The record-union., 1894-08-13
MORE FRUIT FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE.
Departure of Another Special Train
This Morning.
That Forwarded Last Week Now On
the Ocean-Daily Shipments
Next Season.

The second special train of fruit for
London left Sacramento at o'clock this
morning. 1t consisted of ten C. f. L.
cars. each loaded with twelve tons of lus-
cious Californian fruit-peaches, pears,
plums, nectarines and grapes. The train
will connect with the steamship Berlin at
New York. which has refrigerators fitted
up by the California Fruit Transportation
Company.
The shippers who deserve to be con-
graduated on their enterprise are the
same as last week, namely: j. 4. Ander
son of Suisun, three cars; A. T. Hatch of
Suisun. two cars; E. II. Buck of Vaca-
vile, two cars; Pinkham & McKevitt of
Vacaville, one car; C. w. Reed of Grid
ley, one car; Florin Fruit Growers Asso-
citation of Florin, one car.
George II. Appel, agent for the Cali
fornia Fruit Transportation Company,
which is at the head of this important
enterprise, said yesterday, in speaking Of
the shipment of California fruit to Lon
don:
"Our company is exerting itself to its
utmost toward making the fruit ship
ments to foreign markets pronounced
success, and next season expects to make
this a part of its special service, the for
warding of special trains-perhaps daily
beginning with the luscious cherries, and
continuing with each variety of fruit as
il comes in.
by placing this fruit in reach of the
middle classes, who should consume large
quantities oil California's green fruit, it
Is almost certain that large trade can be
built up.
''The third special Will he forwarded
from sacramento on the 10Th, and will
connect with the fast-sailing steamship
New York"
Concerning the train which left here
week ago. Mr. Appel said:
The European special forwarded by
the California Fruit transportation Com
pany, on the 9TH, to London, England,
was scheduled by the Southern Pacific
Company TO make torty-five hours to
Ogden, but the run was made in forty
four hours and thirty-fiye minutes. On
arrival of the train at Ogden, it was
turned over to the Union Pacific Com
pany without delay, over which line
fast run was made, reaching Council
Blults at 900 2. NJ, on the 9th, an iLnme-
diate turnover being made To the Chicago
and Northwestern, reaching Chicago at
POO p. N. OIL the l0th. 1t went forward
on the Chicago and Erie without delay
and made the run to New York in thirty
six hours. The transfer was made imme-
diately on arrival of the train to the
specially fitted up reirigerators for our
use on the steamship Paris of the Ameri-
can Line, and barring stormy weather.
should reach London in six or seven
days.
Complaint is made that occasionally
the Eastern markets are so overstocked
with California fruit that prices are seri-
ously affected, but if London can be
brought successfully within the range OF
markets there should be no such thing as
lack of sales at good prices.
When IL was first talk ed of sending
fruit from this coast to Eastern cities but
few thought the experiment would be
profitable, but now the East is the only
market thought Of by our fruitgrowers.
Railroad rates have been reduced at least
one-half in the last few years. and fruit is
now carried thousands of miles across the
continent at little more than the cost of
transportation.
The improvement in the construction
of refrigerator cars has kept pace with the
reduction in rates, and there seems to be
no reason TO doubt that California fruit
can be laid down in London and sold
there at a fair profit to the growers if they
will but use good Judgment in the select
ing and packing.