Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-19
FOR REFRIGERATOR CARS
New Mexico Fruit Will Go East Here
after in Refrigerator Cars Labeled
New Mexico Fruit"
Lorion Miller, Secretary of the Bureau
of immigration, Writes to Hon. F. A.
Manzanares Concerning the
Refrigerator Car Scheme,
and Gives Some Good
Advice to Shippers.

Hon. r. A. ManZanar66 ana SeCrebary
Lorion Miller of the bureau of immigra-
tion, have at last been successful in in
ducing the Santa Fe Railroad company
to put on a line of refrigerator cars, for
the shipment of New Mexico fruit to the
eastern markets. These gentlemen have
been working for some time to get the
company interested in this matter, and
the proposition was first broached in the
NEW MEXICAN through an article from the
pen of Mr.. Miller several weeks since.
The cars are to be labled "New Mexico
Fruit" which will be great advertise
ment for the territory. Parties have
to whom this fruit can be consigned and
who will dispose of it to the best advant-
age.
Rates are made so that New Mexico
fruit can be put on the market as advan
tageously as that of California.
The gentlemen who have brought this
change suggest that the first fruit growers
of the territory meet at their earliest
convenience for the purpose of making
necessary arrangements IN regard to de-
tails of shipment from their respective
localities.
In this connection The following letter
from Mr. Miller is timely and should be
needed by New Mexico fruit growers:
Chicago, Aug. 1O.-Dear Sir:-I have
been here two days and find Mr.. Davis
absent, in New York. I have, however,
had in hand Mr.. Morton and Mr.. Biddle
and feel assured now that we will get our
refrigerator cars that you suggested at
the meeting of the bureau of lmmigra-
tion. We can have as many cars as we
can keep filled. We will arrange stations
at which fruit and vegetables can be re-
ceived and nothing will be permitted to
go into the cars unless properly packed.
think the shippers and fruit growers
should at once form an association so
that this mode of shipment can be placed
under business management. There
should be some one person at each sta
tion where the car will stop to receive
produce, authorized to see what goes in
to the car, and see that the car does not
leave the territory only partially filled.
I will endeavor to have cars put on at
once or as soon as arrangements can be
made.
I will not be able to return for ten
days or two weeks yet as | have other
business to attend to in other cities and
perhaps it would be we'll for you to an
nounce this information concerning our
success in getting refrigerator cars
through the pupers and get the shippers
IN pct in accord in the matker
On next Monday We will try and ar
range with some commission men about
the reception and disposal of the fruit;
will get one who is not interested in Cali
fornia fruit shipments.
The mission grape and celery will take
exceedingly we'll here, also peaches if fine
lockers with special flavor, and later on,
some of our choice apples.
Everything put into the car must be
properly marked and labeled. As l will
not be back for a couple of weeks I
think you had better call fruit mems at
tention to the fact that we are going to
have refrigerator cars and that they
should agree on some one to manage at
each station that the car stops. There is
no doubt about our getting the refrig-
orator cars, but must, with the head of
the refrigerator car department, get the
proper person to manage the sale of the
produce here.
Weather pleasant here.
Truly yours,
LoRIoN MILLER,
Secretary Bureau of immigration.
To fruit growers the advantages of the
plan outlined by Mr.. Miller will be plain
ly seen. Now that shipping arrange
ments have been perfected, the success of
the enterprise, and the establishment of
eastern markets for New Mexico fruits,
depend entirely upon the interest taken
in the mattar hv kha hnrkienltnrists of the