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THE FACTORf OPERATED EIGHT MONTH’S OF THE YEAR AWL EMPLOYED TWO HUNDRED AWD FIFTY FOUR MBI WITH AW ANMUAL PAYROLL OF $95,568*00. THIS FACTORY PROW BED WORK FOR A LARGE WUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN IF IT WERE LOCATED IN THE RURAL SECTION AND MADE THESE TWO TYPES OF SEA FOOD AVAILABLE TO PBJPLE OF THE INLAND SECTHON.
THE JOHNSON CANNERY
THE JOHNSOW CANNERY WAS E ST ABLI 91 ED IN 1934 AND WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY LEWIS 0. JOHNSON» JR. IT WAS LOCATED AT THE TERMINUS OF THE BLAIZE PIER AT THE HEAD OF WASHINGTON ST. IN WARD THIS PIER EXTENDED ABOUT TOUR THOUSAND FEET INTO THE WATERS OF THE BAY.
SHRI'MP, OYSTERS, AND VEGETABLES WERE CANNED AND SHIPPED BY WHOLES*. E TO ALL POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES. ITS RAW PRODUCTS WERE VALUED AT |25,0OO PER YEAR., THJ S CANNERY' OPERATED TEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND EMPLOYED TWENTY-FIVE MEN1 PER DAY BUT EMPLOYEES WERE PAID ON A PIECE WORK BASIS AND NOT ON A REGUA WAGE SCALE. THOUGH1 SMALL, THIS INDUSTRY WAS FAR REACHING AS IT EMPLOYED LOCAL MEN AND WOMEN AND POT A PRODUCT ON THE MARKET OTHERWISE VBULD BE FOOD FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AND NOT FOR PEOPLE OF INL/WI DISTRICTS AS THE SHIPPING OF SEA POOD IN THE RAW IS NOT SATISFACTORY.
THE MCLEOD TURPENTINE CO,
WAS LOCATED ON JOURDAN RlfVER NEAR KILN, MPSS- THE CRUDE GUM WAS CONVERTED *WTO RESIN AND TURPENTINE AND SOLD WHOLESALE IN THE UNITED STATES AND SHIPPED TO FOREIGN COUNTRI ES.
THE GU^F TURPENTDNE CO.
THE GULF TURPENTINE CO. THAT WAS ONCE A PART OF FENTON TURPENTINE CO. WAS EST ABL I1 SHED 3Y A CORPORATION AND WAS LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 90, FIVE MILES WEST OF BAY ST. LOUIS. THIS COMPANY LEASED TIMBERED LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWfNG THE CRUDE GUM, WHICM WAS CONVERTED INTO ROSIN AMD TURPENTINE FOR SHIPMENT TO UNITED STATES MARKETS AS WELL AS FOREIGN1 MARKETS. THE GULF TITRPENT IflE WAS A BENEFIT TO THE SURROUNDINGS I'N AS MU04 AS IT OFFERED EMPLOYMENT AND BOUGHT GASOLINE, OIL, ETC. IN THE OPERATION OF