The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-01-04
NEW CANDY FACTORY.

Norfolk II is II big institution. It
viii employ more people than any 9th.
or industry in the town today outside
the railroads, II Is no dream. Wheels
in the plant will begin to grind prob
- ably within the next two weeks and
1000 pounds of sweets will be turned
I out from the institution. First quality
CONNECTIONS, too.
> All four floors of the Eisclcy block.
Z corner Norfolk avenue and Third
street are now occupied with the new
candy factory ana cigar and fancy gro
Gerry Wholesale house, Of the Faucet.
/ Carney lIagcr Co This firm IL com
posed of former commercial travellers
> who have owned their homes in Nor.
folk for several years. They an.
nounccd few months ago that they
= would establish a big candy factory I'm
Norfolk and, though the city had be.
: come rather immune to ENTERPRISE
promises, the Faucet. Carney Hagcr
company has made good and cashed
It's promise
} And 1T Is no secondary candy fac
tory. 1t Is to stand up alongside any.
thing that Omaha or other larger cities
can boast, and it is going to build up
along constructive lines for the good
of Norfolk
Employs Thirty-fiVe People.
Thirtyfvc people are to be en-
poyod in this factory at the outset.
Four commercial travellers are now
ready to start out and sell its goods.
Four expert candy manufacturers from
Omaha have been imported to supcrin-
tend the work here twenty-five Nor
foil, girls will be given employment in
the factory
The basement will be used for a
cooling room for chocolate creams in
the summer time On the first floor
are the general Offices, located at the
front Of the building, with the ship
ping department occupying the bal
ancc Of the floor.
On the second floor, at the front end.
will be the superintondcnt's Office.
Aside from the superintendent Office,
the balance Of this floor will be given
over to the making Of fine candies,
such as high class chocolate creams.
Six steam candy boilers have been in
stalled power beatcr and other ma
chinery in this department. There are
400 trays each with capacity of ten
pounds OF candy and into these trays,
which are first filled with starch molds.
is poured the cream center of the
chocolate creams. The trays are then
placed in a dry room, later into an
automatic sieve where The starch is
blown off the creams by means of an
automatic bellows. In an adjoining
room the cream centers are dipped
into chocolate cOatings by hand. This
work is done on six marble slabs.
The third floor is devoted to the
manufacture of hard candies. such as
stick candy, peanut candy. caramels,
etc. caramel machine plays an i'm
portant part here. Two hard candy"
furnaces which derive their heat from
coke, are here employed. After the
candy is boiled and prepared, it is run
out upon four large marble slabs,
weighing a ton each, and about ten
feet by four in dimension. The candy
Is run out by machinery and is clipped
into proper sizes automatically.
Much Material Now on Hand.
Much material is now on hand for
the work. Three-fourths Of a carload
OF peanuts have arrived and are
stacked up in room. They came
from Norfolk, Va. A carload of sugar
Is here, carload of paper boxes, a
half car of paper bags and a half car
OF glucose.
| A acknowledgements engine will
run the machinery of the factory, and
a 4O-horse power boiler will furnish
steam with which to propel the engine
and also to heat the entire four floors.
All Of the cooking will be done from
this boilers heat.
In one little room cigars will be
stored 1t is an asbestos room. pa.
pered with that material to make it alb
solutely air tight. In another quarter
are fancy groceries such as Holsters.
cove oysters, etc.
Everything will be wholesaled, moth
ing retailed. Every kind of candy
known to the candy eating world will
be made here. And II will be made
to compete with the very best that
America affords.
I All of the machinery has been in.
| n'dlISu ny loCdl people. DESK turnl-
lures, plumbing, etc, is the work of
Norfolk firms. A power elevator, with
a 50O-pound capacity runs from top
to bottom of the building.
To be One Visitors Day.
There will be one visitors day when
the wheels start moving, for the sake
OF Norfolk people. After that the fac
tory will be barred to outsiders be-
cause economy forces the company TO
prevent Interruptions due to visitors,
and only exceptions will be made of
those who can obtain passes at the
, office. The visitors day will later be
, announced.
p Norfolk was chosen for this big in
/ dustry because OF its superb location.
? Its products are to be known as "The