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Delaware Peach Growers Meet to Spur Rail Shipment Plans
A series of peach growers meetings at Middletown discuss shipping peaches to Cincinnati via Baltimore and Ohio or Pennsylvania routes. Details include car loads of fourteen thousand pounds, freight estimates, and possible special trains with six car consignments to beat local competition, plus letters from rail officials pledging flexible schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Widdietown
Cincinnati
Baltimore
T. Biggs
Henry Clayton
Thorep Cochran
H. N. Ite
Waa
Battmore
Auf
Snvinin
Cineoadie
Joseph Walker
A. At. Sharp
Thia
B. T. Biggs
Itimore
Sharp
Philadelphia
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Pennesylvanis Bar
Rnoap Co
Brainnel Tewsend
Townsend
Del
Dean Siza
Partaperats
Lo Sam's
Cincinnedi
A.J. Cabbatt
Delaware and
Maryland
Boston
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gray's Ferry
West Philadelphia
Clayton
Baltimore & Ohio
Delaware
Pennsylvania Central
K. R. Oficera
Peach Growers of
P.O
Samuel Townsend
Serich F. Shallcross
Thomas Cochran
Kenny
C. EK. Ide
Patna
Ore
Weal Philadelphi
Prince of Walea