The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-22

of the cap, which the workman turns I
with one hand, while he holds the strip |
of solder in the other. A stream of gas I
made from naphtha is thrown from the |
burner upon the soldering-iron, which
melts the solder and seals the can as
fast as it can be turned upon the plat
form. Two cans are sealed every min
ute, when every thing is ready. A boy
will seal from 700 to 1000 cans in a day,
and the pay is &c. per 100. This work
was formerly done by men at a cost of
81 or So day, consuming twice as
much solder, and this is a good illustra-
ton of the value of labor-saving ma
chinery. Iva
The cans pass Immediately from the
solder to the cooking apparatus. The
cooking tank is six feet long, three wide,
and four deep, furnished with an ele-
vator having capacity of 1l2 gallon
cans. The sealed cans are lowered in
to the tank, and cooked by steam for
two hours. There are four of these
cooking tanks. The cans are partially
cooled after cooking, and vented by
making pin-hole to let out any air
within, and are Immediately sealed
again. They are then removed to the
platform outside the building, to COM
plete the cooling. After this comes a
thorough examination of every can, for
any defect in the soldering which adj
mits air. The smallest hole would spoil
the contents of the can in few days.
ANY leakage of air is indicated by the
bullying of the head of the can. If it is
perfectly tight, there is a slight depres-
sion of the head. The cleaning of the
outside of the can and labelling, COM
pletes the work. The goods are then
boxed and sent to two wholesale grocers
of New York, who take all the tomatoes
manufactured by this company. They
are mostly consumed in the city and its
vicinity.
The cases are made of half-inch pine,
with inch heads, and come in shocks
from Michigan, and are put together
here The cost of labor and material
is about Is cents case. .H
Besides the canned goods, catsup is
manufactured from the skins, and the
refuse that is rejected at the hopper.
The whole mass first passes through a
mill, which separates the pulp from the
skins. From the vat of the mill the
pulp is pumped up stairs into a reser-
voir. When a sufficient quantity has
accumulated, it is drawn from the
reservoir into the cooking tank, and
cooked three hours. 1t is then drawn
off into barrels, and allowed to ferment
one week. The pulp settles at the bot
tom, free from Impurities and the
water at the top is poured off, and the
barrel filled again with the tomato pulp,
1t is then returned to the cooking-tank,
and heated; the spices are added, and
the catsup is barreled and sent to
market, where it is bottled, labeled, and
sent to the retailers. One New York
man takes all the catsup made by this
company, at Is cents a gallon.
Apples will follow tomatoes in due
order, and have already begun to come
in from the neighboring farms in limi-
ted quantity. These are packed in gal
lon cans, and are designed for pies and
sauce in family use. There is large
demand for canned apples in the Euro.
pean markets, and it is not improbable
that they will supersede the shipment Of
apples in barrels, which e-greatly ex
: posed to decay and loss, both on the
voyage and after arrival. The canned
!, goods are safe article for shipment
and, if necessary, can wait a long time
for market and consumption, without
damage. nv ..,.ss ,.5~t.e .z
, The large piles of apples in the store
!, house, the streets about the factory
,, crowded with teams waiting 10 unload
the platforms filled with tomato crates
; the busy crowd inside the factory, ant
the daily shipment of canned goods lool
like the revival of business in this com
munity.-W. Cliff, Mystic Bridge, Gu.
in COuntru Gentleman. sa s4.s-ry