Smyrna times., 1929-07-31
FACTORIES FOR MAKING FRUIT
CONTAINERS To BE ERECTED
SEVERAL PENINSULA TOWNS
ARE IN BIG CHAIN SCHEME
Pulp Products Corporation, Mary
land Concern, to Install Plants
With Prospects for One in Kent

WIN prospects Tor One IN hent
A new industry is being deveI-
oped on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
to manufacture seamless contain
erS under the Drake Process for
carrying fruit, vegetables, oysters
and fish. The Drake Process CON
verts waste paper, such as old
newspaper, into strong water
proofed, seamless containers, at
about one-third the cost of pro-
ducing containers by any other
process. Approximately 800
types, shapes and forms, can be
manufactured. The principle bus
mess of the local plant will be to
supply fruit and vegetable con-
tainers. 1t is the purpose of the
Corporation to erect plants at Sal
isbury, Easton, Crisfield, in Mary
land, to take care of the fruit and
vegetable box business in tn those
sections. The plant to be erected
ter and vegetable containers.
Plants for fruit and vegetable con-
/ tainers will be erected at Milford
and possibly an additional one
+ somewhere in Kent County. Large
units will be installed at Balti-
more and Wilmington to take care
of the demand for commercial ar
ticle containers, milg bottles and
art pieces. In all, eight different
plants are in contemplation in the
territory exclusively controlled by
the Corporation, which will pro-
duce some 100000 containers
daily. The low cost of manufac-
Eture enables the Corporation to
undersell competitors and make
large profits. Some of the plants
already in operation are paying
large dividends.
Plans Gain Headway at EastOn
Over at Easton, Md, plants
have already progressed to the
extent that the Talbot Auto Body
Works adjoining the Wholesale
Grocery was last week sold to a
representative of the Pulp Prod
ucts Corporation 1t is estimated
that the two Drake Machines to
be installed within a few months
will manufacture fifteen million
containers annually. The Corpor-
alton estimates that at least six
o5Jitionol N, q obipac vryill ,,ltiroota
ly be required to meet the demand
Some of the prominent business
men of EaSton will be officially
connected with the business. A
plant is now in operation in Wash
ington, the Pulp Products Corpor-
alton owning the exclusive manu-
featuring rights under the Drake
Process for the States of Mary
land and Delaware and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
% Plants Already in Operation
There are some twenty eight
plants in this country and abroad,
all of which have been highly prof
liable. The lightness of the prod
uctS make it economical to local
ize manufacture, so deliveries can
be made by light trucks. Organ
lied local Board of Directors will
be elected by the local stockhold-
ers, and one of their number will
be a member of the Board of Pulp
Products Corporation. The stock
is all in one company but the 10
cal business will be directed by To-
cal investors. r. Bruce Emerson,
an Eastern Shore Shore boy, who
has made big business success
in the Automobile industry in
Washington, is president of the
Corporation, and the Board of Di-
rectors is composed of able bust
ness men. The General Manager,
w. w. Johnson, was formerly as
sistant to the President of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway and is
strong business executive.
KENT GRANGE FIELD MEET