The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-29
HANDLING APPLES
AT PESHASTIN.

The writer had occasion = visit
Peshastin Saturday morning and in
cidentally viewed the apple packing
plants.
We first went through the plant of
the Wenatchee Fruit e. Warehouse
Co. This company built this year and
this is their first season in the busi-
ness at Peshastin. Mr.. Darling, the
manager, was formerly manager for
company at Cashmere Mr.. Bax-
ter. one of the owners of the-Day e.
Baxter ranch is one of the stockhold-
ers locally known. The company has
splendid warehouse capable of
handling some five hundred cars of
fruit in a season. 1t is modern in
every respect. The basement is es-
pecially adapted for storage; the
ground or second floor is adapted
and equipped for assembling and
shipping the packed fruit and the
third for receiving, sorting and pack
ing A considerable crew was at
work and fruit was being handled
and shipped in a manner that must
be satisfactory to the most exacting.
Owing to the light crop this season
this institution is not expected to
reach its maximum output by any
means, but what is handled or what
ever demands are made upon it. will
be cared for in a first-class monner.
The Peshastin Fruit Growers AS
sociation, which has operated for sew
eral years, now has one of the most
complete and up-to-date plants for
receiving, sorting, packing and ship
ping fruit and for boarding and en-
tertaining its workers of any COM
pany in the world In addition to it's
receiving, packing and shipping
buildings, built in former years. it
this season built an immense cooling
and storage warehouse. equipped with
the latest and best model of ammonia
cooling system, temperature regis
ters. electrically driven machinery
and elevator: and new lodging hall.
known as Skookum Hall. provided
with hot and cold water, shower
baths, laundering facilities and cleo
trio irons. and heated by hot air fur
naceS. There are also several apart
ments for families and several tent
houses. and mess hall on the prem
ises is conducted at which meals are
served to all workers at the lowest
price feasible-50 cents.
A spur track is another improve
ment provided this year. Besides
this the mess hall is given over three
evenings week for entertainment
dancing one evening, a social con-
Quoted by church organization one
evening and the third to dramatic or
similar entertainment. One wedding
has already been held in this hall this
season. The working conditions have
also been improved in the packing de-
partment, so that workers now can
better endure the cold spells that al
ways come before the seasons work
is completed
While the crop is short this season
and this plant is capable of handling
great deal more fruit than will
come to it, the place is a busy one and
every employee is kept on the jump
from early morning to late at night.
The manager, Mr.. Warman. was not
at the plant Saturday, being on a
business trip to Seattle, and we were
indebted to Mr.. Rogers, the foreman,
for the opportunity to go through the
different buildings.
The association surely has fine
property and it is hoped by all that
next year the crop may be such that
their facilities will be taxed to their
limit to handle it.