Smyrna times., 1875-07-21
Tho MiddletOwn Peach Meo+,no

Aho m1dd1etOwn Peach Meeting.
Inc peach men held another meetino ot
Mlddletown on Saturday ottornoon -
was attended by about twenty of the largest
growers OF the Peninsula. Thomas II
: STANFORD Jr., Foreign Freight Agent of the
l''i'lmore d Ohio Railroad Company. and
number of commission men from Boston
and one from Chicago were present
Mayor Blggs, from the committee ,ro-
vIousl y appointed to wait on the officers Of
'he baltimore d Ohio Company, reported
that duty discharged. The committee
'ls'eo Baltimore on Thursday and were re-.
ceFeo ana entertained very Handsomely
ny those whom they had gone 70 coo
lhey We're shown the cars in which the
company proposes to ship peaches West
ana found them to be smaller than tbo
peach cars Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
" Baltimore Company. as they will boII
out 416 baskets or l4.OOO pounds wLilo +bo
i"''er VIII carry 10000 pounds. Owing 10
'il' cost OF hitting up cars and the lichtning
spec" at which they had to be- RIM thn |
company refused to transport beaches iron,
Baltimore to Cincinnati for less tbo, eo)t
per car. 1t would cost, in addition 22c m
10 run car oipeachcs from AIiddIoto,v, ;,
n"i'lhore' making the total cost 5000 10
per car from Middletown to Cnc;nnot;
equivalent to 81 cents per basket m
baltimore ~ Ohio Company will rpn tbo.o
cars on passenger schedule time. mol,i,
lhe distance from Baltimore 70 Cinc;nno.
&c miles, IN twcnty-four hours, probably
III less time. The cars will leave MiddIc.
Town at o'clock in the EVENING. will Lo
oeLVcred Ill Baltimore at midnigbt md -,
nour later will be started for the Wet.
lh'y VIII arrive at Cincinroti ut o clock in
the morning, L9l hours from Baltimore aud
30 fro-'r Middietown) and at Louisv;IIo AL ,
,"o,'haloIS o,. hours later. Tho Baltimore
" ONO company agree to start n train fro,,, 5
Daltilhore whenever there are six o,rs {
awaiting transportation. The succo., ~ t
'"e route Is assured, several gentlemen
having agreed TO ship eight cars doil,. - f
L",ci'ii"'l, I. one to Louisville and one TO Ii
indianapolis. -
MI hu"d supplemented Mr.. Bicgs' 20. c
port by stating that the Master of Tro,. +,
'ortatlon OF the Baltimore & Ohio Con,ro,,,. q
i'o agreed that in the early part Of a.. .,
eaSol, when not more than ono oo,. - :,
''"rneS might be delivered at Baltimore h
or me West, he would attach if 70 tho h,
.'"' 'lrough passenger train for that 500. w
ION ana transport it without extra cboroo W
nc reports were favorably discussed and ot
haliy adopted, and the hour Of storti,,,, sc
he western train from MiddIo+o,,.,, 80 =.
Xed at in the evening. =,
The committee was continued ~ =
SHIPPING PEACHES TO EUROPE Ho
me next business transacted was of WI;
cclded interest. 1t was tho raodir,, of po
he report by Samuel Townsend cbo;r,,,o,, en-,
the committee appointed on the promo. tn,
.ioh 10 snip fruit to Europe. The com. tn;
l'tee VISITED Philadelphia last Friday and SOC
ade known their business to the officors ne,
III agents of the American Stoorshi,, no,
'mpany, who at once became interostod =, of,
= matter they showed the committee but
rough one OF their steamers, the X,,o;e Der
~ agreed TO allow them to provide tbo hat
eer"ge cabin (forward) with refriperotin,, inn,
paratus, the company agreeing TO nut in der
g necessary fans. This cabin will bold bee
'ooo or $4,000 crates of peaches, which tho -
mpany agree to freight to LIVERPOOL for Il
Ooo and provide an agent, to look oftor Pee
d sell them, free passage to and from Cha
u place. The company also agreed 70 "mJ ",iI
the growers fit up compartment below MOI
CABIN which will hold 5000 or G.OOo ane
ties, If they like. They are wilIino tbot whi
If OF their steamers should be fitted ~, pm
the growers in the manner indicoto,i Va
'ne mean temperature of the sea is so de- look
es, the company have no doubt. with freq
per refrigcrating apparatus, they can .n I.ln'
peaches into Liverpool in good con. onIy
on. Each of the four steamers could with
e out probably not more than ono 81 G
Slgnment this season; the steamer first me,
ed out, however, might be able to take Yos
cargoes. ,,.on
IT. townsend thought that if tho ro the
Grating apparatus could be put in ot y terry,
OF $500, there was no good reason wbv IuuIi LaJ
NP'iiineht should not pay.-EUcrV In Il
ming. Mr.
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