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Show I! HEWLETT BROTHERS ! OPEN CI FACTORY ' Progressive Finn Furnishes Substantial Evidence of Aiding Home Industry. PLANT IS -UP TO DATE Latest Type of Machinery Is Seen-and Admired by Prominent Promi-nent Salt Lakers. Formal opening of the now tin can factory of the Hewlett Brothers company com-pany was held yesterday afternoon, with a largo body of interested, enthusiastic enthu-siastic and progressive citizens as guests. The opening was completely successful throughout, being conducted with the customary Hewlett snap and Every machine in the place was being be-ing operated, taming out hundreds of cans each hour, completed and ready for receiving the contents for which Ihcy wcro intonded. The several pro j cesses were watched with great interest inter-est by the visitors, who followed the t-ans from the cutting and dye-stamping machines to the processes of assembling, as-sembling, filling aud labeling. Machines Work Well. There wore three powerful stamp machines, ma-chines, fitted with stoel dies, the first one cutting round lids ,'ind shaping them ready to go on to the body of the (.an. Xoxt to it was another powerful slump, also fitted with steel dies, that, nit and shaped the bottoms of the cans. Succeeding this one was a machine of similar type that stomped the sides of square- cans in four panels and turned the edges of the scam. Another cut the bottoms and tops for these square cans, which are used ns S3rup packages, ranging from a quart to five gallons in Round cans go from the atampinjr machines ma-chines to the assembling device. This consists of rapidly revolving discs upon which the bottom and the body of the can are placed, there being joined and the seam turned in in an instant's time for each. The square cans are sent to hand assemblers, who have large frays of molten solder on the long work bench, into which the scams are uni-fonnlv uni-fonnlv dipped and soldered securely against leakage. They then go to an inspector, who makes "assurance doubly sure by t rating thorn for possible leaks and remedies anv defect discovered, Complete Equipment. In this portion of the plant the machinery ma-chinery is operated by two Gt'tcen horse power electric, motors, and when all the machines are in operation the scene presented is .such a busy one as to fire ;he ambitious onlooker with a desire to Ip up and doing something, too. After having seen the can-making machines do their "work the visitors were conducted through the other portions por-tions of the plant- Thej- saw the tea aud coffee packing departments, where the individual packages are filled with their contents for market. Most of 1 he filling is done by automatic, weighing weigh-ing machines, which admit the required weight of product and then automat icallv shut off the. Mipplv as each package pack-age is filled. Then tho guests were taken into the spice mill, where the apices and peppers were ground. Here an occasional f,n-choo!'" was greeted with laughter bv the merry visitors, but was undoubtedly accepted by Or--oii F. Hewlett, as a' compliment, to the pungency of odor attaching to his puiccs. It was not an unusual thing, either, to hear the scoffer of ono moment mo-ment emit a lusty "a-clioo!"" in tho Tn on the third floor were tho box-makers, box-makers, who wore swiftly putting together to-gether tho wooden boxes and crates in which the smaller packages were to Iag5j be deposited for shipment. A peep in- fffli ! ' tesf,'n Tooni. was also had. This Jial is a laboratory in -which an expert Kj makes careful tests of all teas, coffees, IfS spices and flavoring extract bases re- mwm ceived by the firm. Tf is upon this 1(1 expert's tests that, perfect blending of Iff coffees depends, ns -well as the exact Kx proportions of bases and fillers to be 1 used in producing the highest grades; I jl of flavoring extracts. I j Experts in Evidence. I IB Other rooms were devoted to aging : S processes. One "was for aging baking H powder, and it was explained that it I m n"a& neces?',r'" - keep this at; an even 1 temperature day and night in order to 1 .-secure proper aging of the baking pow- llij dor stored therein for a sol; period. mn Tn another room wero barrels of the ljtej concentrate vanilla extract. These EES! were kept there for a. long period for 281 tbft purpose of ripening. JO. "While ihe visitors were in the coffee-1 HE roasting room a batch of Toasted cof Kg$v -fee was discharged from lbe roaster. VfX There wero three bags, or 300 pounds I fif of green coffeo originally in the batch. Of course, evaporation of moisture in IKE e roasting process reduced this ma- Ih terially, the reduction varying with al- R most overy bag, twenty minutes being KB required for each Toasting batch. The IBS roasted beans were automatically cou- jfD veyed across the room to a ptee-l mit- Ijjffi ler. whore they were Teduccd to what H s Ca--C(l ground, coffee. 1 It was stated that the new tin can Vjfc factory alone, including building and Hi machinery, cost approximately .$20,000. Wms The building is 3nxll0 feet 'in dimon- 9H sions in the main portion, with a wing US of about 50x150 foet at ono side of tho En west end. ft is located near the old II plant on State street, just below Sev- lu After tho plant had been inspected IH the visitors were conducted into tho IB business department, where each ono Bwj "was presented with w souvenir package R containing a pack of tea, a can of black Ej pepper and a bottle oC vanila extract. H Appreciates Encouragement. Wm Just as the guests were leaving tho Wm place Orson TP. Hewlett oppressed grat-ltudo grat-ltudo for tho kindly interest taken by hia friends iu what he had shown them. "There is nothing," said Mr. Howlett, H "that so encourages the manufacturer M as to have his fellow citizens take an interest in his work. T heartily apprc-ciate apprc-ciate your visit to us todaj'. Tt gives Wm us great pleasure and a vast amount VR of encouragement in our work. Wo are BH doin what we "can to establish payrolls HI j in Salt Lake and we are grateful for fl your interest in our efforts." El Governor William fipry responded. HE1 "I assure yon th&t it has" been a very prcat ploasurc, Mr. Hewlett, to. visit your factory. To me at least it has been an eve-opener. "I had no idea that you had ficrc such an extensive plant an we have all seen today, I heartily conpratulate you upon the amount of business that you aro doinjr and especially espe-cially upon the fact that you arc supplying sup-plying a crrc.ai; part of the iiil.ormoun-ta.in iiil.ormoun-ta.in couutry with your products. Those of us who ViTO usorri of your goods will leave hore determined to aid your splendid splen-did enterprise by patronizing" you. That is the real spirif that sustains' homo industry. in-dustry. Such institutions as those sup-ply sup-ply employment for many of our residents., resi-dents., and in thit fact" every rilizon of the utate is highly interested. "For myself, and T believe that J can speak, for the others here, .you have our best wishes i!or your sucecs tipd our patronage patron-age for your rnippnrt." Mayor Pays Tribute ayor Samuel C. Park was requested lo sp'cak a.nd he said: fMt has been moro than ordinarily internnting to me to "witness this opening oi' a now industry in-dustry hero. I can realize in part tho obstacles that are encountered and to ho overcome in talcing tho initiative in such matters. H requires courage, and when that courage is cxhibtetl it ought lo receive our -hearty sifpport. T of leu think that we are not. quick enough to appreciate such institutions as these. Among tho large questions before the municipality at the present pres-ent time are. those of an ample "water fitpnlv, cheap power and cheap transportation, trans-portation, all necessary to development of the industrial side of the community by inducing- the establishment of factories fac-tories here. T am glad to see this ono of our pioneer manufacturing establishments estab-lishments in the van of enlargement and increase in efficoncy. I am snro that it ought to bring to it every encouragement en-couragement at the disposal of 'home people.7' Notables Are Visitors. Among those tvho visited tho factory were Governor "William Sprv, Ixfavor Samuel C. Park. .T. G. McDonald, "W. V. Armstrong, .1. W. Wienenrv, Georgo S. McAllister, Joseph E. CaindJ D. F. Oollctt,, Horace S. Unsign, John Giles; "Ms. Olivo Havens, president of the Ladies Home Industry association; Mrs. Lily T. Wolstenholm, vice president pres-ident of that organization, and Mrs. Marie Bowman, secretary to the samel Orson P. Hewlett acted as host-in--chief, with members of his business staff as assitants. Pretty girls employed em-ployed at the factory served punch and hot peanuts, and their booth was visited visit-ed frequently as much for the spiiles of the attendants rs for the sake of the rcfroshmcnU they served. |