New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-15
AMERICAN FRUIT FOR ENGLAND.
REDUCTION IN FREIGHT RATES BY THE AMEn1'
CAN LINE INDUCES CALIFORNIA GROWERS
TO SEND THEIR PRODUCTS ACROSS THE

TO SEND THEIR PRODUCTS ACROSS THE
ocEAN-A LOAD on THE PARIS.
The pioneer fruit train, which marks the rehe"ss
OF the shipment OF California fresh fruits direct "
London by trainloads, arrived ahead OF time Q"
Monday night. Soon after sunrise yesterday "s
5000 packages. weighing 40 TONS OF the luscious
produc;s OF the Pacific Slope had been slowed
away in the refrg rtlng artments OF the Amer
lean Line steamship Paris. which will carry them
to Southampton whence they will be transferred by
special train 10 London
When Tribune reporter visited the Paris yestes'
day he found the compartments hermeticaiiy sealed
and the refrlgerating machinery in full operation.
The COMMITMENTS will not be opened probably until
next Wednesday morning, one week from 'o-oaS'
when the Paris arrives at southampton
The process of refrIgerating Is the same as tnat
for the manufacture of artificial Ice recently de-
ecribed in The Tribune except that simple retreera'
ton and not the production Of ice for consumption
Is the primary object: there ls no hiterng OK
water converting 1t into steam nor condensins II
back into purified water. Coils OF iron pipes hileo
with strong brine are set inside OF large am"o"'s
boxes or reservoirs, which are n.ed with compressor
ammonia supplied by ammonia condensers opera'so
by machinery. Contact OF the ammonia WIN 'he
external surfaces OF the brine-hiled COILS reduces
the brine to such a low temperature that when II ID
forced thence straight pipes which traverse the
ceilings of the refrigerang compartments the latter
pipes become incrusted with snow-ice ABOUT Two
inches thick, and. the machinery IS kept con-
stantly at work, both day and night. an even
,emnerature OF from 80 to So degrees Fahrenheit v
assured
The fruit sent to the boat yesterday was OF various
kinds but choice Bartlett pears predominated IL
was all in excellent order and the shippers are con-
fdent that 1t will arrive In London In Sood market
able condition As announced in yesterdays IT'D
une the experimental shipment OF California fresn
fruit direct TO Lonuor abandoned two years
haca IF he
a carload which was exacted for transportattio"
from Sacramento Cal. 10 London since thei.
however by special arrangements with the ralirouS
and the American Line of steamships: the rate mas
been reduced to 500 only about SO more tnan
that from Sacramento to this city This averages
only about 20 cents package. Inc tailtornia
growers and shippers have been greatly encourased
and feel confident that they will De able hereafter
prodtably TO make similar shipments weekly;
The enormous product Of the Pacific, S1ope, OF
Florida and other prolific American frTt;srowins
districts and its rapid increase in volume iong 4s9
demonstrated the necessity for some outlet 0eyon1 ono
rne home market; This Quiet. II is now eenerdny
believed has been found and fruit growers and 9ip.
ners of all districts anXlousiy awaiting retnrps
from this shipment which II favorable. VIII ne re.
ca rded as showing that American fruit growers ana
shinpers may in future largely depend upon dis-
posing of their surplus crops In TRANSATLANTIC
vpar ketS