Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-31
WICHITA CANNING COMPANY.

The Wichita canning factory ras to have
started up yesterday, but owing to delay
in freights, thsir cans did not arrive until
last evening, therefore the start is deferred
until to-day. An EAGLE reporter visited
the new factory yesterday and was shown
through the estabiishment By tho s,iperin-
tendent, Capt. +. Winterzort- l
The main building is 40x70 feet and two
stories high. The lower floor is divided
lene.hwise into two compartments. The
east haIfis the store room, where each days
out put will be piled up for the day. whence
it will be transferred up stairs to the labelling
and packing room. From fifteen to twenty
women will be engaged in the store room
continually. The west half of the lower
floor is called the process room, because it is
there the canning is done. GAsol line pipes
range all around the walls Of this room and
center into an air tank that stands over
one end Of the capper's table. which is thirty
feet long and furnished with three gasoline
fire pots for heating the SOL
dering irons. These pots are sup
piled with gasoline from the pipes
which connect with large tank without the
building. In the front Of the process room
are also two packing tables Of equal size
with the capper's table These are apple
and peach packing tables, and their work
ing capacity is $500 cans each per day.
Then there are tomato and corn packing ia
bles of equal capacity with those just men
toned. In this room also is a large cooling
trough, where boys dip the fruit in large
rays before cans are capped. Twenty-four
women are expected to be worked in this
room. At the other end of this room, and
near the engine room, are three monster
ooiler-iron cooking kettles, with daily ca
oscity each of 5000 cans Of fruit. Near
hem is an immense upright steam boiler, |
with regular steam gauge and cap. |
This boiler has capacity OF 1000 pounds,
md when the factory is running full blast
his boiler will be filed ten times per day,
VI once an hour. Right across the room
rom this are two large jelly kettles that
,old thirty gallons each, and their produce
s 100 dozen bottles of jelly per day. At
he rear is the engine room in which is fine
wenty-horse power engine. In the engine
DOM is corn mill, run by the same power.
outside the main building is an open build
ng 20xa0 feet, in which are long rows Of
ables and hundreds Of buckets and tubs.
Here is where the skinning of tomatoes and
he pairing and coreing of apples takes
,lace. Outside this is space 20x40 feet
overed with canvas, where the corn husk-
RS will work. They expect to begin with
fly hands, which they will increase as they
,et into the thickest of the fruit season to
25. Women, boys and gilrs can make
5 cents to Sl.25 per day, and there is no
anger of any one being hurt. The COM
ANY have 100 acres of corn, sixty of toma-
oes and l,00J bushels of onions engaged,
nd any quanty of peaches and apples. They
viii put up canned peaches, apples, tomatoes
nd corn and bottle chow-chow pickles,
auces, jellies and cabbages. 1t is impossi-
lie to tell just at present what the entire ca
acity will be, but it will be very large. The
ntire product for this year is already en-
aged. The importance of this enterprise
nm hardly be overestimated.