New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-28
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.
WA2a9 E.AND1xo ouAAzHRs YRovDED At AAs'
ron EEoaxpA FRUIT REoEYvD
In COLD WEATHER.

IN nvaS trade q least that part Of II eonceanca
Sses4da products has At last got what II hes ionS
needed 3 steam.hea*cd pier. great ooea " so.a0.
fruit end early garden truck has heretofore oeeo
IN the sunny Southern cline, packed with osao' ~.1
by nil TO savannah there stored In tho warm noio.
az ,r,n steamsraps md brought safely through wilma
end wave to this port, ct great outlay OF uh'e suH
mooey, only to be nipped b. the Frosty nora0efn Ar
a. soon Is IL was taken out of It's oomfortaoie
on shpboard and dumped on the chilly piefs Oh 'o's
great city. .,,. 49,,
avkr when compared with the expense incurred oy
Nev.York merchants in keeping their conasnmcnSS
nom such fate. When fruftladen s'eahef ~ooio
be dsfted OF sandy Hook immediate WORD WIS son'
10 the consgnees trucknen were warned 70 % fosoS
ct sny moment day or nieht' 70 SaSe
tha fruit from the pier instantly, cover 1t
oar,tuIlv with tapaulns and hurry it. BY
HOOK or BY crook to the store Of its owner, where
heating rooms kept In the cellars In whcn Do store
the tender sub-tropical decacies Ii the tuc6men
couh not DO secured and the weather was below the
freezing point often paid the merchants better to nave
the seamship people heep the fruit in tho hold for
n time though this is always attended with consid-
cradle ex pensc and sometimes the privilege cannot Do
secured for love or money.
often and often. however. in spite Of eli this care
and hurry, one OF those annoying jams WHICH 'sAe
plsce among the wagons In west-st every day wouio
min load Of oranges tender Florida lettuce In the
were execrstng the drivers, and vowing that sncy
must DO 1t on purpose the poor mon were conscious Vi
the fact that hundreds of dollars worth OF proouce
vas spelling behind them, and that almost no eAcuso
would be accepted from owners and employers LOT INC
DELAY This state of things will be largely emeaieu
hereafter On Pier 35. North River. at Canalst there
has lust been completed . commodous, soe@m hea'u
vharf.shed This is what The Fruit Trade JOURNAL
SAWS about It, In gloating this great mproVee'
which should have been supplied long ago
Tho heated wharf measures fftysix feet Woe 0 0G
lB4 feet long, clear space, ana VII easi % donh,o
and perfectly tight and the shed IS equally Pf Tn
against any attacks Of Jack Frost on the OUTSIDE
sds Of the pier. aue sheltered from the north and
west winds which in winter blow across tno th. ~
River and after the fruit Is an on. anu cUo The s,r
and discharge their other cargo. LAZY eo 3s. sSd
ING up from the flooring OF the wharf glve nsIes a
ces to the trucks IN s Yea a to the nclosed por
tsnn and are so arranged that at five minutes n0lg
all heat needed will be furnished to any partesr pirs
&c cold enough To require It, day or might, the steam
will be turned There Is no reason 10 ah nt
the temperature VIII ever roaen n atar y ihe
which might endanger the oranges, no mater IL 'iio
The oniv other seam-hcated fruit wharf in this
fsrre rs this pier in NeaYoik. Many New York
receivers will be benefited by TINS acuon Inns I'd
surely long step forward In the right dlrecuon; tu
receivers here will quickly the great advantages
It will afford. 1870 81.
Oranges are damaged by standing any length OF
time in temperature Of o5 degrees or lower ana 'he
wharf will be kept Just above this point There Is no
idea NJ permtting the storage Of fruit on the pier as
&c done in the cold storage warehouses; but heealtt
consgnees need not be IN soch an asUy looms and il
il hoped that considerable trade may be thus oicceu
to their DOORS which now goes elsewhere