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Show " '\1(Jr.~a" Cmm;"~ J7i Compa",. 'n)(~ Morg.m CalUling Company, true to the expectations of James and Joseph Anderson, became a very successful business enterpris(~. Unfortunately, James Anderson contracted pneumonia and died very suddenly in November of 1926. The employees of the l\forgan Canning Factory were saddened by his loss. Three months later Joseph Anderson died of a heart attack. Although the widows of James and Joseph Anderson attempted to keep the factory operating, without ' the leadership of the Anderson brothers, the factory only limped along. In the spring of 1928, the plants were sold to the Utah Packing Corporation, now the California Packing Corporation. Many of the Morgan Canning Factory emplo);ees stayed on with the new company, and in some cases their children have gone to work for the company, which is stm operating at the present time. UTAH CLAIMS \VORLD'S LARGEST PEA CANNERY "Smithfield has a capacity of 25,000 case of peas pcr da}'. A woman who boasted that she 'put up' 300 quarts of fruit and vegetables each season was told that the Smithfield plant could do the work in 20 seconds.... "The main factory is 80 feet wide and 84 feet long. Its three stories arc built of brick and concrete. The two warehouses are of the same construction. One is 350 feet long by 70 wide. Another is 370 by 71 Y2 feet .... "The plant has a funy equipped machine shop to keep the equipment operating at an times." Western Camlcr and Packer (October, 1926) |
