Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-10-12

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Inc new apple banning factory Of th
Sunant brothers Company started up q
MONDAY morning of last week In thei
snop converted from the Oswell Garage
south Paris, and 10 at present time
very busy place.
quite number Of changes have bee,
made In the building. A second stor,
mas been constructed on that part of En-
building next the track of the Gran,
Trunk Railway, and an addition tn,
stories high run along the track toward
the depot. A siding has bean bnjlt :,
cars can 90 loaded or unloaded direotl,
to or from the factory,
one-naif OF the main part of the build
ing Is devoted to receiving and STORMS
apples. "A partition runs down thu
center and on opening the doors a bins,
scene 70 presented. Next this partition
are eight power pairing machines. or
revolving shaft of each machine ar,
three bodkin-like points surrounded nv
cutters upon which the operator place,
an apple as 1t is turned toward him
rhis holds and cores the apple. As the
smart turns the apple Ia pressed against
cutter which pares 1t. 1t Is then pull-
90 from the point by machinery, the
pared apple falling into long tanks OF
water, which run along the machine Cd.
posite the operator, and the pairing, core,
etc., FALLING on to q carrier under the
center OF the machine. This carrier
takes the material under the floor and
out into another part of the building
where such juice as ia In them is ex.
tracted.
On the opposite side Of the room is q
long table at which sit girls-there were
twenty four of them when the Democrat
man cslled-quartering the apples by
hand and sorting out any waste or bad
places 10 them. A waiter skins the an.
Piles from the tanks by the pairing ma.
chimes and strews them along before the
girls. Under this table runs an endless
carrier, the same as under the pairing
machine, which carries the parts re-
jected by the girls to the cider press.
Above the table in an inclosed space
runs an endless belt upon which are
turned the perfect pieces of apples.
These are carried the length of the table
and through the partition at the end of
the room and into tank of water on
the other side.
In this other room the chartered ap-
Piles are skinned from the tank and
heaped into tin cans holding q gallon
each. The man who fills the cans passes
them along to second man, who fills
the interstices with boiling water. They
are then placed on carrier and run in
to sealing machine, where the pieces
are crowded into the can and the tops
are soldered on. They are then i'm
mersed in boiling water for three and
one-hslf minutes. Coming from this
tank the cans are inspected to see if
there are any leaks. All perfect cans
are then labelled and packed in crates
one dozen in q crate-ready for ship
meut.
1t was Wednesday the Democrat man
visited the plant, and the cider press
had not been put in operation; but men
were working on 1t and 1t was expected
to be pressing juice in very short time.
OF course, at the time of this visit, the
factory had not been in operation long
enough to be running as smoothly as IL
could run. The work people were all
new at the business, but they were cut
ting up and canning lot of apples. On
the forenoon of Wednesday they had
put up seven hundred cans, but this is
to what they expect to put up
when they get fairly at work.
At that time there were twenty four
girls working and twenty-five men. 1t
was an interesting place and a decided
addition TO the industrial and CONNER
cial life of the village and the farming
round about.