The record-union., 1893-06-02
FRUIT FOR THE FAIR.
A Matter of importance to County
Associations.
Arrangements Made for Their Prompt
Reception and Dispatch IN
Refrigerator Cars.

W. II. Daily, Assistant Traffic Manager
for the California Worlds Fair Commits
sion, was in the city yesterday on bust
ness relating to the matter of continued
shipments of fruit to the Worlds Fair
during the summer.
Mr.. Daily had an extended interview
with George H. Appel. resident agent for
the California Fruit Transportation Com
pany, which runs the refrigerator cars
across the continent, and the latter pro-
missed to give every assistance possible.
While it has been understood, in gem
eral way, that the State Commissioners
would receive and forward fruit consign-
ments for the several county exhibits,
there has been no definite plan arranged
therefor. The County Associations, in
order to avoid vexatious delays and COM
plications, have therefore expected to for
ward their respective shipments at their
own convenience and expense, each small
shipment to be consigned to their man
ayers in Chicago.
1t will be readily understood that this
would involve more or less delay, also,
and would complicate the matter Of re-
bates from the State Commission.
Mr.. Daly's mission is for the purpose of
arranging with the refrigerator car COM
pany to receive and forward with its
usual dispatch those several shipments,
all consigned to a representative of the
State Commission, who will receive and
distribute promptly the several small
shipments among the county managers at
the fair.
The proposition is to have these ship
ments centralized at Sacramento-the
headquarters of the California Fruit
Transportation Company-and from here
forwarded in cars billed directly for the
fair grounds, thus avoiding the delay of
transferring at Chicago and hauling by
trucks seven miles to the fair grounds.
This arrangement has been practically
completed, and in few days the State
Commissioners will have ready for dis
tribution among fruit-growers and
county associations circulars fully eX
planning the matter.
Mr.. Daily says, also, that the matter of
the disposal of fruit after its having been
on exhibition has been so arranged that
counties or individuals will receive its
full market value. The right to sell fresh
fruit within the fair grounds has been
sold to company there, which will have
lis fruit stands distributed about the
grounds, and all California fruits are to
be placarded as such.
Tins company will regularly collect the
fruit-such as is mark etable-and pay the
market price therefor. so that the net
profits to exhibitors will be about equal
TO that derived at the home market.
Due care will be taken to look after the
interests of individual exhibitors, as well
as of counties that have no regular dis
plays nor resident managers at the fair.
The agent at the fair will be notified in
advance OF each consignment, and will
therefore be on the lookout for it when it
arrives.
Mr.. Appel states that his company is
better prepared this year than ever before
to handle heavy shipments, having nearly
doubled its car capacity. 1t has now 705
refrigerator cars ready for the California
fruit trade the coming summer, and there
will not, it is thought be any lack of
transportation of that character, however
great the crops may be.