Letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase (March 2, 1927)

Letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase (March 2, 1927)

Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (March 2, 1927)

Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941

Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948

Sanford (Fla.)

Orlando (Fla.)

Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)

Agriculture--Florida

Packing-houses--United States

Citrus fruit industry--Florida

Train wrecks

An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include accounts of a wreck involving a train pulling refrigerator cars carrying Seald-Sweet oranges, information about various packinghouses in Florida, and information about the Railroad Commission.

Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.

Chase, Sydney Octavius

Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, March 2, 1927: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1927-03-02

Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, March 2, 1927.

Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.

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1 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead

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Sanford, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Buffalo Bluff, Satsuma, Florida

Crescent City, Florida

Hammond, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

De Leon Springs, Florida

Beresford, DeLand, Florida

28.811729, -81.268138

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1927-03-01/1927-03-02

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Entire Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.

The displayed collection item is housed at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.

Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida

Digital Collections (UFDC), University of Florida

Marra, Katherine

Hopkins, James T. Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.

"Our Heritage: The History of Seald-Sweet." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.

"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.

Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." Florida State Horticultural Society vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.

"Our Heritage: The History of Seald-Sweet"

"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)"

"Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida"

CHASE & COMPANY
GROWERS' MARKETING AGENTS
PACKERS AND SHIPPERS
FLORIDA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

SANFORD, FLORIDA
March 2, 1927.

Mr. J. C. Chase,
Orlando, Fla.

Dear Josh:

On the return trip from Jacksonville this morning I noticed there had been a wreck a short distance south of Buffalo Bluff. Sealdsweet oranges and other perishables, in plain and printed boxes, were scattered over the right-of-way for some distance. Many partially wrecked refrigerator cars were on the siding. I imagine that one of the night perishable trains leaving Sanford around mid-night last night got into trouble. The track was clear so our south bound train was not held up materially, although we had to go slow for quite a distance.
I noticed that Shiver was active in packing, but the other houses at Crescent City seemed to be quiet. The packing house directly south of Hammond, which is operated by A.C. Haines & Company, was active. The packing house south of Haines house, operated by the Growers Sales Agency, was closed. The Bob White house at DeLeon Springs was closed. I did not notice Alexander & Baird at Beresford. You might pass this information on to Mr. Pratt.
I have yours regarding recommending Mr. Burr for appointment to fill the vacancy in the Railroad Commission created by the death of Commissioner Eaton. As soon as Robinson returns to Orlando would be glad to have you replay to me information you get from him. Mr. Skinner wired me about this same matter the day I left, but I did not get the wire until my return today.

Yours very truly,
S.O.C.

DISTRIBUTORS
Sunniland
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SOC:HMR.

1 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead