The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-22

The berry season which opened
lust five weeks ago is practically over
although a few scattering cars VIII
go from the Wilmington IN Weldon
section during the present week. In
all it is to be doubted If this weeks
entire shipment will go as high as
twenty-five cars. When b season
Opened Mr.. C.. w. Woodward, agent Of
the Armour Car Line at this point.
predicted that the crop would reach
twenty-seven hundred cars and his es~
climate is certainly going to be very.
very near correct. 1t now looks like
the number will be slightly less h
this but it will be far nearer than any
other estimate made.
The crop this season has been a rec
ord breaker and it is to be doubted
If the farmers nave ever come out bet
ter than they have this season. Dur
ing the week when the shipments
reached almost two hundred cars per
day prices dropped to $1.25 per crate,
but this was only temporary and When
The shipments began to fall OH prices
advanced and for the past week there
fnas been no reason Tor complaint On
#hie scare. One reason why the price
mas held ND SO we'll this year has been
hecause berries were shipped to more
markets than ever before. Far INTO
ahe west did the Carolina berraeS go
,and into distant Canada, not only 10
riha cities near the border, put ldl
unto the interior. AS a usual lnlns
during the height of the season tue
to the different large north
orn cities have been very large anu
this has often caused the marheIe u
became glutted and the berries 10 se''
Tow. This year it was very h%to7a
hle that the shipments to New ON
philadelphia, Boston and balIlnioI'
urnre much smaller than in the PAST
uyha reason was because the oerrle'
were widely distributed.
No complaint whatever was ne'l'
I'm the Wilmington and weldon ioa
as Ito poor service on the part ol =.
railroad or car Zine, Dut SOME GU.
plaint did come r the ChduoouI'
section, the growers making complaiu
because the cars were not pldC0u q
station early the day so as the Del
would not have to remain III d a
MACE so long. This state OF analrs "d
mo dorbt most annoying to the grow
ers while it lasted, but after the u
nnoak things were not 50 BAD. III
y,,,vers il is said. caused some oi IL
Erorb1e. MOI wanting TO pay h!s
nrices for the berries it IS SAID u,
they gave as their reason fear 0hd' -
car line would not. furnish car
which to get the berries on ana IL CnS
were furnished that it would De az
sba berries had become some"h
damaged. +aor
Taking everything into consider
49,, - &c To he doubted If there Il
ever been a year when sucn d Id.
amount of money has been disor1poV
in eastern North Carolina from |
berry crop. 1t is expected thaS Gu
paiuts will come form some quar-
and il would be we'll nigh lnpoSSI
to handle such al enormous cIop
hig4hly perishable fru1t ln sucn d Sn'
time and give absolutely pei1ecI .
vice, 1t is said that there mas ue'
been an instance IN tine onlleo PIC
where such a large amount VI pe.L
ohio fruit was handled in one WE
from q COUupdloIl'NtS ~
was handled in in eastern NORTH "a
nina during the week that hea
Hwelye hundred cars OF berries "
shipped in six days. .
The season opened about une =
of April and b first week OhIs
cars of berries were shipped. Inc
Towing week the number 1ncreasec
o72 the mex week to Liz, Che
ord breaking week, the next "eeh'
and the week just ended the nui luz
of cars was 319, h numoer rap
decreasing as the week ore" u
close. This gives a total up I'd
present time 1852 cars.
One reason given as TO Whs
nrice has held up SO well IS Decs
she cold weather putb ack n M
land and Delaware crops and W
these states are generaily sup
berries before the North Carollna
san is over, this year they nave
d, vet made no shipments whatever.
last shipments of h season Will 2
ably be made from on the Wlimlh
and Weldon Monday and TUESDAY
The large force of men VINO
haer located ON the Coast Line
ing the past sixty days are soil
other points. Last nes a ,
ruent to Delaware n aIaryLan
Yesterday Messrs. A. A; WaIna,1 H..
Tverett. C.. ". Ives. j. NJ. NO
and Harry Hill left Tor JACKSON