The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-19
Round Crest Canning Company in New
Plant Employees Many People and will
Keep Going Most Of the Year; Enlarged
Pay Roll is Important.

One million pounds of cherries, at
the very least. are to be canned at
the new plant OF The Round Crest
Canning Company. which was opened
up the fifst Of this week for its first
seasons run All of the cherries
available in Canon City and adjacent
territory hre to be used besides the
crop froml the famous Kuntz orchards
in Denver, which has been purchased
by the local company.
In the opening of this well planned.
sanitary. up-to-date and fully equipped
canning plant Canon City has an in
dustry OF (which it may well feel
p-oud rigft al this moment and OF
which. in ears to come. 1t win have
reason 10 s. very thankful.
eib Pay Roll Added
All of thf equipment. every piece of
machinery and every adjunct to the
manufacturing system. is of the latest
and best I1borand-time-sa design.
However hder the most favorable
conditions is impossible 10 save the
use OF mud human help and as re-
suit canontcity has had big pay roll
added to h assets.
The new lplant is the outgrowth OF
the organid ltion which has been sit
mated here Tor number of years and
k...sfax-L ,,-Aszt. l..,e.s
larged canning industry is situated
just west of the old buildings on Wat
er street. Just south of the Gibson
Lumber Company. The new structure
is built mo hy of concrete and was
planned to / the most convenience.
the most ~ - the best sanitation
possible. s4~rts ses4 ~.
Light and Well Ventilated.
The interior has peen painted with
mill White" paint which is ideal for
such structure. being pure white. of
enamel finish which lends itself TO
washing quite readily. This. together
with the e75 windows makes the build
ing bright and CHEEKY at all times.
and as wei ventilated as any place
could be- The comfort and working
conditions Of the employees was taken
into consideration by Mr.. Percy
Truutman and his associates who
planned the details of the building.
Every girl who works in the plant.
and there are many of them. and will
be many more as the season advances,
Is dressed in uniform of clean check
singham bungalow apron with tidy
cap to match. When each girl enters
the employ OF the company she is
given the uniform and is charged
she is credited with $3.50 and only
90 cents taken from her check TO pay
for the use of the uniform. II she
works ten weeks she pays the full
Two dollars and after that wears the
uniform without expense The COM
pany pays for the laundering, the re
pairing and such incidental charges
In this way every woman worker is
dressed in clean sanitary uniform
which not only helps in the appear
ance of the place but also increases
the sanitary conditions.
Millions Of Cherries
The writer inspected the factory
the other day while the canning OF
millions of cherries was in progress.
Perhaps it might be Just as well to
say billion cherries because IL is
planned TO can over million pounds.
perhaps two million because the plant
has a capacity for that many. Every
piece of machinery is arranged on the
extensive concrete floor so that there
is no wasted energy in double handl-
ing" The cherries are taken from the
crates and containers at the west door
of the building and are placed In the
washers, getting n spray bath. both
from above and bei5~. while travelling
on a mesh wire conveyer belt. At the
end OF the washer they are placed in
clean parcelain containers. showed on
to conveyer belts and moved along
to point where twenty-five or thirty
girls are sitting at small porcelain
basins in which the cherries are
placed and picked over. After the
sorting they are again placed in the
containers and sent to the gigantic
pitterp which run at SIS strokes to the