Sutter Packing
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Mayfield |
| Predecessors |
Bayside Canning Company |
The Sutter Packing Company was a cannery in Palo Alto, located on Portage Ave. in the Mayfield area. The cannery was founded in 1918 as a second plant for the Bayside Canning Company. When Thomas Fong Chew died in 1931, the plant was sold to Yuba City-based Sutter Packing. Sutter closed in 1949 as local farms and orchards gave way to development. Fry's Electronics currently uses the building.[1][2].
The company was hiring Stanford students during the 1943 season[3][4].
In the mid 1930's, Sutter Packing was operating for about four and a half months each year canning spinach, apricots, peaches, and tomatoes. The cannery would work for eight to twelve hours a day with 300 employees. Sutter was one of the largest users of the Palo Alto sewage system, producing a huge amount of "scum load" which made Mayfield Slough smell like an outhouse[5][6].
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield | 1933-1949 | Portage Ave. | Now Fry's Electronics. |
References
- ↑ Barron Park history.
- ↑ The Story of Our Local Bayside: Sutter Cannery. In Summer 2010 Barron Park Association Newsletter.
- ↑ Labor Roundup: Daily Survey Shows Railroad Track Crew Needs Help Most: August 5 1943 Stanford Daily.
- ↑ Cannery Issues Urgent Appeal for Workers: August 3, 1943 Stanford Daily. Cannery is listed as 6 blocks below the highway at Mayfield. The 7-12pm shift and 1-5am shift needed workers.
- ↑ Ted R. Gregory and Jack H. Kimball, Cannery Waste at Palo Alto. In 9th Annual Conference of the California Sewage Works Association, April 24, 1937.
- ↑ Making Sewage Sexy is a Big Challenge. August 11, 2004 Palo Alto Online.