Monte Vista Packing Company
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|
Summary
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) |
Details
[There's also a Monte Vista Citrus in Riverside that packed oranges.]
Located in Monte Vista in 1922 acc. to Western Canner and Packer, packing cherries. Will can all kinds of fruits and make jam as well. Already sold entire season's product. Will pay growers as much as $100/ton for apricots. "The Monte Vista Packing Company will open the first unit of its plant at Monte Vista June 1, on cherries, with a force of 250 persons. The company has already contracted and sold its entire output for the season. It will can all kinds of fruits and will manufacture jam besides. It has paid the growers as high as $100 a ton for apricots."
1922 Engineering News Record (April 20, 1922) shows building being bid. "Monte Vista: Monte Vista Packing Company had plans prepared by W. W. Breite, engr., Clunie Building, San Francisco. 1 story cannery, frame, and corrugated iron. $45,000."
Also listed as potential asbestos-filled work site by asbestos law firm.
Warmington Duff of Chicago, Toledo, and San Francisco claims they're distributing Monta Vista's dried and canned fruit. (November 1922 Western Canner and Packer Opened by June 1, according to San Jose Evening News May 3, 1922