Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-27
THE CAROLINE CANNERIES
A Peninsula Industry of Sur
prising Extent.
TOMATO CROP DISAPPOINTING
Its Quality Not Up to the
Usual Standard.
Where the Tomatoes and Other Products
Are Canned and Prepared for the Mar
kets Industries That Employ Many
People and Pay Large sums in Wages.

DENTON, Nd, Sept. 21.-The tomato
crop, which has become OF late years an
important one in Caroline county, is
alike disappointing to the farmers and
the packers this season. In most sec
tions drought prevailed when the plants
were nut out and the season thereafter
was not such as to develop the crop.
The result is the quantity has fallen OH
almost 30 per cent, and the quallty is
not up to the standard. Those who
work in the canneries preparing the
tomatoes for processing complain at the
small amount of wages they earn be-
cause the tomatoes are small, for 1t
takes as much time to peel small one
as large one.
Denton operates two large canneries
and will pack over million cans. ID.
A. Roe, who operates one of these, has
all the improved machinery necessary
for the purpose. He manufactured
100000 cans during the spring. His
pack this year will be upward of 600, 600
cans, which is about one-half of the
quantity he has the capacity for can
ming.
Inquiries directed to the various can
ners and other manufactures in Caroline
| county reveal statistics that will agree
! ably surprise even those who live in
the county and plainly indicate that
agriculture is not the sole industry with
Al Marydel F. G. Sleunner has
packing house where he employs 110
| hands and the seasons wages amounts to
about $500. He packs $4,000 cases of
goods annually. He manufactures his
own cans and enough more for small
cannery. Last season he packed 1000
cases of sweet potatoes. Mr.. Sleunner
has patented can tloater which he
manufactures and sells.
Robert farrell and John Y. Graham
have packing-houses at Goldsboro, and
pack over 100000 cans annually. The
amount paid out as wages at this point
is $4,000 annually. Two hundred and
fifty hands are employed during the
fall season.
Greensboro has the three largest
canneries in the county, and pack up
wards of 100000 cans each season.
} Six hundred hands are employed by
these Gamers, viz: Joseph I'll. Bernard,
w. @. Salterfield and Andrew B. Roe.
About $35, 1000 is annually spent in that
town for wages.
, Preston has two canneries, with
capacity for packing 100000 cans
annually, and pay $4,000 for wages and
, employ 150 hands.
, Bethlehem has one cannery, owned by
i r.. M. Messick, who packs 100000 cans
! and employs 150 hands, and pays out
$4,000 for wages.
,, American Corner has two canneries
: fredericksburg one, Choptank one, Con
4 cord one, Hillsboro one-each of which
= | nf On aa
; employs 100 hands and pays out fol
: wages $4,000.
4 Next to Greensboro, Ridgely has thi
i largest canning houses, viz: Day Bros
:, e Co., the Alliance Canning and Pre-
I serving Go. and Salisbury Bros. Da,
~ Bros. pack 100000 cans annually, EN-
n ploy l5O hands, pay out as wages 50, ,o0
4 annually. They manufacturer one mil
~ lion and quarter cans each season
- Perhaps the other two are of smalle
: = capacity than the one mentioned.
- Besides these are Gwo basket factories
!. one at Henderson and the other o
: Ridgely, each of which employs A
ts hands and manufactures 25,00G basket
i per week and pays $500 per week fc
70 wages.
"a james Green & Brother, at Maryde
Il w. A. Smith, at Greensboro, and Waltz
Il Todd at Preston, are phosphate manufa,
II turers, who employ about 20 men fC
"a five months in the year and have a
a output of 1900 tons annually. Unit
Il the explosion occurred ]. A. Wrigl
operated shirt factory at Choptan
m that employed so hands and paid $1,2C
10 annually as wages. The capacity of Il
~ mill was 1900 shirts per day. There al
. eiuht roller mills in the county engage
ee in the manufacture Of flour. Several I
Of these have capacity for 10 barrels p'
day.