Daily Republican., 1888-11-23
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
ONE THAT WILL PROVE sUc
CESsFuL.
A Can mandatory to be incorporated
and Located In Wilmington, 10
Emp.Oy 90 HAndS-76,O0O
Cans Per Day.

A can factory in Wilmington will be
a newly added industry, but one that
promises sucoess. Why should it not2
The peninsula Of which Wilmington 10
the metropolis, sitting like q oroWne
queen np0n the hills Of the head Of IL, Is
the greaiost fruit raising country In Ihe
United States her peaches 20 all over
the nation. There are no peaches, no
psArs, no ounces, no small fruit su
pefioF TO those grown In Delaware and
on the Esstern Shore OF Maryland. A
oouftry, tongue Of land between two
bays, esch OF the latter stocked with the
flnest fish and oysters, that is but .
speok upon the msp wheu compared to
the mighty expAnAe OF the nation, that
To cspAbie of raising Fruit and creating
political revolutions that Astound the
uAiioD, why should Il not support =
great canning industry in Wilmlngton2
1t will do II, and the proposed can
merry here will bs q great success.
Daniel 8 Kent wss one of the enter
pEising men OF Wilmington that trAv-
sled too fast for the growth OF Its
enterprises. The mammoth building
be erected on Water street, bet weep
Orange and Bhipley, for . great railroad
| commission warehouse, 10 a few years
OhiJ hHOAu VI himbs AZ Will hli
light after REhi Q. Mr.. Kent had
bssn out West aud bad seen Western
O. ties with railroad centres spring up ~
II by magic. He came home and
imagined that Wilmington was Omaha
or Denver II not, he arRued why
shouldn't It b,2 Mr.. Kent WAS only .
Little too previous. Hope he may live
TO zee hls expeotAtl0ns realized.
Tho Kent building, however, is not TO
fe Idle. II affords drst- GLASS plAcs for
the starting Of this new canning indus.
try; 1t ia just the place for it. There is
plenty OF room In II, hnd the new enJer
prise will no doubt ned It all. When
Will the company be organized2 Ia
asked. Well, any time afssr IO-mor.
tow. Ii 10 expected that Judge Gr1bb
Will grant the nsoeaBary act of tnoofpO'
ration Tomorrow. Henry o. Conrad,
Esq attorney for the oOmpNny, made
the usual application for . charter some
days sgo. OF oourss the ohAr.er will bs
granted. Judge Grub ls too great q
irend 10 Wilmington 10 Withhold his
signature to such an important doCu.
ment. The name Of the company ls 10
g The BuFssU Gan and Manufacturing
Oompsry. 1t is TO have . capital stock
OF $500 000 with poser to hold real es
ta,s to the value Of 81. 100000.
The name OF this company indicates
that 1t can engage Ia other mAnufAotoT-
les than tin cans II can branch out
into Gny thing elss that 1t sees proper TO
undertake The inoorporATors are
Tanm As PsnninRton, OF Philadelphia,
Ard Thor as MoClAry aud Horace
Greeley K lowles, Of this oity.
The lAJi two gentlemen are we'll
kuoWn hs Q; their names are q guarAn.
tee Of iuo5Sss. Mr.. Pennington, though
DOT known here 80 we'll Is none the less
resDonBible.
Tas company pror 5sss to engage In
the manufacture OF tin oAn after
patent owned By Edward D5lap, Of
PhilsdelphiR. The oAnH are decided
Improvement over any now In the mar
ket Rnd are made without solder on the
lusid ;, which Is novelty, thus doing
away with the many dangers from fruit
cans that nov exist. Tbe machine By
Rhioh they are manufactured is q mar.
vel, having o capacity OF rs. 900 cans q
day.
Mr.. Knowles, one Of the incorpora.
tors, has been ohl,fig instrumental 10
the orr raaLizAiiOn OF toe company and In
having it located here. A native OF
Sussex County, where fruit grows
almost spontaneous and tin cans are
needed, he knows IomethlnR Of the pos
abilities which lie ahead. he is TO be
congratulated fOE his success in bring
ing the industry TO WilmInR Rton, and IS
partial reward for his success every
body should desire 10 see him made
clerk OF the RipubltcAn House Of RID.
resentatives At DJVer this winter.