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| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
 
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| primary_town = Mountain View
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| successors= [[Mountain View Packing Company]]
 
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Mountain View dried fruit packer, founded in 1903, and dissolved by 1909.  [http://books.google.com/books?id=f0NNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA60&lpg=RA1-PA60&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=oHd7w5KGr4&sig=LCaz0S9eo686NImJ_15T4mR6D2A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Incorporated May 18, 1903] with $75,000 in capital.  [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rZUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010%2C6502421 Officers in 1906]  at time of Great 1906 Earthquake were M. Farrell (president), Z.T. Croop, VP, F.A. Poland, Secretary, C. Jesse Titus, treasurer, with H. Morton, J. J. Cutter, and Joseph F. Fritts as directors.  The Mountain View Fruit Exchange was short-lived, with its [http://books.google.com/books?id=i_8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=E3EBOdV3DA&sig=Qdo__EA8eeZEfSBvPeRC6PaxvsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false corporation charter forfeited ] by 1909.
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Mountain View Fruit Exchange's building was a former grain warehouse.  An 1897 Sanborn map shows the site as Mrs. S. E. Bubb's Grain Warehouse (vacant).  By 1904, the Sanborn map shows a low warehouse only with a dryer in one corner.  The building was levelled by 1906 earthquake, but rebuilt in 4 months according to
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=VpNa9UckT24C&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=YcHFNduvhD&sig=xpYOQ6XcGrErGanbbcs5lNHo75g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Mountain View Arcadia book.]
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The new building was a three story packing house, with grading on the 3rd floor, box making and storage on second, and packing on first.  There was a separate sulfur house, and separate "facing" room (ground floor, better light?). 
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After the Exchange collapsed, the plant was used by the [[Mountain View Packing Company]], which became [[Sunsweet]]'s plant #8.
  
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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| Mountain View || 1904, 1908 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=end%20of%20Oak%20Street%20east%20of%20Bailey%20Road,Mountain%20View end of Oak Street east of Bailey Road] ||  
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| Mountain View || 1903-1909 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=end%20of%20Oak%20Street%20east%20of%20Bailey%20Road,Mountain%20View end of Oak Street east of Bailey Road] ||  
 
On Sanborn map. 1904, 1908.
 
On Sanborn map. 1904, 1908.
 
 
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==Details==
 
==Details==
  
[http://books.google.com/books?id=f0NNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA60&lpg=RA1-PA60&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=oHd7w5KGr4&sig=LCaz0S9eo686NImJ_15T4mR6D2A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Incorporated May 18, 1903] with $75,000 in capital.  
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=i_8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=E3EBOdV3DA&sig=Qdo__EA8eeZEfSBvPeRC6PaxvsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Corporation charter forfeited ] by 1909.
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[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rZUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010%2C6502421 Officers in 1906  at time of earthquake] were M. Farrell (president), Z.T. Croop, VP, F.A. Poland, Secretary, C. Jesse Titus, treasurer, with H. Morton, J. J. Cutter, and Joseph F. Fritts as directors.
 
  
Was Mrs. S. E. Bubb's Grain Warehouse (vacant) on 1897 Sanborn map. 1904 Sanborn map shows a low warehouse only with a dryer in one corner.  Levelled by 1906 earthquake, rebuilt in 4 months according to
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=VpNa9UckT24C&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=YcHFNduvhD&sig=xpYOQ6XcGrErGanbbcs5lNHo75g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Mountain View Arcadia book.]
 
Rebuilt as three story packing house, with grading on the 3rd floor, box making and storage on second, and packing on first.  Separate sulfur house, separate facing room (ground floor, better light?). 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 04:29, 8 August 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

Mountain View
Active

1903-1909
Successors

Mountain View Packing Company

Mountain View dried fruit packer, founded in 1903, and dissolved by 1909. Incorporated May 18, 1903 with $75,000 in capital. Officers in 1906 at time of Great 1906 Earthquake were M. Farrell (president), Z.T. Croop, VP, F.A. Poland, Secretary, C. Jesse Titus, treasurer, with H. Morton, J. J. Cutter, and Joseph F. Fritts as directors. The Mountain View Fruit Exchange was short-lived, with its corporation charter forfeited by 1909.

Mountain View Fruit Exchange's building was a former grain warehouse. An 1897 Sanborn map shows the site as Mrs. S. E. Bubb's Grain Warehouse (vacant). By 1904, the Sanborn map shows a low warehouse only with a dryer in one corner. The building was levelled by 1906 earthquake, but rebuilt in 4 months according to Mountain View Arcadia book. The new building was a three story packing house, with grading on the 3rd floor, box making and storage on second, and packing on first. There was a separate sulfur house, and separate "facing" room (ground floor, better light?).

After the Exchange collapsed, the plant was used by the Mountain View Packing Company, which became Sunsweet's plant #8.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Mountain View 1903-1909 end of Oak Street east of Bailey Road

On Sanborn map. 1904, 1908.

Details

Mention in Pullman Herald March 19 1920 (citing Mountain View Register Leader) about a company in Mountain View that sold the worst prunes.