The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-11
SOMETHING GOOD
FOR OSEAL00SA
rHE PLANT WILL cosr $4,000
One hundred recpie viii ne Employ
ed During the season and Five
Men VIII work Az the
Year Round.

ter upon the canning OF corn, erecting
additional buildings and cquipping a
plant and expcnding about 5000 In
the enterprise, as the supply OF corn
creates a demand for more machinery
TO enlarge the capacity OF the plant.
The city council through the efforts
Of The Commercial Club last night Sc
cured this additional enterprise for
Oskaloosa by meeting the canning
company half way and abating the
taxes upon its property for the next
five years, providing the plant was
built and equipped. The council also
recommended to the board OF super.
visors that the county taxes be abated
during that period.
The proposition of the Andersons
was presented to the city council by
Secretary Lyman of the Commercial
Club. and was accepted upon the mo-
tion Of Councilman Augustine, Sec
onded by Councilman Shipley.
1t has been konwn for some time
that the Andersons contemplated the
establishment Of the corn canning
plant, but it was not believed that
anything would be done this year, un.
til the assistance Of the council last
evening gave the needed encourage
ment to the company. Plans for the
enterprise are now under way, and the
erection OF the plant win be begun
with the opening of spring.
The corn packing plant Of the An
dersons will be distinct from the to-
mato cannery, A separate building
will be erected and absolutely distinct
machinery installed, The action OF
the council does not become operative
until the erection Of the BUILDING and
its equipment to the capacity of 40,-
600 cans Of corn each day.
The plant to reach this capacity will
be equipped with what is termed a
double" line of machinery, that is,
twice the amount Of machinery used
in the unit, a capacity Of 10000 cans.
AS soon as acreage is secured, add
tional mchinery will be installed, I'M
til the plant complete will contain
two double lines" and win have a
capacity Of $4,000 cans or corn each
day Of the packing season.
Thus che plant, when completed by
the Andersons, will S the product
Of 1000 acres of sweet orn each year.
The company will contract for that
amount OF corn this year If it can.
The contracts will be increased as
rapidly as possible, from the amount
Of acreage obtained this year, to. the
1000 acres limit.
Already the company is figuring
with manufacturers upon the neces-
sary equipment. AS soon as weather
will permit the building operations
will commence. The first building,
the factory building, will be a three
story structure. covering not quite the
same area as the present cannery,and
long and rather narrow in shape. Out.
side this structure, which Is to be
built of brick or cement DlocKs, will
be located the husking sheds where
the corn will be stripped before 1t is
sent into the cannery. A new storage
warehouse will be erected, duplicating
the present n in size and capacity
Corn, husked in the sheds, will be
conveyed by endless chain to the
third story Of the new factory, put
through the cutters" sent to the
"silkers" on the floor beneath, thence
to the cookers" below, and after the
cans are capped will be given the
finishing cooking, and sent into the
war house. Then the labels and
packing.
OF the thousand acres Of sweet corn
wanted, the Andersons are anxious to
contract as much as possible immedi-
ately. With the plant at its full ca
pacity Of $4,000 cans per day, l75 tons
Of sweet corn will be used. Hall this
amount can be used next year, IL the
farmers raise 1t.
The new factory means the employ
ment of six men the year round and
from 95 to 100 more people during the
busy season OF the year.. It means q
pay roll Of over two thousand dollars
per WSch uuIlHS bhdb bAhuS'
Ninety per cent Of the help used in
the factory Is secured in Oskaloosa.
The other ten per cent pays board,a!
least, in this city.
The corn packing season commences
about the first of August and ends
only with the frost, lasting from two
and one-half to three months. during
which time this pay roll will be OK
pended by the local company.
In speaking Of the importance OF
the new concern, which il to be larger
that the tomato packery, 1t was shown
that the canning factory employed
now, during the busy season, 120 2eo.
pie, half being men, that ten were EN-
ployed all summer, and that five per-
sons found work at the cannery the
year round. Thirty-six a loads OF
tomatoes we're shipped by the factory
last year.
An interesting bit Of inside history
was revealed by Mr.. Anderson last
night. The new enterprise was a New
Years gift to oskaloosa, and was Sc
cured at this time through the energy