El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-30
CANDY PLANT IS
READY T0START
Crombie & Co. Establish a
Big New Industry
For FL Paso.

or July / new manufacturing
plant casting $4,000 begins business
in FL Paso. The plant caters strictly
to the sweet tooth Of the southwest
II is the new candy factory OF Crom-
bic & Co.
The building for the mandatory
is nearing completion and is two
stories. with a capaeious basement
The measurements are 30 by 30 feet
and the structure alone cost $4,000.
The materials used are reinforced
concrete and RED ornamental brick
The structure was begun on January
I and since the first Of the year r. p
Mosson has spent much time in New
York. philadelphia St Louis, Chicago.
New Orleans and other cities making
first hand study OF the candy and
purchased al OF the machinery TO be
used by the plant
To Make Fancy Candg.
The plant viii turn out chocolates
and other fancy candles hard candles
Of all kinds. including the old stick
candy" and viii specialize on the
small ornamental candles so fasci-
mating 10 the Mexican people
In the basement OF the structure
viii be the refrigerating system or
ice rooms The capacity Tor storage
al the present time Will BE five car
loads. in the basement VIII be six
dipping tables, where eight girls VIII
work TO q table, and the temperature
Of this room viii be IS 20 60 degrees
The equipment for the basement con-
slsts OF: one Springfield starch
cleaner for rnolds, two simple5 starch
machines, three power printers. four
deposltors; 20 kettles, melting and
boiling, operated with steam jackets
one MOgul machine, which does the
work OF Is men, Transforming the ma
terials into candy as IL passes through
the device, and one continuous cooker,
Hard Candless COeonnut-
Upon the first floor, the hard can
dies viii be made. and for this pur-
pose the following equipment VIII be
used: One continuous cooker. ten
steam jacket kettles, one bail cream
beater with electrical attachment two
candy cooling tables, chilled with cold
water flowing beneath the panels; six
marble slab tables: two mixing ma
chimes. one large and the other me-
dlum. the capacity OF the largest be-
ing S. gallons; two revolving pans
and batteries six forced gas furnaces
Of the newest type, one peanut roast
er. one popcorn roasrers one batch
warmer, ono I0rk's improved stick
candy and spinning machine with
capacity OF 200 pounds a minute, one
caramel cutting machine, one sizing
machine.
Upon the second floor viii be a de-
partment devoted especially 10 the
making Of cocodnut candles. and the
only department OF its kind in a candy
factory in the southwest Cocoauut
Is one Of the most sought candles or
the market and the demand for 10 in
this section. ". s. Cr0mbie states, is
very great
The syrup Department.
The rear Of the three floors viii be
used FOR the syrup department, M
which cane syrup and maple syrup
VIII be bottled and canned. and per-
haps later valley honey. The storage
tanks are filled from the second floor
TO the first floor, and then by gravlty
are poured TO the basement where the
receptacles are automatically filled
The syrups VIII be put up in triangle
lar shaped cans Of pint. quart. half
gallon and gallon dimensions. and al
syrups viii be pasteurized before be-
ing packed. Five gallon packages
viii be put up in jackets
Mr.. Cromble has adopted for his
syrups the brand OF Mother Goose,
and the order for $4,000 cans has been
placed locally with H Welsch a. Co,
thus helping a local manufacturing
plant and increasing ZONE business
The brand adopted for the candles la
The Cupid Brand The Cupid holds
up for survey a triangle showing the
rri-states and beneath are the words I
Purity and Quality" The pail can Z
dies 90 under the brand OF trade mark I
Of Gateway" or a newer way OF say ]
ing The Pass city