Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1893, Page 20

(AT, BREWER ItIs to Be Thrown Open to the Public on Tuesday. A GENERAL INVITATION IS EXTENDED, One of the Finest Equipped Breweries in the West, BUILT IN MOST SUBSTANTIAL MANNER. The Olimax of Thirty-five Years Untiring Rusiness Ene: THE BREWERY BUILDINGS IN DETAIL Historle Facts and Data Regarding the Growth and Enterpriso of One Lurgest and Best Known rew In the West, Thirty-five years ago,when the Omunha of toduy was undrenmed of, when the country nortn, west, south, was hardly known eave as the haunt of the red man and the pioncer and the feeding ground of the buffalo and the antelope; when the oceident of the western hemisphere, that great section of the North Ameri- can continent lying west of the mighty Missouri, wi unexplored wilderness, trackless save for the skeleton-strewn trail of the “49ers” and their successors bound for the Eldorado of the Pacifie siope, then st1ll a new found troasure; when a west- ern town, to be a metropolis, had but to contain a few houses, a few trading stores und soveral saloons, but ran the risk of being depopulated in a day in the rush for some new settlement fur- ther west; in those uncertain days when the man who embarked in business in a little frontier town was indeed taking desperate chances to win a fortune, so shifting was the population ana so great the possibilities of undeveloped regions; when the metropolis of today was u little river town, built of rough mate: s and peopled in large part by a rough.cla: of human beings, an honest, thrifty young German, whose only thought was to make u home in the western country for his little family, where he could rear his children in the institutions of *his adopted country, as yet a comparatively Pinned His Falth to O then but a village, and scttled hero to sink or swim with the town and territory. Trained in the Fatherland as a brewer, ho naturally turned, after sottling h old means of livelihood, and in a small way, to h trade as a a very small way, he began business at & place on what is now Parnam street, just west of Tenth. Asmay be imagined, in those d the brewing means what it 18 now. The ngents who in these days hustle for trade, und the big delivery business was not by wagons with their great loads of Legs, that are now such u famil- The young brewen had not only to rustle for all lhe trade he got, but he had to de- liver his goods as well; and ecarly every morning, rain or shine, pushing a hand- cart before him and whistling as he walked, young Frederick Krug, today far sight, were then unthought of. one of the most prominent and best known brewers in the country, the head of a house t and has hundr employs scores of men of thousands of dollars fnvested in its busin , made tho rounds of his customers’ places of business, and delivered the product of his skilled labor, There were still other Difliculties to Co end With, not the least of which was necessity for shipping In by steam- boats almost everything required in the manufucture of beer, and, from force of eircumstances, the young brewer had to purchase these in small quantities, so that, when a steamboat carrying freight consigned to him was in any way de- loyed, it was indeed a source of annoy- ance and trouble. Yet, in the face of everything, Frederick Krug persevered and declared his intention of staying in Omaha, come whatever might. He stayed in Omuha, and the results of the years since be first began business here have shown the wisdom of his cholce. The busivess that started on Furnam street in 1858 on almost nothing has grown and prospered year by yesr, until now, iv its thirty-fourth year, it stands & proud monument to the snergy aud business ubility of its founder ana a shining exvmple of what the great west the + will do for one of its local industries When, with the growth of the town aud the increase of his business, Mr. Krug found thaut Lis quarters on Farnain stroot were Inadequate for his pur poses, he removed to Jackson streot, between Penth uud Eleventh streets, where he has since reicained, gradually building up the institution of whick he lsthe OMAHA DAILY BEE: MR FRED KRUG, hoad, aud incroasing 1ts facihties until finally even the liberal space bolonging to the company at the placo named be- came too for its Then, with the enterprise that hasever ceamped business. characterized all his business moves, Frederitk Krvug and his associates Set Forth to Bmld, where there is plenty of room to build further, a structure that shall last for ages, and a plant which, though not us 1 go as some of those in the great brewing centers of the world, shouid be a model, as complete and per- fect in every detail as the product of in- kill, nlaed by tho omnipotent purchasing power of money, could make it. That they have accomplished their plan is patent to all who have seen the product of their enterprise. In a com- manding position of the hill, in the southwest portion of the city, in the block between Twenty-fourth and ventors’ brains and manufacturers’ tion for and wonder at the beauty and perfection of the establishment. An Extertor View of the Buildings is given herewith, but while it gives a good idea of the outward appearance of the plant, it would hardly be possible to find words to convey an adequate im- pression of what the ‘ntevior is like, ov to fitly describe the in the construction equipment of the immense vlant. quality of every- thing used and Right here, a word is in order con- cerning the policy pursued by the man- agement in carrying out the work of building and fitting up the new brew- ery. Ever since Frederick Krug started in business one of his leading mottoes has been, “‘Patronize Home Industry,” and this principle has been faithfully carried out in the building of the great new plant. Not a brick, not a nail, not a foot of lumber, nor the smullest quan- tity of anything whatsoever that coukd SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1893~ TWENTY again, particularly in the present in: ! stance. Such patriotism will not pass | unheeded by the people of Omaha and Nebraska. By the courtesy of Mr. William Krug, | vice president and general manager of | the company, a BEk reporter had the | pleasure, one day last week, of going | through the splendid plant under tho | guidance of the gentleman just named, | A drive of twenty minutes or so behind | Mr. little brought within Krug's rattiing roadster host and visitor the | shadow of the great buildings, towering grandly in tho air, conspicuous pile of architectural magnificeuce, visible for round ndial” comes first to S is the ojaculation that first | closa view of the buildin For, while they were designed with a view to practical utility Girst of all, one’s lips upon a Architectural Veauty has by no means heen forgotten, and no one with an cye for the stately and veautiful in the builders’ art can help feeling a thrill of admiration for the success achieved in the raising of this great pile, The buildings cover a large ground area, being erected in two blocks, with a space for railrond trackage betweoen. On th there, b way. teacks running the probably a thousand earle building material ana machinery have been brought in, enough froight bills ' | having already been paid to cover the expense incu & M. ed by the com- pany in laying side-tracks into the yards. Over the wracks and connecting the buildings an iron truss bridge ex- | tends from the sixth story of the stock house to the fifth story of the brew and storage house. As | the cut herewith presented, the stock house, wash house, storage house and vestibule make il be noticed from a glance at A Tandsome Collection of buildings 818 fect in length. The stock 110 fect in width and the others 70 feet each, fronting on Boulo vard avenuo. Adjoining the wash house is | department is 100x70 feot and one story barrels ench: on the fourth foor, three sottling tanks of 400 barrels capacity; on the fifth floor, two Baudelot coolers, and the sixth floor is occupied by cooling vessels The rackiag house and vosti- bule is 84 feet 6 irches by 70 fect, and is two storics in height. O this, the first floor will be used as a racking room and vestibule, the second floor to be used for storage and to contain water tanks for supplying the wash house. The latter high, with 218 feet of wide loadin shipving platforms on both north and south sides. Iron columns and roof trusses support the wagon shed, winch is 218 feet in siz and is enclosed on the south by an The brew by 81 foot i\t house, the dimensions of by 46 feet 4 aininjz tank, beer iron fence. 1d storage house is 65 feet 6 inches 3 inches, five stories in hei On the first door of which are 65 feet 6 the brew inches inches, arc the hop-sti pump and spent mait hopper; on the second floor the 850-barrel copper brew ni kettle and mash st g tank; on the third, the mash tank nd hop extractory fourth floor, vice cooker and automatic malt scale hopper: and on the fifth floor, stock hopper, maly mill. veceiving hop- 1n gives ud- pver and hot and cold water tanks, this building « large skylight ditional light for all floors. Thitty-five feet by sixt inches ure the dimensions of the storago five feet six house, the first story of which is occu- vied by a 125-horse power Corliss en- gine, grain clevators, receiving bins, hoist, ete,, while the second, fourth and fifth chines, such as brush machine, screen, floors contain the vavious ma- and dust collector, and the conveyors, The third floor, which has a eapacity of ten carlonds. will be used for the storage of hops, of which, by the way, the Fred Krug Brew- sh fting, belting, ete. ing company uses an enormous quantity, far more, proporticnately, than the more extensivo brewers. 1n this point, as in all others, the company aims to be Honest Above All Else, and to give its customers what it agrees to sell. them—pure beer, made of hops, malt and rice, in honest quantities.® The boiler house and machine shop, one story in height and fifty-nine by PAGES. | bueity of the new plant triumph of architectural art and a model of Improved Modern Tdens In the art of successtul browing. All the buildings stand upon stone founda- tions, and are constructed of brick work, pressed and stone upon a steel frame- with iron girders and floor beams, and with cement arches turned in between. The roof of the brew and storage houso is built o ter this manner, other but the roofs of the bu y ) of wood, with composi arb of pressed brick, laid in red mort covered ing. All the outsido faces with terra eotta, stone, galvinizoed nd copver trimming \ W floors, with the exception of that in t1 of house having a cau wash house,” ure asphait or ce i the wash pitehed oaken floor. Neariy all t wiil be finished in Portland coment A the main Buildings Are Fleeproot, and the others ure so nearly so thaut there is no great dunger of their b consumed by fire, A main sewer of twenty-four inche inside diameter, with which is con nected a complote system of drain pipes, gives perfoct dvalnage, which proces will be greatly facilitnted brick paving between by vitrified 1 around th buildings. Eal y in July of the current year, the has an anuual ca- 1 the manufacture of beer, a test of which, at which 50,000 new brewo! barrels, began even this early date, shows it to be of more than excelient auality, and fully upto the drinker’s standard. This beer just put On the Market Yestorday. The stock which has been sold up to date being that from the old brewery, which has the advantage of ug A fow words as to tho Process of Manufacture and the method of keeping beer are in order, although it is impossible to properly describe these points in words in a manner that will intolli- bly explain them to porsons not posted ina measure. The process used by the e —- Twenty-fifth streets and Vinton street and Boulevard avenue, stands a struc ture, or collection of structures, that would be a credit to any city, and an in- stitution of which any community might well be proud, At this place, In the center of a large tract of ground owned by the houso of Krig, stands the new brewery of the I'red Krug Brewing com- pany,completed only about three wonths ago. The word “completed” is used ad- visedly, Byit is meant that the com- pany, while it has not by any means ceased extonding its business, nor com- pleted its plans of bullding, has succeeds ed in putting together one of the most complete, if not the most complete, brewing plants in the wortd. During the course of their construction and slnce their completion the building have beeu visited by thousands of peryons, all of whom have goud away lull of sdwire- be purchashed in Omaha or through Omaha men, was bought outside. How much money was thus placed in local circulation, thereby benefitting scores and hundreds of merchants, manufac- turers and mechanics, it would be aiffi- cult to caleylate, but it is Then, too, the firm has kept busy in the work of construction a small army of mechanics gnd laboring men, many of whom might otherwiee have been numbered among the eeason’s un- employed. In the years to come, the @reat brewing establishment will stand a5 & monument to the enterprise of Frederick Krug and hus associates. But, to their fealty and devotion to home in- terests. The company realizes that to the patronage of Omaha its success is largely due, and that it is more than ready and willing to make awple returu in kind has been demonstrated time and house is the coverel wagon shed, 216x40 feet, To the north, separated from ‘the buildings just named by the space al- lotted for trackage, is another block of buildings, 165 feet in length and 81 feet 3 inches wide, which include the brew boiler house and refrigerating machine house. In the cut are shown the ice factory and malt- ing plant, which ave yet to be erected. The stock house is 110x111 feet, and four stories in height. The first story contains 72 chip cusks of 130 barrels ca- pacity each: the second story, 72 lager tubs of 300 barrelsseach; the third story, 72 fermenting tubsof 85 barrels each, while the fourth story will be used as a fermenting room. The storage house is 80x70 feet and six stories in height. On the first floor are the shipping ofice, filter room and chip-washing roow; on the second floor, eight larger tubs of 800 burrels each; on the third, eight fermenting tubsof 85 and machine bouse, ——— e cighty-one fect in ground arvea, contains four boilers made by the Wilson & Drake compuny of Omaha, coal bins, opening onto the track area between the build- ings, und mackine shops. Of almost the same dimensions, but two height, is the refrigerating machine house, the flist floor of which is ocefipied by one 100-ton De La Vergne refriger- ating machine and a large dynamo, which is to furnish light for the estab- lishment, In the second story are the ammouia condensers, ete. Towering above these buildings 1s the magnificent circular smoicestack, 175 feet in height. stovies in Work on the general office, bottling house, cooper shop and stables will be- gin next spring, in accordance with hundsowe and liberal pluns already in hand. For the present, and until next spring, the offices and heudquarters of the company will be at the old plant, corner of Tenth aud Jackson streets. As hus'been stated, neither pains nor expense ‘huve been spared in making Fred Krug Brewing Company, it should bo stated 1n advance, however, is of what seems to be of a most simple and at the same time perfect, character,only the most improved and most costly ma- chinery being used, and in connection with the latest inventions for the facili- tation of mauufacture known to the trade, On the ton floor of the brew house the process of converting the raw material into spargling, foamy beer is begun, The Very Best Quality, and only the best, of hops, malt and vice, are used, in what some brewers would consider & wasteful manner, are some of the trade who do ot follow the Krug plan of glving their custoners pure, hon- est goods inasmuch as there coss of cooking, etc,, Las been gone through, the materials proceed, by various ways, during which the work of conversion is going on, from floor to Aftor the preliminary pro- | floor in the form of beer. From thie point the beer is pumped up into the stock house, through pipes kept at & low temperature by the refrigerating system, which has a capacity of 100 tons v day—that refrigerating power to offset the melting of 100 tons of ice. Hero it is stored in great vats and tubs, to forment and nequire age. Whon properly a fs, sufMicient itis then drawn through into the r ing room, whero 1t is the trade Krug placed in kegs fo The Fred Browing company Makes Thres Brands of Beer tra Pale, Lager and Cabinet—thoe late | tor hoing their spacia'ty and in high fovor with all classes of rinkera, ns a withouta supa io viwhore, One point should bo cons 1 by th 80 pors s008 who aroe 1 to favor booe unufactored in tho big browing cons t a is tha m f adulteras Tho Fred K 1y company nvites an analy 12 of any of the goods i manufictures in support ot it< claim that it uses nothing but the hist | 1 est mat N e Cab) o {brand is one in which the ec one which is 1pany tukes just pride, and Known All Ovor the West, The company owns | refrigerator s, and has oxtensive ugencios, doing business throughout Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota. alarg A system of cold <torago houses in the t ritory named is also operated by the Krugs. With company has 4 churac istic liborality, the ranged for A Grand Opening on Tuesday Next, October 17, at which, in its new quare ters, it will bo “ut home” to its many friends. Everybody is invited to attend and make himself at home, and no pains will be spared to make the oceasion one of enjoyment for all who attend. There will be Ample Refreshments, and the Fred Krug Brewing company’s product wil be dispensed with a prodfe gal hand. A band will be in attendance, and a regular old-fashioned good time will be the order of the day It would be unjust to all concernod nod to mention The Vartous Pirms Employed by the company in the construction of the new plant. As will be seen, whers the company mude it & point to patronize homn industry, and the results have bec ninently satige Ol the Omaha cons tractors, the Paxten & Vierling Iron W furnished the iron work; Rocha- fort & Gould, masonry; J. G. Sulisbury, carpenter work, and Wilson & Drake, hoilers. The cement and asphalt worle was done by the Gilsonite Roofiing and Paving company of St. Louis; machinery and millwreight work by Essmucller & Barry of St. Loui by the sel-Suessdorf Copper and Tron Manue kettle ever possible factory to them. tank work facturing company of St Louis; and conper w by Goctz & Brada Manufacturing compiny of Chieugo, and ¢ the De La Veranoe Refrigerating ) vy of Now York srating mac the 100-ton ref the pipe work for the same, foldt & Co. of St. tects, It is hardly necessary to agnin call ate tention to furnished and Jungone Louis were tho archis Benefts Derlved from the location and upbuilding of thiy great instibution in Omuha. Not only has the Fred Kiug Browing company, in constructing his now plany, laced sov- eral hundred thousand dollars in circu= lation, but it fuenishes employment to nearly a hundred men, thercby sustalns ing alt a Thousand Persons, aggregating what many persons would consider a small its weekly payroll fortune, Such institutions as this should e encour: god ond upheld,ns much from nd it is faie the people of Omaha policy as from local pride. that ska will show liberally theie of the to presum and Nebrg appreciation of the I'red Krug Browing company. enterprise The company wae incorporated lasy ar with the following offic Freds erick Krug, president; Willlam Krug, vice president and general managery Michael Thomas, stury; Conrad Wiedemaun, treasurer; Willinm Weckeny superintondent and master brower, The readers of Tue BEE will be fae terested in the following short sletol of sec The Houored Heud of the house, a portraiv of whon appears with this acticle: Frederick Krug was born ut Niedems sweliven, neur Germany, Des cember 22, 1533, and lived there until he was 19 years of age, when he cawe te America, loeating at St Louis. 1n 1868 Cussel, i he removed to Couneil Bluffs, where he worked in a sranll brewery for a fow wonths, after which he came to Omehs und establishod the litt'e brewsy spoken of at the begiuning of this aviicle, 1% bee ing the ploneer brewry of the than e vitory. Here he Lins sincs remained, te, wake his home and et up the moms umentul business of which a decription has becn herein attempiod, de GRS s ) /