The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

shipments this season of strawberries.
as shown by our agents report. .
over 80 per cent. Of last years output
In other words. sso,4s6 crates were
shipped this season against s4s.ySS
crates last season
The report OF q agent shows. q
equipment furnished as this year oy
the Fruit Growers Express was NOT
what our agreement with them called
for. The agreement Is as Ioiiows,
Our service at these rates
furnishing our Fruit Growers E.xpIess
cars. fcing them properly before ioao-
ing and re-icing In transit. etc n
they failed to do as the following state
ment viii show just hat cars MeIe
furnished. The season OF 1900 all FRUIT
Growers Express cars OF the series
from 1l.eeo to is.eco inclusicve. were
used. this season 80 Of these cars were
not furnished. but 81 OF the Fruit GROW
ers Express 1900 series were substi-
tuted in addition to 21 Kansas City
Fruit Express cars and q California
Frait Transportation cars. We do not
think the letter OF the agreement was
carried out and feel satisfied b Z. C.
F. e. cars are not the equal or the
best F.. G. r. cars and ould not have
been used In our business this
Another cause of complaint Is. they,
the Fruit Growers Express Company
failed to supply a sufficient number OF
cars on one or more days, to handle all
the business offered by our shippers
We think IL proper for the new incom-
ing board OF directors to investigate
these causes of complaint and deter
mine TO what extent the contract has
not been complied with.
While the executive committee failed
to get the reductions asked Tor from
the express company. this season. ser
vice was an improvement over that OF
last year.
Your board Of directors. in their
judgment subscribed to $4,000 OF the
stock of the Carolina r and Truck
Growers Journal. tour official organ)
on which they were guaranteed an an
nual dividend OF s per cent.
In March last, your executive COM
mittee's attention was called, by our
Agent Mr.. II. T. Bauman. to a resolu-
ton passed by the Fruit and Produce
Trade Association, Of New York, re-
stricting our growers and shippers to
one consignee in solid cars OF strawber-
ries. which would have practically de-
stroyed our car IA rate. They at
once decided to send a committee, con-
sisting OF our Agent. Mr.. Bauman and
Mr.. y. NJ. Jurney to New York to ap-
pear before this association n ask
for a modification OF this resolution
and allow two consignees in these solid
cars, which our committee succeeded
in having done thereby saving TO the
shippers and growers as per report or
our agent. 81 .362.5o.
Your board of directors in concluding
their report, wish to give their unquai-
flied endorsement to the watchfull and
untiring efforts and valuable services
OF our Business Agent, Mr.. H. T. Bau-
man, to this association and the grow
e-s and shippers at large.
BUSINESS AGENTS REPORT.
Mr.. II. T. Bauman, business agent of
the association then read his fifth an
nual report. 1t was voluminous and
very comprehensive and was an admir-
ably gotten up document, giving all
the operations in detail and in such a
] manner as to be very useful and in
structive to the members Of the asso-
! citation.
His report shows that in 1900. the
shipments of strawberries from along
the Wilmington and Weldon railroad,
the Wilmington, Columbia and Angus
Ia railroad, and h Atlantic and Yad-
kin railroad. were as follows: LOIS re-
frigetrator cars carrying 2S3, 437 crates.
160 express cars carrying 64.o49: IL
open cars. carrying 2.4I3 crates. Total
349. $50 crates for last year.
The shipments this year were as fol-
lows: 1,116 refrigerator cars, carrying
265,25 crates; 100 express cars carrying
81. 299 crates: 4 open cars carrying 944
crates. Total ego. 4s5 crates. a decrease
of &c, AGA crates as compared to last
years shipment.
Mr.. Bauman's report shows that the
shipment of vegetables from the Will
mington station was as follows, not
including strawberries: by express 3d.
9O9 packages. by refrigerator cars S.94S
packages by open freight 80, 72S pack
ages Total 65 Es5 packaRes or 4 554 $50
pounds.
After this report had been received.
the association took a recess for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The association met at 3 p. m. and
went into the election Of a board OF
directors.
The old board was reelected with the
exceptions that Mr.. w. E. Thigpen, OF
Chadbourn was instead Of Mr.. ]. A.
Brown, and Mr.. G.. H. Thompson. OF
Crisis was chosen to succeed Mr.. ID.
Boughner. Of Crisis.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The newly elected board Of directors
then met and elected the following Of
ficers for the current year:
President-W. L. Hill. of Warsaw.
Vice President-J. s. w~estbrook. Of
! Faison.
Secretary and Treasures. II.
Strange. Of Fayetteville .
Executive Committee-W. l. Hill, OF
Warsaw. j. S. Westbrook. OF Faison;
DR.. z. Porter. of Rocky Point: w. Z.
Thigpen, of Chadbourn: DIR. George F.
Lucas, of Currie. Mr.. w. l.. Hill was
elected chairman and DIR. Lucas sec
rotary.
After discussing several resolutions
J that were offered and not acted on the
association adjourned.