The record-union., 1894-10-24

Ihe following report OF a late meeting
Of the State Board of Trade will be found
Df great interest:
SAN FRANCISCO, October 9, 1894.
The meeting opened at l:30 p. NJ, with
Vice President j. 5. Emery in the chair
The following members were present:
y. ). Emery, Colonel J. p. Irish, A. A.
Hibbard, l.. G. McAfee Tyler Beach. j.
Il. Lankershim. w. II. Mills, B. NJ. Le-
long, Captain II. a. Messenger, :. ID.
Cole, }. A. Morrissey, r. Ryan.
The minutes of the last regular meet
Ing We're read and approved. The report
OF the Finance Committee was read and
ordered placed en- file. The Secretary ex-
plained that he had secured a new con-
tract Tor lighting the exhibit rooms.
which would reduce the lighting bill to
about SI7 per week.
The committee appointed to meet with
MT. walton reported that they did not
meet. Mr.. Walton being otherwise en-
gagged at the time Of the appointed meet
ing.
nIr. Filcher read the following report
regarding the Perkins process:
To the President and Members Of the .Cgiifoy-
ma State Board Of rGde-GENTLEMFN: AT
your last meeting, after listening to the able
remarks OF Rev. \. I. Perkins on his patented
process for preserving fruit in transit, Mr.
Mills moved that the Secretary be Instructed
10 adopt such methods as may be advisable to
report To the board at its next regular meet
ing what Is necessary to be done to secure the
completion OF an equipment sufficient to test
the value of Mr. Perkins discovery, That ne
De instructed TO Investigate the matter and
call 10 his aid such persons as he may see tit
with the view OF securing all needed inforna-
tion on the subject,
BY direction Of the Chair the Secretary was
going notion
Accordingly. gentlemen. went to work on
Lhe lines indicated by Mr.. Mills motion and
results.
found Mr.. Perkins was able to raise suf
uclent Iunds TO construct car, that A. 4
i1atch was willing TO provide sufficient iruit
10 load the car for an experimental trim and
that the Southern Pacific Railroad ConiDlny
was wiling TO haul the car or arrange to have
the car hauled to Chicago and return
Thus encouraged, [ pursued the matter with
the view OF trying 10 secure a test through the
agencies named before the close OF the nres-
ent fruit shipping season. l was gratitied to
nnd the agitation had interest ted parties able
10 put the process to a practical test, and to-
Qay am able to report that a company Is be-
ing formed of parties who are fully able ana
eagerly disposed to put the Perkins process
10 thorough practical test, with the view
IN the event OF its anticipated success, of hay-
ing everything in readiness to apply it to the
shipment OF the first crop OF 1898. Very re-
spectiully, ETC., j. a. FILCHER, Secretary.
Mr.. Mills moved that the report be
placed on file and that the Secretary be
instructed to keep on with the work.
Mr.. Filcher-Knowing that the differ
ent Boards of Supervisors would meet
about the first Monday in October. /
spent last week in the country | first
went 10 my own county, Placer, and Sc
cured from them an appropriation of
$50 for their exhibit here and also an
appropriation of $50 for better stand.
From there l went to Nevada City, and
secured their promise to appropriate a
proper amount to put themselves in
utilization with this board. From there |
rode on the stage to Marysville and found
that the \ uba County Board of Super
vlsors did not meet until Novembe
however, l met two of the members. who
said they would do all they could to Sc
cure the atfiliation OF their county with
the Board of Trade. Then [ went TO Red
Bluff, Tehama County. They had ap-
propriated Sl50 for a years cues. | ex-
planned that the regular dues were Sl5
per month and they then raised it S30 [
then went to Glenn County. They put
themselves in af1iliation with this board
and appointed Mr. Speck, an energetic
young man, TO attend to installing an ex-
hibit for them. | went to Colusa TO get
them to pay the bill due and to continue
their affiliation. They complained
good deal about the hard times, but
finally said their Chairman, Mr. Arnold
would come down and see about it, /
made six counties in five days and got
four out of the six, and think did pretty
well.
The members of the board considered
that Mr.. Filcher had done very we'll
Mr.. Lelong-It has been rumored about