The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-23
BUILDING The BREWERY
GREAT AND GOOD is oAMsRlNus
And Wagenhauser is His Prince-The Cor.
ner Stone OF their temple Laid
Yesterday With Speechify-
ing aud Great Eclat,

interest of Dallas, assembled yesterday
afternoon on the site of the old powder
aagaaine, in the northwestern suburbs
of the city, to witness the ceremonies
attending the laying OF the corner stone
for the foundation of the mammoth
brewery, of which. Mr.. A. Wagon.
hauser, late of st Louis,
ls the enterprising protector.
Long before the hour arrived "a large
crowd assembled. Meme Bros. splen
dld band RECALLED them with number ui
fine selections, and despite the cold
weather, he time passed pleasantly. AT
$50 Col W. D. MNlie, mast, r OF ceremu-
MES, introduced Man or Ca1ell, stating
IN the same connection that the corner
stone would be laid under the auspices
oil that gentleman, Mr.. /. T. McEnni-,
pres dent of tho Merchants Exchange,
and j. ). Thatcher, president OF The
Bois q Are club, thus representing the
municipal business and social interests.
Mayor Cabeeli, who delivered the al,
eress OF welcome, spoke as follows:
ADDRESS II wELC ME.
GENrLEMEN: The pleasant duty has
been assigned me to welcome the gen
tlemen who have commenced the btIlld-
ing of tits large brewery, and his ASSOC
ciates 10 the city of Dallas. The build.
ing of "A large establishment OF This kind
makes a new era in The manulactutin~
interest ui our young and growing ci v.
inc sele;uon OF the city of
Da'ias SHOWS plainly that this
inc result OF careful Thought
upon the part of shrewu and sure I'm ii,
ness mon, who are here to spend thuus.
ands OF dollars in the erection of "a nag-
nlHcent building for the purpose OF
manufacturing an article Of nercantise
mat mas, within the last few wears,
grown popular i'll this section of
th9 country until il has he.
come beverage that can not
be dispensed with. 1t is well-known
That the people Of the whole state are
using to-day beer brought from states
and cities north of Texas. We nave no
manulactory of beer; ale has To BE-
brought from a distance and at very
heaVy expense. Mr.. WagBnhause, and
ms associates approaching all these
ldctS' nave wisely determined to manu-
1scturc the article here, and To put nj
our door IN article of beer equal to any
that may be brought from other slate3.
ana al - reduced price. rms is not All.
Inc erection of such Il building not only
adus To oar wealth and population, but
gives employment To hundred, OF our
citizens VINO have been here for wears.
liner, gentlemen, the city of Dallas,
ana her clllZenS arc To be con sratul iteu
IN having located here SO large brew
cry. Ia the erection of SO large build
ing ana In the increase of the numner of
her manufactures, and in the acopisi-
Ton o. gentlemen ol such fine husiu, s.
requirements as Mr. Wag+nhauser aud
ms associates. then, in behalf of the
citizens OF Dallas, l welcome Won all To
this city, and feel confident that Won
VIII always meet with hearty wei.
come. Hoping That You may real no on
your Investment all that yOurinost san
gun expectations may hops to realize,
now nd you welcome.
Az The conclusion Of Mayor Cabell's
address, the ndnd struck up lively an
ana artillery statutes were fired
DR.. IL. Scnuhl replied to the address OF
welcome on the part of Mr. WNgen
hauser III feeling response, thlnSing
the city, the business and social inter-
est for the wHrn welcOme they had 40
corded nun, AMI he hoped tn show them
Dy his works that he fully appreciated
the hearty interest the people of Dallas
had taken in the enterpri @. mud
hoped that he would merit tho kind
treatment aud praise paid hum. lie
came to the u tied States eighteen wears
ago, aud no1 he had determined To cast
his lot and that OF his family with that
oil tho city of Dallas. He was proud Ia
say that he WAS now citizen OF the
Queen City at the southwest aud resi-
deut of the Lone Star state.
Mayor Cabell and Messrs McEnnis
and Thatcher then approached, aud
after measuring the stone and uOinu
through the ceremony, Iayor Cabell
said:
81 find this stone in just, true and
correct position, and may this under
taking he conducted aud COMPLETED by
the WOrkmen III 4 first class aud correct
manner
Mr. j. 5 Thatcher, president of the
Bois Il Arc club, said, As he threw u
handful of hops into the receptacle in
the stone: Hops are hoilthy and good
for mau; are the If of beer, aud contain
many OF Tho 'ingreiieuts nenes-
sary to the makeup OF the Euman body
May the beer brcwed by tins brewery
prove beneficial to man."
Presid mt McEuniS, of the Merchants
Exchange, then placed a handful of bar.
ley IN the stone, saying ps he did 50:
"Barlcy - good for man, and ma, the
beer bewed with IL here rehound In
the health, wealth and good chcrr OF the
people OF Dallas and Texas"
Gel. Wylie, master OF ceremonies,
then introduced Mr.. Hen V Boil, VINO
pl ccd a number ul articles la the re-
c,ptucly, among which were n beer TAU.
Get, ,he Dallas Times, the Dallas UaH.
AID, roster uf city and county OH aig,
o, the Merchants exchange, Nrurklr's
catalougr, card of the real e,Gtr hrln ut
w, ID. Nyli3 \ Co, coins Of Isl, census
bulletin of Texas, truwe from iuu
Morris and biography Of Mr., Wapuu
hauser.
Mayor Caboll then broke bottle of
beer over the hops and har,cv, sdyiu-:
MAY thrift, Industry and good health
forever prevail among hose who par,i
solpato Ia this beverage"
TOA~TING,
the ceremony of laying the stone
having been completed, thu band rem
dered piece, after which to,lsts were
given.
ITO the Merchants Exchange" was
responded to Ivy its president, Mr.. Nc.
Ennis, who said; Gentlemen: THANK
you; hal with pleasure the erection of
such building in our midst, ona tina,
will mark new era IN the commercial
interest of our citv. MnV
such an enterprise bring us
good beer aad may II prosper. adding IL
the wealth aud good being of oar city
A brewery like this will enhance the
value of barley, grown ~ successfully
here, aud thus benefit the farmer ~ well
as the city. The eXnhan els glad To aid
and encourage all such enterpris es; |
wish II success.
"The Queen CITY of North Texas" was
responded To ably by Mayor Cabell IN
an an appropriate speech. At this
juncture of the proceedings some care.
less person spilled "a glass nf beer