The record-union., 1897-07-20
IMPORTANT TO PRODUCERS.
Fruit shippers Saved $1O5 Per Car
and Top Prices Received.


Some weeks ago reference was made
to the fact that the California Fruit
Transportation Company had perfected
| arrangements with the Southern Pa
cific Company whereby the latter would
forward fruit in its ventilator cars from
here to Ogden, beyond which point the
California Fruit Transportation Com
pany would carry it in its well-iced and
popular refrigerator cars.
This new service-by which the grow
er or shipper is saved a considerable
expense from here to Ogden-went into
effect a week ago, and the returns that
| are now coming in are very satisfac-
tory. 1t was not an experiment at all,
for the California Fruit Transportation
Company had operated in the same
manner elsewhere, and proven it to be
a success
Yesterday Manager J. B. Quigley of
this city received advices by Wire from
New York to the effect that the Sac
ramento River pears, shipped on the
10th, had arrived there in excellent
condition and sold at top prices. Tele-
grams were also received from several
of the leading Eastern handlers of fruit
highly commencing the plan.
This fruit was delayed on the road in
| consequence of the Christian Endeavor
blockade, but it was not affected in the
least. The ventilator cars in which it
was shipped to Ogden reached there
with interior temperature of GA de-
grees, though picked, packed and Ship
ped during the hottest spell experienced
in years.
Manager Quigley says the saving to
the shipper is $105 between Sacramen-
to and Ogden, or % cents a box, while
the fruit taken from there in the heav
ily-iced California Fruit Transportation
cars is arriving in the best possible
condition in the East. Shipments have
been made daily since the 10th.
The two carloads sold yesterday in
New York were sent by Westfall Bros.
& Co, who have adopted the policy OF
working up a business in cash sales
for the grower, as opposed to consign-
ments which may or may not pay ex-
penses.
The telegram below will show the
prices obtained in New York yesterday
by different Sacramento shipping firms,
and it will be noticed that pears shipped
in Southern Pacific ventilated cars and
at Ogden transferred into heavily-iced
California Fruit Transportation refr1g-
orators brought the highest prices.
Those growers who shipped through
Westfall Bros. & Co, using ventllatofs
to Ogden and California Fruit Trans
portation refrigerators thence, not only
secured the best prices, but also saved
% cents per box in transportation
charges.
To make it plain, If one will add %
cents per box to the prices obtained
through Westfam Bros. & Co., it will
be seen that it would bring their prices
realized up to an average of upwards
of 50 80 per box, which is very much
more than growers shipping through
other firms realized.
New York, July 10, 1897.
Westfall Bros. & Co., Sacramento,
Cal. California Fruit Transportation
Company: 1858, Coggsllall, 20 boxes,
So 15; 100, 50 10; 80, So 05. P. B.
Green and Knott, So %. Kercheval,
50; George Green and Hall, 81 %;
Eastman and Leary, 81 10; Lester
Green, 20. So % Balance, 50 10. 13,-
914 sold 50 05 straight.
Earl sold car from Sacramento, Marks
Wickerstrum, 50 05; Johnson 81 10;
Cannon, 50 O5@2 10: Leary. 81 05;
fancy, 50 80; balance, 81 05@2 10.
Porter sold Armona car Downing's,
50 1902 %; balance 81 9O@2 %. Rhule-
man sold Roper's, 50 10; Reed, 81 500
3D.
Heavy receipts Our cars in perfect
condition.
WESTFALL BROS. & Co.