The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-08
PROGRESS IN PIE MAKING.
SUPPLYING THE DEMANDS OF THE
SPREADING PIE HABIE

FHes Dauy ana Itp Freceee OF Aanufncs
ture-Appie Pie the stapie-I.ex pi,cabls
Popularity OF sse auekieserry Pie.
New YORK has tooth for pie. So say the
mon who are making comfortable incomes
from the fondness OF New Workers for this o..
ssntiully American dish.
There has been q big boom In the pie indus
try in recent years. Long ago all the pies eaten
in New York outside OF the household were
made In tho small bakeries, but now tho man
ufacture OF pics on q grand scale has become
business In which large capital is invested.
Before the war there wasn't much money In
baking pies. They used to sell for twenty-five
cents dozen. This didn't leave . very large
margin OF profit, considering tho work OF max
Ing the pies and the slow pt ocess Of baking in
sheet-iron ovens.
The President OF one OF tho big pie baking
companies who started in q very small way
forty years ago. and has been making
piss ever since showed BY = comparison OF
his own business then and now how i'm
menssly he consumption OF pies ha. increased
in that time Two or three hundred pics
day were very good record for him then.
while now. In the establishment OF which he is
the head. he never soils fewer than 10000
pies day. and on pinch histwo hundred en-
ployees can turn out 5000. The demand for
pie Increases every day. 1t grows faster than
the population. Tho pie habit 10 spreading.
The way In which New Yorker. have got ac-
customed to taking their midday meals OF
late years has been tho golden opportunity OF
the pieman. The habit Of sparing scant five
minute. for lunch has given boom TO pie.
In tie bufTets and vt the quick lunch counters.
which have sprung up everywhere In the last
few years. tho staple article OF food ID pie.
Nearly all Of the customers Of these establish.
ments include . section Of pie In what they
tuck away. whlls many make their whole lunch
conss. Tbs ccmpsetnsss Of pis and the spssd
T w which T. can 90 sSt rig OF SommenSd Ito
Wholesale establishments. in " hich tho entire
"ns ESQ the B, ns esr,ns
tastes Of tho pie ea,sr s'' '''' ~ 'D' >
else; and TIC baker has TO keep sharp sye
THIS tn. Of Ses s SSe's ea 10
ton Of e. i. c"nsernsd Ali the Year S' around
ample pie is the best patron ,zed OF ali varieties
@ i oss1 ha lake IN fes
iuary; and March it is mince pie. The ouan.
rerorter ten tons are made up into
Gas Ast and Ma. " a.. lfsnf
months. for lemon. arp'e tustnrd. rhubare.
june a he . spSa IL nd
r,rhis holds on wrl through Iuiy and August:
/ There are other SINAI fruits hat mako lust as
maker him ELF how huck leberry keeps its hold
on popularity SO wei. Year after year It is the
and to turn Tho fruit into its laSy bod Just as
As - a matter att pS Of iac,." said a restaurant
man. there isn't We much taste to buckle.
sns ME- Alter yex VII sfss S uss
1t is al a habit. Inherited from ancestors am
sen Gs:ys sh: st aI
black berry or ,. currMns pie is biz improve
come into, mark ct in abundance. The peach pie
isgradually established A. the favGTite. and
fruit. Of this month play comSaratively in.
siEnincant part in pie except pums q, and ap p.
top-y turvy. for the famous pumpkin pie then
has its turn. Fer this dsles,a6le eomroun;d
Of shs yesr are harsy called
barrels Of pumpkins day are used in the
the IN the 9 al
kins lGSo quarts Of milk IRE required ID oeto-
kin ne. and whom December comes with c"ld
weather mineo pie takes the lead once more.
out pics as we'll as. breed and cake but they
'"ura1t o and hotel Sasiness has b.en almost
entirely Ieegated TO the wholesale establish
sHS r.ports. It i. Interesting to watch tho
evolution Of pie II IT, passss. through
n %oaiou. wloe sG ready to tickle To pss,s Of
the lover Of pic. The man At the hssd Of THO
and #. 'q hs. Ssds
ths XoIK his ..,.blsS%Pi.n. from :as!
that r. has sn eys on every FL TUNED
lard and fruis"he buys himself. and Knows
!ust where to buy them most advantagsoIsl,.
OF his factory: where tho fret work on the pie
begins. with his sleeves rolled up and his hands
Of siTs BUSY scns and cutting spplss for Tho
pie, to be made the next morning. Ono girl
chine. On the fioor below the Slices were put
in great tubs Of speed syrup made from sugar
In whs1r sa'
the s 81 p"o% It for h
ocosk The the work q put
4st d1 %sa Ia" aos shape
and then tho cover. Of dough are clappsd on.
The lies are then sen: in eleystors to the ten
must mus " 10 BAKED 81 oeiock to BE- sent on. al
"rs. sss s.l to fns
tweH,y minutes 70 bake batch Of pies OF tho
AZ: s.n 10 5. dsa.a nt sse e.. on 70 :
Pics .ale sent 10 Brooklyn. Jersey City. and
Mount vernon. by noon almost all OF the pies
have been distributed AID in the afternoon
tho girls are busy again preparing the mate
four girls arc kept stendly at work washing
pie pans. Beside the factory is three. story
! stable where the forty horses used In Tho de-
livery service nrs kept A hall dozen mon at
tent to thor wants.
The proprietor OF this big establishment has
| everything done on n system. Tho pies IRE
| the product OF years OF study. and every pie 10
made according to his rules
Two OF the Fugitive Convicts CAPTURED.
AUBURN. Aug. Tone moro OF the nine fugi-
tivss who escaped from the State asylum yes-
terfay WAS captured near CayuRa village at