Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-30

L uIty, Is Stacked tno tnlFu story WltD ompty
cans which the firm expect to hll before the
season for tomatoes is over. When in full opera
tion, the establishment employs five hundred
hands, four hundred Of whom are women and
girls, who are paid the regular price per bucket
which we have mentioned in speaking of Mr..
Chambers concern. Thirteen oappers are em-
poyed regularly. This establishment put up
from fifteen to eighteen Thousand cans per day.
The firm viii put up from 800, 900 to 1000, 900
| cans of fruit this season as they have a capacity
for fully the latter number.
The establishment has a pay roll of about
$4,000, weekly, though sometimes less but this
| we were told was 3 very fair average They
have receiving house with capacity for %. 900
baskets, and a case room where eight men are en-
ployed in making boxee and packing fruit. The
hands engaged here are some of the Germans
| spoken Of above.
These gentlemen are also engaged in manu-
featuring ketchup, using nothing but the to-
mato, They expect to prepare fifty Thousand
| gallons Of this, which has very rapid sale, and
| although somewhat of an experiment they have
every reason to believe il to be success. Every
| thing from this establishment is shipped by wa
/ ter to Philadelphia, where the firm have largo
commission house. We were informed that it
| would employ $100, 900 in clear capital to run
the concern during the present season.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF sTErsoN ELLrsoN,
At Camden. is the third in Importance and sec
/ ond established in the State. The senior part
| ner of the firm, Mr.. Stetson, was with Mr..
i Richardson when he began the business, and
/ when they dissolved In 1866. he built the place
| where he noW occupies, and has been engaged
in the busness ever since. Mr.. Ellison exhibited
| to us the first boiler ever used in the canning
business on the Peninsula. which iE now used
as a rain reservoir 1t is about seven and half
| feet bigh, with diamater Of three feet and
| q quarter, Mr. StetsoB purchased it in Philadel-
phia complete for about ninety dollars. This
| firm employ constantly fifty regular hands. but
during the busy season one hundred and fifty
are at work at scost OF nearly 81 900 per week,
| putting up about 5000 cans per day and they
expect to aggregate 100000 before the season
closes.
We had collected some very interesting facts
| concerning this establishment, but unfortunate
| ly the memoranda was lost and we are unable to
say more for fear of making some egregious
| blunder.
1t was here that Messrs. Richardson & Stetson
began the cook stove process, from whence the
former removed to Dover in 1855.
We have as yet neglected to mention any Of
the numerous Alden drying establishments. OF
| these the
DELMARvIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
| OF Mid1letown, was the first which we visited
| Messrs Pyle Il Co., the original owners having
| decided to withdraw, company was formed aud
| an additional establishment having been erect
| ed, they entered largely in the business. The
| Delmarvia is under the supervision Of VIM. O.
| Gibson, but owing to the failure of the peach
CROP has accomplished very little this year, ex-
| cept in drying corn, of which they are turning
| out ABOUT sixteen nunQFbQ POUNDS per udy.
| employing about twenty hands, Those who are
| engaged cutting the corn from the cob are paid
| six cents per bucket The 90. is to an expense
of about 5000 per week. During the recent
break in tue railroad, this Co. lost heavily in
| buying pc ches, which were sold at very low
| figures They were not able to handle more
than one-tenth, and the consequence was that
they lost large amount.
The price paid for corn, large quantities Of
which they have contracted for, is about 40c for
aarn Ona hundrad aara daliyereu at the oatab-
shment. 1t is then husked at a cost of 20 per
basket, at the expense, however, OF the Co.
THE FARMERS FRUIT PRESERVING 90,
Situated near Lebanon. is partly cannery
and partly drying establishment. We were not
informed as to the number Of cans put up, but
do not suppose that this branch is worked to
any great extent. The establishment has two
evaporators. both of them very large, which will
be readily acknowledged when 1t is known that
one ton (22O0 lbs) of dried corn was actually
turned out through one evaporator in twelve
hours. The company employ regularly one
hundred hands, and during the heavy part of
the season worked two hundred. The pay roll
in one week amounted to over $1,000. Orders
are received by this establishment from all parts
of the world. but very slngularly none from
New York. Our attention was called during our
brief visit to the place, to shipment which the
firm were then making to Messrs, Brady, Pales'
tine Asia,
This ts the second year since this establish
ment mas Doeu IN operation, anu tDo farmers
seem we'll satisfied with their venture, deeming
it the best investment which they could make Of
their surplus funds.
The establishment at Milford,
THE ALDEN FRUIT PRESERVING co.,
As it is called, has in operation two very large
evAporators and are handling 800 baskets of
peaches per day, which yields about HOO lbs. of
evaporated fruit. They employ mainly women
and boys, who earn from 75c to 81 25 per day.
We were informed that the fruit finds ready
Market it claiming to be of superior grade.
Mr. ID. N. Vanzandt. the superintendent, says
that his commission merchant writes them from
New York that "he can sell the first quality
peaches at 45c per lb."
This establishment has also handled, in large
quantities. raspberrries, blackberries and whor-
tleberries. They are now en- gagged upon corn,
peaches and apples.
OTHER cANNERIEs.
In addition to the establishments which we
have described above there are other small
concerns which we have not visited, but have
put ourselves to some considerable trouble to
ascertain as correctly as possible the facts and
figures in connection with them. At Little
Creek, there ID one employing fifty hands, and
will probably put up from 75, 900 to 1000 cans,
and another at FELTON,, employing twenty-five
hands, ani putting up rs, 900 cans.
The aggregate amount OF capital invested in
the canneries on the Peninsula is not less than
$1,0O0,0 900.