Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-29
PREPARE TO MAKE
APPLE JUICE HERE
LARGEST PLANT OF KIND In THE
WORLD TO BE OPERATED IN
OLYMPIA.

Five huge 250-ton hydraulic press
es, each of which uses nearly two
tons of apples each time it presses,
and a large amount of other machin-
cry are now being installed in the
big plant at Tumwater where the
Northwest Fruit Products company,
in which the Schmidts of this city
are the principal stockholders. will
begin operations about November /,
pressing 12-car trainload OF apples
every "a hours in the manufacture OF
its new beverage, "Applju."
Installation of this machinery
means a practical rebuilding of the
company's big plant, including the
doubling of it's refrigerating capacity.
When the plant is put into operation
the latter part of October or first of
November, from $50 to 200 persons
will be employed, and the plant will
be operated "a hours day. The to-
tai output of "Applju" will be ap-
DrOXlHldlely 1,OVV,UUV 6uiAOAo.
Office Now in Olympia.
The office and headquarters of the
company were moved to Olympia
this week from Salem. Ore, and will
be maintained in this city hereafter.
The company also owns big plant
at Bellingham, and Olympia being the
most central of the three points and
the home of the chief stockholders,
was chosen as permanent headauar-
ters.
The plant will be operated at ca
pacity pressing apples for from 30 to
40 days, more than 400 carloads of
fruit from different sections OF the
state being used. So far as Is known,
It will be the largest plant in the
world devoted to the making Of an
apple Juice product. After the press
ing has been completed, force of
approximately 100 persons will be
employed at the bottle house for five
or six months, aso on a 24-hour
schedule, bottling the seasons out
put. It is estimated that more than
200 carloads of bottles will be used.
All Of the machinery being install
ed, except the big hydraulic presses,
has been specially designed for this
plant by Gus Benners, the engineer
who recently designed the largest
cold storage plant in the world just
built by the New England Fish COM
pany at Boston, Mass. Each of the
big presses uses 100 boxes Of apples
at each squeeze" made at half-hour
intervals.
Middle West Principal Market.
The company plans to market it's
local product principally in the Mid
die West, as 1t did its LOU, made at
the Salem plant, and will cover all
of the states west of the Mississippi
river with the organization of AZ
statesmen who placed LOU on the
market It's plans are contingent up
ON freight rates and the company for
mally protested Thursday night to
the interstate commerce commission
to recently announced increases, ask
ing that the proposed rates be sus-
pended.
Frank M. Kenney of this city is
president of the company and J. A.
Wilson of Salem secretary. The di-
rectors are Frank T., Paul L. and
Peter G. Schmidt, Frank M. Kenney,
j. A. Wilson, Kola Neis and F. G..
Deckabach of Salem. former resi-
dent of this city. Frank Schmidt is
general manager of the company and
also manager of it's Salem plant, and
Paul Schmidt is superintendent at
Salem. Peter G. Schmidt is manager
of the local plant. and Leo Schmidt
superintendent, and Frederick W..
Schmidt Is sales manager for the
company.