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Show I Canning Company I I Accepts Its Factory! B Description of r'ncturj ami Mnchlner) H mid Method of Cnniilii H The Hastings luiluatrlnl company, H builders of the Lehi canning factory, B completyd tho InittnUntloH of the ma- HBl chlncry and Satin day II red up tin HBl bollor, started tho engine, atiJ turned HBl ou steam in all the pipes and started HBl up the machinery fur tho ncciptnif M of the directors. All parts ate H working order, and If mill and to H inntbes wore on hand, the plant would H be ready to commenec canning fruit H and vegetables today Tho warehouse, fl in which tho goods will be stored, H will by completed durlnt! the suuimt.r m Tomatoes will ba the chief product H canned during the tlrst season, though H thero may be souiu fruit. H The tomatoes wllUllrct bu welghw ou some scales at tin- southeast coi nxr of (ho building, the scales huvli H a capacity for wolghlng Ave tons ui H so delicately urrnnged that they will fl give the accurato weight of it child H They arc then unloaded In boxo H ou the porch on tho south side of tin M main bulldliiK, "hero also located M the scolder, where the tomatoes arc M washed hy n series of forced spruyt M y as they pass over the endless steel My belt. Just before, leaving tho scaldcr M they arc subjected to u hot stean 1 J bath, and their passing from the colt M j water .bath,, to tho hot steam bath M causcsthe skins to break and make H it la so that the. skins inny bo slipped 1 loft with Vase B The exit end of thu scaldcr is loctit- m cd Inside the main building", and th M scalded tomatoes are delivered luti H special fibre buckets on a rovolvlni; H tables A man then takes the buck H to the forty girls, who are seated a H the long poellnt; tables, and here tl H girls remove the jackets, cut out th H stems and any uurlpo parts, If ther- 1 should bo some, H A man then carries the tomatoes t H tho filer, which is a circular disk H with about sixty holes In It. During H this time a man or boy from the f)oo H a bo to is feeding tin cans Into i H spiral chute, which delivers the cans H Into the filler, one can under cue H hole. As the filler revolves, young H ladles scoop up the tomatoes, fllllnj, H each can as II comes to them. Some H of the most expert help Is required H for this work, as the cuus must be H filled exactly. H Prom the filler the cans are deliver-H deliver-H ed automatically into n machine call-H call-H ed tho exhaust. This machine Is filial fili-al ed with perforated pipes, through which jets of steam pass. Tho cum B pass back and forth through the H steam, and when they exit, all the ulr H has been expelled and they are ready H for the cupping machine. H The cupping machines are owned H hy the American Can Company and H are never sold. Tho company lease H them at fCO per year. Theso caption H uutotnutlrally seal the, cups on tin H cans, which are then reudy for tin H cooker. These are known as sanltnrj H capping muchliius, becuuse no soldei H is used in sealing the cans. H When the caiis have bcMi sealed H tho cans nre put Into large clrcului H Iron crates, about six hundred to th-H th-H crate, and are raised and lowered b H means of a cotupound chain pulle) M into the hit; cooking vats, each o' B which holds threw crates filled will H cuus. The cooking vats am lilted witl h water, umoug- which circulate a sorle-M sorle-M or perforated pipes through whlel H steam ja forced until tho water be M comes Lolling' hot, and whero the, to M matons remain until they an B th'oroiiKhlycooked. M They are then elevated and wheeled H on trucks Into the warehouse rooms, M where thoy ar stacked celling high until they nto ready for shipment. At any time before shipment they may be labeled, girls usually doing llw. work by meaiiH of u spcclully con-strueted con-strueted labollng marhlne. The cans ' arei then puckeil In boxes, nailed up and are ready for shipment. Uvorythlng about tho factory Is practically automatic, the machinery Is of thu very Idlest design. As t-jsl-cd out Monduy, it was geared to handle 32 chub every minute, which multiplied by CO, menus 1,920 every hour, or nineteen thousand two hundred hun-dred cans every ten hotiri. As tho help becomes more expert, this cupu city may bu Increased slightly, ai.d by tlit- expenditure of $2,UU0 moro for additional ad-ditional machinery, the capacity of thu plant may be doubled. i I, - |