Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

for the improvement Of the roads in
said districts.
THE CANNING INDUSTRY
The canning industry is one Of the
leading features Of Weber county.
The past few years this industry has
been given great attention by the peo-
pie, and II has met with great success.
The year OF 1900 has been one of the
best years that the Canneries have
ever experienced and for that reason
three new factories have been built IN
this county. The Adams canning fac
tory, which Is the largest I'm the State,
the Roy Stamping and Canning COM
pany, and the Chief Canning CO.. at
Plain City. The building OF these fac
tories has been a great incentive to
the planting Of tomatoes, which are
principally used by the canneries. This
year has been an exceptionally good
year for the grower. the seasons being
so favorable and I'm most places they
had plenty Of water with which 10 irri-
gate the crops, and a bounteous har-
vest was had, the only drawback which
the growers and factories had was that
the tomato crop ripened so quickly that
It was impossible for the farmers TO
get all Of their crop 20 the canneries
or for the canneries 20 use the tomatoes
as fast as they could be picked. Hence
considerable loss was sustained both
by the farmers and the factories. With
this one drawback, the year OF 1900 has
been n very successful year and the
financial BENEFITS Of the same have
been felt by the merchants and people
IN general In this city and county, Be
sides the canning of tomatoes these
canneries put up pears peaches plums,
apples grapes, and all kinds Of fruits
as well as many kinds OF vegetables.
Hence the fruit and vegetable growers
OF this county have little or no trou-
BILE 10 dispose Of their products at good
market prices These canneries have
also been a great stimulus 10 the farm
ers 10 plant the best qualities OF fruits
and vegetables for the price paid for
these products varies with the quality
Hence the farmers have learned the
great necessity OF planting the finest
varieties OF trees and seeds, so that
their crop when harvested, will bring
them good price. The oanneries
have also made great progress during
the past few years In their methods
OF preparing the products before being
canned. A few years ago this part OF
the canning industry was looked upon
as a secondary consideration but now
Il Is one OF the important points studied
by the factories. II was because OF the
careless and unskilled way In which
Utah fruits and vegetables were pre-
pared a few years ago that II was so
hard to find a market for them. but to.
day there is no trouble TO find
a market for the cannery products.
There are eight canning factories sit
uated in Ogden City and In Weber
county outside OF the city. viz, the
Adams Canning Factory The Utah
Canning Factory, ogden Canning Fac
tory Salt Lake Valley Canning Fac
tory: Roy Stamping & Canning Co..
Clinton Canning Co; Chief Canning
Co. and Hooper Canning Co. The
largest OF these is the Adams Canning
Factory. which canned 100000 cans OF
tomatoes and various kinds Of fruits
this year. this factory also manufac-
ture their own cans and this year for
that purpose used sixteen car loads OF
tin plate, two cars OF solder one and a
talf car gasoline, 1000 pounds Of acid.
II employs about 800 people. These
factories all together contracted Tor
a bout 900 acres OF tomatoes ana pro-
duced about 200 900 cases OF tomatoes.
which are worth at least Sj25, 900. II
Is estimated that each acre Of toma-
toes Yielded on an average OF eight
tons. The factories In the city paid
$1,000 per ton, while those outside OF
the city paid IS 90 per ton for the TO-
matoes. The total cash paid out FOR
tomatoes In Weber county IS about
$3.50 0OO and TO factory employees about
s7s 600. making a total OF about S225,oOO.
From these figures the public VIII
gain an estimate Of the great Dement'S
This city and Weber county derives
from the canning industry. The prod
,icts OF these factories are shipped 10
Colorado. wyoming Idaho, Nevada.
Montana, oregon and other parts OK
this Western country.
OGDEN BANKS.
ogden City has five banking busi-
nesses in good substantial conditions
they capitalized FOR $4,000. The az
rregate deposits up 10 Dec, LIST, 1900,
were nearly 100000.
The year OF 1900 has been very
successful year for banking and there
has been a marked increase IN the de-
posts over 1883. The banks have