Milford chronicle., 1927-04-15
FRIDAY, APRIL 18th, 1927
AT / O'CLOCK P. NJ.


On the premises known as the prop
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) I;
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, Strlngless and
Lima Beans, Spinach, Asparagus,
Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Pickles. Pep
pers, Apples, Peaches, Pears, Straw
berries and other small fruits.
LANDS
Consist of fourteen acres more OF 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
Georgetown, Delaware, in Deed Book
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 30, 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,
1920 So. it. of floor space-ground floor
cemented.
0O111Ie-11OOOh
Concrete 40 x go 12, concrete floor
throughout, with IS #. brick chimney.
WAREHOUSES;
% Two story, 100 100 #. concrete
(2) Two story SO 80 #. concrete
floor.
Cooling shed-6O x rs # concrete
Pickle shed-5O 100 it. concrete
walks.
Help Quarters. dwelling, garage, Of
flee, barn, wharf, water tank, cistern,
deep we Is, tool shed and out buildings.
EQUIPMENT
Power House: Bricked-in return
tubular boilers, 770 H. p. equipped for
fuel oil by which can develop 1160 H.
P; Cochrane water heater, Westing-
pumps. Oil tanks aggregate capacity
sixty thousand gallons. Electric light
plant.
FACTORY
Two IS H. P. Erie City Engines; 4
Sprague tomato washers; Monitor
Scalders; 1 No. 10 Anderson -Barngrow-
er cooker, Paste-ftllers; pulpers; z
Asserting conveyors; 2 Hawkins Disc
eaShausts; 1 generator; 8 open retorts
and crates; Eight 1000 gallon pulI
tanks; sets Langsenkamp Cooklnore
Coils; six $50 gallon steam jacketed
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Merry-go-round; Continuous cooker
and cooling bath for No. 10 pulp; anC
| full equipment of conVeyors, steam
| traps, and transmission machinery 70,
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 Il
the satisfaction of the Chancellor on ol
before the Return of the sale. In the
event any bidder fails to complete th'
payment or security of his bid the
amount Of his deposit will be forfeited
If at said occasion the bids for the said
property shall not amount to the sun
of Fifty Thousand Dollars the said re.
ceiver will withdraw the said propert,
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 IL
the forenoon.
Receiver reserves sufficient storage
space for manufactured product or
hand up until August 1, 1927.
Further particulars will be given al
the Sale or may be had from the Re-
ceiver in advance.
THOMAS R. INGRAM,
Receiver OF Atlantic Canning Com
| pany, LeWes, Delaware.