Central California Canneries
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
| Active |
1901-1916 |
| Brands |
Hotchkiss' Glass Jar[1], Hesperidies[2] |
Central California Canneries started off as a single cannery in Sebastopol, but expanded to become "the second largest, and quite likely the best run, canning company in California"[3] By 1907, the company had seven plants in Sacramento, Visalia, Emeryville, San Lorenzo, Yuba City, and the Moorlands. J. Hotchkiss was the president of the company.
1906 was a bad year for the company; their San Francisco plant (probably 800 Minnesota) burned the day before the Great Earthquake and Fire[4], losing 20,000 cases of canned fruitCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag. Oakland city directories for 1907 appear to show the company's headquarters being chased to Broadway in Oakland.
Central California Canneries was merged into California Packing Corporation in 1916.
When J. K. Armsby lost agency for the California Fruit Canners Association, they began representing Central California Canneries; in order not to lose a good market, they began buying up stock in the canner. Central noticed and cut off the takeover, but stayed on good terms with Armsby through the California Packing Corporation buyout.
1911: canning asparagus.
Central California Canneries shows up in a lawsuit against Dunkley for copying one of his peach skin removers.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emeryville | 1907 | ||
| Moorlands | 1907 | Perhaps Woodland? | |
| Oakland | 1906 | 1014 Broadway | From 1906 directory -headquarters moved because of fire? |
| Sacramento | 1907, 1910, 1916 | Front Street between P and Q | Sacramento City Directory, as quoted in history of St. Francis Parish. Became Del Monte Plant #12? Manager Louis H. Stewart[5] |
| San Francisco | 1901 | 123 California | (1901 directory) (as Central California Canneries) |
| San Francisco | 1902-1906 | 800 Minnesota | 1902 directory, plant burned April 17,1906[6] |
| San Francisco | 1908 | 633 Howard | (1908 directory) |
| San Francisco | 1911-? | 1 Drumm | (1911, 1922 directory) |
| San Jose | 1907-1916 | Jackson and 7th Streets | Del Monte Plant #4. |
| Visalia | 1907, 1913 | see "History of Tulare":http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/s/steuben-william.txt | |
| Yuba City | 1907 | Bought after 1906 - potential plant burned[7] |
References
- ↑ Annual Report from the Commissioner of Patents 1912, p. 1156
- ↑ Label in Oakland Museum collection: H85.33.11
- ↑ William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand, 1982, Del Monte
- ↑ June 9, 1906 Pacific Rural Press
- ↑ Biographies of Sacramento County: Louis H. Stewart
- ↑ June 9, 1906 Pacific Rural Press
- ↑ June 9, 1906 Pacific Rural Press