American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-03-20
Canning Company
Accepts Its Factory
Description Of Factory and Machinery
and Method Of Canning
Tomatoes.

The Hastings Industrial company
builders of the Lehi canning factory
completed the installation Of the ma
chincry and Saturday fired UP the
boiler, started the engine, ana turned
on steam IN all the pipes and started
UP the machinery for the accvptcnc
Of the directors. All parts are
working order, and II fruit and to.
matoes were on hand, the plant would
be ready to commence canning fruit
and vegetables today The warehouse
In which the goods Will be stored
will be completed during the summtr
Tomatoes will be the chief product
canned during the first season. though
there may be some fruit
The tomatoes will first be weighel
on some scales ut the southeaDt COZ
ner OF the building. the scales havl
a capacity for weighing Ave tons al
so delicately arranged that they Will
give the accurate weight OF u child
They are then unloadcd In boxes
on the porch on the south side Of the
main building. where Is also located
the scalder, where the tomatoes are
washed by q series Of forced sprays
as they pass over the endless steel
belt. Just before leaving the scalder
they are subjected to u hot stcar
bath. and their passing from the cole
, water bath to the hot steam bath
causes the skins to break and makes
II Is 30 that the skins may be slipped
on with ease
The exit end of the scalder is locat.
ed inside the main building, and III
scalded tomatoes are delivered int,
special fibre buckets on a revolving
table. A man then takes the buck
TO the forty girls. who are seated
the long peeling tables, and here Il
girls remove the jackets, cut out tn
stems and any unripc parts. II Their
should be some.
A man then carries the tomatoes
the filler. which Is u circular disk
with about sixty holes in II. During
this time man or boy from the foo
above Is feeding tin cans into I,
spiral chute, which delivers the cans
into the filler. one can under enc
hole. As the nilcr revolves. young
ladies' scoop up the tomatoes. fllinl
each can as II comes to them. Some
OF the most expert help is required
for this work, as the cans must b,
filled exactly,
From the filler the cans are deliver
ed automatically into n machine call
ed the exhaust. This machine is I'LL
ed with perforated pipes, through
which Jets of steam pass. The cans
pass back and forth through thu
steam. and when they exit. all the nj
has been expelled and they are read!
for the Gaping machines.
The Gaping machines are owne'
by the American Can Company ant
are never sold The company lease
thtHl w spV p'i y'ais AhNe' NoPp''
automatically seal the caps on tn
cans. which are then ready for tn
cooker These are known as sanitar
Gaping machines. because no solde
Is used In sealing the cans.
When the caps have been sealed
the. cans are put into large circula
iron crates, about six hundred to tn
crate. and are raised and lowered b
means OF compound chain pulle
into the big cooking watts, each o
which holds three crates filled wit
cans. The cooking watts are filled wit
water, among which circulate serie
of perforated pipes through whic
steam Is forced until the water be
comes boiling hot, and where the to
matoes remain until they ar
thoroughly cooked.
They are then elevated and whecle
on trucks into the warehouse rooms
where they are stacked ceiling hig
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