Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-11-18

Inc faFmefS regular monthly con-
ventiOn held at FELTON, on Wedne sdav.
i. u. Coursey, President, and Wesley
Webb, secretary, was largely attended
by the leading farmers in that part of
the country.
n. L. Underwood was enrolled AS a
new member, and routine business
was dispensed with after which Man
love Hayes was introduced and
opened the principle subject before the
meeting, viz, 1.-THE New Market Train"
recently put on by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company over their Delaware
Division for the accommodation of the
agriculturists and farmers gen erallv
along the line. The speaker opened
his remarks by reminding those pres
ent that the peach industry had been
depended upon and relied upon by
the farmer as the principle source of
revenue and profit in the wears gone
by but it can no longer he relied upon
as certainty as the past few years
will show. Mr.. Hayes spoke at some
length on the importance of devising
other products to take the place of the
peach.
John 7. Jakes was called upon to
explain the workings of the new mar
ket car in taking products to market.
He took the floor and informed those
present that he had rented stalls in the
new Thirtieth street market house
and in the Twelfth street market for
the sale of produce and shipped by the
new market car. The whole service
Is as complete as it eau possibly be. A
farmer can load his goods on the train.
get on himself and accompany it to its
destination at the thirtieth street mar
Ket where it is unlOaded and nut
where he wants it without extra
charge. The train runs directly into
the building, the company having
built tracks for the purpose, and it is
unlOaded before your eyes. Under the
Ola system man had to pay carriage
from the freight depot to the Dock
street maket or any market he chose
10 sell IN. The advance in freight
charges over the regular freight is ONLY
TWO cents per cwt. provided the goods
are accompanied by the person to
whom they are consigned; on the other
hand II they are not accompanied bv
the person to whom they are consigned
an advance of % per cent is charged TO
send your goods than it does to take
them. The terminus of this train
the new market house at Both and
Market streets, Philadelphia-is the
most complete place of the kind ever
visited by Mr.. Jakes. They have
cold storage, which, by the wav, is
Tree to those who rent stalls and in
TACT all the modern appliances for the
safe keeping Of meats and vegetables
that 1t is profitable place to carry the
produce, said the speaker, is shown bv
the TACT that there are $4,000 people
IN West Philadelphia to be fed and
now that this place is opened to the
pu0llc 1t will be depended upon to fur
nlsh the greater part of the provisions
used by these many persons as soon as
ii is known.
The expense of stall for two DAVIS
Tuesdays and Fridays, is less than one
dollar per week.
Inc following resolutions were of
iered IN connection with the question
under discussion.
RESOLVED, That the Discrimination be.
tween the rate charged those who ac-
company their goods to market and
those who do not should be rescinded
hesotUed, That those who engage in
tnls operative marketing and rent stalls
should have free railroad transporta-
ton where the freight on their truck
amounts to $500.
ResOLUed, That this meeting suggest
the prOpriety to the owners of P6ila-
delphla markets giving retail stalls
rent free for six months
The object in Eass!na The toragoiro
resolutions was to have these corpora.
lions, the owners of the market houses
and the railroad company, give the
farmer some inducement to patronize
their project
J. Alex. Fulton, chairman of the
Legislative Committee, read a report
which occupied nearly an hour ex.
planning the legislation effected as well
as defeated at the late session of the
legislature. He was given a vote of
thanks for his diligence in getting up
the report.