September, 1922 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



195 



j Maritime Provinces j 



N. S. Shippers' Association 



AT the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia 

 Shippers' Association, held at Kentville, 

 Aug. 7, President S. B. Chute, who was 

 in the chair, reported in part as follows: 



"Th ocean freight rate on apples was fixed 

 at $1.25 a barrel, and, on account of the excellent 

 service given us by the various steamship lines 

 it was decided not to bother much with charter- 

 ing our own boats. Only a few charters were 

 made, and, in some cases, these did not prove 

 very profitable. An effort is being made, both 

 in the States and Canada, to have the rate re- 

 duced to SI. 00 a barrel this season. 



"The board of railway commissioners met in 

 Kentville last September and several important 

 matters were place 1 before them by the execu- 

 tive. Up to the present no decisions have been 

 handed down but we are assured that these will 

 be filled before very long. The question of ware- 

 house and siding rentals was ne of the matters 

 dealt with and this is now being settled by 

 George E. Graham. A. E. McMahon, on behalf 

 of the association, has devoted a great deal of 

 time and study to this important matter and we 

 are glad to report' that a satisfactory settlement 

 is in view. 



"The unloading charges at the Halifax ter- 

 minals were fought over practically the whole 

 season, and, at a hearing before the railroad 

 board held in Halifax in January, the charge 

 was reduced from \yi cents to I'/i cents per 

 hundred pounds. In March the railway board 

 sent their Mr. Spencer to Halifax to check up 

 the cost of handling, but did not recommend that 

 any further reduction should be made. It was 

 seen, early in the season, that the method of un- 

 loading the cars was proving very unsatisfactory. 

 The work was all done by men employed by the 

 Canadian National Railways, and as unemploy- 

 ' ment was rife in Halifax during the winter, fresh 



gangs of men were taken on each day in order to 

 give relief. This meant that our apples and 

 potatoes were continually being handled by green 

 help. The executive decided that this must be 

 remedied before another season began and a 

 meeting was held in Halifax in July. The steam- 

 ship men were well represented and F. G. J. 

 Comeau was there on behalf of the Dominion 

 Atlantic Railway. As a result ■ f that meeting 

 arrangements have been made to have the cars 

 unloaded by the steamship stevedores as in the 

 old days and the charge is being reduced to 1 14 

 , cents a barrel. The executive pressed for a rate 



I of 1 cent a lb. which we feel is quite enough, but 

 the steamship men would not agree to this. 

 However, they have agreed to make tests of the 

 lictual cost during the first two months of the 

 shipping season and have promised to reduce the 

 charge if the tests warrant it. 

 "Another effort was made by the Dominion 

 Atlantic Railway to put into effect the switching 

 charge of \]A per hundred pounds on cars 

 handled at Deep water terminals. We brought 

 the matter before the Railway Board at Halifax 

 last January and were successful in h ving the 

 tariff suspended." 



The following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: Pres., Herl;ert Oyler; Vice-Pres., 

 Harris H. Blight; Sec, Stanley Craze; Exec. 

 C'.m., W. H. Chase, S. B. Chute, and A. E. 

 McMahon. 



Apple trees in the Annapolis Valley seem to be 

 striving for honors as ever-bloomers as well as 

 ever-bearers, in season. During three weeks re- 

 cently, the office of the Berwick Register was 

 favored no less than 16 times with fragrant 

 apple blossoms from different orchards. 



The Canadian Horticulturist will be plea.scd 

 to receive for publication, items of interest irom 

 Maritime province readers. 



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