The same care and attention that is given to the making
of White Lily Hams and Bacon is applied to every other pro-
duct turned out by the Dunlevy-Franklin Company, the
constant aim being to please their millions of users, with the
result that today their splendid home at 6500 Hamilton
avenue, East Liberty, has become one of the largest concerns
in this section of the country. They have done much to place
the name of the municipality upon the map and to add to its
lustre as a city of other accomplishments besides the manu-
facture of mineral matter.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
The Pittsburgh plant of the National Biscuit Company is
a large and modern institution in East Liberty, being located
at 6400 Penn Avenue. This is a concern which makes 50,000
loaves of bread a day, to say nothing of countless varieties of
crackers, of which the celebrated ‘“Uneeda Biscuit” is an
important member, and other specimens of the pastry maker’s
art. In these factories 2,000 persons are employed. Every
week they use 2,800 barrels of flour, and every month they
‘ransact $1,000,000 worth of business. In the East Liberty
‘factory 1,500 persons are employed, and in the downtown
plant there are 500 more. Half of these are women and girls.
Few factories operate so many different departments, and
few products require so many different processes. Flour, for
Instance, is bolted and then sieved three times before it is
ready for use. Sacks are turned inside out, cleaned and then
returned to the mills. Only creamery butter and leaf lard are
used, and these must be tested for freshness and purity. All
the eggs used in the plant are first candled, and then cracked
and examined by girls trained for this purpose. Floors in the
working department are scrubbed every day. The dough
troughs, tables, machines, kettles, and all other appliances.
are kept scrupulously clean.
It is regarded of the highest importance that the physical
condition of all employees be kept up to par, and every
scratch, cut, bruise, or blister is immediately attended to in
the first aid department, where a trained nurse is on duty.
