The Newtown bee., 1877-11-01

he holds lhc strip ol solder in the other A stream of gus mHde from naplha is thrown from the burner upon the solder ing.iron. which m' lIs Ihe solder and seals the can as fast ss lt can be turned upon the platform. Two cans are sealed every minute. when everything is ready, A bay will seal from ROO to 1000 cans a day. and the pay is 7e, per 100 This work was formerly done by men st a cos. of S7 or $s day, consuming twice ns much solder, and this sa very good illustration ot the value pf labor.ssving machinery.
 The c~ns pass immediately from the solder to The ,cQoking apparatus. The cooking tank Is six feet long three feet wide, anu four feet deep, furnished with sn elevator having "A capacity of ll2 gal Ion cans. The sealed cans are lowered in,o 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 a pin hole To lel out any air within and are immediately sealed again They are then removed 10 the platform outside of the building to complete the cooling. After this comes a thorough examination of every can, for any defect h the soldering which admits air. The smallest hole would spoil the contents of ,,he eap in ' few AWs. Any leakage of air Is indicated by the bulging ot the head of the can. If it is perfectly tight. there is a slight depression of the head. . The cleaning of the outside of the cans, and labelling. completes the work. The goods are then boxed and sent to Acker, Msrrsll & Condit, and to Park & Tilford wholesale grocers of New York, who take all the tomatoes manufactured by this company. They are mostly consum- cd in the city and it's vicinity
 The cases are made of half-inch pine, with inch heads, and come in shocks from Michigan, and are put together hsre The cost of labor and material is about fifteen cents a case
 Besides the canned goods, catsup is manufactured from the skins, and the refuse that is rejected at the hopper. The whole mass titst passes through Il mill, which operates the pulp from the skins From the vat of the mills, the pulp, is pumped up stairs into a reser- 'voir. When sufficient quantity has ac- esmulsted, 1t Is drawn from the reser- yoir into the cooking tank, and cooked three hours. It is then drawn off inlo barrels aud allowed to ferment one week. . The pulp settles at the bottom free from impurities, and the water at the top is bored off, and the barrel filled again with tomato pulp. It is then returned 10 the cooking-tank and; heated the spices are added, and the catsup is bar reled and sent to market, where it is bottled. labeled and sent to the retailers.
 Charles Gulden of New York takes al the ca,sup made by this company, at if teen csnts a gallon.
 Apples will follow tomatoes in due or der, and have already begun to come in from the neighborng farms in limited quantities. These are packed in gallon cans, and are de-igned for pies and sue, In family use. There is a largo demand for canned apples in lhe European n,ai- kets. and it is not improbable th,t the, will supersede the shipmen, of apples in barrels, which are greatly exposed to d. gay and loss. both on the voyage and af Ter arrival, The canned goods are a safe article for shipment. and if necessa ", can wait for long time for market snd consumption, without damage.
 The large piles of apples in the store house, tho streets about the factorycrowd- cd with teams waiting to unload. the platforms filled with. tomato crates. the busy crowd inside the factory, and the daily shipment ..of, canned goods look like tho revival of business in this com munity.-(or O. Gent