Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
A BIG CROWD
Visits The New Plant of
Swift & Company.
Wide Variety Of Products Shown
At The Exhibit.
Fancy Dressed Beeyes, Lambs and
Poultry Attract Attention.

Between 5000 and 1000 people from
this city HallowelI, Gardiner. Water
Vile and the neighboring towns visit
cd the news plant of Swift e Co. at the
North End, Saturday, upon the occa-
sion Of the opening day A large per-
centage of the visitors were ladies, al
though . good number of the retailers
of the four cities and nearby towns
Were represented.
The exhibit was a most instructive
one and nearly all of tire visitors We're
SURPRISED at the great variety OF goods
carried by the-eoncerH, as many had
associated it simply with dressed beef
and lambs. ON the first floor at the
right of the main entrance an attrac-
tive booth of toilet soaps WAS shown
but it was in the cooler room itself
that the main exhibit was to be found.
Al. kinds of canned goods, a table of
cooked products. which looked good
enpHgh to eat on the spot, and many
eases ofEeggs. all of prime quality.
were the FIRST things that met the eye.
Then the visitor was taken around to
the central part of the cooler, where
carload OF fancy dressed cattle and
lambs were hung up. Several boxes Of
extra fine dressed chickens and a long
string of prize hams and bacon with
q display of butterine, lard and COM
pounds completed the exhibit.
The chief attraction on the second
fioor was the miniature soap boiling
apparatus, which was shown in con-
nection with the exhibit OF Swifts
soap and washing powders. The little
la. he fGf of xxs1f f.1 oh -
sin Of The top of q half-b barrel was an
exact replica, exceptS s to size, of the
monster kettles used in. the soap fac
tories, with capacity of $50, 900 pounds
and diameter of 20 feet The steam
and oil pipes and all the other Access
series were shown in the miniature and
Mr.. Whitson of the Swift co. gave an
Interesting little talk upon. soap man.
ufacturing.
G. II. Simens. general manager for
New England. Old. Clark, manager
of the~grpyision department, j. L. Cen
ter, general agent, and r. NJ Whitson
II the advertising department, We're
present from the Boston office and with
Robert w Pope. the genial manager
of the local plant, made the visitors
feel welcome and quite at home The
plant was open to the public from A
NJ. to 10 p. NJ. and visitors We're
shown fine loading facilities. method Of
handling goods upon arrival and other
details OF the plant, as well as the ex-
hibits of products
OtIsr representatives of Swift & Co.
and other provision houses present
We're: G. q. Bailey. manager j. j. Cur
ley. j. T. MeserVe and Robert Popa
frem the Portland office of Swift &
Co.: 4. !. Clark. manager OF Bangor
Office Of Swift & Co.; NJ. II. Beerwort,
manager Of the Bath office of Swift &.
Co.: j. S. Jenkins, manager of the
Rockiand office of Swift e. Co; c. +.
Lewis, manager. II. e. Dobson and J.
w. Weber of the Lewiston Office of
Swift & Co; William ii. Lowell of the
Portland Rendering Co.: II. H. Filon
of Portland, representing Libby, Me-
Neill & Libby; J. Marshall Hobbs ami
j. Marshall Hobbs, Jr., from the North
Packing and Provision Co. of Boston