Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-28
READY FOR USE OCTOBER I
Present Outlook for Milk Choco-
late Company's Plant.
Massachusetts Concern Now Running
Nseht ana Day Turning Ont Prod
ucts which VIII he Manufac.
tured In Burlington.

John Walker Of Boston, president Of
the Vermont Milk Chocolate company,
who. with his daughter. Miss Natalia
Walker. was guest Monday at the
Hotel Vermont. expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the manner in
which the work of building the com
pany's new plant on Park avenue was
being carried forward. This plant Is
located near the corner Of Pine street
and Park avenue. and the bmilding
now being constructed is the first Of
three similar sections which will be
erected before the factory is completed.
The present section consists of two
buildings, practically Joined. each with
a basement whose dimensions are 1s0x
$50 IT. One of the buildings will be
three stories high, while the other will
. have but single story above the
basement. 90
THE Easements. which Mr.. walker
declares are 40 per cent. Of the entire
building. may be finished by the end
Of this week. and as the material for
the remainder of the buildings is now
at hand, It is hoped that the entire
section now under construction may
be completed and ready for occupancy
BY October /. Equipment and ma
chinery to the value Of S15O,000 is now
, on hand in Boston and will be in
stalled as soon as building operations
permit.
The making Of several Of the STAN
dard brands of milk chocolate. the
sale Of which is now keeping the
Massachusetts, Milk Chocolate COM
pany. the parent company of the YER
aA~Ia M r. yNov-
ker is managing director, running con-
tinuously night and day. will be trans
.ferred to the Vermont factory. Prob
ably IS tons Of milk chocolate will
be made daily at the new plant. Dur
ing the past five months the sales of
the milk chocolate products of the
! Massachusetts, company have in
creased 800 per cent. while the sales
I Of their by-products have increased
+ % per cent. Mr.. Walker attributes this
TO the increased consumption in
! America Of milk chocolate, as there
have been no export sales during this
= period.
Just as an example of the sale of
one of the products which will be
made at Burlington, Mr.. Walker cited
the Juanita peanut bar. During the
. pieces to a carton, were manufactured
Of this product, which totals 2,6SS,00C
F, pieces. A carload of peanuts every Ave
days is required to manufacture the
peanut bars. The average daily output
Of chocolate and cocoa at the Massa-
] chusetts factory is $1,000 pounds, and
when it is considered that large part
Z of these standard brands will be made
: here. 1t is not hard to figure the amount
Of business which will be done.
An immense amount of milk choco-
late is sold at the military camps
throughout the country. One order
:. which the Massachusetts, factory filled
| for the Fort Myer camp totaled 12,0O(
/. tons. and half of it had to go by ex.
) press. The company receives weekl,
, orders direct from IL or Is camps, Will,
''k supplies many more jobbers' order.
; for camps About Ave tons of mill
chocolate products are sold direct t.
+; the army and navy. This is not new
| business. said Mr.. Walker, it simpl,
. means that that number of people WHIT
; would have bought milk chocolate any
. way are in the national service.