The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-28
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
BREAD FOB THE MILLION

The following IS the description II
bakery recently established in Ne"
York. which is to supply the Who'll
civ with bread and root out all com
petition u private establishments for
bal,ing the statl' Of life;
We have Tor some time been awarr
that A bakery on a large scale was u
process II erecting in Brooklyn, the
Il.roprietor of which had invented u
/. method Of conducting the whole int
rionnachinery ofsuch anestahlishment
so as 70 produce Great economy ..
I i,oth lal,or and fuel, and enable hin.
70 make a very large deduction in tn
price OF bread. The bakery is no.
| finished and ready for going into i'm
/ mediate operation. So far as it i'
possible TO Judge at present, the im
provements over the old system are
1 very great. and promise most inpor
/ tant results to the public.
Ii has been found by repeated ex.
! periments. Doth in this country and
Europe. that bread cannot be mixed
by machinery. The Messrs. Hecker,
in Ch,fiy street. have attempted 10
! apply steam to this purpose, but have
iailed. Hand kneading, the pliability
Of human muscle, has been found IN
li-pensable to the production OF good
dough. and Mr. Berlan, therefore, the
inventor Of the new bakery, has made
no attempt to employ machinery IN
this part Of his establishment; but.
in everything else, steam does nearly
all the work, and the saving of labor,
over the old method, IS about ninety
per cent. This alone would be az
imnlensc gain, bnt the saving in fuel
| is nearly as large. The new estah-
| lishment occupies but little more room
than any Of our ordinary bakeries, and
tit Il capable Of turning out one hun
dred thousand loayes IN twentv.tonf
hoars
Ii is a very large business that con
sumes five barrels Of -four a-day, but
| the new bakery can use up i've hun
dred barrels The oyeiis so construct
cd thar il may be kept in perpetual
activity. and the heat is maintained
at q permanent temperature by selt
regulating power Of q most lagenious
con, truction. The oven is upright.
tFent4 feet high aua eighteen ieet
broad by eight toet leep. The bread
Is placed in ir0n pans 0r ears OF iiffeen
superficial .as.t. haviu. ll0ors OF ire
tiles. Tier .re thirty two oL these
cars. which arc kgt d perpetual mo
ton Is au endless chain, taking Just
hali.a hour max, he rircuit, dnl
in which they sate IN the bread aud
turn It out pereel" hakcd TIE
whole process ofhakine is carried o'
with iIathrmdticaI accuacy. the time
which lie bread remains in the oven
being exactly adapted to the heat, :"
| that accidents oi over baking and ni
der baking are impossible. The
whole yl'tite machinery is put inopera
ton bv steam engine OF sixteen
horse power, and it works with de
gee Of ease and accuracy that appears
miraculous.
There are noW' in Brooklyn some
three hundred and fifty separate bak
cries, which pay the rent ot about
$3.50, 900, and employ on the average
five men each, which Iuay be all gu
persuded by this one oven. The Tevo:
luton which such aa establishment
must inevitably produce in this busi
ness will be readily eomprebended.--
1t now costs to the consumer about
eight dollars 10 convert barrel OF
hour into bread but Mr.. Berdan pro-
poses to seA his bread at an advance
of but one dollar on ihe cost price OF
the flour per barrel; and, as ne viii
make great saving BY purchasing his
materials in large quantities, with -four
at its present value, his loayes will be
about double the weight of those now
sold at sixpence. But it is not alone
in the greater quantity.of bread, offered
ior i sixpencc that the superiority of
the loaves Of the new oven consists
In the process of baking, each loaf alb
sorbs It's due proportion of spirit,
which, in the old ovens, is lost by
evaporation. This adds greatly to
the sweetness and nutritious quality
of the bread, and would alone give it
a superiority over all others.
An invention like this, which is
calculated to produce such important
results, aud to prove ofso much benefit
to the community, viii not remain
long unknown The proprietor, as
we understand, win shortly be pre-
pared TO throw his doors open TO the
public and our bakers, whose husi
ness mnst be so seriously affected by
| #. will not be backward in investiga
ting its claims to their attention "
7. TIibatne.
Vow LIVING. "A cotempora ~ says