The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-07


commodious one in the city, being pro-
vided with "all the modern improve
mentsn and is turning out at present
about one hundred and fifty barrels OF
ale per week
Mr. RorHACKER's establishment is de-
voted entirely to the manufacture Oh o"
laoer beer. of which it is capable OF pro-
dueing about three thousand barrels ou-
r;nc, the season. Lager beer is what
wouldbe called i'll English, stock beer IL
is laid away in deep and cool cellars ior
several months after it is brewed pelofe
Il becomes fit for use, and hence is called
noer or stock on hand. Mr.. ROTHAcKERs
cellar is an excavation in the hill, rooieu
and paved with rock and is about sixty
five feet below the surface of the eaith
The quality of the beer is much improved
by keeping it at the capable temperature
which such depth affords. Mr.. MAS
brewery has about the same capacity
and is similar in many respects 10 that
inst described. 1t, too, is devoted to the
manufacture of lager beer alone In AL
d;tion TO those we have already enumer-
o+ad there are FIVE OF six smaller estab-
,shments, within the limits OF the city
nroducing an aggregate of, perhaps
+brae hundred barrels of beer per week.
From the items we have given, our
readers may derive some idea OF the mag
nitude of the brewing interest OF TINS
CITY. and the public abroad may apprecl-
ate TO some extent the capacity OF the
several breweries here The business Is
lucrative branch of industry and may
Justly be regarded as one OF the sources
of our growing municipal wealth. A
norton of the ale brewed in this city IS
consumed here, but the greater part OF IL
is shipped abroad to customers IN every
part of the country. Enormous as the
aggregate production seems, it Is never
theless far short of the demand, Such Is
the reputation of the Wheeling ales that
they are everywhere sought for ana rap
idly sold The result is that the busl-
ness is increasing; the old establishments
are enlarging their capacities for work.
and new ones are coming into existence.
Mr.. GEO. W. SMITH, the largest malt and
ale dealer in this section OF country,
writes us: Il have never been able to
manufacture as much malt or ale, during
any season that / have had the concern,
as would supply all the demand and
vet he malls about three hundred and
thirty-fve bushels per day during the
season-eight mOnths--or about eighty
thousand bushels per year. He has an
annual demand for about one hundred
thousand bushels of malt more than he
consumes in his own brewery. In view
of his inability to fill his constantly in
creasing orders for malt or ale, he adds to
the paragraph previously quoted: lam,
therefore, pleased to find other breweries
springing mp, and sincerely hope they
may meet with as good success as l nave
always experienced"
We cannot close this article more APP
propriately than 10y brief sketch Of the
life of Mr. SMITH, referred to above, who
may Justly be considered the founder of
the ale trade of Wheeling and one of
the veterans of the brewing business in
this country. He commenced business,
forty-two years ago, in Burlington New
Jersey; removed from thence to New
York and thence to Canada where he
erected a brewery in 1882 He came
thence to Pittsburg in 1884 and remained
there in connection with Messrs Brown
and VERNON, building, improving and
extending the establishment and enlaIg
inc the trade In lSl9 he removed to this
city and purchased the brewery which
he now has He claims to be the oldest
brewer in the United States, with but
one exception, Mr.. Johnson ofBrooklyn),
and he has been one of the most success
full. His mtiring energy, as well as the
honest merit of the ale he manufactured,
has, i'll Il great measure given to the
Wheeling ales the reputation they enjoy,
created the immense demand of which
we have spoken above, and added TO our
city one Of the chief sources Gifts wealth.
THE United States Senators whose
terms expire on the 4th of March next,
are Salisbury, Of Delaware, who will be
reelected; Richardson, of Illinois, who
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