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| primary_town = San Jose, CA
 
| primary_town = San Jose, CA
 
| primary_dates = 1903 - 1922
 
| primary_dates = 1903 - 1922
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| predecessors = [[Porter Brothers]]
 
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==Summary==
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'''J.W. Chilton Fruit Packing''' was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer.  [[James W. Chilton]] had managed the [[Porter Brothers]] San Jose outpost on North First Street, but broke out on his own when [[Porter Brothers]] collapsed in 1903<ref>Porter Brothers Plant For Sale:  [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7CoiAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=QaQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;dq=chilton%20dried-fruit&amp;pg=820%2C2782774 September 12, 1903 San Jose Evening News]</ref>. Chilton's first plant was in the [[Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company]]'s building on the edge of Willow Glen, but he soon took over the former [[Porter Brothers]] plant. A 1907 advertisement bills the company as packers of green and dried fruit, and packed cherries<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5jcyAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=n-MFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=5378,5930147&amp;amp;dq=packing+house+death+san+jose&amp;amp;hl=en June 7, 1912 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.  J. W. Chilton & Co. was officially formed on May 31, 1904 with $50,000 in capital stock<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=f0NNAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA52&ots=oHg4q0MMy7&dq=%22j.%20w.%20chilton%22%20san%20jose&pg=RA1-PA52#v=onepage&q=%22j.%20w.%20chilton%22%20san%20jose&f=false List of State Corporations], 1906</ref>
San Jose-based dried fruit packer.  J. W. Chilton had managed the [[Porter Brothers]] San Jose outpost on North First Street, but broke out on his own when [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7CoiAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=QaQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;dq=chilton%20dried-fruit&amp;pg=820%2C2782774. [[Porter Brothers]] collapsed in 1903] Chilton's first plant was in the Santa Clara Valley Packing Company's building on the edge of Willow Glen, but he soon took over the former [[Porter Brothers]] plant.
 
  
Chilton sold his plant to Sunsweet in 1922, but was remembered in the community.  Newspaper reports of a fire in 1936 remarked on a similar fire at "the old Chilton packing house, now a [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] plant".
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[[File:chilton_label.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Box label for J. W. Chilton & Co. prunes.]]
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Chilton was a packer for the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] for the 1917 season<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=2025%2C814783 List of Sunsweet collection stations]
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</ref><ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News]
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</ref>, and was referred to as "Plant #14"<ref>The Fruit Industry of the County: In Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm History of Santa Clara County], Historic Record Co., 1922.</ref>.  Chilton eventually sold his plant to Sunsweet in 1922<ref>1922 Western Canner and Packer. Explicitly says that Sunsweet bought the plant in 1922 for their "special carton trade."</ref>,
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but was remembered in the community.  Newspaper reports of a fire in 1936 remarked on a similar fire at "the old Chilton packing house, now a [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] plant on North First Street near Bassett failed when employees discovered fires burning under the loading platform".
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
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| San Jose || 1903 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Paula%20St.%20between%20Northrup%20and%20Race.,San%20Jose Paula St. between Northrup and Race.] ||  Leased Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company's warehouse. After Porter Brothers collapsed, before he bought their plant?
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| San Jose || 1903 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Paula%20St.%20between%20Northrup%20and%20Race.,San%20Jose Paula St. between Northrup and Race.] ||  Leased Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company's warehouse<ref>September 14, 1903 San Jose Evening News.  Not sure if ever occupied.</ref>.
 
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| San Jose || 1904, 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=385%20North%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 385 North First Street] ||  
 
| San Jose || 1904, 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=385%20North%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 385 North First Street] ||  
 
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| San Jose || 1915, 1917 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=405%20North%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 405 North First Street] ||  
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| San Jose || 1915, 1917 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=405%20North%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 405 North First Street] || Sunweet affiliated packer, plant #14<ref>The Fruit Industry: Eugene Sawyer, [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm History of Santa Clara County], 1922.  List of Sunsweet-affiliated plants lists Chilton as Plant #14</ref>.
 
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==Details==
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==References==
Started in 1903 from Porter Bros. Read article on [[Porter Brothers]] Plant for Sale,
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[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7CoiAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=QaQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=820,2782774&amp;amp;dq=chilton+dried-fruit&amp;amp;hl=en Sept 12 1903 San Jose Evening News]
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[[Category:Bassett Street San Jose]]
"Packers and shippers of green and dried fruit." In 1907, James W. Chilton president, Giles B. Lumbard, treasurer.
 
 
 
Packing cherries in 1907 on First Street - ad in
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5jcyAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=n-MFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=5378,5930147&amp;amp;dq=packing+house+death+san+jose&amp;amp;hl=en June 7, 1912 San Jose Evening News]
 
Chilton was local, lived on Bird Avenue in Willow Glen. In 1907, he lived at 556 North 3rd. In 1902, he was managing Porter Bros., and was living at 96 Fox av. John C. Chilton was a foreman at G. N. Herbert, and Robert L. was a foreman at Porter Bros.
 
 
 
J. W. Chilton supposedly ran for mayor of San Jose in 1912.
 
 
 
Became associated with [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1917, packer for 1917 season. In
 
 
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News]
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=2025%2C814783 List of Sunsweet collection stations]
 
Around in 1922, recorded as packing for
 
"[[California Prune and Apricot Growers]]"http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm
 
 
 
"1922 Western Canner and Packer":https://sites.google.com/a/google.com/xray/coverage-analysis
 
explicitly says that Sunsweet bought the plant in 1922 for their "special carton trade."
 
 
 
Fire at ice plant in 1936 cites previous attempt to burn down "old Chilton packing house, now a CAlifornia Prune and Apricot Growers Association plant on North First Street near Bassett Street failed when employees discovered fires burning under the loading platforms."
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

Latest revision as of 18:06, 23 December 2015

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose, CA
Active

1903 - 1922
Predecessors

Porter Brothers

J.W. Chilton Fruit Packing was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer. James W. Chilton had managed the Porter Brothers San Jose outpost on North First Street, but broke out on his own when Porter Brothers collapsed in 1903[1]. Chilton's first plant was in the Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company's building on the edge of Willow Glen, but he soon took over the former Porter Brothers plant. A 1907 advertisement bills the company as packers of green and dried fruit, and packed cherries[2]. J. W. Chilton & Co. was officially formed on May 31, 1904 with $50,000 in capital stock[3]

Box label for J. W. Chilton & Co. prunes.

Chilton was a packer for the California Prune and Apricot Growers for the 1917 season[4][5], and was referred to as "Plant #14"[6]. Chilton eventually sold his plant to Sunsweet in 1922[7], but was remembered in the community. Newspaper reports of a fire in 1936 remarked on a similar fire at "the old Chilton packing house, now a California Prune and Apricot Growers plant on North First Street near Bassett failed when employees discovered fires burning under the loading platform".

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1903 Paula St. between Northrup and Race. Leased Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company's warehouse[8].
San Jose 1904, 1906, 1907 385 North First Street
San Jose 1915, 1917 405 North First Street Sunweet affiliated packer, plant #14[9].

References

  1. Porter Brothers Plant For Sale: September 12, 1903 San Jose Evening News
  2. June 7, 1912 San Jose Evening News
  3. List of State Corporations, 1906
  4. List of Sunsweet collection stations
  5. July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News
  6. The Fruit Industry of the County: In Eugene T. Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County, Historic Record Co., 1922.
  7. 1922 Western Canner and Packer. Explicitly says that Sunsweet bought the plant in 1922 for their "special carton trade."
  8. September 14, 1903 San Jose Evening News. Not sure if ever occupied.
  9. The Fruit Industry: Eugene Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County, 1922. List of Sunsweet-affiliated plants lists Chilton as Plant #14