The record-union., 1896-08-05
THE old and new WORLDS.
Markets Being Supplied by CALIFORNIA; 5
Fresh Fruit.
Remarkable Run Of q London Fruit
Train From Sacramento to
New York.

New York.
The California Fruit Transportation
Company's fifth European train of this
season left Sacramento last night. Five
Z. +. I. cars, loaded with fancy pears
plums and peaches, made up the spe.
cial. The credit for four Of these cars
Is due Porter Brothers Company Thi:
old and reliable firm, appreciating the
great benefits to be derived from send.
ing a regular weekly supply Of frui
to London, and thus to even a limited
extent reduce the quantity sent to the
Eastern markets, secured this frui
from their friends, the following-n named
| prominent shippers: Allen Anderson
Suisun, one car; Oakdale Fruit Com
pany, Davisville, one car; o. r. Run
yon, George A. Smith, Dwight Hollister
Jesse Aiken and Joseph Green, from
the Sacramento River district (jointly)
two cars.
The fifth car was provided by thai
very successful grower and shipper
Frank H. Buck Of Vacaville. Mr.. Buck
mas been London enthusiast from the
beginning OF these shipments, severa
years ago, and he attests his faith ir
this good work of opening UP new mar.
kets by sending at least one car Of his
fruit In every train.
Results to date this season have beer
very satisfactory, and advices are to the
enect that shipments Of desirable fruit
Will show good profit throughout the
season.
Another special trainload will be dis
patched under the auspices of the Cali
fornia Fruit Transportation Company
next Tuesday, the 18th.
FAST RAILROAD TIME.
The special export train which left
Sacramento at 1:3O a. m. on Wednes-
day. July 29th, arrived in New York
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. with
the fruit In fine condition, and by z
o'clock in the afternoon the fruit had
been transferred from the cars to the
coio-storage compartments of the fast
steamer of the American line.
AS will be noticed the time from Sac
ramento to New York was less than
SIX and half days, and it is doubtful
II such fast freight time for so long q
distance was ever made in this country
perore. This train consisted of ten c.
+. T. cars, and as between California
and New York 1t Is only necessary to re-
ice these cars once Cat Chicago), no
time was lost, except to change engines
and crews, and to take fuel and water.
by railroad people this is considered
remarkable freight run, and to the
Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Chicago
and Northwestern and Erie RAILWAYS
much praise is given for the physical
condition of their roads which makes
such run possible
A LONDONER's VIEWS.
California fruits no longer have to
beg for consideration at the hands of
the London dealers. Instead the Lon
don dealers are seeking California
fruits. At least that Is what W. H.
Anderson, senior partner Of the
wealthy firm of Anderson & Coltman
says. and as he was sent by his firm
all the way from London to investigate
the conditions Of the fruit trade. he
ought to know.
Anderson & Coltman deal almost ex-
cluslvely in canned goods and prunes.
The firm is one Of the largest in Lon
CON and has connections in France.
Italy. Spain and Australia, as we'll as in
America.
The consumption of California
canned fruits has doubled in the past
two years in London" Mr. Anderson
said to San Francisco reporter on
Monday. THE reason lies both in the
quality Of the goods and in the prices.
Seven or eight years ago California
fruit was SO expensive that only the
rich could use it. The middle class peo-
pie looked on it as a luxury that they
could not afford. Then California
fruit became cheaper The retailers
were willing to sell on a small margin
and the result is that though Australia.
Italy and France tried to get the trade
the California fruit was Of so much
finer quality that it was taken even at
slightly higher figures The name
california is a great recommendation
IN itself. 1t is so much so that the
Italian Gamers have been doing con-
siderable pirating by pushing their
fruit with spurious labels. To-day we
can give the retailer fruit at ten cents
a can. He sells it at eleven cents or
twelve cents. These goods are bought
by the great middle class of people.
AT those figures we can handle all the
goods the Gamer can send US. For
merly these same goods cost the re-
taller nine to ten shillings a dozen, or
about twenty cents a can. Then only
the rich bought California fruit, and
the demand was necessarily limited"
yesterdays OUTPUT.
Owing to the fact that the river
steamers do not make the regular trips
up the river Monday morning, the
amount Of fruit sent East yesterday
was below the average Twenty-seven
carloads started over the mountains.
of which 5A cars were loaded with
peaches. 3A with plums, u with grapes
and Is with pears
The fruit will be distributed as fol-
lows: Chicago will get In carloads
Peaches 3s4, plums ~, grapes ", pears
New York-Peaches u, pIums
11a, pears 7A-9. Boston-PIums u,
pears 1A-2. Pittsburg-Pears 1.
Cleveland-Pears /. Kansas City-Pears
L. St Paul-Peaches y, grapes Il,
pears Al Minneapolis-Pea u,
pears 81. Other points-Peaches u
pears III.
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