The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-06-06
SOUTH BRANCH RAILROAD.
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EAsToS AND ANNOY RAILROAD.
Lebanon ILL., 100
patteuburg, 10000
Mdpale 10000
stanton, 10000
- 25tl 100
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
High Bridge, 10000
Annandale 10000
White House, $1,000
Junction. 2G0g0
--- l6l 0o0
pELvIDERF RAILROAD.
stockton, u 600
l.ambertville, l6 6l7
Bulls Island, Frenchtown, Milford
anu Reiglesylc, have not got
estimated,
Ribgoes on Pennington Branch es-
timaied, IOoCo
Neshanie, ON south Branch, esi-
mated, 20 900
East Aniwell shipped on Inc Bound
Brook road-Asher Higgins had
1000 baskets perhaps within
bounds from this station. $4,000
In the upper part Of Hunterdon county,
in the peach district, ! have failed to get
the amount. Thousands of baskets were
carted by the farmers through Pennsyl-
vania, finding better market for the
early peaches than to ship them to the
city. One farmer with an evaporation in
his orchard dried 200 bnshels-twO car
loads of peaches of 450 baskets. Each
were shipped from Lambertville to Gin
cinnati, the freight being $l7G on each car.
The prices have been very satisfactory
to the farmers. | am informed that King
Pyatt sold 81, 800 worth from nine acres.
w. b. Demott sold 81, 200 worth from
three acres. Three of our prominent mer-
chants in Pennington sold the following.
as reported to me, of empty baskets /:
VIM. Ii. Fulper, 40, 900 baskets and 200, :
600 covers Anderson Il Nevius, 80, 900
baskets and 100, 900 covers Richard SUIT
phin, 5000 baskets and $4,000 covers.
The Beecher Manufacturing Company.
located at Pennington, although not get
ting their building up in time to furnish
the supply Of farmers, made and sold
$4,000 baskets, making a home market
for timber, and furnishing employment
for large number of hands. Thousands
of baskets of peaches were retailed every
week in our numerous villages through
out the county, and in our sister counties.
You may safely say n million baskets
were raised and disposed Of in our county,
bringing in to the farmers over half mil
lion of dollars. Some of the peach grow
ers say am under the estimate rather
than above it,
Pears were general failure, excepting
few old standard trees that bore abuud-
antly, the names of which nobody knows
We have two creameries in our county,
one located at Sergeantsville, the other at
Locktown, both in Delaware township.
and only four miles apart, doing good
business, and having ready sale for all
the butter and cheese made. The half
skins are shipped to the Southern States.
Our county is selling large quantities Of
milk, several farmers putting it in quart
air-tight cans and shipping to Jersey City,
while others ship in large cans. Enor-
nous quantities are shipped from White
house station, on the Central Railroad
One creamery at Little York and three
creameries in Lebanon, skim the cream
and ship to New York both cream and
milk as high as 100 cans of forty quarts
per day, and others doing the same bust
ness, but cannot give the figures.
Not as large crop of turkeys as last
year, but chickens abundant. j. S. Will
sou, of Delaware township, raised 700
chickens f.; he furnished w. IL. Force, of
the County House with $3.50 worth of
York, and getting from twenty to twenty
eight cents per pound, alive. John Horn,
of West Amwell, shipped over LOGO
pounds of poultry at one time, getting in
return $340, while others have done
equally as we'll The prices have been
good all the season, bringing in our coun-
try towns from fourteen TO sixteen cents
for chickens, and fifteen to eighteen cents
for turkeys.
Vegetables arc being raised in our
county for market more and more every
year, and find ready market at home,
Clark T. Hunt, of Stockton, being the
largest raiser in my vicinity. Early, me-