Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-21
The Manufacture of Canned Goods
in San Francisco.


in San Francisco.
The Factory OF Cutting 4 90.
We give In this number of the Journal q
Commerce an illustration OF one OF the largest
local manufacturing establishments on tnis
of Cutting q Co. is as well known on the Pa
cific Coast as is that of Crosse & Blackwell in
England, and it is as fully deserving OF honor
as its older prototype.
The Factory and store Rooms.
which are probably the finest buildings in that
quarter of the city, are located on Main street
between Market and Mission, occupying the
frontage of 1872 feet on Main street. by one OF
As feet 10 inches on Spear street, and EXTENDS
275 feet between the streets. The factory
buildn is a frame one, two stories IN nelen NJ
with a basement, while the storehouse Is OF
brick and is made 80 as to resist the severest
earthquake. The whole framework consists
of immense beams and joists firmly bolted
together and to the roof, SO that the walls
might fall while the floors, roof, ETC. would
remain standing and uninjured with their con-
tents. The factory is 100 feet square. The
basement is used for storage. The ground
floor is used for general manufacturing pur,
poses, while the second floor is appropriated
10 the manufacture of Cans and the storage Of
Timers stock. .l. .r.
The Process of Manufacture
Is yery simple We do not, however, propose
entering into details, but will simply content
ourselves with saying that the fruit having
been received on the main floor of the factory,
is first carefully weighed and has its quality
carefully examined, is then passed 10 dlHerent
gangs Of laborers who prepare it by peeling,
coring and stoning, is packed in cans and GOV;
cred with Syrup Of Sugar, sealed and passed
through a bath 1t is then placed on trucks,
which, by a steam elevator, are carried to the
second story, where they are lacquered, label
led and cased The fruits used are all OF the
best auality-of the kind found on the best
private tables. None but the purest white Su-
gar is used In the Summer season there are
not less than
Four Hundred Hands Employed,
OF which forty are occupied in making. Tin
Cans, the balance in preparing and packing
the fruit. The factory is divided into eight de-
partments, in seven of which none but white
labor is employed. The firm is gradually try
ing to work out the Chinese element, and is
doing so as fast as circumstances will admit
They would now employ none but white labor,
but it is difficult to get so many men and boys
as they need for three or four months only.
The power used is supplied by an engine 6o
to 70-horse power, with two fifteen foot boil
ers. All the cooking is done in iron watts heat
ed by steam coils Jellies and preserves are
made in copper kettles in the same manner.
The extent Of their trade is immense, last year
they put up fully ....
Two Million Cans
OF Table Fruits. Jams, Jellies, etc, which are
worth on a moderate estimate half a million
dollars This includes Canned Meats which
are also put up by the firm. OF Meat, there
is good deal being put up for export to Eng;
land, but the competition from Australia and
South America is very close, and there will be
difficulties to encounter in this
department. For .-t
Salmon Packing ...r
This firm has a large establishment on the Co.
lumbia River, where they put up 5000 cases
a year. Most of this is shipped to England,
Australia and South America, where, on oc-
count of its splendid quality, it finds ready
done an unusually ..r
Large Export Trade
For the past season. They have gone chiefly
to the Western and Middle States Here their
splendid quality has obtained for them univer-
sal favor. Did Gold and Greenbaeks more
nearly approximate in value, this branch Of
the trade would become most important one.
As it is now the goods cost the house a GER
tain amount in Gold, no matter what premium
has East. Should the latter be low,
they can be sold at profit, otherwise those
who purchase from this coast have to advance
their prices as the premium on currency ad-
vances. Having reached a certain point they
can sell no more, and must either cease buy
ing or sell at a loss. At the present time the
premium leaves no profit, and the conse-
quence is decline in the demand for goods
from California. In Montana and Idaho they
enjoy very large trade heretofore almost ex-
clusively monopolized by the merchants of
st. Louis. Their goods are found on the tables
of every hotel on the borders of the Pacific,
and on every ship that leaves the port of San
Francisco. Besides selling their own goods
they also sell j. Winslow's Corn and HOLSTERS,
for which they find large and ready sale on
this coast. The firm have been identified with
the progress of the coast for over the past
twenty years, having began business with
twelve men,
As far back as 1853.
When there were few industries of any kind
carried on in San Francisco. At that time the
prospects of success were by no means encour-
aging, but energy and perseverance, when
properly directed, can work wonders, and it
did so in this case. Starting in on CONNER
ahead till they saw light breaking
and finally in 1865 were enabled to erect the
present splendid factory. They have the credit
Of having pioneered one of the most impor-
tant industries of the coast, and thus saving
to the people hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in the preservation and utilization of
fruits and vegetables that would have other
wise been lost for want of purchaser. The
firm ship their goods to all parts of America
we may say to all parts of the earth-and
not satisfied with past victories keep on in
creasing their productions, their capital, and
the number of workmen that they employ
The general manager Mr.. Sidney NJ Smith,
is courteous and obliging gentleman and an
active, energetic business man. And in con-
Guiding this hasty sketch of the great house.
whose honors he so we'll bears, we may ex-
ba rSh hat