Western Metal and Export
| Business |
Metal Recycling |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
| Aliases |
Teresini Brothers |
Western Metal and Export was a San Jose metal recycling company that often processed used cans from nearby canneries. The business may have been the same as Teresini Brothers, located at the same site earlier in the 1930's.
Supposedly, many canneries would can food in large #10 cans if they were unsure what sizes would be popular in the next year, and then would open and re-can the food later in the season. Metal recyclers like Western Metal and Export were often processing these larger cans. Hauling the waste metal was also dirty; a 1941 complaint by E.F. Stauffer, 191 Ryland Street, declared that Western Metal and Export "hauls slop and waste through the streets from local canneries."[1]. They also appeared to handle other sorts of cannery waste. In 1936, one of their trucks tipped over and dumped cull apricots into the street[2].
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1936, 1940- | 220 Ryland Street |
References
- ↑ Corbett In Move to Fire Bob Thorpe; City Buys Three New Cars for Police; City Budget Is Approved: August 6, 1940 San Jose Evening News
- ↑ July 17, 1936 San Jose Evening News