Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-29

on Fourth street near Maclay, adjoin-
ing the present buildings which are
now too small for the increasing busi-
ness.
Modern Building
The building throughout will be OF
brick and reinforced concrete. The
exterior will be pressed brick with
stone trimmings and the interior with
its steel girders and concrete will be as
fireproof as possible. Sanitation will
be the main consideration, and to
avoid any possibility of dust accumu-
lations there will be no sharp corners,
but the ends of window frames and
sills will be sloping and all corners
rounded on walls and floors to make
cleanliness an easy matter. The
equipment throughout will be new as
only the latest and most approved
type of machinery will be installed.
Martin r. Nissly. the general mana
ger says the new building has receiv
ed serious consideration for several
months because of the enormous in
crease in the company's business, and
inspection trips have been made to q
number of the most modern dairy
plants in the country.
Big Distributing Center
The local plant will be the distribut-
ing center 70 rthe company's Harris
burg business.
The Pennsylvania Milk Products
company, while generally regarded as
local in its scope of operations, has for
some time been doing not only ma
tional but an international business.
Milk from its condenseries at Ship
pensburg, Newville and Williamson is
now being shipped to Mississippi valley
and far western points as well as con-
signed to European purchasers.
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this city, however, are designed to
serve the needs of the growing distri-
buting business. The company han
dies nearly fifteen million quarts of
milk year and feels that such vol
ume of business justiftes the installa-
ton of the best sanitary equipment
obtaina BILE.
The recent developments in the
dairy business are illustrated by the
present plan of operations of the
Pennsylvania Milk Products Company.
At the present time the corporation
distributes the product from nearly
1000 farms Covering such an eX-
tended territory, the management, in
order to be in position to protect the
ultimate consumer, makes 1t a practice
to supervise the sources of supply as
carefully as though each farm were
operating under it's own control.
number of the herds are tested regu-
larly for tuberculosis, the company
employing it's own veterinary surgeons.
Besides this, inspectors make the
rounds regularly for the purpose of
giving practical advice to help the
farmer spot the Improbable cows in
his herds, to advise him concern the
proper rations for his cows, and to
give instruction wherever needed to
insure a high quality of milk.
1t is only the cooperation of the
farmers and our inspectors comply
ing with these regulations that pro-
duce a milk of high quality
The Pennsylvania Milk Products
Companys regulations governing the
producing and caring for the milk
from the producer to the consumer is
more stringent than any board of
health regulation of any city in the
State, which accounts for the permit
to ship milk products into the city of
New York and the District of Colum-
bia. which have the most stringent
milk regulations in the United States
The Pennsylvania Milk Products
Company realized the necessity of hav-
ing a certified milk for the conVal-
escent people and infants of Harris
burg and Immediately set about and
did secure a supply that could be cer-
titled by the Milk Commission of Har-
risburg. This is produced under spe-
cial regulations and are delivering
thousands of quarts per day in the
city.
Owing to the fact that the company