The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
Tom ito Canning i'm Sal nm, N. j.

M eSHr8. Patterson ~ Jones eSJaUlSn-
ment IL situated at Fifth ard Hancock
streets. The works were first organized
in 1864, by Richard Ware and r. Patter.
son, and were then on Church street.
They carried on the business of canning
tomatoes until 1867, when Ephraim j.
Lloyd and j. X. Patterson purchased
their interest, and the firm became Pat
terson and Lloyd. This continued two
years, when Owen l. Jones purchased
the interest of &. j. Lloyd, and the firm
of Patterson & Jones was established.
About three years ago the present loca
Gion, with a wide frontage on Salem
creek, was purchased, and extensive
buildings, consisting of can manufactu-
ring house, package house and Office,
erected, covering an area of q acres,
and are devoted exclusively to the can
ming of tomatoes. Two hundred men,
women and boys are employed from the
middle OF August to the middle of Octo-
Der In canning tomatoes, and a consider
able force of men eight months in the
year In making cans. The pay of the
can makers is about $2 day, and the
women average 81 day.
The capital Invested in the busi mess is
$60, 900, and the enormous sum of 600 900
cans are sent out yearly. The price for
l'iast years goods wss from so cents to 81
per dozen cans.
/ m tSSfS. L dtbcISOu thUii
| own growers of tomatoes and claim that,
| in pursuing this course, they are not de.
| pendent upon the activity or dullness of
| the retail market, their tomatoes being
carefully selected and transported di-
rectly from the vines to the packing
house. Connected with the business OF
| canning tomatoes Messrs. Patterson &
Jones have a mill for grinding bones for
| fertilizing purposes, 100 tons being
i a and Ill N fnr n a n
yearly. No adulteration whatever is
used in manufacturing this fertil Ter.
| THE FENwICK WORKS,
| In 1875 the Fenwick Canning Works
were established by Starr 81 Mecuin, on
broadway, near the steamboat landing
The year folio wing the firm was changed
to Starr & Brother Orchard L. Starr
and Thomas b. Starr being the partners
and the WORKS largely extended. When
IN full operation 100 hands are employe ed
The brand of tomatoes manufactured by
| this firm is the we'll known "Centennial,"
and are in demand in almost all parts of
the large markets and in the midst of a
rich agricultural region, the firm is en-
| abled to procure the choicest fruit. The
partners are young, enterprising and ac-
tive, and exercise a personal supervision
over every branch of their establish
me1t.
The operation of canning is carried on
during the months of August and Sep.
tember, but number of hands are EN-
ployed ten months in the year in getting
out cans and boxes. The capacity of the
works IS 100000 cans, and for the canned
goods they receive from 81 to 81 20 per
dozen. Upwards Of 1900 boxes Of tin are
used yearly, from which the cans are
mar nfactured very rapidly by means OF
improved ma ,hinery. The capital in
vested in the business is between $40, ,OOO
aud $4,000.
WOMEN do the work Of longshoremen
Oh the wharv-s of St. Johus, Newfound-
la d. When Il time arrives for vessels
from Southern Europe, Brazil, West In
dies, and elsewhere, to take aboard their
rgoes of salt cod, heirirgs, ETC., files OF
females with tuck 'd up gowns, bare arms
and brogan !, may be seen along the
wharve-, carrying fiat barrOws of fish to
and fro. Each barrow has four handles
and is borne by two women. They per-
form the same labor as men at this busi-
ness, but their pay is inferior. Women
also go on the "summer voyage" to Labra-
dor, and act generally in the capacity OF
"splitters," "salteis' and "headers."-
Toronto Graphic.
Secretary Sherman arrived at New
| ort, r, l., yesterday morning, and on
his arrival found important letters call
ing him to Washington. He will go to
New York to. day, and leave that city