The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-08-20
OROVILLE CANNERY NOW
READY FOR BUSINESS,

l. 01AO1 = Vh DUSlNESS,
Tuesday morning. for the first time
black smoke was seen to be pouring
from the funnel of the tall smoke stack
OF the OrOville Canning company's
plant, located on the Great Northern
tracks In the western part of town, and
at last the people of .Oroville and sur
rounding valley awoke to the reali-
zation of the fact that the long wished
Tor. worked for. prayed for and fought
for cannery was reality.
During the past week the companv
held a meeting of all those who have
taken a financial and active interest
in this muchly needed industry and
completed the organization of the COM
pany, elected officers and made neces
sary arrangements for. the seasons
operations. At the meeting this week
the following officers and board of
directors were elected: President, F.
V. Covert; vice-President, Charles
Powell, Sr.; Secretary, Jess Sexson,
Treasurer, S. B. Starrett, Jr.; General
Manager. F. W. Fraser; Attorney. W.
F. V. Covert, Chas. Powell, Sr.. Dell
Hart. F. W. Fraser, Geo. Bailey, C. w.
Zediker and Fred Clark.
The immediate bushes sand man
agement Of the cannery will be under
the direct charge Of General Manager
Fraser. and no better man, in our
opinion could possibly have been found
Tor the conducting of this enterprise
Mr.. Fraser. has not only had exner
ience in other fields in handling can
neries, but brings with him in the con.
duct of this enterprise fund of
knowledge and experience that only
actual participation can give. Since
starting construction OF the plant his
energy and zeal has permeated the
entire institution from workmen 70
owners. No detail has been overlook
ed in the construction Of the plant and
every contingency in it's operation has
been carefully provided for in the fu-
ture. Manager Fraser has kept one es-
sential in view continuously, and that
was the elimination of useless labor
and the unification OF all effort that
goes into the canning business. One
has but to go to the works and watch
the endless chain of commercial pro-
duct, as 1t travels from the farmers
wagon to the warehouse all ready for
the merchants counter. TO realize the
truth of this assertion.
The main building Is 10Ox26 feet,
one and half stories in height, with
several annexes in the shape Of Of
fices. boiler room. warehouses and
large roomy platforms for unloading /
and the handling of vegetables and
fruits. The main building is we'll built,
solid and substantial, we'll lighted,
with great care and attention given to !
The main floor is of solid |
concrete. sloping slightly to the CEN
ter so that all slops and refuse will be |
drained off at all times and from hero |
carried to specially constructed cess |
pools. The grounds have been so |
graded and laid out that teams de-
livering products to the factory drive |
to the scales and unloading |
platform, unload and continue on in a |
loop, eliminating the necessity of |
waiting and passing each other in the |
factory grounds. The farmers deliv-
cred product remains in sight on the |
platform but moment, and almost !
before he can drive out of the grounds |
it has already began its long trip |
through the factory, passing directly |
from one massive machine to anoth 81 |
until it finally reaches |
the packing rooms ready for the mer-
chant. The machinery is massive and |
of the latest type to be obtained for
this work. Almost everything works |
automatic. Hand labor is eliminated
wherever possible and efficiency is
shown in the arrangement of every
detail. Manager Fraser has not neg
lected nor overlooked the many little
details in connection with the estab- |
lishment to make life worth while for |
the SO to Is employees that will be
utilized as soon as the factory gets
under full headway. having provided
wash rooms, cloak rooms rest room,
etc. Sanitation is his great hobby and
We suppose this is necessary in a can
ming factory.
The company now has on hand all
ready for use several cars of cans and
cases.
The company will probably start
canning on pears but this product will
only be utilized as a filler-in, as moth
ing will be placed in the way of the
rapid handling of the tomato crop.
r,hsc Of hn n
will blow on Monday morning and
farmers who have ripe tomatoes will
be at liberty to hustle and land them
at the factory platform for canning. IT
is not anticipated that the full rush of
picking and delivering will be on for
another week or two yet. but the can
merry will take care of all that is Of