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Show CORPORATION WILL 1 1 BUILD LARGE FACTORY THIS YEAR IjTTlness concern develops j ! Junltybv proving a market for 1 i uce by investing money in its .' ilWPrrM by constructing substantial : iWisbrnent, on Its soil, by creating ' iStf conditions through the disburse-' disburse-' i , of a bounteous pay-roll and by ' tc ..nr a commercial and industrial ! to that community, it is truly IrSng a commendable serv.ee. Of j ! performing motivo must be i 5 a "profitable investment. The iSklng Corp.oration has proved I l both I f community builder and " ftT-cS'on ended with the of fruit packed by the Utah corporation, the farmers of m if, district were paid $230,000 for !' nrnrfuce During the season to ' t' K.C wSi be Said from estimates lSc SnTpany. approximately $400.-3 $400.-3 slkSwnr their produce. W e iVrflSy this year will see the 1 lUabSment of a factory which will, J' : unreliability, revolutionize the 1 ?J Is SvUy of that fertile district, i CTwh Packing corporation has de-1 de-1 ! on plans which will call for the ' I'Ston of a Plant in the valley cost- I: Approximately $150,000. which will f iwaoodel in the canning factory fam-$ fam-$ iE One structure will cover 5 by h & feet of ground. 75 by 40 feet of 2 'Sel will be a building four stories 3 f height. A one-story warehouse mbv '00 feet will also be constructed, r This Plant will be built or concrete i Li brick and will be equipped with 5 & fte finest machinery obtainable. It i 'rfi be located on the line of the Utah- t ffi Wo Central. Ogden Valley branch, at r, upolnt between Eden and Huntsville. I i Ttt establishment of this factory, i a is confidently expected, will almost f jtable the value of Ogden valley land. 1 i Always famous as a -valley of un- '.founded fertility, it was only recent-$ recent-$ iir however, that Ogden valley was i i :iJoofced on as a pea-producing district ' d b a large scale. It was readily seen, 1 f kier some attention, though, that it 1 ' in Ideally located for peo growing. ' . J ilficre arc between 7000 and 8000 llll- ''iWe acres in Ogden valley and past I 1 S irfrformance on a snkll scale led the i 3 'ilch Packing corporation officials to i I Viekly realize the possibilities of this i ! juts It Is expected that 200,000 cases I j M peas will be packed thp first year - from 1010 acres of Ogden valley land. i The season for peas in Ogden valley c ' "jxM develop a few weeks later than in i . ? iJJcifcer localities, the harvest being ex-i ex-i about July or August, though ; j Ijcne Is the product!ve month in other j l jpfetts. However this will not mater- i 1 ,-valIy nfTect the situation with regard to ! i!ifi canning industry. I ; General Superintendent CerrutI of a -lie Utah Packing corporation passed j ,oa Ogden valley project when he was l i iere recently. ) ij Recently Started. 1 I Thp I'lali Packing corporation en- I I '.texed the Utah field at the beginning t ' I Iff the season of last year. It tookJC 1 lorer the V. J. Parker canneries, with c plants established In Weber county under the following names. Wasatch, Star -(Roy), Hooper, River-dale River-dale and West Weber. Over 400 workers will be employed by the corporation during this season. In charge of the Utah Packing corporation cor-poration is J. W. Hall, general manager. mana-ger. L. A. Ray its president and R. Wadsworth is secretary. "We are thoroughly impressed with the prospects of this part of the country," coun-try," said Mr. Hall recentbr, "and are here to holp. build it up. We expect to produce this year over -100,000 cases of canned products and to distribute approximately ap-proximately $1,000,000 in this, district. This will mean about 10,000,000 cans of food." All of the present plants of the corporation will be equipped this year with automatic tomato conveyors and other modern machinery which will cost about ?35,000. This will bring the factories up to a high state of efficiency. effic-iency. The -products packed by the Utah Packing corporation present a wide variety of native food stuffs. The staples are tomatoes, beans, and peas, but apples, peaches, cherries and pears are handled. The territory to which these products are shipped embraces practically all of the United States. . oo- |
