Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-10
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town does not possess many indus
| tries, but the plants which are here
are exceptionally busy and the prod
ucts well known to Harrisburgers and
persons residing in the Central Penn
sylVania territory in general.
Newville, too, is in the center of a
great farming community and has
many more stores and business houses
than the majority of towns of its size,
just so it, can take care of that outside
trade. It's residents are progressive
and take a lively interest in the well
fare of the borough. Within the past
week the councilmen decided to pur
chase motor-driven fire apparatus to
replace the two old chemical wagons
which have been the towns only pro-
lection for number of years. These
were procured through the efforts of
the MELVILLE Civic Club, an organ
iZation made UP of about seVenty-five
women who are actively engaged in
civic betterment The women, since
forming the club several years ago,
have been instrumental in placing
waste paper and refuse receptacles
about the town at various points, as
sisting the borough schools in the pur
chase of n piano, inaugurating a clean
up week each year and securing first
class entertainment courses through
the winter season. Very little or no
as the club secures the best talent pos
sible to get so that MELVILLE is given
only high standard acts. Although the
summer campaign has not yet been
mapped out, it is understood the
women will continue their activities
for civic betterment and that great
things may be looked for in the future.
Harrisburgers, to a degree, are at
the present time relying on the farm
ers in this vicinity and the branch
plant of the Pennsyly lyania Milk Prod
ucts Company for pasteurzed milk At
this period of the year the station here,
which is a branch of the Pennsylvania
Milk Products Company, in Harris
burg, daily ships upward of 1900 to
1000 pounds of milk to the Capital
City for distribution. This output is
doubled during the summer months
The plant here is one of the most mod
ernly equipped in the country and the
management invites inspection at any
time. Conditions are sanitary at all
times and the plant never has to be
cleaned prior to an inspection. 1t is
always kept clean, so that Manager
s. G. Sweyer never has to refuse a
visitor permission to inspect the plant
Yesterday when a Telegraph reporter
visited the milk products building he
was Immediately invited to go through
the various departments. First of all,
it must be said, everything was clean,
the seven men employed there used
sanitary means in handling the milk
and samples from every can were
taken as the farmers brought them in
before the milk was weighed and
emptied into the receiving watts. Each
farmer is given number and dupli-
Gates are placed on the samples
Should they not meet the standard re-
quirements, the milk is refused. From
the receiving watts the milk is taken
through pipes to other points, where it
is paSteurized at a high temperature,
cooled and aired. Other pipes take it
to the reservoirs from which the cans
are filled for shipment to Harrisburg.
Sterilization" appears to be the motto
at the local plant, for each day. before
and after the milk is received and pre-
pared for shipment, everything which
comes in contact is thoroughly StCril-
lied. Steam pipes are connected to the
pipes and machines through which the
milk passes and before and Gft"r tH~v
are used live" steam is turned in for
sterilization purposes. Cans gre ster.!-
lied daily, too, by steam. and the farm
erS have their receptaclcS sterilized be-
fore taking them home. Condensed
cream and a preparation for bakers
and confectioners is among the COM
pany's products.
During the past few days painters
have been busy at the building, paint
ing the walls and ceilings and making
the interior more sanitary and at
tractive. Within the coming week
sanitary pipes will be installed for
carving the milk from one place to
another. Since the plants erection
ordinary black pin,ng has been in use,
and although it is possible to properly
sterilize these pipes with Tive" steam,
the new piping will insure greater
sanitation because il can be taken
down very conveniently to be boiled
and steamed.
In the building, too, is a refrigerat-
ing plant, which keeps the canned milk
at low temperature.
Another concern known in Harris
burg for its product is the J. S. Elliott
Coffee Company, which sells to almost
hundred stores in the Capital City
besides stores in the principal towns
and cities all over the state. The plant
is up-to-date in every detail and only
high grade goods are turned out. The
name Elliott on coffee bags and cans
is familiar to many Harrisburg con-
sumers. but not many arc aware that
the coffee is roasted and prepared for
the market in MELVILLE. Each day
about 1000 pounds of coffee are
roasted and shipped to various dealers.
BY the process in use in the New
Vile plant the consumer must not
purchase dust, hulls and chaff, found
in some other coffees. A series of ma
chimes and blowers prevents this.
When the finished product is ready for
packing nothing but the pure coffee
remains. An interesting machine is
one which is used to polish the roasted
bean.
The Elliott company's green coffee
is procured from the best fields in
South America and shipped here in
carload lots. Upon its arrival dozen
persons are kept busy preparing it for
the retail trade. Two big roasters. |
each of which hold 400 pounds, are
used in the process of manufacture.
The company sells its goods loose, |
in pound or two-pound bags or cans. |
according to the retailers desire, and
then, too. it is either ground or allowed
to be shipped whole. OF course, the
company produces roas sted coffee in
various grades.
In connection with the business the
concern operates its own printing
plant. printing the. name of the store
keeper on the bags or cans.
The Elliott company is one of the
largest outside of Philadelphia and
New York and according to "a brokers'
Investigation keeps more green coffee