The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-05
CHURCH MFG. co.
LETS CONTRACT
FOR BUILDING
Spokane Firm to Ship Equip
ment Monday and Rush Work
. Rapidly as Possible
Big MACHINES ARE ARRIVING
Present Plant to be Enlarged and Re
modelled and New Three-Story
Concrete Building Erected

The contract for building the first
unit Of the Church Mfg. Co.'s big
grape juice and fruit by-products
plant has been let to Meyers & Telan-
der, one of the leading building firms
of Spokane. Manager M. H. Church
returned from Spokane today where
ne closed up the deal with the build
ers who will load their equipment Mon
day and be on the ground ready for
work early next week.
The contractors agree to have the
building completed so that all ma
chinery can be installed and the new
plant ready for operation September 1.
They further agree insofar as it is
possible, to employ all local labor,
both skilled and unskilled, and the
company is placing orders thru local
lumber yards and other dealers for all
materials that can be supplied by
them.
Work of tearing out floors and par
titions of the old building has already
started and new construction will be-
gin just as soon as the material can be
gotten here. This years building pro-
gram calls for a complete remodelling
of the old plant and building another
story over part of it. This story viii
be 32xS0 feet and ID feet in height.
The new building, to be erected Just
east of the present plant, will be q
three-story concrete structure with B
full 13-foot basement. Parts Of the
new building will be constructed for
refrigeration with special insolation
tile walls laid inside the concrete walls.
The floors of five rooms in the build
ing, total of $4,000 square feet, will
be of mastic construction, a patented
waterproof composition flooring. The
new floors will Withstand the heaviest
trucking and can be flooded and kept
scrupulously clean.
Some idea of the capacity Of the
plant can be gained from the fact
that one room in the basement will be
fitted up with seventeen 5,0OO-gallon
tanks and another room will have nine
5000 gallon tanks. The present bat
terry of 60-gallon steam jacketed alum
lnum kettles are to be reinforced by
three 110-gallon kettles of similar con
struction. The present hydraulic
presses will be replaced by ones Of
more modern design and double ca
pacity. The plant will be equipped
'hruout from basement to top floor
With modern conveyors and elevators.
All of the machinery for the new
plant has been ordered and some of it
has arrived. The big sterilizing ma
:hine is among the first arrivals. This
oading has been no small task. At
machine weighs ten tons. aid its un-
oading has been no small task. At
he factory it was lifted up by a gi-
santic crane and dropped into a steel
,ondcla car. But there was no such
uck at this end Of the line. It's un-
oading here, which required three
ays, was accomplished by means of
edious process of jacks, timbers and
temporary inclined track. The bot
lie washing machine, which tips the
Gales at six tons, is on the way.
'hese machines are of the latest inn
roved models and are practically au-
omatic in their operation. The bot
les are fed in at one end and come
ut finished at the other.
The cost of this years improvements
1ill be in the neighborhood of $780,
90. 3And remember this is only a
sarter," said Mr.. Church today. "This
only the first unit of our complete
liant. All of our construction, except
he remodelling of the old building, is
permanent nature and it will be
arranged that we can build other
nits without disturbing our equip
lent."