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The export branch of this business is constantly growing. The location of the premises occupied by the firm is at the west end of Maryland street, is central and convenient, with railroad facilities of superior character. The officers of the company are: Robert S. Sinclair, John M. Shaw and Samuel Reid.
Moore & Company, pork packers, are located at the Union Stock Yards. The business was established December 1, 1892, and the facilities for all pur- poses of the business are unsurpassed. Ten acres of ground are owned and occupied by the company, opposite the Union Stock Yards, on the line of the Belt Line Railroad. Four hundred to five hundred hands are employed, besides many teams and wagons, with a capacity of 2,000 to 3,000 hogs slaughtered, cured and packed daily. The buildings are all substantial structures, erected expressly for the purpose, designed and equipped throughout with new ma- chinery and all necessary vats, tanks and a powerful steam engine. The main building is four stories high, 200x200 feet in area, built of brick. There are also store-houses, an abattoir, smoke-houses, packing-houses, etc. Western Union and Postal Telegraph wires connect with the office, and, taken altogether, the establishment is one of the most complete of its kind in the United States. The trade of the house aggregates hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and a substantial business has been built up in all the great commercial centers in ' this country, and an immense quantity of pork, beef, etc., is shipped to Europe. The company packs pork on an extensive scale, and also makes a specialty of smoked ham, bacon, shoulders, etc. It carries a very heavy stock of pork, beef and smoked meats, lard, casings, etc., and also manufac-
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tures fertilizers. Only the finest and best meats are handled by the company, and it can always offer special inducements to the trade. J. M. Shaw, presi- dent; Sam Reid, vice-president; Robert Reid, treasurer; John Chestnutt, secretary.
Swift & Company, branch of their packing establishment, Chicago, was established in this city in October, 1895. The business is located at 123 to 127 Kentucky avenue, is a model of completeness, and is the finest one of the 400 branches operated by this firm in the United States. It was built under the direct supervision of the company's own architect and is complete in every detail. It has ice storage of 300 tons capacity. 1,000 tons of ice are used annually in their cold storage department, and 1,000 cars of the finest grades of beef. The building is a handsome brick structure supplied with ample switching and railroad facilities. The firm only sells wholesale, and supplies the local butchers and those in adjacent towns. Mr. C. H. Simons is manager.
Parrott & Taggart, branch of the U. S. Baking Company, is the out- growth of the business established by Parrott & Nickum, in 1860, and that of
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Taggart Brothers in 1869. The houses were consolidated in 1SS3, forming the firm of Parrott & Taggart. The present firm became members of the U. S. Baking Company.in 1Sgo. It is the largest business of its character in the state, and its business operations extend throughout Indiana and Illinois. The product, which consists of crackers, bread and fanes biscuits, sustains
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a reputation second to none for uniform excellence. The company employs over 150 people, and more than 30,000 barrels of flour are consumed annually in the manufacture of the product. The plant is a model one and is equip- ped throughout with the very latest and improved machinery. It is located at the corner of Georgia and Pennsylvania, in a substantial three-story and basement brick building, 72x200 feet. The managers of the business are Alexander Taggart and Burton E. Parrott.
Peter F. Bryce began the manufacture of bread, crackers, and cakes, in IS70, in the present location, at the corner of Meridian and South streets. The capacity of the bakery is 25,000 loaves of bread daily, which find a ready market in the city and the surrounding towns. Mr. Bryce's plant is equipped with a bread-making machine of his own invention, that has a capacity of 70 loaves of bread a minute. Over 50 hands are employed, and the business ranks as the second largest of its kind in the country. Mr. Bryce also op- erates an extensive baking plant in Chicago. In 1879-84, Mr. Bryce served as a member of the city council.
Home Cracker Company, located at 192 and 194, South Meridian street was established in 1893. It is one of the most important concerns in the city engaged in the manufacture of crackers, cakes, and other sweet goods. The firm employs over 30 hands in the bakery, and three travelers, who cover the territory throughout Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. The plant is modern in every detail, and as well equipped for the purposes as any similar institu- tion in the country. The "Dove " Brand, under which the goods of this house are manufactured and sold, are recognized for their excellence, and have an established reputation for quality second to no other in the market. Mr. J. H. Plum is manager of the company.
The Indianapolis Board of Trade is the outgrowth of the Chamber of Commerce, organized in 1864, for the purpose of promoting the commercial, financial, industrial and other interests of the city of Indianapolis; to secure uniformity in commercial usages and customs; to facilitate business inter- course; to promote commercial ethics and to adjust differences and disputes. Among those who were instrumental in its organization, were Dr. T. B. Elliott, the first president, Fred P. Rush, and J. Barnard, the first secretary. The present handsome building, which is owned and occupied by the Board of Trade, was erected by the Chamber of Commerce Company, in 1873. The present membership consists of more than 500 of the most prominent and enterprising business and professional men of Indianapolis. It is in every sense of the word, strictly a business organization, and it has wielded a powerful influence in shaping the material growth of the city It was through the instrumentality of the Board of Trade that the new city charter was obtained, the board having originated the resolutions petitioning the legislature to grant the same. It is the headquarters of the grain trade of this locality, and the secretary of the board keeps a record of all local receipts and shipments which are received daily through the courtesy of the agents of the various railroads eentering here. Jacob W. Smith, the present secretary,
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ele ted in 1891, has served continuously ever since, is a capable, efficient, and painstaking officer. Justus C. Adams was elected president June S. 1896.
Fred P. Rush & Company was organized January 1. 1865. This is the oldest firm engaged in the grain business in this city. The business was es- tablished by Fred P. Rush, in 1857, who was the first person in Indianapolis to buy and sell grain on his own account. On Christmas of 1865 he pre- sented an interest in his business to Edward F. Gall and George E. Townley. and from its incorporation to the present time the firm has maintained the foremost position in the grain trade at this point. The members of the firm are Fred P. Rush and George E. Townley.
Bassett & Company .- Notwithstanding the fact that the interstate com- merce bill all but paralyzed the grain business of Indianapolis, still it easily maintains the position of being the best market in the country for white corn, and millions of bushels are consumed here annually, which, in connection with the large consumption incident to the demands of a city of nearly 200 .- 000 population, the grain trade gives active business to several enterprising and solid concerns on the Board of Trade. Prominent among these is the firm of Bassett & Company, which was established April 2, 1895. The head of the firm is E. W. Bassett. His business is devoted to the wholesale pur- chase and sale of grain. grain products, hay and seeds for the local as well as export trade. The operations of the firm extend throughout Indiana and other central western states.
B. B. Minor, commission merchant and dealer in grain, hay and mill feed, room 18, Board of Trade, began business here in 1885. Prior to that time he had a continued identification in the grain business in Illinois, dating back to 1867, from which point he came to this city. Up to 1891, he was as- sociated in business with Mr. W. H. Cooper, under the firm name of Minor & Cooper, at which time he retired, leaving the city, but returned again in a few months and re-embarked in business. Mr. Minor is regarded as one of the most prominent grain men doing business on the Board of Trade, quali- fied in every way to give satisfaction to those making transactions in the In- dianapolis market.
W. B. Hixon, grain dealer and commission merchant, room 49. Board of Trade, has been a prominent dealer in this line for the past eight years. lle is recognized as the largest and most extensive dealer in hay at this point. He is a large shipper of this product to Pittsburg, Baltimore and other east- ern markets, and does a large business throughout the principal western points and the Union Stock Yards of this city His trade correspondents ex- tend throughout the western states and Indian Territory and Oklahoma. He is also a heavy dealer in grain and mill feed. He is thoroughly equipped to serve all those who desire to trade in the Indianapolis market in the most sat- isfactory manner.
Osterman & Cooper, grain dealers. room 17 Board of Trade. are among the largest and most prominent dealers in grain, seeds, hay and mill feed, in this city. The firm is composed of J. Osterman and W. II. Cooper, and both
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gentleman have been actively engaged in the grain trade for the past 30 years. Mr. Osterman served as treasurer of Marion county during 1890-1, and was a member of the board of public works of Indianapolis, during 1895. He has been an active member of the Board of Trade since its organiza- tion, and was elected to the office of treasurer of this body, June S, 1896. Mr. Cooper has also been prominently associated on the Board of Trade for a number of years. Ile was elected a member of the city council in ISSS, serving continuously since that time. In 1894-5, he was elected president of the city council, and has always been one of its most useful and prominent members.
H. E. Kinney, grain merchant on The Board of Trade since 1SS7, is prac- tically the successor to the business established by J. A. Closser & Co., in 1875. Mr. Kinney's business is devoted to the purchase of grain, hay, flour, and mill feed. His trade correspondents are located throught Indiana, Illi- nois, Ohio, and territory west of the Mississippi, and he is recognized as one of the leading dealers in the grain business engaged at this point. At the election held June S, 1896, he was elected vice-president of the Board of Trade, and has been actively connected with it for a long time.
Foster & Company, wholesale commission merchants, are among the very oldest and most prominent firms doing business in this city. The firm was organized in 1866, as Foster, Holloway & Company, who then conducted a wholesale grocery and commission business. There have been numerous changes in the firm, and in 1870 the wholesale grocery business was sold, and the firm confined its operations to the wholesale commission of grain, hay, mill feed, field seeds, imported Portland and domestic cements. The firm at present consists of General Robert S. Foster and Ellis Y. Shartle.
General Foster, prior to the breaking out of the war, was engaged in the wholesale grocery trade in this city. Immediately upon the breaking out of the war he volunteered as a private, helped organize a company and was elected and commissioned captain in the 11th Indiana Zauaves. Scon after he was appointed major and assigned to the 13th Indiana regiment, and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant-colonel. On June 12, 1863, he was pro- moted to brigadier-general and breveted major-general on June 5, 1865, for gallant conduct on the field. He was in the army until and participated in the close of the war. In 1868 and 1872 he was elected city treasurer. He was elected president of the Board of Trade in 1894-5, and is still a member.
Mr. Ellis Y. Shartle, the junior member of the firm, was connected with the Vandalia Railroad in the capacity of passenger conductor, during IS61. He left the company in 1872 to become a member of the firm of R. S. Foster Company.
The Indianapolis Brewing Company, which was organized in May, ISS9, is an amalgamation of the breweries that were originally founded by Peter Lieber, C. F. Schmidt, and Casper Maus, over forty years ago. Tracing the history of this institution backward, we find it contemporaneous with that period which has marked the city's development from a rough western vil-
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lage to a magnificent metropolis, second to no other city, in the character and solidity of its growth. Side by side with its development, beginning in the humblest and most unpretentious manner, this business has grown until to-day it has expanded to such proportions as to be classed among the ten of the largest enterprises in America. When it is remembered that there are but two other lines of industries in the country aggregating a greater amount of invested capital, it becomes a matter of justifiable pride to refer to it in this connection.
To recount the many changes that have taken place in building the mag- nificent business of the Indianapolis Brewing Company, would almost be to write a book on the growth and development of the brewing industry and its collateral branches. A remembrance of what was one of the industries is the appended illustration of the original Peter Lieber's City Brewery as it appeared in 1871. The contrast of this crude establishment, as compared with the magnificent modern plant that has replaced it, is no greater than a comparison of the methods that have supplanted these old methods, when the malt was mashed by hand and brewed in a kettle. What was then determined by instinct, has come to be an exact science, and the old- time brew-master who "guessed by practice," has given place to the modern brew-master, the skilled chemist, who not only brings to his aid years of practice, but has the many advantages that ingenuity has brought with the use of modern appliances. Thus, the beer of to-day, is the com- bined result of years of practical experience and chemical skill. How
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well the public have appreciated the ef- forts of those en- gaged in the manu- facture of this pop- ular beverage to bring it to its very highest standard of excellence and pur- ity, is evidenced in the many millions invested in great plants all over the country and the an- nually growing con- sumption.
Regarding the product of the In- dianapolis Brewing Company its fame has become inter- national, second to none, and from Maine to Cali- fornia, and from Canada to Cuba, is the demand for it increasing. The total output of the Company for 1895, was in excess of 200,000 barrels, and the total brewing capacity of the com- bined plants will aggregate over 600,- 000 barrels per an- num. The united plants cover an im- mense space, and are models of per- fect equipment, with their great store-houses, brew- houses, offices, boil-
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er-houses. ice machines, and refrigerator houses, warehouses, malt houses, wash and bottling houses, elevators, stables, cooper shops, shipping and packing departments, etc.
When it is taken into consideration that it employs directly and indi- rectly about 1,200 men, with wages ranging from $60 per month up to the high salary brew-master who receives $10,000 per annum, and the vast sums of money that are annually spent in building and equipments, all of which go into local circulation, beside paying into the city treasury by far more taxes than any other institution, the benefits derived from it by the community can not be overestimated.
The present manager and president of the Indianapolis Brewing Com- pany is Albert Lieber, under whose control the business has been more than doubled and widely extended. J. P. Frenzel, the secretary, Otto N. Frenzel, the treasurer, and Frederick Francke, Albert Baker and Edward Daniels, are associated with the above-mentioned, as directors.
Richard Lieber & Company .- One of the latest and most important addi- tions to the manufacturing facilities of this city is the bottling works re- cently established by Richard Lieber & Company, at the west end of New York street. When it is taken into consideration that the health of the en- tire community is affected by the degree of purity of its water supply, the importance of the industry just established can best be appreciated. One ot the important and vital purposes of this new business will be the production of water of absolute purity, entirely free from organic or inorganic pollution. To make this, the plant is equipped with distilling apparatus having a capacity of producing one hundred gallons of perfectly pure water every hour. This will be supplied to consumers in sterilized packages, syphons, etc. A num- ber of the most eminent physicians and chemists of this city have examined the plant and have, without exception, expressed their highest approval re- garding the product and give it their unqualified indorsement. The men- bers of the firm are Richard Lieber and Gustav Oberlaender. Mr. Lieber is a well-known journalist, who has been and still is associated with the Indiana Tribune, an influential German daily newspaper. Mr. Oberlaender has but recently come to Indianapolis from New York, where he was engaged in business for the past eight years. The plant covers an area of about two acres and will furnish employment to fifty people. Besides the distillation of water, the firm will manufacture a full line of carbonated beverages. Trade will be supplied throughout Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. The firm is especially desirous that the plant be visited and is open to the public at all times.
The Home Brewing Company was organized in IS91, and its officers and stockholders, nearly ninety in number, are all residents of Indianapolis. The brewery, bottling house, offices and outbuildings, are handsome and com- plete in all their appointments. The brewery is of the most modern con- struction, and the best equipped plant of its character in the state. The company has an incorporated capital of $200,000, and its investment now ex-
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ceeds $300,000. The officers are all well-known citizens: President, Win. P. Junclaus; vice-president, secretary and treasurer, Andrew Hagen. The quality of the output is of the best, and continually growing in favor. Fif- teen wagons are required to make distribution to the city trade. Over 50 men are employed. The sales now amount to between 30,000 and 40,000 bar- rels yearly. This great business has been created within four years, and the trade in Indiana is rapidly increasing, showing that the trade appreciates a good article. The brands are, "Home Brew," "Columbia," "Pale Select," " Extract of Malt," Ale and Porter. In connection with the brewery is their large bottling house, with a capacity of 20 barrels daily, used entirely for home consumption.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, of St. Louis, Mo., opened a branch in this city, in 1891, which is under the efficient management of Mr. J. L. Bieler. The merits of the lager beer manufactured by this
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great brewing association, one of the most prominent in the country, are well known, and the demand always active and brisk. The brewery plant is one of the largest in the world, and the brewing capacity is 1,800,000 barrels of beer, 3,600,000 bushels of malt, and 2,250,000 pounds of hops are con- sumed annually. The annual shipping capacity is 100,000,000 bottles, and 5,000,000 kegs. No corn or corn preparations are used in the manufacture of the Anheuser-Busch beer, it is therefore the finest, best, most wholesome, and of superior quality. The Anheuser-Busch beer has been brought into direct competition with the finest lager beer made in the world, and in every in- stance awarded the highest prizes. The premises utilized by Mr. Bieler, in this city, 450 to 460 East Ohio street, are three acres in extent. The main building, in which is located the bottling works, is two stories high, and 40 x
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160 feet in dimensions. It is equipped with refrigerators having a total ca- pacity for the storage of sixteen car-loads of beer, and also the best and most modern bottling machinery and appliances. There are also storage houses, stables, and carriage house on the premises. The beer is received direct from the brewery, in car loads, and to suppty the city demand very many cars an- nually are required for bottling, besides hundreds of barrels for daily con- sumption. Mr. Bieler handles and bottles all the famous beers manufactured by the Association. All these popular beers are well aged, and never drawn from the vaults until fully seasoned. Twenty-five hands are employed in the bottling works, and six wagons kept in service. The trade is steadily growing in importance and magnitude. Mr. Bieler is a native of Baden, Germany, and has resided in this country since 1856, and in Indianapolis since 1861. From IS78 to 18So, he was a capable and efficient member of the city coun- cil, and subsequently, from ISSo to 1884, recorder of Marion county. Mr. Bieler has under his control sub-agencies in all parts of the state of In- diana.
The Terre Haute Brewing Company .- The Indianapolis branch of the Terre Haute Brewing Company, managed by Maurice Donnelly, than whom
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there are few of greater local popularity, is located at No. 148 South West street. The fact that this branch was established here shows the confidence the company has in its brew. In August, 1891, the plant was established here. The first year S,ooo barrels of beer were sold; the second year 11,000 barrels; the present year the sale will reach 16,000 barrels. This does not include the sale of bottled beer, which would bring this year's sales up to 26,000 barrels. The beer made by this concern is of the choicest flavor, absolute purity, and unexcelled by any in the world. The Terre Haute Brewing Company, at Terre Haute, Crawford Fairbanks, president ; Ed-
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ward P. Fairbanks, general manager ; George, Maier, secretary and treas- erer, makes over 100,000 barrels of beer annually. The success of the In- dianapolis branch of the Terre Haute Brewing Company has been unexam- pled in the history of business enterprises in this city, but while it has been great, it has been deserved. Notwithstanding the strongest local competi- tion, the product of this brewery has come to the front, and steadily main- tained its place. The company has found especial favoritism in the homes of this city for their bottle goods, which are put up by the C. Habich Com- pany.
The C. Habich Company, mineral water manufacturers and bottlers of the Terre Haute Brewing Company's product, are located in their new plant at
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Nos. 187, 189 and 191 West Ohio street. The building is a solid brick structure, 60 x 50. The plant was recently equipped throughout with the latest and most improved machinery, and ample cold storage facilities. About twenty men are employed and seven wagons used for city delivery. Over 3,000 barrels of beer are bottled annually besides immense quantities of all kinds of spring and mineral waters. The business was originally established, nearly twenty years' ago, by Carl Habich, Sr., one of the most prominent and influential pioneer citizens, who settled here nearly forty-six years ago. The officers are: C. Habich, Jr., president; Frank A. Maus, vice-president; J. C. Schaf, secretary and treasurer; and Crawford Fairbanks associated with the above as director.
Klee & Coleman, located at 227-229 South Delaware street, are devoted to the production of high-class mineral waters. The business was established in 1881, and has grown in magnitude and importance under the able man- agement of Mr. W. H. Miller. The plant consists of a three-story and base- ment building, having dimensions of 4411/2 by 120 feet, which is completely equipped with all the latest machinery and plans known to the trade. The
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