The record-union., 1897-06-15
IMPROVED FRUIT SERVICE.
A New Arrangement That Suits
Southern Shippers.

The orange growers in the sout hern
part OF the State, and the shippers who
handle their fruit, are greatly pleased
with the results of the new system of
Shlpplng introduced there the present
season. BY l. the fruit is taken in the
railroad company's light ventilated cars
TO hi Paso, where it is transferred to the
refrigerator cars of the California Fruit
Transportation Company.
Thus the cost of refrigeration for that
distance is saved from the coast to
Ell Paso, and it is refrigeration that
adds so largely to the cost of fruit ship
ping. The following letter from the
President of the Riverside Fruit Elk
change to Manager Quigley of the Cali
tornla Fruit Trans ortation Company
for this coast speaks for itself;
j. B. Quigley, Pacific Coast Agent
California Fruit Transport alton Com
pany, Sacramento, Cal.-Dear Sir: Hav-
ing completed our shipments of oranges
for this season, I desire to express to
you and your company, for the River
side Fruit Exchange and for myself as
a packer and shipper, our great sat
isfactiOn at the able and successful
manner in which you have handled our
shipments of oranges by the transfer
from ventilated cars to California
Fruit Transportation equipment at Ell
Paso Tex. for the past season, or since
February 1, 1897.
Out of the 463 cars shipped that way
we have not had one car reported as
arrived in bad condition, and while our
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
sales have been at uniformly good
prices we have had some record break
ers, as, for instance, one car of navels
brought ST, $50 40, an average of 81 Go
per box, and one car of seedlings sold
for $1,O55 i, an average of So II per
box.
Wehave shipped a good many hundred
cars of oranges since our organization,
but have never before had our shipments
arrive at destination in such uniformly
good condition, and think the two days
carriage in ventilated cars has a ten
dency to remove and dissipate a large
part of the volatile gases, which all
shippers know are generated in large
quantities from fresh-packed green
fruit; then transferring the fruit to
fresh iced cars, which keeps the tenn
perature uniform through to destina-
ton, certainly helps to put the fruit in
the Eastern market in the best possible
condition.
When I first took up with you the
question of shipping in ventilated cars
to Ell Paso, and there transferring to
California Fruit Transportation equip
ment, our growers did not take kindly
to the proposition, and some of them
refused positively to have their fruit
handled in that way, but after dis
GUESSING the matter at two or three
meetings a number concluded to try
it, and now they are all satisfied that
it is the best way to handle green fruit,
and from the expressions of satisfaction
at our success I hear on all sides l
am constrained to believe we will have
a very much larger tonnage to offer
you next season.
In conclusion, permit me to say I
think the above results We're largely
brought about by your company's per-
feet system, and the very close atten-
ton given all the details by your
trained and tried employees, and am
sure, without your active and ever
ready cooperation, we could not have
obtained above results.
Trusting we may do an increased
business with you next season, believe
me, faithfully yours,
A P. JOHNSON,
President Riverside Fruit Exchange.