Central California Canneries - Revision history

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 | Emeryville || || 1902, 1907 || Foot of Park Ave.<ref>Help Wanted, [https://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune-aug-13-1902-p-1/ Wednesday, August 13, 1902] Oakland Tribune. "Women and Girls wanted to work on fruit at Central California Canneries at Emeryville. Steady work and highest wage paid. Car fare paid to and from cannery. Apply at the canneries foot of Park ave Emeryville Central California Canneries F B Wetherbte Manager." </ref> ||
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 | Moorlands || || 1907 || || Perhaps Woodland?

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+| Emeryville || || 1902, 1907 || Foot of Park Ave.<ref>Help Wanted, [https://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune-aug-13-1902-p-1/ Wednesday, August 13, 1902] Oakland Tribune. "Women and Girls wanted to work on fruit at Central California Canneries at Emeryville. Steady work and highest wage paid. Car fare paid to and from cannery. Apply at the canneries foot of Park ave Emeryville Central California Canneries F B Wetherbte Manager." </ref> ||
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 | Moorlands || || 1907 || || Perhaps Woodland?

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 ==Central California Canneries in Healdsburg==
-An 1898 article describes the Healdsburg cannery as next to the depot of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway, with a 110x120 foot main building and two 72x120 foot warehouses.  The cannery employed 500 to 600 people during the season.  The Sebastopol cannery was a similar size.  The Healdsburg cannery processed Bartlett pears, Muhr and Crawford peaches, plums, cherries, and nectarine.   Healdsburg canned 40,000 cases of fruit during 1897<ref>James M. Hotchkiss Jr., [ http://books.google.com/books?id=FmL2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22central+california+canneries%22+sebastopol&source=bl&ots=5NMv4-0pPj&sig=QS_xEih3V8mUwtGBCWHF8cjqYlw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AkcgVKvgHYbloAS2hoCYBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22central%20california%20canneries%22%20sebastopol&f=false  A Pair of Kings and A Joker]  Published by James M. Hotchkiss, Jr., 2008.  Hotchkiss family history.  The company history comes from a separate history written by Barthold.</ref>
+An 1898 article describes the Healdsburg cannery as next to the depot of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway, with a 110x120 foot main building and two 72x120 foot warehouses.  The cannery employed 500 to 600 people during the season.  The Sebastopol cannery was a similar size.  The Healdsburg cannery processed Bartlett pears, Muhr and Crawford peaches, plums, cherries, and nectarine.   Healdsburg canned 40,000 cases of fruit during 1897<ref>James M. Hotchkiss Jr., [http://books.google.com/books?id=FmL2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22central+california+canneries%22+sebastopol&source=bl&ots=5NMv4-0pPj&sig=QS_xEih3V8mUwtGBCWHF8cjqYlw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AkcgVKvgHYbloAS2hoCYBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22central%20california%20canneries%22%20sebastopol&f=false  A Pair of Kings and A Joker]  Published by James M. Hotchkiss, Jr., 2008.  Hotchkiss family history.  The company history comes from a separate history written by Barthold.</ref>
 Hotchkiss and Miller also ran the [[Star Dried Fruit Company]] in Healdsburg.

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 | Sebastopol || #3<ref>[http://heritage.sonomalibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15763coll11/id/3380 Sebastopol branch of the Central California Canneries, circa 1900s].  Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection.</ref> || || ||
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-| Visalia||  || 1907, 1913<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/s/steuben-william.txt History of Tulare].</ref> || ||
+| Visalia ("Tulare") ||  || 1907, 1913<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/s/steuben-william.txt History of Tulare].</ref> || || Manager was [[Vernon Campbell]] in 1913<ref>Canning Notes: [http://books.google.com/books?id=TXlRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA13&ots=9U2aDFAoEu&dq=%22central%20california%20cannery%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=%22central%20california%20cannery%22&f=false July 26, 1913 California Fruit News]. Vernon Campbell quoted.</ref>.
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 | Yuba City ||  || 1907 || || Bought after 1906 - potential plant burned<ref>[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19060609.2.7.1# June 9, 1906 Pacific Rural Press]</ref>

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 '''Central California Canneries''' was a northern California canner.  The company started off with a single cannery in Sebastopol, but expanded to become "the second largest, and quite likely the best run, canning company in California"<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand, 1982, Del Monte</ref>  By 1907, the company had seven plants in Sacramento, Visalia, Emeryville, San Lorenzo, Yuba City, and the Moorlands.  [[William J. Hotchkiss]] was the president of the company.
-The company was first founded in 1890 as the [[Russian River Packing Company]] in Healdsburg.  Initially, the company was owned by J.R. Miller.  To add capital,  William J. Hotchkiss bought a half interest in the company.  The company expanded to a plant in Sebastopol a few years later, operating as "Miller and Hotchkiss.  The company bought additional canneries in subsequent years.  The Central California Canneries incorporation happened in 1901.  By 1902, the president was W. J. Hotchkiss, and [[Robert M. Barthold]] was the accountant; however, even before 1901, Hotchkiss had been leaving management to Miller and Barthold.  Robert Barthold eventually became president and chairman of the board of the [[California Packing Corporation]]<ref>James M. Hotchkiss Jr., [ A Pair of Kings and A Joker http://books.google.com/books?id=FmL2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22central+california+canneries%22+sebastopol&source=bl&ots=5NMv4-0pPj&sig=QS_xEih3V8mUwtGBCWHF8cjqYlw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AkcgVKvgHYbloAS2hoCYBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22central%20california%20canneries%22%20sebastopol&f=false]  Published by James M. Hotchkiss, Jr., 2008.  Hotchkiss family history.  The company history comes from a separate history written by Barthold.</ref>.
+The company was first founded in 1890 as the [[Russian River Packing Company]] in Healdsburg.  Initially, the company was owned by J.R. Miller.  To add capital,  William J. Hotchkiss bought a half interest in the company.  The company expanded to a plant in Sebastopol a few years later, operating as "Miller and Hotchkiss.  The company bought additional canneries in subsequent years.  The Central California Canneries incorporation happened in 1901.  By 1902, the president was W. J. Hotchkiss, and [[Robert M. Barthold]] was the accountant; however, even before 1901, Hotchkiss had been leaving management to Miller and Barthold.  Robert Barthold eventually became president and chairman of the board of the [[California Packing Corporation]]<ref>James M. Hotchkiss Jr., [http://books.google.com/books?id=FmL2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22central+california+canneries%22+sebastopol&source=bl&ots=5NMv4-0pPj&sig=QS_xEih3V8mUwtGBCWHF8cjqYlw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AkcgVKvgHYbloAS2hoCYBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22central%20california%20canneries%22%20sebastopol&f=false  A Pair of Kings and A Joker ]  Published by James M. Hotchkiss, Jr., 2008.  Hotchkiss family history.  The company history comes from a separate history written by Barthold.</ref>.
 Central California Canneries is unrelated to [[California Cooperative Canneries]], an Armour-supported canner started in 1918, or to the [[California Canneries]] business run by Isodor Jacob.

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	==Central California Canneries in San Jose==		==Central California Canneries in San Jose==

−	Central California Canneries' plant in San Jose was at 7th and Jackson Street; the long-time superintendent was [[Bert H. ~~Berthold~~]]. The company was merged into [[Del Monte]] in 1916; the San Jose site became Del Monte's Plant #4 and #34, and reserved for vinegar and pickles.	+	Central California Canneries' plant in San Jose was at 7th and Jackson Street; the long-time superintendent was [[Bert H. Barthold]]. The company was merged into [[Del Monte]] in 1916; the San Jose site became Del Monte's Plant #4 and #34, and reserved for vinegar and pickles.

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 : canning asparagus.
-Central California Canneries shows up in a long-running lawsuit against Dunkley for copying one of his peach skin removers.  Dunkley claimed that multiple canneries were infringing on his skinning machines; the defendants argued that he'd only provided inconsequential extensions on existing patents.
+Central California Canneries shows up in a long-running lawsuit against the [[Dunkley Company]] for copying one of his peach skin removers.  Dunkley claimed that multiple canneries were infringing on his skinning machines; the defendants argued that he'd only provided inconsequential extensions on existing patents.
 ==Central California Canneries in Sacramento==

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 | primary_dates = 1901-1916
 | primary_town = San Francisco
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+| predecessors = [[Russian River Packing Co.]], [[Miller and Hotchkiss]]
 | brands=Hotchkiss' Glass Jar<ref>Annual Report from the Commissioner of Patents [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZRLRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1156&lpg=PA1156&dq=%22central+california+canneries%22&source=bl&ots=-acv8KuEMA&sig=zdHlvpvCO5yVr-J4dr4GQ7maRu4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2n5jUu6uJ-e32wWwpoCwAw&ved=0CGMQ6AEwBw 1912, p. 1156]</ref>, Hesperidies<ref>Label in Oakland Museum collection: [http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h853311 H85.33.11]</ref>
 | successors = [[California Packing Corporation]].
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 '''Central California Canneries''' was a northern California canner.  The company started off with a single cannery in Sebastopol, but expanded to become "the second largest, and quite likely the best run, canning company in California"<ref>William Braznell, California's Finest: The History of the Del Monte Corporation and the Del Monte Brand, 1982, Del Monte</ref>  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.
 Central California Canneries is unrelated to [[California Cooperative Canneries]], an Armour-supported canner started in 1918, or to the [[California Canneries]] business run by Isodor Jacob.
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 Central California Canneries' plant in San Jose was at 7th and Jackson Street; the long-time superintendent was [[Bert H. Berthold]].  The company was merged into [[Del Monte]] in 1916; the San Jose site became Del Monte's Plant #4 and #34, and reserved for vinegar and pickles.
 ==Locations==