Monte Vista Packing Company
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Monta Vista (Cupertino), California |
| Active |
1921-1923 |
| Successors |
Woelffel Cannery |
Monta Vista Packing Company was a Cupertino-based canner and dried fruit packer in the early 1920's.
The company's plant was put out to bid in April 1922, with engineer W. W. Breite of the Clunie Building of San Francisco specifying a one story cannery made of frame and corrugated iron with an estimated budget of $45,000[1].
The company started packing that year, with the intention of packing cherries and apricots but also willing to pack other fruits and jam as well, and planned to employ 250 people[2][3].
The company declared bankruptcy on February 24, 1923[4]. It's secretary, W. W. Brelte, declared its creditors as Anderson Barngrover Manufacturing Company, Borgfeldt Brothers of San Francisco, W. W. Brelte, and the Sunset Lumber Company of San Jose. The plant was sold to Richard Woelffel in 1927.
Fruit was distributed by Warmington Duff of Chicago, Toledo, and San Francisco[5].
February 1922 The Dryer: talk from Prof Cruess of Berkeley on drying prunes.
The company also appears as a possible asbestos exposure site in asbestos lawsuit solicitations.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista | 1922 | Western Canner and Packer. | |
| San Francisco | 1921 | 519 California Street | 601 Thomas Clunie Building (as Monta Vista Dehydrating Company) |
References
- ↑ Industrial Works: Proposed Work: April 20, 1922 Engineering News Record
- ↑ California Canneries: May 1922 Western Canner and Packer
- ↑ New Canning Company to Open June 1: San Jose Evening News May 3, 1922
- ↑ February 24, 1923 San Francisco Chronicle. p 18.
- ↑ Northern California Canneries: November 1922 Western Canner and Packer.