Daily Republican., 1882-07-07
PEACH CONVENTION.
,r,oI IN DOVER YES.
ONvh.TV-NRRANGING FOR
TfSTS. STTSS.NsPORTAElON'

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9ryNo"Gi~sula was held yesterday
be PeUITh III the Court House, at Dover
IGDoon inDre ~ 'T was smaller than anticL-
N attenaau"oSy those present were j..
ted. ;sr AnJESl Fulton, Thomas Draper.
le1apua'iH Hayes, Thomas X; Denny
splOvet t,6nrv nnS Ridgley, of Dover; r.
d Dr. Henry and Col. Geo. w. Cum
Cu99ps;~upy % s~yrna; A. L. Hudson, Sa'Gt, q Of
lbs, Of S%T %H, F. Causey, of Milford;
Dayton Ca Cochran, of Middletown;
pd Z. H. willard Salisbury, Richard
srring'OoaD 'OoaDs,nned 5 seats in the hall. The
b also @ %Sst SSs called to order at 2o'oIock
getting W., wonSsr Fulton, Esq, and on
.g,a :, d., Henry Eidgley vase was chosen Sea
EsjP@an S%on DI and Mr. Fulton elected sec
Ptary,D u Cummins then arose and
n MI '.SEnripaiped n al the object of the meet
lly eApiS XXI Tas to consider the inter
g, Wa'oIj Clone of the fruit growers and
rs nCI an,ares a,J" 10 be derived from
y SGStTI h"t Also the interests OF the rail
en' uS "" transportation companies
a. !, ans ars ratroniged to a large extent.
hlCn S.S OK tSs route to the East has
nce ,Tsr IS'Y t6e he New York and New En-,
pen O'U1 ,'.ilroad, Mr.. Cummins described
anu antS '1D and stated to the growers
erOuW "" ,bo managers of the road
tSTnI y nOt entirely fulfilled their agree
pa NV Sooswse o Of the slow time made
81. ! .bs U' freouent delay of the trains,
y ~ IG A. not reach their destination
MN l%i IL II and u o'clock, when they
W. VIA arrive at 6 or s in the morning
VurT "nrssd n upon, thus entailing a serious
S sO tSs gro Eers. The speaker then
u.S %i that peaches be shipped this sea.
u Nv ' aome other route and spoke OF
sSvantages to be derived by ship
uStbsm by the Shore Route, which
y !. I.ombnation of four railroads.
SSotber thing to be considered was
r,cp'sty of ample time to gather
nsacbes and ship them from Dover
KAT thpy would be delivered in Bos-
Is mex, day, and cities in Maine,
~ Rrnnsglck, Neva Scotia and other
'U,' in the extreme East the second
' This would fHrnish advantages,
A thp sneaker, we pever bad before
We would realize % cents more per
pShpl The third consideration is the
ressity of quicker time over the rail-
~dV and trains should run at greater
Nad and shipments COuld be made
twpen Dover and Boston in sixteen or
ysuteen hours instead of twenty. It is
cessary that trains should run at the
bCttwenty five miles an hour which
nal be done, as has been stated by an
railroad man. Mr.. Cummins spoke
another need, and that was a reduc-
b in the freight charged IN peaches
New York and Boston. The freight
aVed on strawberries from Clayton
Boston is S1.2O per 100 pounds,
hile on peaches it was $1.40 per 100
unds. At the rate of ST. 2Oper 100 lbs.
freight on a bushel of peaches
build be Just So cents while at 81. 40
\ 100 pounds it is just AZ cents. An
hs point considered by the speaker
@ the return of empty baskets, and
said that a more satisfactory ar
nUement must be made for their re-
rn, saying that the present mode in.
lives TOO much loss, and baskets cannot
used more than two or three times,
ben they should be used five or six
nS To remedy this evil, commit
OisCdve, earnest and determined
en, who mean business all the time,
ID will stick to it, should be appointed
confer with the proper railroad Off
aiS and urge upon them the import
100 OfCCOperating with the growers
d the necessity of making such ar
nGementS for the transportation of the
@pectiVe large peach crop as will re.
II ia remunerative returns to the
overs for their fruit and make them
ore hopeful for the future.
The following resolutions we're offered
Mr. Cummins, and after considera-
ediScuSSiOn upon the different points,
iaCipated in by Messrs. h. H. Cum
InS J. A. Fulton, Geo. W. Cummins.
H. Cochran, J. s. Chamberlin, a
piston commission merchant and 9th
they were adopted.
Resolved, That a committee of five
appointed whose duty it shall be to
lller with the proper officials without
Ay for the purpose of making suita.
arrangements for running the trains
Tue transportation of fruit at such
Os as will give TO peach growers am.
tIlne 10 pick and deliver their fruits
we cars Also TO impress them
a NJ Ils necessity Of using the Shore
laOSa from Jersey City to Boston in
~ tnat we may have better facil-
y snorter time and more prompt de-
ny Oh the fruit for sale at the earliest
AaOlVeG, That fruit destined for Bos.
auu other markets East should be
,,Hsa IN Boston early in the morn
~ 'ne Gay after shipment so that it
yuesold in time to be sent by the
tVuaserS or dealers to all the mar
snusIlbIe "avGsSslbIe by rail in Maine, New
aanpsllre, Vermont, Rhode Island,
I%IsaCAuSetts, ~ where it should arrive
W. morning of the third day after
pp'oly p''ay IN the cars by the growers.
,,Sv SsSVIVeu, That the transportation
SS on trnit hitherto has been 80
saat In many cases the growers
't,SaT'Soiutely ,So' not received any money
,t'u ne't iTult after deducting freight,
s"S ~s' ald commission, and that after
oT.,sy n.y. years experience very many
|acS SStS o,i nave been obliged to abandon
Su culture, pull up their trees and
|,% OSCs oa. 10 'he cultivation Of the usual
Ssila VtoPs' That in the county of New
r,"". O at9ne, from the most reliable
s,So,S VI information, it is estimated
A aDsir il million trees have been pulled
Rs.OI,n. Ru,ng ihe last five years.
o"% ~o'S%Sly'd, That the peach gro wers
iSs S4't u receive at least one-half of the
w. So Suat The fruit sells for in market
iUU , ~ guSt proportion, the other halt
kns1vaa u .aAen TO pay freight and other
ssOt uoss, 81 and therefore it is the Judge
at Si ,So the most experienced growers
few Ve vo lfelght on n carload of fruit to
5Ovs, tOrk s.aI should not exceed SIS from
ll5anSS1 nSS1aaon, and to Boston not over
aoOs u sia = pro rate from all other sta
RSVTong the Delaware railroad.
ke bs,aSeu That this committee be and
bsolUii"U.y Instructed to present these
als, ANUS aD% 10 the proper railroad off
|bcs Of uu urge upon them the import
heOtsT fo making all necessary arrange
brQs ne". a transporting the prospective
bal ip,S'an pUuVn crop as may be for the mu.
|Ortstiopni OF the growers and trans
'ialr " companies but more esne.