Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-02

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Fssa ~ Chisags Evening Josfsal.
Yeetseday. abeut six hundred of our bses |
hneVn hueiooss - on& publle eoaiais .
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JAoeos@oeieto oennss, oslsoeatod ~ spen
Inn sfthsas oaa0eek - sleonntly sqesp-
ped distillssy bsildings, Nee. u and 70
Michigan Avenue.
The fsase was worthy Of the placs and the
occasiou--an occasion Of no little moment
= business circles. Four stssy marble
palaces are not Of mushroom growth, |
sprineiug up in . night. They are the pro
duct and result Of study, enterprise,
genius, commercial capacity and means
They are the monuments that large hearted
and unmiserly men crest - the good o.
commerce and themselves. earning the
proud distinction Of having achieved one Of
the greatest tsiumphs that mark The Sssths
~ sxtssas from savage and baroasie life:
And thus viewing il, the well-known and
long. established house Of Bennett Pieters 4
Co., ksepisg step to The ousic Of civilisa-
ton and progress, wheeled into lins ysster-
day. end exhibited 70 hundreds Of admiring
spectstyrs nammosh and model distillery
and nanufaetory Of highwines, etc.
Distilling in this country, - generally
carried on, 10 divided into two classes. First
comes the highwins distiller, who distils
high wines from corn and fattens cattle with
the slops. In the second class il the recti
| fying distillsr, who buys the highwines
| from the first distiller, runs them over in
his copper stills, purifies them and makes
therefrom alcohol, spirits, gins, WHISTLES,
etc. Il 10, Of course, for the interest OF the
first distiller to buy corn o. cheap - posi-
BILE. and damaged and inferior grains are
often used TO produce highwines. Bennett
Pieters L Co.'S distillery is an entirely dit
ferent restitution from the two shove nam
ed. Hero the alcohol, spirits, gins and
WHISTLES are made direct from the very bes'
grain that can be obtained. Their lofts art
full Of wheat. rye, barley, matted barley
etc. Their gins are made direct from tn
matted barley and rye, in precisely tn
came manner IS they are made in Holland
The WHISTLES are made in the same name
% they used to be made in Kentucky an'
Pennsylvania, only on . larger scale.
Distillers from al parts Of the countr.
J have been here to examine this model dis
tiilery, and oil pronounce It the most pei
feet establishment ever conceived. Eight.
horse power of steam 10 used, two engine
| and Eve steam pumps. The workmanship
| Of the copper stills, columns, ETC., is mos
perfect. The mills, nash>tubs, fermentin
and condensing vats, and oil the "thousan
and one fixtures here used are the mos
] complete ever invented. The building is {
J solid stone and brick, five stories high wit
basement For the few weeks the estab
lishment has been in operation the taxe
paid to the Government already amount
i over sirty thousand dolIGrs.
rns sross AND "RRD JACKET BlrrRRs NAN
ri uSACTo1Y.
An alley, fifteen feet vide, divides Il
1 distillery from the store. The store is
i | feet vide by 100 feet long, and is built I
4 solid stone and brick, with marble from
:. The two upper stores are used for the maj
ufacture Of the celebrated ''Red Jacket Bi
ters" Here immense tires Of herbs, root
y bavks, etc, astonish the eye ofthc observe
TWEEN, 1.-two immense macerating watts Or
e - many filtering and receiving watts a
J here seen. The second floor 10 the bottlir
: room. This looks like perfect bee hive
hands. labelling washing filling and casin
The bottling and washing machine is a pc
2 feet Yankee institution. One must see
= as it is almost impossible to describe
4 Hot steam is used. Eighteen bottles q
= washed with tubes almost in an instant, al
= filled in like manner. Eight hundred case
, of ane dozen bottles each, can be turned o.
A as~ mn
!. revenue stamp is put oxer the cork Of eo'
bottlc-the astonishing amount Of thr
ID hundred dollars per day being used up
" stamps in this room, and this amount
daily on the increase.
% The first floor is used entirely for Il
i counting room Offices and for shipping Al
n | receiving. The suit Of offices is the fine
y and most convenient We have ever seen.
;. The basement 10 divided into y bond
= warehouse and native wine cellar. II
bonded warehouse gives the advantage
placing goods manufactured in the distille
3 In the same, where it can lie and impro
= BY age, the tax not being required until q
J. goods are taken out.
The whole establishment from cellar to ,
J, tic is heated by steam. Steam coils wi:
% areu ID he walls % every floor.
An elevator platform worked by sites
"A travels from story to story, carrying geo
d from the basement and bonded warehon
d to the loft, and rice versa.
mi The employees Of the establishment nun
"A hers from seventy five to eighty, consistiI
N Of book ,keepers, travelling agents, clerk
dis:illers, millers, engineers, 6remen, COO
ers, bottlers, teamsters, ETC., etc.
!, The institution was planned by Mr.. Be
!. nett Pieters, and was erected and compl
y ted under his direct supervision. The {
II entire cost Of buildings, machinery, fixture
etc, amounts to = little over one hundr
\. and ffty thousand dollars.