The daily gazette., 1879-08-12
The west Jersey Packi ng Company

This, the largest canning establish
ment In South Jersey, is located about |
half q mile east Of the depot IN Bndge-
ton. Tho works were established IN ioo2
by Rhodes & Williams, IN a small way,
for The purpose of cam tom itoes ana
peaches. In 1866, the firm became war
ner, Rhodes & Co., ami the wvrks grad
ualiy extended. until now the buildings
cryer q space of $50 feet square. Tue
boxiuk house measures l50 feet by 90 feet.
The secoud floor is appropriated for Of
Aces, label rooms, tin rooms, &c. The
third floor Is where the cans ana solder
are made.
From the canning of tomatoes and
peaches only, the ii In has extended the
business to putting up pears, ounces,
black rries, raspberries, stra" berries,
cherries, green cages, tgg-piums, aspaf-
Agus, green corn. green peas, ma Deahs
succatash, ririDg be ms, tomato ke.chup,
assorted jellies nd reserves. The latter
euterprise has beo ,me quite au article OF
commerce, the pi, serves being put up IN
lin pals ana buckets, and retdiled ny
weight In grocery stores. As many of the
above enumerated fruits arrive al matur-
ity at different seasons OF the summer
and tail, and during the winter the Jel-
lies and ketchups are prepared, 1t will be
seen that hands are kept actively en-
busy season commences the present wetk
week ,and will continue until frost COMES
say Octv Der 1T. A bout $40 hands are
empl, y-d during the busy season, and a
fair proportion the year round.
Messrs. Warner, Rhodes h Co., have
contracted for, this season, 100, 90 bush
els Of tomat 2DO, 900 bushels of peach
% and 400 bushels OF Bartlett peas thee
tn, 90 articles being speclaltles with the
firm; the other articles enumerated above
viii also be canned in large quantities.
At the Centennial Exhibition, the
firm OF Warner, Rhodes & Co., was
awarded thi ee medals and hree rewards
OF merit for cann.d d aud preserved fruits
and vegetables, jeIlie,, &c.
j hn W. Stouts Canning WORKS.
These works are located on Bank street
near Irwin, In close proxomity to the
Bridgeton terminus OF the West jersey
Railroad. They were started n 1859 OF
1850. by Fithlan Il Post. In 1855, John
w. Stout purchased the interest of the
founders, and has since cOntinued it,
enlarging the buildings and extending
the facilities for dong large BUSINESS
Canning tomai oes IL the principal f-a
ture of the concern, but peaches, plumb
hma beans a, d pickles, sauces, &c, ar
also put up in considerable Quantities
About 900 three pound cans OF al
the kin1s of goods dealt in are put u
yearly.
The building used for the purposes c
the business cover about one acre {
ground, and comprise un-shop, packi In
house, storage house and office. Nj
Stout employs 100 bands, to whom tn
usual wages are paid. TIE establishe
brand or trademark of this make 0
goods is known IN the market as TIN
"Red X"
THE DIAMOND PACKING COMPANY.
The most recently established cannin
establishment in Bridgeton is the Dii
mond Packing Company which Is loci
ted at the opposite d uf the city froI
the two above described. The works al
on the Cohansey creek, at the foot {
Eagle street. s Iser & Brother, OF Phi
ade,phia, and j. H. Poole, Of Bidsetol
established the work., in the present l.
cation, in 1868, and the same parties cal
ry on the business AT the present tim
under the style OF the Diamond Packi,
Company, the goods being sold from I'll
store Of Selser & Bros, in Phlladelphi
The buildings us, In the prosecute
OF the buriness are four in number, vi:
Main building, 40 by 40 feet; tnree sto
houses, one 40 by 100 feet, one % by
feet, and one 20 ny l56 feet. During Il
busy season, now at hand, 300 hands a
given employment. The establlshme
has a capacity of 20, 600 cans day. L
mato \ and peaches are the prLc!l
goods put up, but beans, s'rawbeiii'
peas and other vegetables and pick
are largely dealt in The location OF
works max thu shipment of goods
water convenient, although tie ralIo
is patron zod to considerable extent