The record-union., 1894-11-22

be for al! concerned and the greater the
number OF active minds til at are brought
TO bear on the solution of the difficulty,
by the discovery of improved methods,
the sooner is the problem likely to be
solved note the observation that there
Is something wrong. when fruit can be
transported TO Europe in quick time and
low rates compared with service and rates
not apparently so satisfactory to domestic
points in the United States. Here again
the carriers are entering into the spirit OF
seeking TO aid the grower in finding dis
tant mark cts for California fruit product.
and are doing it as much in the interest Of
the grower as themselves. 1t would APP
pear strange that 1rult-groWer should
suggest that the carriers be restrained
from trying TO aid in reaching distant
markets IN this way, for experimental
purposes and to md an outlet for fruit
that Is now going 10 al overstocked and
glutted market. | cannot seriously think
that anyone should mediate anything OF
the Kind. The carriers in the project as
It stands now are lending their active aid
toward demonstrating what can be done
III the English mark ets, and If the project
proves feasible we sincerely trust that the
iruit-growers will be active sharers i'll the
resultant benefits. IN fact, II it succeeds
only III d!vertlng to The English market
that much fruit which otherwise would
be added To the glut III Eastern cities,
something will have been ACCOMPLISHED.
ours truly, T.. Il, SMURR,
General Freight Agent ). p Co.
Instead Of Ievying "all the traffic would
BEAR" the policy OF the railroad was, he
said, to fix such rates as would develop
the traffic, so that even at a loss TO itself.
the man who lived at distance might be
able TO get market for his produce.
The experiments with carbonic acid gas
have boon so far success. and promise
to work great good u the !ruit-grOwer,
but the company wants TO test il more
fully III very hot weather and will do so
the coming summer. II successful, he
thought he could guarantee!that the grow
ors will receive the benefit Of a large re-
duction. It is the policy of the company
to own ana control its own ears in that
case, but it could not probably be done
the coming summer.
He suggested that the committee confer
with the Refrigerator Car Company, over
which the railroad company has no con-
troll.
In answer to question from Mr..
Block as TO whether the shippers had not
been forced 10 the use Of the refrigerator
cars from delays, he said they had. y
COMMITTEES was appointed last year to
confer with the company and ne pro-
ceeded TO take the matter up with the
roads east Of Ogden, over which this
company has no control. He believed
he could make arrangements with them
by which shippers could use ventilated
fruit cars. He read Il copy of letter
sent on april :, 1891, to >. ii. Babcock,
General Freight Agent Of the II. CIV.
Railway, Salt Lake, proposing a schedule
Of time by which q fast fruit train would
be run to Ogden in June in 40 hours, and
from there 10 Chicago over either of the
connecting roads III from 80 to 9S hours.
Similar letters were sent to general
agents of various connecting roads.
Il letter to j. NJ. Munroe Of the L. =.
X. X. OF the same date. provided for Il
fast fruit train 10 be run SO as 10 reach
Chicago at midnight on the fifth day
after leaving this city.
These letters provided for q five-day
train OF ventlator cars, and also tor
trains Of refrigerator cars arriving III
Chicago in eight days, and an agreement
on that basis was reached with tho other
roads.
This programme, he said, was fully set
tied, but about the time it was ready for
operation the strike was inaugurated and
prevented all the roads from doing as was
intended until September, when it was
too late to make a start for the season.
The wish OF the company was TO encOur-
age fast trains of yentilatOr cars as he
had shown. He was prepared, if this
schedule suited the Committee on Trans
pOrtation, to meet them fairly and try TO
a. &C on I've III IeSaLu 10 In6 prOpOSlt lOn
OF one OF the members that the road
should pay forfeit in case the trains
were delayed, he thought it very doubt
fu, as the Eastern roads have plenty Of
freight 10 handle and do not care for green
fruit. What is crop OF great importance
to this coast is of comparatively little inn
pOrtance to them.
In answer to question by Mr. Madelv
he said that the company made no extra
charge for eXpediting trains. If they
were ten-car lots, it expedited them,
otherwise il sent them as ordinary freight
1t asked a release from liability on ac-
count of the risk. If it has TO carry the
risk, it would insure, and have to ask a
higher rate to cover the insurance.
y resolution was adopted that no even
ing session would be held, and that the
convention attend the citizens reception
given it at the Art Gallery.
n recess was then taken till 1:30 p. NJ.