Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
NEW WILMINGTON
PROVISION PLANT
Establishment Inspected Yes
terday and to be Placed in
Operation Tomorrow.


Fully Soc Interested visitors filed
through the spacious new quarters
~ the Wilmington Provision Co. at
the foot of Orange street. yesterday
between 10 ana 3, by special invitation.
The vvcasion was the approaching
upcning of the new plant, which has
been under construction Tor nearly
year. and will begin It's actual work
inr operations tomorrow.
Tho attraction was the opportunity
go inspect at close range what Is said
a. hc tho most complctc I'm equipment
of amy similar plant east of Cincinnati.
although not the largest. Methods and
mnrhinva change So rapidly 10y inn
proVcmcnts in this industry that the
latest to he put In operation naturally
viii have the latest novelties. and It Is
in this sense that the claim is made.
The rlant T. located on the former
site 81 the Poole machine shops, for
MANY years a landmark ,of Whining
ton industry in another direction. Some
uf the old buildings have been utilized,
hut they have needed great alterations
aud additions to fully adapt them to.
their present purposes. Whom 1t IS.
understood that these iuclndc re-
trirorating plant ss the basis, cooling
rooms tu correspond. vat rooms Tor
pickilng pork products, manuiactur-
ing rooms for sausages and other
smoked meat products. smoke house
for hams and sausagos. killing rooms.
Icfrlurfatinu rooms. ,uttinE-up room
and machinery for handling tankagc
produ'ts. 10 win be realized that the
establishment A. ON a fully repre-
sentative scale.
Onc eff tho pieces of machinery
which attracted much attention from
trado visitors. who came hy the way
from nll parts uf the state. as well
a. from Now Jersey and rennsyl-
NRnin. was the arrangement for scald-
iug and scrapipg hogs After coming
ont pf the Vat IN which they are
.,alded tho hogs are lhted onto a
machine prov idc,l with four rollors
and the, are uumhlcd from one 20 thu
uthot With the result that within "a
comparatively short number of Soc
unds thuN are both cleaned and
s,rmpod rlcan. Tho turn OF a lever
then rnlls them out onto wheel
platform on their way 90 Tho cutting
up room
rhnsc who are fond Of machinery
rtoatiN admired the two powerful re
trircrRtinr machines oc tho Fricl,
t,pc. each ot 30 horse -powor. This
power is in vN,ysq or what viii hc ac-
unlN required lu working hut the
pnruuso is to have u reserve available
toi vmcucnyi,s.
rho whole plant has hc,n laid out
iu warucl shap" under th, super
,lsiun ui Max Mnfth,s. "a, president
cot thn urm who awaited hhNs,lf of
ih, .p,,lnl know Ledge of =. q. cont
au'k engineer and architect. of New
York CU,
IN, visitors wont through tho plant
So r,Nyr.c. hint is. they entered az tho
business unlcrs aud salcs department
pnd nuailt hrought up az the rccoiN
inp end where stock will he unloaded
uucctl, from . railroad siding into
thr tins provided. PROM there The
pfoarysu throuEh tho killinr. cutting
up. r,ttlgorating and DELIVERY ends
is uuo continuous operation. wherein
sNrrNthing except the sQuoal is utiliz
,d iu ono way 40 another.
Tho Vholr series of operations 4,
Nndcl tho direct supervision of Fed
'pnl inspectors. two of them beinl
available in vnse of double operations
Tho toud pvoduvt departments of TN
plant are separated hN solid briCl
wallis from The refuse disposal part
Among tho visitors at the plan
Wprv John y Foln aud stan of Phil
udvlpha, noted pork packers AN,
fpum Chester Thomas Prondcrgast
Edward Onricn. Robert Corbv an,
Samuel iiuntoi. From this city wcr
MANY members of the Chamber q
tommotvc and others prominent II
banking and manufarWriug lines. a
Wull nr the numerous Stockholders q
she couccrn. Wht,h has been nuauce'
largely o, local capital
in tho presidents office was noted
handsome bouquet of roses. sent D.
thr Polish employees of thu concern
Between No and ioo men ave cmployc
ni the plant. and there are accommo
daiionH for women worker. who wi
later ho pat un in the sausage an
smukpd meats department.
\ substantial luncheon was set ou
tor tho visitors and cigars were ais
pro, idcd
MuHt was provided lay The origin.
SA orchestra.
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