Smyrna times., 1934-08-09

demand. Another important con-
templated change is to remove the
Messenger track from the front to
the rear as formerly. The new
freight house will probably be built
on a parallel track in the rear OF
the depot. We note these improve
ments with pleasure as an evl-
dence of our growing trade. When
these changes shall have been COM
pleted, why can't grain and fruit
be loaded here instead of requiring
our farmers east of the town to
haul these commodities all the way
to Clayton? This portion of our
agricultural community ought to
take this matter in hand.
PEACH EVAPORATORS AC-
TIVE Some of the farmers COM
menced picking the Troth peach on
Monday and by the last OF the
week the peach season will be fair
ly opened. Simultaneous with this
commences the business of evapor-
ating. J. G.. Farson at Brenford;
DR.. ]. M. Smith, of Moorton (now
Cheswold), and A. L. Hudson ex-
pected to get in operation the mid
die of the week. Some of the own
ers may not put their machines at
work for a week or more yet, as
may suit the quantity and quality
of their crops, the evaporating de-
pending largely on the prices of
the shipped fruit. We have not
heard of any new dryers being
erected in this section this year, a
large number being put in two
years ago. In the town and vicin-
ity they number as follows: John
Anthony, two: w. D. Hudson, four;
I. S. Lapham, two; John P. Hud
son, two; John H Hoffecker, two;
A. L. Hudson, four; N. t. Under
wood, two; James G. Farson, two;
Hardcastle & Jones, three; oVshell
& Jerman, three; the Tygert prop
erty (bought by five gentlemen not
yet organized into a company ),
four. The establishments furnish
labor to the usually unproductive
class-the women and children
and thus are the means of scatter
ing a great deal Of money in the
community.
BUILDING BOOM AT CHES-
WOLD-The per cent Of develop
ment of Moorton (now Cheswold)
is quite high as manifested in the
construction of five or six dwellings
this year. Two new houses were
erected in the spring on Main
street, one by Joseph Phillips and
the other by Mrs. Johnson and an
other is nearly completed by Henry
Ford. These are all good two
story dwellings of 16 feet front,
with comfortable back buildings.
On the same street Ephraim S.
Garrison has commenced the erec-
tion Of a substantial dwelling for
his own occupancy, 80 feet front to
be finished with two bay windows;
the back building will be 16 by 16
feet, and the structure is to be sur
rounded by a porch. The house
will be finished with nine rooms.
Mr. Garrison purposes to move
here from his farm opposite Bethel
Church. A new street has been
opened on the southern side Of the
town on which w. Fl. Dyer has
erected a two-story dwelling. The
Cooper Brothers have established a
brick yard near the place that the
business men here pronounce to be
Of the best quality. The place
needs a new and larger depot to ac-
commodate the largely increasing
trade Of the community which will
doubtless be granted by the rail
road as soon as they can secure the
proper quantity of land.
PEACH NOTES-N. F. Wilds
has sold the crop Of peaches at
Sunnyside to the firm of Roberts
& Williams Of Philadelphia, for
$4,000 the purchasers finding the
baskets The yield is estimated at
about 1000 baskets.
Isaac Truax has sold his crop
from 2OOO to 5000 baskets to same
parties for 35 cents per basket.
Hardcastle & Jones have bought
the crop of David A. and Thomas
Reese estimated at about 5000 bas-
kets on private terms.
Troth peaches sold in New York
Monday at 90 and Philadelphia at
80 cents per basket.
The peach crop in the West has
been failure and a number OF
Western buyers it is said, are al
ready on the line of the railroad tc
purchase supplies for the cities Of
that section.
Seventy-one car loads of peaches
ent over the road Monday as
against 116 cars of previous ship.
/ ments.
Col. Douglass sent the first
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