The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-01-03
JACKSON @. H., OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1878

little too full, and some do not contain
quite enough. This work is done by two
girls A boy fits the cans over the holes,
and puts seven cans upon a tray, and de-
livers them to the solderers This is
done by boys at the Gulden's patent cap
ping machine, which is exceedingly inge-
nious, and saves a great deal of labor.
The can to be capped is put upon the
platform Of tho machine. The soldering
iron, semi circular piece Of iron, ad-
justed to the size Of the cap, is immedi-
ately lowered upon the edge Of the cap,
which the workman turns with one
hand, while he holds the strip Of solder
in the other. A stream Of gas 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 platform. Two cans
are sealed every minute, when every
thing is ready. A boy will seal from 700
TO 1000 cans in day, and the pay is
cents per 100. This work was formerly
done by men at a cost of 81 or IS day,
consuming twice as much solder, and
this is a good illustration Of labor saving
machinery.
"The cans pass Immediately from the
solder to the cooking apparatus. The
cooking tank is feet long, wide and 4
deep, furnished with an elevator having
a capacity of IL gallon cans. The sealed
cans are lowered into the tank, and cook
ed by steam for 2 hours. There are Of
these cooking tanks. The cans are par
TALLY cooled after cooking, and vented
by making a pinhole to let out any air
within. and are Immediately sealed again.
They are then removed to the platform
outside Of the building, to complete the
cooling After this comes a thorough
examination of every can, for any defect
in the soldering which admits air The
smallest hole would spoil the contents Of
the can in few days Any leakage Of
air is indicated by the bulging Of 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,
Merrall 4 Condit, and to Park q Tilford,
wholesale grocers Of New York, who
take all the tomatoes manufactured by
this company. They are mostly consum-
ed in the city and its vicinity.
THE cases are made Of halfinch 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 a case.
Besides the canned goods, catsup is
manufactured from the skins and the
refuse that is rejected from 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 reservoir
When a sufficient quantity has accumu-
lated il is drawn from the reservoir into
the cooking tank, and cooked three
hours IL is then drawn off into barrels,
and allowed to ferment one week The
pulp settles at the bottom, free from i'm |
purities, and the water at the top is |
poured off and the barrel filled again |
with the tomato pulp. II is then return |
ed to the cooking tank and heated; the /
spices are added, and the catsup is bar /
relied and sent to market, where il is bot /
tied, labeled and sent to the retailers. I
Charles Gulden of New York takes all 4
the catsup made by this company, at IS /
cents a gallon.
Apples will follow tomatoes in due or 1
der, and have already begun to come in /
from the neighboring farms in limited 1
quantity These are packed in gallon /
cans, and are designed for pies and sauce 4
in family use There is large demand .
for canned apples in the European mar
kets, and it is not improbable that they /
will supersede the shipment Of apples in
barrels, which are greatly exposed to de- 1
cay and loss, both on the voyage and af- /
ter arrival The canned goods are a safe 1
article for shipment, and, if necessary,
can wait long time for market and con-
sumption, without damage.
The large piles Of apples in the store.
house, the streets about the factory
crowded with teams waiting to unload,
the platforms filed with tomato crates,
the busy crowd inside the factory, and
the daily shipment Of canned goods, look
like the revival of business in this com
munity."