Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
HISTORICAL SKETCH.
OF VIM. J. Lemp's Western Brewery at
st. Louis.

tries now under the sole cOntrOl ana
supervision of Mr.. VIM. j Lemp, dates
back to the year 1910. when Mr..
Adam Lemp, the father of the pres
ent proprietor, established a small
brewery on Second Street, near Elm,
on the very premises which are still
being occupied as a larger beer sa-
loon by Mr.. Lemp. |. was here
where the latter learned the art OF
brewing, under his fathers immedl-
ate supervision, who, a practcai
brewer himself, made the son faml- |
lar with all the various, numerous
and complicated details OF the trade
and who soon became SO thorough III
his profession that after few years
of apprenticeship he advanced to the
position of foreman in his fathers
establishment.
In the year 1862, upon the death
Of MIR. Adam Lemp, the business
passed into the hands of his son.
William J.; and with keen foresight
and prospective eye in the future,
he at once commenced to select
site for his new brewery, the old one
on Second Street having become en-
tirely too small to satisfy the de-
| mands of the growing trade. The
beer manufactured by MIR. Lemp
soon gained a worldwide reputation,
bv means of it's excellence over al.
competing brands; from small be-
ginning the establishment grew to
enormous proportions, building was
added to building, improvements OF
all kinds followed in rapid succession
and with gigantic strides MIR. Lemp
bids fair to become the foremost
among the brewers of America and
Europe.
/ At the present time the Brewery
plant occupies three squares, bound
| ed by Carondelet and Lemp Avenues,
Cheokee and Thirteenth Streets.
The main buildings are four and five
stories high, and prominent among
them are the brew and malt houses
general offices, bottling departments
and cooper shops, cold air machine
and shipping departments, and last
but not least, the extensive cellers
; three stories deep, the floor of th'
lowest being sixty feet below tn
curb, and having a storing capacit.
i of 10000 barrels of Beer. The Gel
T. .ars are kept at uniform tempera
: ture of 1890 Fahrenheit all tn
4 year round by artificial cooling; tn
: cold air being generated by forcing
ammonia through iron pipes, whicl
t requires ten large machines, the ca
l. pacity of which is equal to daily con
y sumption of 800 tons of ice.
The annual sales of the brewery
which has now a brewing capacit
q of 100000 barrels of beer yearly
J. amount to between two and thre
Is millions of dollars. In the bottlin
, department 100000 bottles can b
y filed with ease every day, and a
5 though Mr.. Lemp is necessarily el
l. arging his establishment in all il
}" departments the demand for b
product is such as to compel him
design plans for new additions, whi
previous ones are scarcely execute
and completed.
ne The machinery of this establish
III ment, though seemingly a perfect L
r. byrinth to the visitor, is simple, nov
,e and artistic in design, runs witho'
b. cessation day and night, and is ope
o, ated by number of huge engine
ed aggregating capacity of nearly 6(
ce horse power and which in turn +
ceive their motive power from ba
ii, teries of twelve large boilers.
A. Five score of horses and over for
81, wagons are required to deliver tt
CT beer to city customers and to Il
ny shipping depot within close proxin
ia ty to the brewery, where the amb
ry fluid is loaded in Refrigerator Cars
the most improved kind, and
nj which the brewery owns 800.
to connection with the shipping dep
cl there are ice houses containi
nearly 10000 toas of ice, the latt
of being shipped from lake DePue, Ill
lit. where Mr.. Lemp owns very exte
sive ice privileges. In its transp'
Try tation are engaged one steambe
OF and twenty barges, the property
are the brewery.
90. To carry on this business on su
ow a grand scale, employment is Civ
ro- directly to 400 men, whose aggreg'
salary amounts to over 100000 d
&C. lars per annum.
2 1t is but natural to presume Il
tor with such an establishment, cond
ted with unrestricted energy a
as, commendable enterprise, sagacie
ms and prudent foresight, stimulated
er. a laudable ambition, success cam
We be wanting, the more so as its prt
for uct stands second to none and eq
ery to any, and is known the world O
as healthful, palatable and invig
ating beverage.
Visitors to st. Louis or the Uni
'o' States are requested to call at
ns' brewery where they will be welco
'er to make a thorough inspection of
III establishment.
,hu Mr. TT Smidt of this CITY 10