Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
CANNING FACTORY
FINE ENTERPRISE
New Factory Near the City VIII Soon
Be Ready For operatlon--Fine
lrrleatlng System.

One OF the most important ana bup-
stanyal business enterprises OF the
city, when completed. Will be the
Hart-C lohan Canning Factory at Box.
vile. southeast OF the city.
The company has purchased large
tract OF land there, and will engage
extensively in raising tomatoes, cam
taloupas, apples, cherries. peaches,
peas, strawberries, etc. Instead of
selling thee products TO the mer-
chants or shipping them to Wholesale
concerns. they will can the majority
OF them and then place them on the
market. Especially will this be done
with the tomatoes.
At this time the company is build.
Ing large canning factory there, and
1t will be ready for operation by the
time that the tomatoes are ready for
use. The factory viii be large. aud
win have a capacity of several thou
sand cans daily. In conenction with
1t, saw mill lis being operated and
all lumber used in the making OF
cress crates and tomatoe cases is
manufactured there. The cases and
crates will also be made there. The
company now has large number OF
orders for crates and cases, and Will
be able to I'LL them at the required
time.
For the operation OF the plant a
deep channel has been dug from the
Opequon creek and the water In used
for that purpose. The machinery was
Installed by the Heiston Company,
and ID OF the latest models aud de-
signs. Two large turbines, Of 46
horse power each. guarantee that there
will never be any Inconvenience along
this line.
The company this gear planted more
than two hundred acres in tomatoes,
To properly cultivate the plants an
| irrigation system has been Installed
so that an abundance OF water can al
ways be had This insures d crop In
case OF drought The system Is very
simple the water being pumped III.
rectly from the factory and by the use
of upright pipes the ground is thor
oughly moistened, and the plants kept
growing during all the season.
Mr.. N. T. Frame is the general man
ager of the company. Elmer Swope. of
this city has full charge of installation
of the machinery and full charge of
the work. A. G. Roe is superintendent
OF the orchards. G. r. Granagen
is superintendent of the box factory
and b. II. Snyder Is general manager
At present fifty-hve men are employ
ed, but when the factory is placed in
operation this number will be more
than doubled.
All of the work has been and Is be-
ing done by machinery. One machine
introduced by the company is a toma-
to plant planter. This machine places
the plants four feet aprt and deposits
pint of water around each one at
the time ii Is placed in the ground.
This insures that they will have moist
ure when they are transferred from
the hotbed to the truck garden.
Another piece of machinery OF in
terest is the exhauster After the
cans have been filed they are placed
In the exhauster, which has been SUI
per-heated by steam pipes and as they
pass through it the tomatoes are
thoroughly cooked. the cans heated
and when they pass out they are cap
ped and ready for market.
The factory will be ready for oper-
alton In about a week, but actual work
will not be started for three weeks,
and II will be worth the time of any
one to pay visit.
The company is capitalized al $751;
000 The officers are Alexander Clio
han. president; Charles b. Hart. vice
president. and Nat T. Frame, secre-
tary-treasurer. The officers are also
the board of directors.
1t is the intention of the company
TO lease Opequon park to parties who
desire to build bungalows there and
spend the summer This will mean
that great many people will take adj
vantage of the opportunity to get
away from the cities during the heat
ed season. and spend the time at a
more pleasant place.