Pacific Coast Canners

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Jose
Predecessors

George N. Herbert Packing Company

Relatively unknown canner, occupying the former George N. Herbert Packing Company plant. Evidence exists for the company existing between 1928 and 1935; it's unclear how long before or after the company existed.

The first mention of the company is in 1928 when the company attempted to build a new spur and warehouse. The spur on Keyes Street upset nearby property owners because Keyes was an arterial thoroughfare[1]. The warehouse went up in mid 1928 at Fourth and Keyes:[2]

"INDUSTRIAL building, one-story, $20,000 Fourth and Keyes Sts., San Jose; owner. Pacific Coast Canners, Third and Keyes Sts., San Jose; architect. Company draftsman; contractor, Lindgren & Swinerton, 225 Bush Street. San Francisco."

The company produced catsup; the FDA destroyed adulterated catsup produced by the company[3]

A newspaper article about incorrectly weighted lug boxes suggests that Pacific Coast Canners had a plant in Oakland in 1930[4] Boxes shrank by weight when dried, cutting the money given to growers.

The company suffered a strike in 1935 (Oakland Tribune, March 31, 1935)

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Ogden 1928 20th and Lincoln

Buildings still exist

San Jose 1927 Third and Keyes

Photos

Provo: Boxcar in front of Pacific Coast Canners.


References

  1. San Jose Evening News, July 27, 1928
  2. 1928 Building and Engineering News
  3. FDA case number 19092, issued August 26, 1932: Adulterated catsup to be destroyed. The catsup was shipped to California from Utah.
  4. Claim Fought by One Cannery, September 21, 1929 Lodi Sentinel.