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San Jose's fruit-related industries were clustered in several different areas:
* By the original Southern Pacific depot along Bassett Street, Ryland Street, and nearby. Plants here tended to date from the late 1880's.
* Along the Southern Pacific depot west of the Guadalupe River. A&C Ham and J.Z. Anderson located here in the 1880s, but it was a popular site into the 1960's.
* By the former South Pacific Coast depot in West San Jose, and south of there near the Del Monte cannery at Auzerais St. Mostly after the turn of the century.
* Along the railroad line south of San Jose near Fourth Street. From the turn of the century.
* Near the fairgrounds along Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth Streets (post- World War II).

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Subjects related to [[Santa Clara County]], [[California]].

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Subjects related to [[Santa Clara County]], [[California]].

M. J. Fontana and Company

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = San Francisco
| primary_dates = 1880 - 1899
}}

'''M. J. Fontana and Company''' was an early San Francisco canner, founded by [[Marco Fontana]], an Italian immigrant from Genoa by way of New York City. Fontana was initially a fruit broker and shipper, but started his own cannery in 1880. Fontana merged his company into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899, and Fontana became general superintendent. When the CFCA was merged into the [[California Packing Corporation]], Fontana became a director and chairman. Fontana was also a director of the Italian-American Bank, California Wine Association, and president of Italian Swiss Colony. Fontana died on October 19, 1922.

:[Marco] Fontana, the son of a marble cutter, was born in Cerisola, near Genoa, in 1849. In 1860, his family migrated to New York; in 1867 he left New York alone, and tried his luck in the mines of California. Quickly disillusioned, he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a clerk for [[A. Galli and Company]], a fruit commission house. In the early 1870's he bought the G. Ginocchio firm, a commission house, and a few months later he tried fruit growing with another Italian, but both ventures failed. Fontana's early career evolved within the boundaries of the Genoese group.

:But he was more daring than most his fellow commissioners. Fontana realized that the local market was limited, and that the largest markets were the cities of the East. Shipping fresh produce was expensive, however; and besides, it was necessary to provide Eastern cities even during the winter months. Canning was the solution. An apparently insurmountable obstacle to competing in the national market was the need for large capital, which was not available within Italian regional groups. Fontana, with his own limited resources and with help from the [[Compagnia Garibaldina]]<ref>The ''Compagnia Garibaldina'' was an immigrant's mutual aid society, with a large hall on the 400 block of Broadway. Several of these societies. including Compagnia Garibaldina, affected Italian army uniforms, and and had weekly military drills: "The members of Compagnia Garibaldina would parade down Broadway in their redshirts, reminiscent of Garibaldi soldiers."</ref> moved into canning twice, and failed both times. Finally, in 1891, two non-Italians, L. S. Goldstein, a financier with strong banking connections, and William Fries, an entrepreneur, provided the capital for the establishment of M. J, Fontana and Company. - Dino Cinel, ''From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience'', Stanford University Press, 1982

Del Monte's San Francisco Plant #1 may have originally been a Fontana plant, or Del Monte Plant #1 was built on the site of Fontana's cannery<ref>[http://www.rodhandeland.com/SFWaterfront/FishermanPier39.htm rodhandeland.com] </ref>.

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| San Francisco || 1880-1899? || ||
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==References==
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[[Category:San Francisco]]
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M. J. Fontana and Company

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = San Francisco
| primary_dates = 1880 - 1899
}}

'''M. J. Fontana and Company''' was an early San Francisco canner, founded by Marco Fontana, an Italian immigrant from Genoa by way of New York City. Fontana was initially a fruit broker and shipper, but started his own cannery in 1880. Fontana merged his company into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899, and Fontana became general superintendent. When the CFCA was merged into the [[California Packing Corporation]], Fontana became a director and chairman. Fontana was also a director of the Italian-American Bank, California Wine Association, and president of Italian Swiss Colony. Fontana died on October 19, 1922.

"[Marco] Fontana, the son of a marble cutter, was born in Cerisola, near Genoa, in 1849. In 1860, his family migrated to New York; in 1867 he left New York alone, and tried his luck in the mines of California. Quickly disillusioned, he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a clerk for [[A. Galli and Company]], a fruit commission house. In the early 1870's he bought the G. Ginocchio firm, a commission house, and a few months later he tried fruit growing with another Italian, but both ventures failed. Fontana's early career evolved within the boundaries of the Genoese group."

"But he was more daring than most his fellow commissioners. Fontana realized that the local market was limited, and that the largest markets were the cities of the East. Shipping fresh produce was expensive, however; and besides, it was necessary to provide Eastern cities even during the winter months. Canning was the solution. An apparently insurmountable obstacle to competing in the national market was the need for large capital, which was not available within Italian regional groups. Fontana, with his own limited resources and with help from the [[Compagnia Garibaldina]]<ref>The ''Compagnia Garibaldina'' was an immigrant's mutual aid society, with a large hall on the 400 block of Broadway. Several of these societies. including Compagnia Garibaldina, affected Italian army uniforms, and and had weekly military drills: "The members of Compagnia Garibaldina would parade down Broadway in their redshirts, reminiscent of Garibaldi soldiers."</ref> moved into canning twice, and failed both times. Finally, in 1891, two non-Italians, L. S. Goldstein, a financier with strong banking connections, and William Fries, an entrepreneur, provided the capital for the establishment of M. J, Fontana and Company."<ref>Dino Cinel, ''From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience'', Stanford University Press, 1982.</ref>.

Del Monte's San Francisco Plant #1 may have originally been a Fontana plant, or Del Monte Plant #1 was built on the site of Fontana's cannery<ref>[http://www.rodhandeland.com/SFWaterfront/FishermanPier39.htm rodhandeland.com] </ref>.

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| San Francisco || 1880-1899? || ||
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|}

==References==
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Colombo Market

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The '''Colombo Market''' was a covered produce market in San Francisco. Built in 1876, it was started by Italian immigrants from Genoa. It occupied a full block near the Embarcadero, bounded by Pacfic, Front, Davis, and Jackson Streets. It was closed in the early 1960s to make way for the Golden Gateway redevelopment project. The site is now Sydney G. Walton Square, and the old brick arch entrance to the market is now the entrance to the square.

By 1881, it had become the center of the produce industry in San Francisco.

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Colombo Market

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The '''Colombo Market'' was a covered produce market in San Francisco. Built in 1876, it was started by Italian immigrants from Genoa. It occupied a full block near the Embarcadero, bounded by Pacfic, Front, Davis, and Jackson Streets. It was closed in the early 1960s to make way for the Golden Gateway redevelopment project. The site is now Sydney G. Walton Square, and the old brick arch entrance to the market is now the entrance to the square.

By 1881, it had become the center of the produce industry in San Francisco.

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West San Jose

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The '''West San Jose''' area of San Jose was an industrial area dominated by dried fruit packing and cannery businesses. The district had excellent transportation access. By road, West San Carlos Street (Stevens Creek Road) entering the area from the west, and Lincoln Ave. from the Willows district approaching from the south. The [[South Pacific Coast]] narrow gauge's line to Los Gatos and Santa Cruz cut across the district, and eventually became the [[Southern Pacific]]'s Los Gatos branch. In the early 1920's, the [[Western Pacific]] railroad cut across the district as it approached its terminus at the Alameda. Major streets were Auzerias Street, Race Street, Lincoln Ave., Meridian Road, and Moorpark Ave.

The area was industrialized around the turn of the century. The [[San Jose Fruit Packing]] company was the first occupant, moving their cannery from 5th and Julian in 1893. Other dried fruit processors, including George Herbert and George Frank, and Stephen Zicovich occupied the area in the late 1890's. After the turn of the century and the standard-gauging of the Los Gatos branch, the area became much more popular with larger packing houses and more business. After World War I, two additional large canneries, the [[United States Products]] plant and [[Hershel California Fruit Products]] took locations at Moorpark Ave.

The area was outside the San Jose city limits, which was probably both a blessing and a curse: lower property taxes, but no fire protection. When [[Rosenberg Brothers]], occupying the [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]], caught fire in 1915, the fire was initially not fought because it was outside the fire district.

The area was primarily canneries through the 1950's, but faded soon after as costs soared and fruit had to be trucked in from further away. Many of the cannery properties were turned into office buildings in the 1970's, only to be replaced by apartment buildings and condos in the 21st century.

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Category:West San Jose

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The [[West San Jose]] area of [[San Jose]] was an industrial area dominated by dried fruit packing and cannery businesses, just outside of the San Jose city limits.

The area was primarily canneries through the 1950's, but faded soon after as costs soared and fruit had to be trucked in from further away. Many of the cannery properties were turned into office buildings in the 1970's, only to be replaced by apartment buildings and condos in the 21st century.

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West San Jose

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California Fruit Canners Association

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = San Francisco, CA
| primary_dates = 1899 - 1916
| predecessors =[[F. P. Cutting Company]], [[San Jose Fruit Packing | San Jose Fruit Packing Company]], [[King-Morse Canning Company]], [[Oakland Preserving Company]], [[M. J. Fontana and Company]], [[Sacramento Packing Company]], [[California Fruit Preserving Company]], and [[Marysville Packing Company]], [[Rose City Packing Company]], [[A. F. Tenney Canning Company]], [[Courtland Canning Company]], the [[Whitter Cannery]], [[Chico Canning Company]], [[Lincoln Fruit Packing Company]], [[Sutter Canning & Packing Company]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. CFCA also ran dried fruit packing houses<ref>William Braznell, ''California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand''. Del Monte Corporation, 1982. p. 30</ref>.
| successors = [[California Packing Corporation]]
}}
California Fruit Canners Association was a company formed by the consolidation of eighteen canning companies. The CFCA was formed on June 15, 1899; the merger was intended to help efficiency by sharing costs and increase purchase prices for crops that would rival the cooperatives<ref>History San Jose, [http://www.historysanjose.org/cannerylife/through-the-years/1872-1916/ca-fruit-canners-association.html California Fruit Canners Association].</ref>. CFCA also cut costs through exclusive agency deals with wholesalers; [[J. K. Armsby]] initially was the broker for the CFCA, but within a few years had the Midwest agency given to another company, and found the CFCA willing to sell its own products on the west coast<ref>William Braznell, ''California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand''. Del Monte Corporation, 1982</ref>. The CFCA took all parts of the companies - 30 canneries, trademarks, and paraphernalia. The CFCA represented a huge chunk of U.S. canning capacity, estimated at not more than 60% of the canned fruit market. CFCA merged into the new [[California Packing Corporation]] at the company's inception in 1916.

An 1899 news article claimed that twenty-six of the twenty-nine large canneries in California were planning on joining including Hunt Brothers; they excluded California Canneries, [[Code-Portwood Canning Company]], and Southern California Packing Co. They also ignored the "few small canneries" including "the Chinese cannery, the Los Gatos, the Ainsley, the Overland, the Corbille, Golden Gate"<ref>"A Cannery Combine" [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18990617.2.22.1# ''Pacific Rural Press'', June 17, 1899].</ref>.

Guaranteed members of the CFCA included the [[F. P. Cutting Company]] in Oakland, [[San Jose Fruit Packing | San Jose Fruit Packing Company]], [[King-Morse Canning Company]] in San Francisco and San Leandro, [[Oakland Preserving Company]], [[M. J. Fontana and Company]] in San Francisco, [[Sacramento Packing Company]], [[California Fruit Preserving Company]], and [[Marysville Packing Company]]. In 1900, the company took over nine more companies, including [[Rose City Packing Company]] of Santa Rosa, [[A. F. Tenney Canning Company]] in Fresno, [[Courtland Canning Company]], the [[Whitter Cannery]], [[Chico Canning Company]], [[Lincoln Fruit Packing Company]], [[Sutter Canning & Packing Company]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. "Thus, at the end of the second season, the California Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities." About half of the initial plants were in California; the rest were in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Hawaii. A list of the 1901 canneries appears in a California board of horticulture biennial report from 1901.

"The California Fruit Canners' Association, which has for years been the dominant factor in the canning business on the Pacific Coast, was organized on June 15, 1899; and the efforts toward consolidation of the California packers were crowned with partial success. The association included originally the following plants : Cutting Packing Company, [[San Jose Fruit Packing]] Company, King-Morse Company, [[Oakland Preserving Company]], Fontana & Company, [[Sacramento Packing Company]], California Fruit Preserving Company, and Marysville Packing Company In 1900, nine more plants were taken over, including: Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Company, Rose City Packing Company, A. F. Tenney Canning Company, Courtland Canning Company, Whittier Cannery, Chico Canning Company, Lincoln Fruit Pack- ing Company, Sutter Canning & Packing Company, and Southern California Packing Company Thus, at the end of the second season, the California Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities. During the season of 1914, seventeen canning factories were operated by the association."<ref>''The Seal of Safety Year Book for 1914'': [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924003559865/cu31924003559865_djvu.txt The Canning Industry in California] .</ref>

"In 1913, the California Fruit Canners' Association operated the world's largest cannery in North Beach. It had a capacity of 24 million cans a year, about one-seventh of the state total, and most of the more than 1,000 workers were Italians." <ref>Dino Cinel, ''From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience'', Stanford University Press, 1982, pg 232</ref>

The number of canneries varied over time; By 1914, the company had seventeen separate canneries<ref>ibid.</ref>. In 1913, light fruit crops meant that only five of the twenty-six caneries were operating that year. In 1915, CFCA had fifty Del Monte branded products, and 72 other leading brands<ref>William Braznell, ''California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand''. Del Monte Corporation, 1982, p.30</ref>.

The company was led by the principals of some of the formative companies<ref>William Braznell, ''California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand''. Del Monte Corporation, 1982</ref>. [[Marco Fontana]] and partner [[William Fries]] led the consolidation, with Fontana (founder of [[Italian Swiss Colony]] and [[M. J. Fontana and Company]] was the first superintendent, and Fries the initial president. Other organizers include Sydney Smith of [[F. P. Cutting Company | F. P. Cutting]], Fredrick Tillman Jr. of the [[Oakland Preserving Company]], and Robert and Charles Bentley of the [[Sacramento Packing Company]].

When the [[California Packing Corporation]] was formed, CFCA's size and experience meant that its principals often led Del Monte. T.B. Dawson became the general superintendent of [[Del Monte]]; Robert Bentley, formerly of the [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], became the president of the [[California Packing Corporation]].

Contemporary news reports suggest that the formation of the CFCA led to some nasty competitive battles, both with the growers and with other canners. See [Opposition to the California Fruit Canners' Association]] for more details.
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| San Jose || 1899-1915 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Auzerais%20Avenue%20%281899-1915%29,San%20Jose Auzerais Avenue (1899-1915)] ||
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| San Jose || 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Carlos%20Avenue%20at%20narrow%20gauge%20tracks,San%20Jose San Carlos Avenue at narrow gauge tracks] ||
|-
|}
==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Associations]]
[[Category:San Francisco]]
[[Category:Cannery]]
[[Category:West San Jose]]

California Fruit Canners Association

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = San Francisco, CA
| primary_dates = 1899 - 1916
| predecessors =[[F. P. Cutting Company]], [[San Jose Fruit Packing | San Jose Fruit Packing Company]], [[King-Morse Canning Company]], [[Oakland Preserving Company]], [[M. J. Fontana and Company]], [[Sacramento Packing Company]], [[California Fruit Preserving Company]], and [[Marysville Packing Company]], [[Rose City Packing Company]], [[A. F. Tenney Canning Company]], [[Courtland Canning Company]], the [[Whitter Cannery]], [[Chico Canning Company]], [[Lincoln Fruit Packing Company]], [[Sutter Canning & Packing Company]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. CFCA also ran dried fruit packing houses<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation. p. 30</ref>.
| successors = [[California Packing Corporation]]
}}
California Fruit Canners Association was a company formed by the consolidation of eighteen canning companies. The CFCA was formed on June 15, 1899; the merger was intended to help efficiency by sharing costs and increase purchase prices for crops that would rival the cooperatives<ref>History San Jose, [http://www.historysanjose.org/cannerylife/through-the-years/1872-1916/ca-fruit-canners-association.html California Fruit Canners Association].</ref>. CFCA also cut costs through exclusive agency deals with wholesalers; [[J. K. Armsby]] initially was the broker for the CFCA, but within a few years had the midwest agency given to another company, and found the CFCA willing to sell its own products on the west coast<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation</ref>. The CFCA took all parts of the companies - 30 canneries, trademarks, and paraphenalia. The CFCA represented a huge chunk of U.S. canning capacity, estimated at not more than 60% of the canned fruit market. CFCA merged into the new [[California Packing Corporation]] at the company's inception in 1916.

An 1899 news article claimed that twenty-six of the twenty-nine large canneries in California were planning on joining including Hunt Brothers; they excluded California Canneries, [[Code-Portwood Canning Company]], and Southern California Packing Co. They also ignored the "few small canneries" including "the Chinese cannery, the Los Gatos, the Ainsley, the Overland, the Corbille, Golden Gate"<ref>A Cannery Combine: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18990617.2.22.1# June 17, 1899 Pacific Rural Press].</ref>.

Guaranteed members of the CFCA included the [[F. P. Cutting Company]] in Oakland, [[San Jose Fruit Packing | San Jose Fruit Packing Company]], [[King-Morse Canning Company]] in San Francisco and San Leandro, [[Oakland Preserving Company]], [[M. J. Fontana and Company]] in San Francisco, [[Sacramento Packing Company]], [[California Fruit Preserving Company]], and [[Marysville Packing Company]]. In 1900, the company took over nine more companies, including [[Rose City Packing Company]] of Santa Rosa, [[A. F. Tenney Canning Company]] in Fresno, [[Courtland Canning Company]], the [[Whitter Cannery]], [[Chico Canning Company]], [[Lincoln Fruit Packing Company]], [[Sutter Canning & Packing Company]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. "Thus, at the end of the second season, the California Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities." About half of the initial plants were in California; the rest were in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Hawaii. A list of the 1901 canneries appears in a California board of horticulture biennial report from 1901.

"The California Fruit Canners' Association, which has for years been the dominant factor in the canning business on the Pacific Coast, was organized on June 15, 1899; and the efforts toward consolidation of the California packers were crowned with partial success. The association included originally the following plants : Cutting Packing Company, [[San Jose Fruit Packing]] Company, King-Morse Company, [[Oakland Preserving Company]], Fontana & Company, [[Sacramento Packing Company]], California Fruit Preserving Company, and Marysville Packing Company In 1900, nine more plants were taken over, including: Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Company, Rose City Packing Company, A. F. Tenney Canning Company, Courtland Canning Company, Whittier Cannery, Chico Canning Company, Lincoln Fruit Pack- ing Company, Sutter Canning & Packing Company, and Southern California Packing Company Thus, at the end of the second season, the California Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities. During the season of 1914, seventeen canning factories were operated by the association."<ref>The Seal of Safety Year Book for 1914: [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924003559865/cu31924003559865_djvu.txt The Canning Industry in California] .</ref>

"In 1913, the California Fruit Canners' Association operated the world's largest cannery in North Beach. It had a capacity of 24 million cans a year, about one-seventh of the state total, and most of the more than 1,000 workers were Italians." <ref>Dino Cinel, ''From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience'', Stanford University Press, 1982, pg 232</ref>

The number of canneries varied over time; By 1914, the company had seventeen separate canneries<ref>ibid.</ref>. In 1913, light fruit crops meant that only five of the twenty-six caneries were operating that year. In 1915, CFCA had fifty Del Monte branded products, and 72 other leading brands<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Mote Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation. p.30</ref>.

The company was led by the principals of some of the formative companies<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation</ref>. Mark Fontana and partner William Fries led the consolidation, with Fontana (founder of Italian Swiss Clony and M. J. Fontanta]] was the first superintendent, and Fries the initial president. Other organizers include Sydney Smith of [[F. P. Cutting Company | F. P. Cutting]], Fredrick Tillman Jr. of the [[Oakland Preserving Company]], and Robert and Charles Bentley of the [[Sacramento Packing Company]].

When the [[California Packing Corporation]] was formed, CFCA's size and experience meant that its principals often led Del Monte. T.B. Dawson became the general superintendent of [[Del Monte]]; Robert Bentley, formerly of the [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], became the president of the [[California Packing Corporation]].

Contemporary news reports suggest that the formation of the CFCA led to some nasty competitive battles, both with the growers and with other canners. See [Opposition to the California Fruit Canners' Association]] for more details.
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| San Jose || 1899-1915 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Auzerais%20Avenue%20%281899-1915%29,San%20Jose Auzerais Avenue (1899-1915)] ||
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|-
| San Jose || 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Carlos%20Avenue%20at%20narrow%20gauge%20tracks,San%20Jose San Carlos Avenue at narrow gauge tracks] ||
|-
|}
==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Associations]]
[[Category:San Francisco]]
[[Category:Cannery]]
[[Category:West San Jose]]

California Fruit Canners Association

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = San Francisco, CA
| primary_dates = 1899 - 1916
| predecessors =[[F. P. Cutting Company]], [[San Jose Fruit Packing | San Jose Fruit Packing Company]], [[King-Morse Canning Company]], [[Oakland Preserving Company]], [[M. J. Fontana and Company]], [[Sacramento Packing Company]], [[California Fruit Preserving Company]], and [[Marysville Packing Company]], [[Rose City Packing Company]], [[A. F. Tenney Canning Company]], [[Courtland Canning Company]], the [[Whitter Cannery]], [[Chico Canning Company]], [[Lincoln Fruit Packing Company]], [[Sutter Canning & Packing Company]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. CFCA also ran dried fruit packing houses<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation. p. 30</ref>.
| successors = [[California Packing Corporation]]
}}
California Fruit Canners Association was a company formed by the consolidation of eighteen canning companies. The CFCA was formed on June 15, 1899; the merger was intended to help efficiency by sharing costs and increase purchase prices for crops that would rival the cooperatives<ref>History San Jose, [http://www.historysanjose.org/cannerylife/through-the-years/1872-1916/ca-fruit-canners-association.html California Fruit Canners Association].</ref>. CFCA also cut costs through exclusive agency deals with wholesalers; [[J. K. Armsby]] initially was the broker for the CFCA, but within a few years had the midwest agency given to another company, and found the CFCA willing to sell its own products on the west coast<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation</ref>. The CFCA took all parts of the companies - 30 canneries, trademarks, and paraphenalia. The CFCA represented a huge chunk of U.S. canning capacity, estimated at not more than 60% of the canned fruit market. CFCA merged into the new [[California Packing Corporation]] at the company's inception in 1916.

An 1899 news article claimed that twenty-six of the twenty-nine large canneries in California were planning on joining including Hunt Brothers; they excluded California Canneries, [[Code-Portwood Canning Company]], and Southern California Packing Co. They also ignored the "few small canneries" including "the Chinese cannery, the Los Gatos, the Ainsley, the Overland, the Corbille, Golden Gate"<ref>A Cannery Combine: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18990617.2.22.1# June 17, 1899 Pacific Rural Press].</ref>.

Guaranteed members of the CFCA included the [[F. P. Cutting Company]] in Oakland, [[San Jose Fruit Packing | San Jose Fruit Packing Company]], [[King-Morse Canning Company]] in San Francisco and San Leandro, [[Oakland Preserving Company]], [[M. J. Fontana and Company]] in San Francisco, [[Sacramento Packing Company]], [[California Fruit Preserving Company]], and [[Marysville Packing Company]]. In 1900, the company took over nine more companies, including [[Rose City Packing Company]] of Santa Rosa, [[A. F. Tenney Canning Company]] in Fresno, [[Courtland Canning Company]], the [[Whitter Cannery]], [[Chico Canning Company]], [[Lincoln Fruit Packing Company]], [[Sutter Canning & Packing Company]], and [[Southern California Packing Company]]. "Thus, at the end of the second season, the California Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities." About half of the initial plants were in California; the rest were in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Hawaii. A list of the 1901 canneries appears in a California board of horticulture biennial report from 1901.

"The California Fruit Canners' Association, which has for years been the dominant factor in the canning business on the Pacific Coast, was organized on June 15, 1899; and the efforts toward consolidation of the California packers were crowned with partial success. The association included originally the following plants : Cutting Packing Company, [[San Jose Fruit Packing]] Company, King-Morse Company, [[Oakland Preserving Company]], Fontana & Company, [[Sacramento Packing Company]], California Fruit Preserving Company, and Marysville Packing Company In 1900, nine more plants were taken over, including: Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Company, Rose City Packing Company, A. F. Tenney Canning Company, Courtland Canning Company, Whittier Cannery, Chico Canning Company, Lincoln Fruit Pack- ing Company, Sutter Canning & Packing Company, and Southern California Packing Company Thus, at the end of the second season, the California Fruit Canners' Association controlled twenty-seven plants in twenty-two cities. During the season of 1914, seventeen canning factories were operated by the association."<ref>The Seal of Safety Year Book for 1914: [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924003559865/cu31924003559865_djvu.txt The Canning Industry in California] .</ref>

"In 1913, the California Fruit Canners' Association operated the world's largest cannery in North Beach. It had a capacity of 24 million cans a year, about one-seventh of the state total, and most of the more than 1,000 workers were Italians." <ref>Dino Cinel, ''From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience'', Stanford University Press, 1982, pg 232</ref>

The number of canneries varied over time; By 1914, the company had seventeen separate canneries<ref>ibid.</ref>. In 1913, light fruit crops meant that only five of the twenty-six caneries were operating that year. In 1915, CFCA had fifty Del Monte branded products, and 72 other leading brands<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Mote Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation. p.30</ref>.

The company was led by the principals of some of the formative companies<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand. 1982, Del Monte Corporation</ref>. Mark Fontana and partner William Fries led the consolidation, with Fontana (founder of Italian Swiss Clony and M. J. Fontanta]] was the first superintendent, and Fries the initial president. Other organizers include Sydney Smith of [[F. P. Cutting Company | F. P. Cutting]], Fredrick Tillman Jr. of the [[Oakland Preserving Company]], and Robert and Charles Bentley of the [[Sacramento Packing Company]].

When the [[California Packing Corporation]] was formed, CFCA's size and experience meant that its principals often led Del Monte. T.B. Dawson became the general superintendent of [[Del Monte]]; Robert Bentley, formerly of the [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], became the president of the [[California Packing Corporation]].

Contemporary news reports suggest that the formation of the CFCA led to some nasty competitive battles, both with the growers and with other canners. See [Opposition to the California Fruit Canners' Association]] for more details.
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| San Jose || 1899-1915 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Auzerais%20Avenue%20%281899-1915%29,San%20Jose Auzerais Avenue (1899-1915)] ||
Becomes Del Monte

|-
| San Jose || 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Carlos%20Avenue%20at%20narrow%20gauge%20tracks,San%20Jose San Carlos Avenue at narrow gauge tracks] ||
|-
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Cannery]]
[[Category:West San Jose]]

M. J. Fontana and Company

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Calton:

{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = San Francisco
| primary_dates = 1880 - 1899
}}

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| San Francisco || 1880-1899? || ||
|-
|}

==Details==

Early San Francisco canner. Originally fruit broker and shipper, but started his own cannery in 1880. Company was sold to California Fruit Canners' Association in 1899, and Fontana became general superintendent. Also director of Italian-American Bank, California Wine Association, president of Italian Swiss Colony, director and chairman of board of [[California Packing Corporation]], "successor to the California Fruit Canners' Association". Died October 19, 1922.

From ''From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience'' by Dino Cinel (Stanford University Press, 1982)

:[Marco] Fontana, the son of a marble cutter, was born in Cerisola, near Genoa, in 1849. In 1860, his family migrated to New York; in 1867 he left New York alone, and tried his luck in the mines of California. Quickly disillusioned, he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a clerk for [[A. Galli and Company]], a fruit commission house. In the early 1870's he bought the G. Ginocchio firm, a commission house, and a few months later he tried fruit growing with another Italian, but both ventures failed. Fontana's early career evolved within the boundaries of the Genoese group.

:But he was more daring than most his fellow commissioners. Fontana realized that the local market was limited, and that the largest markets were the cities of the East. Shipping fresh produce was expensive, however; and besides, it was necessary to provide Eastern cities even during the winter months. Canning was the solution. An apparently insurmountable obstacle to competing in the national market was the need for large capital, which was not available within Italian regional groups. Fontana, with his own limited resources and with help from the [[Compagnia Garibaldina]]<ref>The ''Compagnia Garibaldina'' was an immigrant's mutual aid society, with a large hall on the 400 block of Broadway. Several of these societies. including Compagnia Garibaldina, affected Italian army uniforms, and and had weekly military drills: "The members of Compagnia Garibaldina would parade down Broadway in their redshirts, reminiscent of Garibaldi soldiers."</ref> moved into canning twice, and failed both times. Finally, in 1891, two non-Italians, L. S. Goldstein, a financier with strong banking connections, and William Fries, an entrepreneur, provided the capital for the establishment of M. J, Fontana and Company.

[http://www.rodhandeland.com/SFWaterfront/FishermanPier39.htm rodhandeland.com suggests] Del Monte's San Francisco Plant #1 was originally set up for Fontana.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:San Francisco]]
[[Category:Cannery]]

Talk:M. J. Fontana and Company

2014-01-24T14:05:22Z

Calton: some history

from [http://cavallicafe.com/cavalli_history4.html A. Cavalli & Co.'s website]

:At first, all fruits and vegetable were sold (usually by Ligurians) on the street out of their horse-drawn carts or wagons. In 1874, the [[Colombo Market]] was created, a public market that occupied a whole, roofed block and contained stalls which were rented for $9 a month. The wagons of the contadini (farmers) would arrive about 3 am and the produce would be unloaded and displayed by 4 am for the buyers: grocers, restaurateurs, hotel keepers, ship's stewards and housewives.

:The canning industry evolved from the Colombo Market as a way to preserve fruits and vegetables, and since Italians dominated California agriculture, they were at the forefront of the canning industry as well. In 1889, [[Marco J. Fontana]] from Genoa founded the [[California Fruit Packing Corporation]] which became the largest fruit and vegetable processing company in the world. From this, he would go on to form the Marca del Monte brand which later became known as the Del Monte Foods Corporation. The canning industry eventually grew to the point where California was exporting to Italy while Italy was exporting to California.

Code-Portwood Canning Company

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Calton: Category:San Francisco

{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = Oakland
| primary_dates = 1868-1914
| successors = [[H.G. Prince]]
| aliases = Cole-Portwood Canning Company
| brands = Cuckoo, Cruiser<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wx0xAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA15&ots=CRPhI51r9G&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20canning&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20canning&f=false Mida's Trade-Mark Register of Canned Goods], 1906, Criterion Publishing Company, Chicago</ref>, All Gold, Premium, Fruitvale, May Sweet, Alvarado, Claremont<ref>Advertisement: [http://books.google.com/books?id=zuUGAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA78&ots=ct74c-N6La&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20fruitvale&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20fruitvale&f=false Official Year Book of the California State Federation of Labor], 1913.</ref>, Alpine, Alamo, Silver, Shasta, Pride<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/sanfranciscoherg00sanf/sanfranciscoherg00sanf_djvu.txt San Francisco: Her Great Manufacturing, Commercial, and Financial Institutions...], 1904, Pacific Arts Co.</ref>
}}
'''Code-Portwood Canning Company''' was a San Francisco and Oakland-based canner and jam maker, supposedly started in 1867<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/sanfranciscoherg00sanf/sanfranciscoherg00sanf_djvu.txt San Francisco: Her Great Manufacturing, Commercial, and Financial Institutions...], 1904, Pacific Arts Co. "Founded in 1867 as P. D. Code & Co, incorporated in 1898. H. G. Prince was a director in 1904.</ref>. In 1902, Philip D. Code was the president of the company, with offices at 101 Front St. in San Francisco and the factory at the corner of 10th and Bryant in San Francisco<ref>Code-Portwood Canning Co.: [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanfranciscodirectory/1902/1902_360.pdf 1902 Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory]</ref>. In 1899, Code-Portwood apparently considered joining the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] combine<ref>Few Canned Fruit Sales: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=18990712&id=1PUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7yIIAAAAIBAJ&pg=4894,1231651 July 12, 1899 Boston Evening Transcript].</ref>.

Philip D. Code, the principal of the company, was born in England in 1842, naturalized in 1876, and was living in San Francisco in 1880, listing his occupation as "canning fruit".

The company opened a plant in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland after the 1906 San Francisco Great Earthquake and Fire<ref>Help Wanted: Women and Girls to Work On Fruit: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19060812.2.112.6 August 12, 1906 San Francisco Call]. Lists "new cannery at Fruitvale, a summer outing".</ref>. That plant had been planned before the earthquake, with an announcement in December 1905<ref>Alameda County News: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19051216.2.64.11 December 16, 1905 San Francisco Call]: "The Code-Portwood Canning Company has made application for a permit to erect a cannery to cost $30,000 not including equipment at Railroad and Twenty-eighth Avenues."</ref> but the San Francisco plant did appear to be destroyed in the earthquake<ref>General Merchandise: [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5086399 July 5, 1906 Adelaide (Australia) Advertiser]: "According to the San Francisco mail advises, the destruction of the following fruit canneries is reported: ... Code Portwood Cannery, with a capacity of 125,000 cases, was wrecked by earthquake."</ref>. In 1913, the company requested better wharf facilities on Oakland so it could load its products into ships on the east side of the bay<ref>Canning Company May Get Wharf Facilities: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19130715.2.67 July 15, 1913 San Francisco Call].</ref>. It later became the [[H.G. Prince]] company. By 1913, they listed themselves as headquartered in Fruitvale, Oakland<ref>Advertisement: [http://books.google.com/books?id=zuUGAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA78&ots=ct74c-N6La&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20fruitvale&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20fruitvale&f=false Official Year Book of the California State Federation of Labor], 1913.</ref>.

The company became [[H.G. Prince]] & Co. by 1914<ref>Canned Foods: [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZnpRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA13&ots=BpoIZoN7MK&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&f=false January 24, 1914]: "A contrivance has been invented by Arthur Duncan, manager of H. G. Prince & Co., successor to Code Portwood Canning Co....</ref>.

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| Fruitvale || 1912 || ||
|-
| San Francisco || 1902 || 101 Front Street || offices, warehouse?
|-
| San Francisco || 1902 || 10th and Bryant || factory
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:San Francisco]]

Category:San Francisco

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Calton: start

People and companies related to the city and county of San Francisco.

Category:West San Jose

2014-01-24T13:54:09Z

Calton: Category:San Jose

Article Guidelines for Packing Houses of Santa Clara County

2013-11-02T16:45:59Z

Calton: /* Formatting */

==Guidelines for Articles in Packing Houses of Santa Clara County==

"Packing Houses of Santa Clara County" is a Wiki - a shared place where we all can write, edit, and share research on the history of the Santa Clara Valley. That means that you're involved - you're not just a reader, but someone who can help extend our knowledge of San Jose history. To understand the mechanics of how you make changes, read the generic [[Help:Editing_pages]] documentation.

We do have a specific reason for this blog, and so that means write about anything. This blog exists to collect and record the history of the dried, fresh, and canned fruit industry in San Jose. It's ok to stretch outside these boundaries to related business - other local businesses in San Jose at the time, or connections to companies in other places.

Our wiki is also intended for historical and detailed information about San Jose and the fruit industry - articles that may be too specialized or trivial for [[http://en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]]. If your article might be interesting to more than just historians and model railroaders, write it up on Wikipedia.

== Kinds of Pages ==

Generally, pages should fit into one of four categories:
* Business: a description of an industry, its history, and where it operated. Example: [[United States Products]].
* Person: a biography of a person involved in the Santa Clara County fruit industry. Example: [[Edith Daley]].
* Document: copy of key related document that deserves to be linked and cross-linked to the other documents. Example: [[Southern Pacific 1931 Siding List]]
* History: a summary of a particular set of events or time that is relevant to the fruit industry. Example: [[Collapse of Prices in the Early 1930's]].

Provide citations so others can find the original documents. Provide links to web pages where you find information, or cite the books where the information is published. Someone else may want to read the original documents; giving them pointers will help immensely.

Give publication name and date whenever providing a link to a web page with old newspapers or books. There's no guarantee that Google or Newspaper Archive will still be showing old newspapers in three or four years; if you name the source ([http://books.google.com/books?id=GW5RAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA16&ots=eBjJBFaIxc&dq=%22pacific%20coast%20raisin%20company%22&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q=%22pacific%20coast%20raisin%20company%22&f=false "March 20, 1920 California Fruit News"]), a future reader can always search for other places with copies of the same material.

==Formatting==

When you write or edit pages for a Wiki, you add formatting by providing hints about how things should be formatted. General rules for formatting any Wiki are available on the [[Help:Formatting]] pages. Here are some specific requests on how to format pages on "Packing Houses of Santa Clara County".

===Wikipedia formatting===
For help in formatting of this wiki, here are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Wikipedia's Help pages]. This wiki uses the same software (MediaWiki), so the syntax is the same.

==Businesses==
Every business should have an infobox - the key details of the business in a box at the upper-right-hand corner of any page. An infobox looks like this before formatting:
<pre>
{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
| primary_town = San Francisco
| primary_dates = 1908-1946
| brands = Pansy, Rosedale, Daphne, Carnation Pink, Heliotrope
| aliases=Guggenhime
| predecessors =
| successors = [[Hunt Brothers Packing Company]]
}}
</pre>
If you go to the page for [[Guggenhime and Company]], you can see what it looks like after formatting.

"Primary business" should list the main business the company was known for. Common choices include "Dried Fruit Packer", "Cannery", "Manufacturer", or "Broker".

Every business should also have a "Locations" section and table listing the street address of the different places where the business existed. The table looks like this before formatting:
<pre>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| San Jose || 1893-1917 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cinnabar%20St%20at%20Senter%20Street,San%20Jose Cinnabar St at Senter Street] || Listed as "Andrews and Coykendall Ham Co." in 1893.
|-
| West Side || 1900 || || Listed in San Francisco Call 1900 list of delivery spots.
|-
|}
</pre>
Look at [[Andrews and Coykendall Ham Company]] to see it after formatting. Each location has a city, the years the business was known to be at that location, exact street address (with link to Google Maps), and a notes field to mention interesting details about that location. Locations should either be confirmed addresses, or indicate that the location is likely to be a guess:"Probably norrthwest corner."
==Person==
Pages describing a person involved in the fruit industry should have a quick bio and links to any companies that person worked for. Highlight the stories that make that person interesting.

==Categories==
Every page can have category tags that allow finding all pages related to a specific place, industry, or era. Adding a category only requires putting in a single tag for that category:
<pre>
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
</pre>
==Photos==
Photos that are in the public domain (published before around 1930, or that you took yourself) can be uploaded to the server, and added to pages. In-line photos should always be placed so they're right justified and 240 pixels wide (to match the infobox). Here's the formatting I use:
<pre>
[[File:Cozzens_dryer.jpg|240px|thumb|right|W. W. Cozzens Dryer pen sketch]]
</pre>
Photos that aren't in the public domain should not be uploaded to the site - it's not legal, and it's not fair to the current copyright holder. These photos are still really important for research, so add a "Photos" section to the page and add an explanatory link that readers can follow to see the photo.

Elmer Chase

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Calton:

{{Infobox Person
|name = Elmer Chase
|employer = [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], [[Richmond Chase]]
|occupation = Dried fruit packer, canner
}}
'''Elmer Chase''' was a long-time canner in the San Jose area, first working his way up at the [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], then teaming up with E.N. Richmond to form [[Richmond Chase]]. Chase died in 1939<ref>Leader of Canner Passes: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UZI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=I6sFAAAAIBAJ&dq=san%20jose%20golden-gate-packing&pg=804%2C3935591 ''San Jose Evening News'', February 13, 1939]</ref>.

Edith Daley of the ''San Jose Evening News'' got this quote from Mr. Chase<ref>"Chase Plant Magnificent Says E. Daley", [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=39cxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1180,570131&dq=richmond+chase+edenvale&hl=en ''San Jose Evening News'', July 14, 1919]</ref>:

<blockquote>
"How long have I been engaged in the fruit canning industry? Must I tell that?" asked E. E. Chase with a smile. "That is almost as bad as asking a woman to tell her age! " However, he did tell - that he came to the Golden Gate Packing company [4th Street between Julian and Washington] when he was a youngster, more than 40 years ago. "I was just a roustabout", he explained, with a reminiscent smile. Forty years of honest effort - rarely successful effort - of untiring zeal and irreproachable methods! E.N. Richmond adds to that his more than twenty years of like integrity and ability in the dried fruit industry, and together these successful business men blend experience and strong personalities into the "dream come true" that lies back of the gold-lettered sign.

"Elmer and Ed. We heard them call each other that. It was refreshing in the midst of a business camouflage of dignity that often seems afraid of upsetting! It visioned business as a great game that men play with much the same zeal with which they play ball on the corner lot or flew kites in their knee-trouser days."
</blockquote>

Elmer's son formed the [[Chevy-Chase Company]].
==References==
<references/>

Elmer Chase

2013-10-28T15:31:23Z

Calton:

{{Infobox Person
|name = Elmer Chase
|employer = [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], [[Richmond Chase]]
|occupation = Dried fruit packer, canner
}}
'''Elmer Chase'' was a long-time canner in the San Jose area, first working his way up at the [[Golden Gate Packing Company]], then teaming up with E.N. Richmond to form [[Richmond Chase]]. Chase died in 1939<ref>Leader of Canner Passes: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UZI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=I6sFAAAAIBAJ&dq=san%20jose%20golden-gate-packing&pg=804%2C3935591 ''San Jose Evening News'' February 13, 1939]</ref>.

Edith Daley of the ''San Jose Evening News'' got this quote from Mr. Chase<ref>"Chase Plant Magnificent Says E. Daley", [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=39cxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1180,570131&dq=richmond+chase+edenvale&hl=en ''San Jose Evening News'', July 14, 1919]</ref>:

<blockquote>
"How long have I been engaged in the fruit canning industry? Must I tell that?" asked E. E. Chase with a smile. "That is almost as bad as asking a woman to tell her age! " However, he did tell - that he came to the Golden Gate Packing company [4th Street between Julian and Washington] when he was a youngster, more than 40 years ago. "I was just a roustabout", he explained, with a reminiscent smile. Forty years of honest effort - rarely successful effort - of untiring zeal and irreproachable methods! E.N. Richmond adds to that his more than twenty years of like integrity and ability in the dried fruit industry, and together these successful business men blend experience and strong personalities into the "dream come true" that lies back of the gold-lettered sign.

"Elmer and Ed. We heard them call each other that. It was refreshing in the midst of a business camouflage of dignity that often seems afraid of upsetting! It visioned business as a great game that men play with much the same zeal with which they play ball on the corner lot or flew kites in their knee-trouser days."
</blockquote>

Elmer's son formed the [[Chevy-Chase Company]].
==References==
<references/>

User:Calton/Sandbox

2013-10-24T08:23:58Z

Calton:

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User:Calton/Sandbox

2013-10-24T08:14:45Z

Calton:

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User:Calton/Sandbox

2013-10-24T08:11:25Z

Calton:

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User:Calton/Sandbox

2013-10-24T08:10:52Z

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2013-10-24T08:07:40Z

Calton:

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2013-10-24T08:07:11Z

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2013-10-24T08:05:52Z

Calton: Created page with "|<noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>"

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User talk:Robert Bowdidge

2013-10-24T07:53:57Z

Calton: /* Example of redirect */ oops

==Greetings!==
Thanks for the note. I followed a link from one of your tweets, saw a syntax error, and logged in to correct it. Then I got carried away.

The formatting is easy for me because: 
#I have experience as a copy editor
#I've racked up 68,000 edits on Wikipedia, which uses the same wiki software (MediaWiki)

If you'll be getting more editors -- and people from various Santa Clara County historical societies seem like a good bet -- you might want to think about setting a "backstage" area for discussions, suggestions, sources, bibliographies, problem-solving, etc. On Wikipedia, it's a separate namespace (with the prefix "Wikipedia:", as in '''<nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard]]</nowiki>''' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard here] for the actual link).

On this wiki, the namespace is '''<nowiki>[[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:xxx]]</nowiki>''', but if that's too long you can easily create shortcuts (called "redirects" in Wiki parlance).

I'll create one as a demonstration, which, of course, you can easily delete if you don't want it or Move to a better title. I'll try '''[[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:Sources]]'''.

--[[User:Calton|Calton]] ([[User talk:Calton|talk]]) 05:40, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

==Thanks, Cal!==
I don't know how many other editors I'll get, but I've been happy to get all my notes some place easy to edit and polish. You're welcome to edit and kibitz; I hadn't done any Wikipedia editing before setting this up, and so I've been experimenting to figure out the correct style. You'll see some of my older pages with "Details" sections containing raw notes; I'm slowly cleaning these up and replacing the raw notes with more polished text.

[[User:Robert Bowdidge|Robert Bowdidge]] ([[User talk:Robert Bowdidge|talk]]) 06:33, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

:You're welcome. If you want to store random bits-n'-bobs related to individual articles/pages that you don't want to (yet) show up in the article, the "Talk" page associated with each article/page might be good. It's the tab labelled "Discussion" on each page, though the namespace is actually ('''<nowiki>[[Talk:ARTICLENAME]]</nowiki>''', as in [[Talk:A. F. Tenney Canning Company]], go figure). On Wikipedia, the "Talk" namespaces are supposed to be used only for discussion of editing the specific article, but since it's your own wiki there's nothing preventing you from using the space any way you like: editor discussion, random notes, bibliographies, reminders, etc: anything Not Ready for Primetime or not intended to be in the main text.

:Also, if you want to leave a direct messages which lights up the notification doohickey for individual editors, click the "talk" link next to their sigs, which goes to the User Talk namespace ([[User talk:Calton]], in my case. --[[User:Calton|Calton]] ([[User talk:Calton|talk]]) 07:52, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

==Example of redirect==
Here's a shortcut and the syntax. I (more or less randomly) chose "PHSC:" as the short version of the prefix (on Wikipedia, it's "WP"), just to demonstrate.

[[PHSC:Sources]]

<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:Sources]]</nowiki>

--[[User:Calton|Calton]] ([[User talk:Calton|talk]]) 05:47, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Robert Bowdidge

2013-10-24T07:52:32Z

Calton: /* Greetings! */

==Greetings!==
Thanks for the note. I followed a link from one of your tweets, saw a syntax error, and logged in to correct it. Then I got carried away.

The formatting is easy for me because: 
#I have experience as a copy editor
#I've racked up 68,000 edits on Wikipedia, which uses the same wiki software (MediaWiki)

If you'll be getting more editors -- and people from various Santa Clara County historical societies seem like a good bet -- you might want to think about setting a "backstage" area for discussions, suggestions, sources, bibliographies, problem-solving, etc. On Wikipedia, it's a separate namespace (with the prefix "Wikipedia:", as in '''<nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard]]</nowiki>''' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard here] for the actual link).

On this wiki, the namespace is '''<nowiki>[[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:xxx]]</nowiki>''', but if that's too long you can easily create shortcuts (called "redirects" in Wiki parlance).

I'll create one as a demonstration, which, of course, you can easily delete if you don't want it or Move to a better title. I'll try '''[[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:Sources]]'''.

--[[User:Calton|Calton]] ([[User talk:Calton|talk]]) 05:40, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

==Thanks, Cal!==
I don't know how many other editors I'll get, but I've been happy to get all my notes some place easy to edit and polish. You're welcome to edit and kibitz; I hadn't done any Wikipedia editing before setting this up, and so I've been experimenting to figure out the correct style. You'll see some of my older pages with "Details" sections containing raw notes; I'm slowly cleaning these up and replacing the raw notes with more polished text.

[[User:Robert Bowdidge|Robert Bowdidge]] ([[User talk:Robert Bowdidge|talk]]) 06:33, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

:You're welcome. If you want to store random bits-n'-bobs related to individual articles/pages that you don't want to (yet) show up in the article, the "Talk" page associated with each article/page might be good. It's the tab labelled "Discussion" on each page, though the namespace is actually ('''<nowiki>[[Talk:ARTICLENAME]]</nowiki>''', as in [[Talk:A. F. Tenney Canning Company]], go figure). On Wikipedia, the "Talk" namespaces are supposed to be used only for discussion of editing the specific article, but since it's your own wiki there's nothing preventing you from using the space any way you like: editor discussion, random notes, bibliographies, reminders, etc: anything Not Ready for Primetime or not intended to be in the main text.

:Also, if you want to leave a direct messages which lights up the notification doohickey for individual editors, click the "talk" link next to their sigs, which goes to the User Talk namespace ([[User talk:Calton]], in my case. --[[User:Calton|Calton]] ([[User talk:Calton|talk]]) 07:52, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

==Example of redirect==
Here's a shortcut and the syntax. I (more or less randomly) chose "PHSC:" as the short version of the prefix (on Wikipedia, it's "WP"), just to demonstrate.

[[PHSC:Sources]]

<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:Sources:Sources]]</nowiki>

--[[User:Calton|Calton]] ([[User talk:Calton|talk]]) 05:47, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Robert Bowdidge

2013-10-24T05:47:13Z

Calton: Example of redirect

PHSC:Sources

2013-10-24T05:46:54Z

Calton: redirect

#REDIRECT [[Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:Sources]]

User talk:Robert Bowdidge

2013-10-24T05:40:51Z

Calton: greetings

Packing Houses of Santa Clara County:Sources

2013-10-24T05:40:12Z

Calton: test page

Some possible sources of research material:

==Books==

==Websites==

==Historical Societies==

Sunnyvale Canneries

2013-10-24T05:25:12Z

Calton: formatting

{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = Sunnyvale
| primary_dates = 1907-1925
| successors = [[Schuckl Cannery]]
}}
'''Sunnyvale Canneries''' was an early, Sunnyvale-based canner. The company was founded by
[[George H. Hooke]] after his sale of the [[Los Gatos Canneries]] to [[Hunt Brothers Packing Company]]<ref>Bruntz, ''History of Los Gatos''</ref>.
The Sunnyvale Canneries plant was located at Fair Oaks Ave. and the railroad tracks. The company was sold to [[Schuckl Cannery]] in 1925<ref>Sunnyvale City Council, [http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/NonCouncilReports/hpc-2008-0926.pdf Heritage Resource Nominations for Southwood and Fairorchard Neighborhoods], May 12, 2009. References purchase of Sunnyvale Canneries.</ref>. Schuckl extended the facility, adding a warehouse, cooling plant, day-care, and cottages.

The company was also given permission to sell fresh (green) peaches by the [[California Peach and Fig Growers]] in 1921<ref>"These Shippers Have Signed with Peach and Fig Growers", [http://books.google.com/books?id=vp1KAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA5-PA47&ots=SiEOY8eXN0&dq=%22Sunnyvale%20Canneries%22&pg=RA5-PA47#v=onepage&q=%22Sunnyvale%20Canneries%22&f=false ''Associated Grower'' magaine, July 1921]. (Magazine published by California Associated Raisin Company and [[California Peach and Fig Growers]])</ref>.
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| Sunnyvale || 1907-1925|| [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fair%20Oaks%20Avenue,Sunnyvale Fair Oaks Avenue] ||
|-
|}
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Sunnyvale]]
[[Category:Cannery]]

Oakland Preserving Company

2013-10-21T17:22:01Z

Calton: formatting

{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_town = Oakland, CA
| primary_dates = 1891-1899
| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]]
| brands = Del Monte

}}
The '''Oakland Preserving Company''' was a cannery founded by F. Tilmann Sr. in 1891<ref>A New Cannery in Oakland, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP18910627.2.5.2 ''Pacific Rural Press'', June 27, 1891]</ref>, with primary plant on "an acre and a half" at First Street between Filbert and Linden Streets in Oakland. The founding manager was W.A. Stevens, who had established the [[J. M. Dawson Packing Company]] and [[San Jose Fruit Company]]. Tilmann was the president of Tilmann & Bendel, a San Francisco-based wholesale grocer who was frustrated by the quality of canned foods they could buy.

The Oakland Preserving Company eventually became part of the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] during its formation in 1899<ref>William Braznell, ''California's Finest:The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand'', 1982, Del Monte</ref>, and was an original user of the Del Monte brand<ref>[http://www.losaltoshillshistory.org/Resources/GriffinHouse/index.html Los Altos Hills History]</ref>. A lawsuit between the [[California Packing Corporation]] and Tilmann and Bendel over the Del Monte trademark gives more details about the history - Tilmann used it because he was supplying coffee to the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey.

The Thursday, June 11, 1891 issue of the ''Oakland Tribune'' declares the plant was built in eight weeks:
<blockquote>
'''Preserving and Cooking Ripe Fruit A Cannery Built in Eight Weeks The Great Plant of the Oakland Preserving Company''' 
''Immense buildings occupying the frontage of one entire block on First Street'' 
When the well known J. Lusk Canning Company, whose cannery was at Temescal, failed several years ago, one of the most important industries, that of fruit caning, was sorely crippled in this country...

"The Oakland Preserving Company is the name of the new corporation, and to show what an energetic concern it is it is only necessary to state that the company was organized, buildings were erected, and the work of fruit canning commenced within height weeks, and the cannery is said to be the most complete one in the United States too. The buildings of the company occupy half a block of land, and are located on First Street between Filbert and Linden streets. The cannery proper occupies the Linden-street side, and the immense warehouse where the canned goods will be stored occupies the Filbert Street end of the lot, with the engine and boiler rooms situated in the rear of Linden Street. On First Street a sidetrack has been run the entire length of the block, and fresh fruit may be unloaded at one end and the car laden with canned fruit at the other end...
</blockquote>

Photos of the Oakland plant appear in the book ''Alameda County: the Eden of the Pacific''<ref>''Oakland Tribune'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=o_lKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Alameda County: the Eden of the Pacific''], 1898</ref>.

Oakland Preserving also had a Milpitas cannery, The Milpitas cannery was reportedly built to be close to asparagus fields of the area.<ref>"Asparagus and Asparagus Rust in California", ''University of California Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=qhZOAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA6-PA10&ots=WZfWe1kgKJ&dq=%22Oakland%20Preserving%20Company%22&pg=RA6-PA10#v=onepage&q=%22Oakland%20Preserving%20Company%22&f=false #106]</ref>.
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| Milpitas || 1896-1899 || || To [[California Fruit Canners Association]] and Del Monte.
???
|-
| Oakland || 1891-1899 || First Street and Filbert || To become [[Del Monte]] Plant #6.
|-
| Oakland || || ||
Fruitvale district according to Wikipedia's entry on Oakland

|-
|}
==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Milpitas]]
[[Category:Oakland]]
[[Category:Cannery]]

A. F. Tenney Canning Company

2013-10-21T17:12:15Z

Calton: link

{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_dates = 1893-1899
| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]]
}}
A. F. Tenney was a Fresno-based canner run by A.F. Tenney and James Madison. Tenney came to Fresno to form the Fresno Fruit and Raisin Packing Company with Madison. That company disappeared in 1893, but the principals formed the cannery soon after. The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899.

Tenny himself left two years before the merger under awkward circumstances; an article in the ''[[San Francisco Call]]'' notes:<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18970714.2.56. ''San Francisco Call'', July 14, 1897]</ref>
<blockquote>
Fresno, Cal., July 13: A. F. Tenney is no longer manager of the A. F. Tenney Canning Company. His retirement from the company has not been generally known, although it is now over six months since he severed his connection with it. And he did this in such an unceremonious manner that it was about three months afterwards before the firm knew of his departure. James Madison is managing the fruit cannery this season... he was at a loss to account for the strange departure of Tenney, who is now sojourining in Southern England, his native home... he had left suddenly with the intention of never returning. He had transferred his stock in the canning company to another person in San Francisco. Mrs. Tenney is still in the bay city, and it seems that the departure of her husband was as unexpected to her as anyone else. In fact it is believed that the cause of Tenney's strange action was domestic trouble.
</blockquote>

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| Fresno || 1893-1899 || ||
|}
==References==
<references>
[[Category:Fresno]]
[[Category:Cannery]]

San Francisco Call

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The '''''San Francisco Call''''' was a San Francisco-based newspaper. It was originally founded in December 1856 as the ''Morning Call'', changing its name in March 1895 to the ''San Francisco Call'' when it was purchased by John D. Spreckels.

In 1913, the newspaper was purchased by M. H. de Young, owner of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and sold to William Randolph Hearst of the ''San Francisco Examiner'', who merged it with the ''Evening Post'' to become the ''San Francisco Call & Post''. In 1929, the newspaper name was merged with the ''San Francisco Bulletin'' to become the ''San Francisco Call-Bulletin'', and in 1959, this newspaper merged with Scripps-Howard's ''San Francisco News'' to become the ''San Francisco News-Call Bulletin''. Finally, in 1965, the paper merged with the ''San Francisco Examiner'' to disappear altogether.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070807112348/http://www.cefha.org/usa/ca/sf/sfcall/sfnewsp.html Holdings of San Francisco Newspapers of Genealogical Importance In The California State Library, Sacramento (web archive)]</ref>

==References==
<references>
[[Category:Newspapers]]

A. F. Tenney Canning Company

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_dates = 1893-1899
| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]]
}}
A. F. Tenney was a Fresno-based canner run by A.F. Tenney and James Madison. Tenney came to Fresno to form the Fresno Fruit and Raisin Packing Company with Madison. That company disappeared in 1893, but the principals formed the cannery soon after. The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899.

Tenny himself left two years before the merger under awkward circumstances; an article in the ''San Francisco Call'' notes:<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18970714.2.56. ''San Francisco Call'', July 14, 1897]</ref>
<blockquote>
Fresno, Cal., July 13: A. F. Tenney is no longer manager of the A. F. Tenney Canning Company. His retirement from the company has not been generally known, although it is now over six months since he severed his connection with it. And he did this in such an unceremonious manner that it was about three months afterwards before the firm knew of his departure. James Madison is managing the fruit cannery this season... he was at a loss to account for the strange departure of Tenney, who is now sojourining in Southern England, his native home... he had left suddenly with the intention of never returning. He had transferred his stock in the canning company to another person in San Francisco. Mrs. Tenney is still in the bay city, and it seems that the departure of her husband was as unexpected to her as anyone else. In fact it is believed that the cause of Tenney's strange action was domestic trouble.
</blockquote>

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| Fresno || 1893-1899 || ||
|}
==References==
<references>
[[Category:Fresno]]
[[Category:Cannery]]

A. F. Tenney Canning Company

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Calton:

{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_dates = 1893-1899
| successors = [[California Fruit Canners Association]]
}}
A. F. Tenney was a Fresno-based canner run by A.F. Tenney and James Madison. Tenney came to Fresno to form the Fresno Fruit and Raisin Packing Company with Madison. That company disappeared in 1893, but the principals formed the cannery soon after. The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1899.

Tenny himself left two years before the merger under awkward circumstances; a San Francisco Call article notes<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18970714.2.56.1 July 14, 1897 San Francisco Call]</ref>
<blockquote>
"Fresno, Cal., July 13: A. F. Tenney is no longer manager of the A. F. Tenney Canning Company. His retirement from the company has not been generally known, although it is now over six months since he severed his connection with it. And he did this in such an unceremonious manner that it was about three months afterwards before the firm knew of his departure. James Madison is managing the fruit cannery this season... he was at a loss to account for the strange departure of Tenney, who is now sojourining in Southern England, his native home... he had left suddenly with the intention of never returning. He had transferred his stock in the canning company to another person in San Francisco. Mrs. Tenney is still in the bay city, and it seems that the departure of her husband was as unexpected to her as anyone else. In fact it is believed that the cause of Tenney's strange action was domestic trouble."
</blockquote>

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| Fresno || 1893-1899 || ||
|}
==References==
<references>
[[Category:Fresno]]
[[Category:Cannery]]