon
sbllity to write to said company and
make the following proposition, to wit
Each party to leave the whole matter
n dispute to Samnel NJ. Felton; each
Varty TO deliver to him all papers and
Tuuchers in their possession, and abide
bis decision. They wrote me the fol-
owing letter refusing this offer
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26, 1919.
saa9 Townsend, Esq,
IO1cRSeRd, Del.
DEAR S1R:-I have been considerably
sbsent recently, or should have an
swered your letter of the 10Th instant
sooner. can assure you that we SYM
pathize to the fullest extent with the
misfortune of your peach venture, and
exc disposed to do anything that
can reasonably be asked Of us, but
t-io g..
the question of responsibility for the
bad condition of those peaches to any
referee, you ask what it will not be
possible for us to gran; without dis
turbing all principles which protect
Us as carriers.
have no doubt YOU intend to be
very reasonable in making a PROPOSE
tion for reference and | therefore re-
gret the more that we cannot accede to
it, as We would like to satisfy you il
possible. As before intimatcd TO YOU
think fair solution of this dispute
can be arrived at the first time you
wish 10 make shipment.
Yours very truly,
G. A. GKrscom.
called a meeting last Saturday
week, the 9th of November, at Mid
dletown. Several shippers met in the
town, but we had no organized meet
ing, and the matter rests Just here
Every reasonable means having been
exhausted to try to obtain our rights
and justice from said steamship com
pany, and now, we either have to lose
all, after they admitted they made the
allure, or We must go to law with
them; there is near fifty parties to
that said shipment, and the said peach
es were shipped from Mount Pleasant,
Armstrong's, Middletown, Townsend
and Dover. Now to put this matte r
IN proper shape, all parties to said
alpment, who do not propose to enter
Ints law suit 10 obtain their rights,
and teach steamship company that
uleir customers have rights, also, will
please transfer or sell out to those that
Will try TO seek redress for peach
g'OWers and shippers. There is nc
use, or reason, or common sense in
Cl'slng railroad companies, and let
ms Steamship company go clear, after
admitting they did not do as The prom
lSed.
The entife loss by this Steamship
Sompany set down as five thousand
uoilars-two thousand crates of extra
peaches, at one edollar and a half crate,
afee thousand dollars, and two thou
s4au dollars each price to the company
Us freight.
w, as much as has been said OF the =
WH'& Is. K. Il. &C., the President of it,
al' Hlnckley, rs soon as he heard OF
ae loss by the Steamship Company
@nt orders to each agent where said
peaehes psS were shipped to pay the freight
srt Jack TO each shipper. | wish each
upper within ten days to signify in
n'lung what he has made up his mind
~ 10; either be party in the suit OF
"ansier his sole right and interest tc
Sytne w e other shipper who has back bone
No hallroad Company that the peach
.,alppers ever had dealings with ever
Gated us as this said Steamship Com.
any mas, and it ought to be sued il
toa no Other reason than 10 make them
'uor contract or agreement, &c.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
y. AIDES SUITS AND CLoAKs.-F. l.,
ibS aSnk OIL, Market street is closing out