The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-31

densed Milk Co.'S factories, Mr. A. r. FL
lott writes: Having read and heard so
much about Gail Borden, the New York
Condensed Milk Co., and the celebrated
Eagle brand, ! determined to visit, at
the first opportunity, one of their con-
densing factories.
On Monday morning, in company with
Prof. Charles F. Heebner, dean of the
Ontario College of Pharmacy at Toronto,
Canada, | left New York over the Harlem
River road for Brewsters, n. y, to in
spect the factory located at that point.
The Harlem River road leads into n
of the finest dairy sections of the Empire
state. The wooded hills, the bright green
valleys, the streams of pure water, the
rich pasture and meadow lands, the we'll
TODD farmers, the herds of blooded cattle
to be found wherever we went, show the
d~iscernment of Gail Borden and his
friend, jeremiah Milbank, Esq, in estab-
fishing their first factory in this section as
early as 1860.
Taking the Dad that leads through
the midst of the town in a winding way,
by some foothills and across a rustic
bridge, we came to the factory-the one
big industry of the town. 1t is located
Oh the east branch Of the CrOton river,
just below the great water gates of the
vast system Of Croton lakes, from
whence New York city secures her daily
supply of pure water. The factory at
this point consists of a number of brick
structures, fronting on a park, around
which are grouped the neat frame resi-
dences of the employees in a little town
of their own, with broad spreading elms,
fruit trees, trailing vines, and garden
places, all the property of the New York
Condensed Milk Co.
1t was 8 o'clock. A long procession Of
farmers wagons loaded with milk cans
trailed far up the hill, each driver await
ing his turn to get before the door OF the
receiving room. Here Mr.. John S. Emo,
the superintendent, met us and pro-
ceeded to explain to the inquisitiye pro-
fessOr every detail of the process. AS
the cans were unloaded each was in
spected by an expert. The smallest sus-
picion of failure at any test was consid-
cred sufficient for rejection and we saw
more than n can rejeCted-and re-
turned to the farmers wagon without a
word of ceremony, While we were at
the factory the milk from more than
5000 cows was received, inspected, and
poured into the receiving watts. From
these watts the milk is discharged into
the jacketed kettles, or wells" in tie
well room. Here it is heated 10 a EN-
perature Of Over 2120, thus thoroughly
steriliziDg every particle. The requisite
amount Of pure graduated sugar is
added, and the whole becomes a milk
syrup. 1t is then pumped up and into
the immense vacuum pans in the con
densing room, where it evaporated al d =
minished atmospheric pressure These
vacuum pans are a sight to behold By
a vacuum pan the reader is not to con-
fuse it with a pan that he can carry
around under his arm. They are large
affairs, holding 10000 quarts of milk
each. In this factory are three Of them,
costing $12, 900 apiece. Clambering to
the top Of iron steps, one sees through a
glass peep-hole a boiling, seething mass,
tumbling and foamiDg like a Niagara of
milk, thousands of quarts of the white
liquid fast becoming a thickcned mass
for many tables in many lands. From
the watts the condensed milk is drawn
off, through tubes with strainers, into
the cooling Oom below, where it is re-
ceived in ans that revOlve in vats of
cool water. 1t then goes to the sealing
room, where, with the use of the most
perfect filling machine | ever saw, each
can is filled just to a nicely,
the cap is put IN and soldered. 1t then
goes to the packing room, and the Gail
Borden Eagle" Brand Condensed Milk
is ready for the market.
1t would seem from appearances at the
factory that with the New
York Condensed Milk Co.. cleanliness is
away ahead Of Goodness. ! have been in
every conceivable variety of factory for
producing food products, from packing
in Hampton, Va, oysters in Balti-
more, corn and Holsters in Maine, meats
in Chicago and Kansas City, to tomatoes
in Maryland, and soups in New York
city, but the Brewsters factory is the
cleauest plant l ever saw. One could
off the floor" from the office to the
shipping room. Although handling thou
sands of quarts of milk daily, with al the
possibilities of odors contingent there
with, there vas no more oder of milk
about than there is in Madison Sqaure,
New York. The young ladies at work
in the various departments wore pretty
gingham dresses, as clean and starched
as though serving at the table in the home
OF a gentleman. One could see his face