The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-25
GARDENERS.
THEY MEET AND TRANSACT A LOT
OF BUSINESS.
Preparing to Ship Their Products.
What They VIII Do for the f.,
II. ana v. Festival.

The Market Gardeners association OF
Harris county met yesterday morning at 10
o'clock at the council rooms in the city hall
building, President H. T. Sapp presiding.
After the reading of the minutes of the
last meeting the following applications for
membership were received: l.. X. Wallis
and w. Mietinger.
The following applications made for mem
bership at the last meeting were voted on
and the applicants were admitted to lnen-
bership. Jack Tucker. G. Smell, |. T. Sykes
and Henry Hillendahl
MIR. Hilendahl, chairman Of the commit
tee appointed to meet and confer with the
Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Festival assU-
citation, reported that the committee mad
conferred with Mr.. MacGregor regarding
space and that about all of the allotments
had been made.
MIR. j. l.. Mattingly reported the receipt
of rs cents from each Of the following gen
temen to pay for printing; A w. Hllen-
dahl, p. Snyder, II. Louder, William Trial
schow, p. Janowski, VIII Melinger, WIN
Newton, Charlie Breeding, e. Il. Wingate
and Isaac Nicholson.
MIR. Mattngly reported that he had been
negotiating with the railroads and that
three of them, the Santa Fe, International
aud Gr.at Northern and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, had asked for the busi-
ness OF the association. He reported that
the International and Great Northern had
offered to build the association platform
aud shed, with little office. for its exclu-
| siye benefit and use. Mr.. Mattingly said
that these necessary improvements would
be made as soon as the association gave the
necessary assurances to the railroau coiu-
pany that 1t would get the association
| business.
He also said that it was time 10 come TO
some conclusion as to the ordering Of
crates; that he had been negotiating with
| several concerns for the crates. He urged
| thar immediate action ought TO be taken,
SO that the box factory getting the associa-
| tons business can have time to erect Its
warehouse.
| Mr. Hlllendahl asked that a special COM
mittee be appointed to make Inquiries and
Investigations among the shippers and see
Just about how much Of garden products
would be raised.
| President Sapp next addressed the meet
| iLg, saying that the most important cues
| ton before the meeting undoubtedly was
the question of rates with the railroads. He
said that while the association would I'M
doubleday be able under any circumstances
! to ship eighteen or twenty carloads of prod
ucts week, by cooperation with the South
Texas fruit growers three. four or five
train loads week could be shipped Out.
Mr.. r. G. Blackwell. the secretary moved
that the executive committee, with J. l..
Mattingly added, get up all the information
| necessary TO make arrangements for ship
ping and report at the Joint meeting with
the Gulf Fruit Growers association to be
held In Houston on December s. The mo-
ton was carried unanimously
Mr.. Hillendahl moved that every man
having cabbage to ship report the amount
he will want to ship to Mr.. Mattingly with
In a week. The motion was carried.
Mr.. Sapp called the associations atten..
tfon to the fact that an exhibit is to be
made at the Fruit, Flower and Vegetable
Festival, and 1t was suggested that every
member bring the best exhibit he can ON
the morning Of December 6. and 1t Will then
be arranged as an associate exhibit though
the premiums he said, were to 20 10 the
member furnishing the exhibit
Mr.. Sapp said there would. OF course be
an individual and separate exhibit as we'll
as the community exhibit, which would
compete for the individual and sweepstake
prizes.
Mr.. Blackwell called upon all members 10
remember that the association was to make
decorative display. being four pyramids of
vegetables, which decoration. however he
suggested, was not to be an exhibit for any
prizes.
Mr.. Mattingly said he wanted the largest
pumpkin In Harris county in which TO mt
a Flagstaff, and many contributions were
promised. He said all exhibits which did
not contest for premiums world be sold Mt
auction after the festival for the benefit of
the association.
The meeting then adjourned till 10 a. m.
| Wednesday.