The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-24

LARGE FRAME
BUILDING TO
HOUSE PLANT
Concern Planning to Put Up
More Than 100000 Cases
of Local Produce in Coming
Year

Announcement was made today
that the cannery will operate this
year in its own building, a new
structure so be erected especially
for the purpose. Caroline Kitten,
president and chairman Of the
board of directors, will erect the
building on her property adjacent
to the builiing on Railroad Ave-
nue. now occupied by the Console
dated Truck Lines. The present
building, enlarged, will be used
for warehouse purposes.
The new building, plans for
which have already been prepared,
will be 81 feet wide and 1870 feet
long and will be of frame construc-
ton. A large portion Of the south
side will consist OF windows, Civ
ing plenty of light and ventila-
ton. 1t will be erected on the lots
just south Of the present building.
The latter will have an eighty-foot
addition built on the west end to
provide sufficient warehousing IA
cilities.
The cannery's new home will
provide adequate floor space TO
house the present equipment as
well as give room for new line
to handle catsup or tomato juice
later in the season.
With the prospects for a great
ly enlarged tonnage in sight for
the coming year, additional facil-
tiles were found imperative. A
considerable increase in the local
acreage signed for the cannery as
well as a large acreage from White
Bluffs and Hanford, together with
the cooperation promised by local
agencies seems to warrant prepar-
ations for greatly enlarged out
put, according to the cannery OF
ficials.
Last year, with the greatly
hampered operations, the local can
merry put about $4,000 into raw
materials locally, according to fig
ures furnished today by. H. F. Gle
land, secretary. His Figures STOW
that in the neighborhood Of $17,500
was spent for labor last year, as
well as a couple Of thousand dol
lars for incidentals. He estimates
that the cannery here, outside Of
the fact that it stabilized commod-
ity prices, actually put into circula-
tion in the local area about $4,000.
Mr.. Cleland's records show that APP
proximately $4,000 cases Of prod
ucts were processed. The new
equipment, in the new building,
will handle four or five times that
tonnage and arrangements are be-
ing made to put up between 1885,
600 and 10000 cases in the new
plant this year. Taking last
years figures as basis, this will
mean the circulation of about
100000 as result of the can
merry being located here.
Much difficulty has been exper-
fenced by the directors during the
past season. Many things happen
ed to hamper the operation Of the
plant, the crops were contrary to
usual and the lack Of experienced
help all mitigated to hinder the
fullest results. The experience,
however, showed the vital neces-
sity Of having the institution in, the
community, both from the market
ing and employment standpoiuts,
and residents who have the best in
terest of the district at heart are
pleased to note the progress which
has been made.
Actual construction Of the new
building must wait the hearing be-
fore the court Thursday Of next
week, plans for the operation hav-
ing to await sanction Of the court.
Immediately following, however,
actual construction will be started
and the building will be completed
in time to handle the first grass OF
the season.