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We find a total of 676 cars of fruit shipped and sold in cities and 

 towns not designated, or, in other words, points unknown to any one 

 but the shipper. That quantity of fruit would naturally cover quite a 

 large territory. By reference to the United States census of 1890, we 

 find the population of cities and towns classified, as follows: Sixteen 

 cities with over 200,000; 44 cities with over 100,000; 63 cities with over 

 60,000; 92 cities with over 40,000, and upwards of 200 cities with a 

 population of over 30,000 each. There must have been quite a number 

 of cars diverted en route, which accounts for the discrepancy between 

 the number of cars billed and the number sold at auction in these cities. 

 The total number of cars of fresh deciduous fruit reported sold at auction 

 in Chicago this season, to November 1st, is 1,235. Of this amount, 1,013 

 cars were sold in the Union Fruit Auction Rooms, and 222 cars in the 

 Merchants' Fruit Auction Rooms. Sales by the Union Fruit Auction 

 Company up to and including October 22d were 985 cars, of which 46 

 were ventilator and 939 refrigerator cars. The total gross receipts from 

 the 985 cars were $908,331 31, or an average of $922 17 per car. The 

 freight on a car of fresh fruit from Sacramento to Chicago is $300, and 

 the refrigeration charge $90, making a total of $390 per car. Thus, we 

 find that $380,010 was paid for freight and refrigeration on the 985 cars 

 shipped to Chicago, or over one third of the gross receipts. Sales at 

 auction in New York to October 26th were 928 cars, of which 534 were 

 sold by the E. L. Goodsell Company on the West Shore dock, and 394 

 by Brown & Secomb, auctioneers on the Erie dock. The freight rate to 

 New York is $360, and refrigeration charge $130, a total of $490 per car; 

 making the transportation charges on 928 cars of fruit to New York 

 $454,720, and a total of $834,730 paid for the transportation of 1,913 

 cars of fresh fruit. 



H. Harris & Co., auctioneers of Boston, report the sale of 332 cars of 

 California fruits in that city this season to October 25th. 



Redfield & Son, Philadelphia, report the total sales at auction in that 

 city as 133 cars to October 29th. 



The freight and refrigeration charge from Sacramento to Boston is 

 $517 40, and to Philadelphia $490 per car of 24,000 pounds. 



The total number of cars of fresh deciduous fruits shipped from Cali- 

 fornia overland to Eastern points during the season of 1895 to November 

 1st was 4,435, as against 6,259 cars to same date in 1894 — a shortage of 

 1,824 cars. We are unable to produce exact figures as to expenses on 

 this season's business, but taking the average paid for freight and re- 

 frigeration as furnished by Chicago and New York shipments, we find 

 that the vast sum of $1,931,480 has been paid for transportation of fresh 

 fruits from terminals to Eastern common points, to say nothing of the 

 local freights paid by the shippers to reach the main line of the Southern 

 Pacific Company. As to commissions, cartage, and sundry other ex- 

 penses connected with the fruit shipping business, we will not ask your 

 attention at this time. 



Varieties of Fruits Shipped. — Owing to the short crop of apricots, and 

 the failure of the cherry crop, shipments of these fruits have been com- 

 paratively light. The following statement of varieties shipped may 

 vary a few cars, but is approximately correct: 



