Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
FRIDAY, APRIL 18th, 1927
AT 1 O'CLOCK P. NJ.

| erty of the Atlantic Canning Company
The said plant is located at Rehoboth
| Sussex County, Delaware, on the bank
of the Delaware and Assawoman Canal
| dying along farm lands for twenty five
miles North and South of this plant)
Pennsylvania Railroad with private
siding for eighteen cars), and concrete
highways extending in all directions
and furnishing splendid transportation
facilities to the wonderfully fertile
country adjacent to Rehoboth Bay, In
dian River, Broad Kill River and con-
tiguous territory as far as Selbyville,
Georgetown, Milton and Milford;
SOIL
Adapted to the successful production
OF Tomatoes, Corn, Peas. Stringless and
Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Pickles, Pep
pers, Apples, Peaches, Pears, Straw
berries and other small fruits.
LANDS
Consist of fourteen acres more or less
with buildings occupying about four
acres. Balance adjoining and bordering
on State Highway at the edge of town
limits of Rehoboth and admirably
adapted for development. The plant,
equipment and four acres of land will
be offered for sale as one lot and the
remaining land in several separate par
GELS; also the whole of the lands, plant
and equipment will be offered as one
lot and certain miscellaneous articles of
personal property will be sold in sever
al separate lots, the Receiver reserV-
ing the right to accept the highest ag-
gregate bid therefor
Approximately fourteen acres of the
real estate are owned by the Atlantic
Canning Company in fee, more partic-
ularly described in a certain deed to
Atlantic Canning Company, bearing
date October 1, 1913 and recorded in the
Recorders Office for Sussex County, at
fHeOrgpfOVVn- Delaware in Decd RnnI{
1888, page 300; and other portions of the
real estate bordering on the said Canal
are held under three separate five year
leases from the United States of Amer
lea expiring respectively July Is, 1927,
April 80, 1880 and June Is, 1880. upon
rentals respectively of Thirty Dollars
and Fifty Dollars and Fifty Cents an
nually and One Hundred Dollars for the
full term. Further particulars of which
may be obtained from the receiver.
Receiver has been advised by the
United States Engineer in charge that
the War Department will renew the
leases under reasonable terms to the
purchaser thereof upon their expira-
tion.
BUILDINGS
Main building. three story metal
1880 So. it. of floor space-ground floor
cemented.
BOILER-HOUSE
throughout. with IS #. brick chimney.
WAREHOUSES;
ID Two story, 100 100 #. concrete
(2) Two story 80 X so #. concrete
floor.
Cooling shed-6O X rs it. concrete
floor.
Pickle shed-5O x 100 #. concrete
walks.
Help Quarters. dwelling, garage, Of
flee, barn, wharf, water tank, cistern,
deep we Is, tool shed and out buildings.
EQUIPMENT
Power House: 5 Bricked-in return
tubular boilers, 770 H. p. equipped for
1ueI Oil by which can develop 1160 H
T.; Cochrane water heater, Westing-
house air compressors, WorthingtOn
pumps. Oil tanks aggregate capacity
sixty thousand gallons, Eleetric light
plant.
FACTORY
Two SIS H. p. Erie City Engines:
Sprague tomato washers; 2 Monitor
ScaIders; 1 No 10 Anderson -Barngrow-
er cooker, 3 Paste-fillers; pulpers; 2
Asserting conveyors; 2 Hawkins Disc
eXhausts; 1 generator; open retorts
and crates; Eight 1000 gallon pulp
tanks; 5 sets Langsenkamp Cookmore
Coils; six $50 gallon steam jacketed
copper Kettles complete; $50 peeler
Merry-go-round; Continuous cooker
and cooling bath for No. 10 pulp; and
full equipment of conveyors, steam
traps, and transmission machinery for
packing No. 10 Tomatoes, Puree, Cat
sup and Tomato paste.
CAPACITY OF PLANT
10000 baskets per ten hour day.
TERMS OF SALE
Ten per centum in cash to the receiv-
er upon acceptance of the bid; the bal
ance to be paid in cash or secured to
the satisfaction of the Chancellor on or
before the Return of the sale. In the
event any bidder fails to complete the
payment or security of his bid the
amount of his deposit will be forfeited.
If at said occasion the bids tor the said
property shall not amount to the sum
of Fifty Thousand Dollars the said re-
ceiver will withdraw the said property
from sale.
RETURN OF SAID SALE will be
made by the receiver at the Chancel-
lor's Chambers at the County Court
House, Georgetown, Sussex County,
Delaware, on Saturday, the Sixteenth
day of April, 1927, at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon.
Receiver reserves sufficient storage
space for manufactured product on
hand up until August 1, 1927.
Further particulars will be given at
the Sale or may be had from the Re-
ceiver in advance.
THOMAS r. INGRAM,
Receiver of Atlantic Canning Com
pany. Lewes, Delaware.