Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-28
BETTER THAN GOLD MINES.
HOW CALIFORNIA; FRUIT INDUSTRY
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
Great Increase in Eastern Shipments
An Industry that Promises to Over
Shadow Ali Others.

\
Shadow Ali Others.
Persons engaged in fruit growing in this
State cannot but be greatly encouraged
with the results of this seasons sales of
| fruit in the East. List year witnessed q
remarkable increase in the shipments of
California fruit to the East, bat this year
they will be fairly eclirsed by the quanti-
ties sent across the continent. The total
shipments from Sacramento last year
amounted to no less than 1927 carloads.
With at least six weeks yet remaining of
the present shipping season, there had
been forwarded up 10 two days ago . 1Ss
carloads, or 464 in excess Of the total ship
ments last year.
Allowing thirty feet for the length of
each car, these fruit-laden cars, if in one
train, would extend about thirteen miles
This will give the reader some idea of the
enormous quantity OF fruit sent to Eastern
markets thus far this season from this city
As each carload of fruit weighs about 81 500
pounds, this would make, for the 2,13S
carloads, 40 977 goo pounds, or % $685. tons.
These shipments are exclusive Of those
made over the southern routes from the
counties south of the TehGcaapi noun
/ tains.
Fruit shipments will continue, if the
weather should be favorable, until after
+ the LIST Of November next, and will amount
to several hundred carloads. If to the
shipments of green or fresh fruits be added
] Cf ria 4 rarcuspH trr1if reTs
! etc. the total output OF California orchards
| and vineyards for this year will De some
| thing enormous.
CALIFORNIA WE'LL ADVERTISED.
All the pamphlets and other publications
| that have been sent out by individuals,
resl estate agents and organizations of vsri-
Gus kinds, calling attention to the resources
of California-while they have not been
| without good results-have not done as
effective advertising for the State RS have
the grest shipments of her fruit to Eastern
markets this year, and "seeing is believ-
ing" and the people of the East have this
year had ocular demonstration of the fact
that California is wonderful fruit-produc-
ing section, and that-no matter how FREE
Quent Or complete may be the failures of
crops east of the Rocky mountains-this
State will see to it that the people on the
|
prived of luscious fruits in plenty.
| The sales of our fruit in the great mar
kets from Denver across to Boston, on the
eastermost verge of the continent, together
with the grand display made before the
| eyes of more than million people by the
California On Wheels exhibit that is
travelling through the country, cannot fail
10 open the eyes of the people of the East
| to the fact that there Is future OF uu-
bounded prosperity before the Golden
State. This should lead to tide of emf
grafton from the Older and comparatively
non fruit growing States to the Pacific slope
that will overshadow any like movement
in the history of this continent, not ex-
cepting that which followed the discovery
of gold in 164S. The following extract
from q recent number of New York
publication devoted 10 fruit interests, shows
| what deep impression the great ship
ments of California fruit have made upon
the people Of the East:
FAVORED BY CIRCUMSTANCES.
"The California fruit shippers must thank
the seasons and the pecuharities incident
to this particular one, making the Pacific
Coast fruit so widely known, and forcing it
so generally into use as has been the case
this season. This could not have been &C.
com plished in years excepting for the fact
Ludt, Gil CUneStlC lTull5 DtlHS sCaICS,
houses that have never purchased or dealt
in this fruit have been very free and large
BUYERS this season.
1t is true that the failure of Eastern fruit
crops this year has contributed largely
toward the great demand for the products
of California orchards. AS the paper above
quoted says, firms that had never before
dealt therein have this year been large pur-
chaseTs of and distributing agents for Cali
| fornia fruits And every house that has
handled these fruits this year will be GUS
toners next year, and in they years to follow,
and there will be an increased demand with
! each recurring season.
THE SHIPPERS STILL BUSY.
| Yesterday a SUNDAY UNION reporter made
tour of the fruit shipping establishments
in this city aud found them all still bUsily
engaged in loading cars TO be forwarded to
| the East last evening. i. w. Buck, Mana
ger for the California Fruit Union, in re-
ply to questions, said the Union was now
| engaged in shipping chiefly grapes. peaches
and fall and winter pears These fruits
were being received chiefly from the river
districts in Sacramento county, Vacaville
and Winters, Santa Clara, Placer, Alameda,
Kern and Tulare counties. The last-named
two counties had, however about COM
pleted their shipments.
The prices now ruling, said Mr.. Buck,
are very good for pears, but lately had
| shaded off somewhat, as regsrds peaches
and grapes. Last year the Union shipped,
all told, 991 carloads of fruit, while its ship
ments thus far this season have been l ,061
carloads. In addition to these upward of
100 carloads of fruit have been shipped by
members of the Union from Vacaville
and Winters, and many from other points.
He thought ii safe to say that the Union
had handled in the neighborhood OF l, 200
| carloads.
| Successful as the season has been, some
| drawbacks were frequently encountered.
| The chief one was delays on the railroads
east of the Pacific slope by which cars of
| fruit sometimes reached New York and
| Boston from one to three days later than
schedule time. The demand for fruit in
these cities has been much greater than
last year.
The results of the seasons sales, Mr..
Buck said, had been very satisfactory to
both growers and shippers, and, on the
whole. there was very little to complain Of
Fruit is now handled ano shipped in much
better shape thsn in past years, the latter
| result being largely due to the superiority
of the refrigerator cars now in use over the
| kind formerly employed.
Shipments will continue for some six
| NS6A5 Gu ui4tSS fSly otA "Sa.ICA ohOdiu
| set in.
W. STRONG COMPANY.
p E. Plat, who gives his personal atten-
ton TO this branch of the business of the
FIRM of which he is a member, was found
! busily engaged in looking up car-Toom for
large consignment of fruit eady for ship
ment. Mr. Platt was rs usual, LOADED"
with information on the fruiterowiDg and
shipping industries, but as his time was
valuable just then the reporter did not wish
to consume much of it.
What are you shipping chiefly, Mr..
Plat, was the first question, grapes, pears
and peaches, probably p
Eyes, these varieties constitute the bulk
of our present shipments, but we frequently
| forward others. There are 100 boxes of
choice ounces that we are loading to so
forward tonight"
Where are our supplies coming from
Oh, from great many plscss-Sacra-
menio, Ell Dorado, Placer, Yolo, Solano-
indeed, from nearly all the fruit growing