The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-25
LARGE NUMBER PRESENT FOR
\ THE FORMAL OPENING
THE CANNING PROCESS
Explained-Enough Produce Guar
anteed-An Are Satisfied With
the Factory.

! On the occasion of the formal op-
Jening of the Richmond Canning Fac
tory, an invitation was issued to the
public, inviting them to come and in
spect the factory and the equipment.
In response to this invitation large
numbers of people, chiefly those
mostly interested in the factory, were
present yesterday afternoon between
the hours of two and four.
Up to Expectations.
Even the most conservative persons
were compelled to admit that the
management has provided the best
and most expensive machinery that
can be gotten, and from the looks OF
things, will run the factory on strict
ly business principles. Quite num-
ber of truck gardeners and farmers
who have signed contracts to produce
tomatoes and corn for the factory
were present to get an opinion as to
the wisdom of the enterprise.
One and all they de-
clared that thev were more ,han sat
isfied and that any lingering doubts
as to til, factory's substantial stand
ing were dispelled. John Lancaster,
the we'll known gardener, will pro-
duce probably more for the factory
than any other one gardener, and he
was on land to figure out the pros
poets Of the new venture.
Enough Contracts Signed.
Enough farmers and gardeners
have promised to bring in produce
to keep the factory running for at
least the first year. 1t will be July
or August at least, before enough to-
matoes can be secured to run the fac
tory and by that time the canning
season will have advanced far and
there will not be many weeks wherein
the work can be done. Next spring
the factory will be started out early
= and will try to make up for the late
ness of this years start.
The Factory Building.
The main building, and the only
one erected as vet, is about two hun
dred feet long by seventy wide. 1t
is UlNlucl llllO tllIcc StCtlollS-
cooking department, and the main
room. The office is not fitted up as
vet, but will be soon. In the main
room are the tables for peeling the
tomatoes. These are grooved and
santed, and all the juice will run
down the table, floor, into a long
trough and out In the same room
are the engine, the Gaping machine,
the corn cutter, and other machines.
Since corn and tomatoes will be the
only two vegetables canned the first
year, all Of the machinery is used
in the canning Of these two.
The tomatoes are first peeled by
hand, cooked in great vats in the rear
room. then poured by hand into the
canning ,1achine, which fills the cans
and taken to the Gaping machine
where the cans are capped and sealed
The corn is first cut and chopped
then cooked and canned, sealed and
capped in the same way. The process
is an interesting one.
The promoters of the factory and
the S. S. I. A. are we'll pleased with
the results so far and confidently be-
lieve that the factory will be sue
:, cess. Thework of erecting sheds is
still going on and force of carpen-
ters is at work The factory viii
prove good thing for the south side
and the city in general and will Gil :
gap in the list of Richmond's i'm
provements. J. Fl. Kidwell, of lag
erstown, promoted the scheme anC
Mr.. Clark is at present at the head.