The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-14
~ ARoMArIc INpusrnY
That /. in Progress. Here ANA BoonInE Along
Lively,

Among the many and diversified indus.
tries Of Wheeling 10 that Of coffee roasting,
which within the past few months has
doomed along In a surprising manner, IN.
I'll now It occupies Heading position, and
Wheeling coffee Is rapidly becoming
widely and iayorably known in fields that
have been heretofore entirely occupied by
such old and long established houses
as those OF Arbuckle and DilWoth,
II has become the faVoriee coffee with
Wheeling people, and everyday 1t Is he.
coming more widely known aud the de,
mand Tor It Is increasing rapidly so rap.
idly, In TACT, that the time Ia not far distant
when the two establishments which have
made coffee roasting the industry that II
Is here, will bs forced to increase their
facilities Tor turning outthe Drowned berry
In order to meet the demand,
The boom that has characterized the
trade In Wheeling cotfee during the past
three months is entirely due 10 compsti,
ton. About TWO and one-hRli years ago
Simon Baer's Sons put on the market
their Pan Handle" coffee, roasted and put
up in neat pound packages by Themselves
The coffee had good sale from the start
and 1t was not Icing until the brand had
acquired an elViable reputation, About
the middle OF last May the firm OF Joseph
Speidel 4 %, decided to add the Coiee
roasting business to thelI already mon.
ster trade, Two Of the largest grocery
establishmentsint heS State having goneilto
the oiteeroasting business, theIivalry and
competition at once bscsme very warm
and ever since, both firms have been'hsrd
at work endeayoring to get their respec-
tive brands in as large q field as possible,
The Baers still retain the name OF "Pan
Handle" Speidel's people, have named
thsirs SOHO Vslley'--both appropriate
names, easily remembered and by reason
OF the excellence OF the coffee making the
names greater household words In this
vicinity than ever, The "0hio Valley" ia
put up In q photographic colored package
that has On one side q picture OF the Sls-
pension bridge and on the other sldo one
Of the FIRMS big stores, The "PanlHsn-
die" package has picture Of big bear
holding aloIt big pan with which other
coIees are being Knocked out TO the great
delight OF several small bears.
Speidel's IOlsiers are on Fourteenth
street between Main and Water streets,
and a more complete establishment 1t
would be hard to lind, Unlike nearly all
the roasting establishments in the coun-
try, including the larger concerns, they
handle the coffee very little, nearly all the
work being done automatically. This was
the idea OF Mr.. John Waterhouse, a mem
I,ar ~ tho IlpFn ha haul mr. noktn,,tk 49,. Al
Touring mills. "Ohio Valley" Is COM
posed Of Rio, Java and Martcabo coffee,
mixed. The green coffee is turned from
the sacks into large bin in the basement
where 1t Is mixed by Thomas Colvin, a
rooster who has had years Of experience.
From this bin the coffee Is elevated by
means Of bucket belt to the second story
where 1t is discharged into q box down
which itruns to tho hoppers that feed the
roasting cylinders that ave located in the
rear Of the first floor,
These cylinders, two in number, are the
latest patent Of Jabez Burns & Sons, Of
New York, and have q daily capacity Of
about q, 900 pounds. They are run by an
Otto Gas Engine Of l0.horSe power. When
the coffee Is roasted to the right point,
there Is few minutes OF lively work. A
large shallow sheet iron box OF pan with a
false bottom OF wire Is run up to the cylin.
der to be emptied, and the end OF the fast
revolving rooster taken of. The smoking
coffee rattles out into the box where It Is
actively pushed about by an assistant
while Colyin exercises sprinkllng
can over the smoking brown mass
causing an aromatic steam to
arise that for the time being, almost hides
the two men from sight. Then the box
Is wheeled to the fan to which a funnel
mouth on one end Of the box is attached
and the fan got in motion. 1t sucksaif
down through the coffee and wire bot
tom and carries oil through o pipe that
leads to the roof, dust and the air that
has become heated IS 1t passes through
the box. In fow minutes thtc0Gee Is
cold.
It ia then dumped into another bin
In the cellar, from where It Ia
lifted by another bucket belt to the
second story and discharged over sieve
through which drop into receptacle
prepared for it, the refuse in the way Of
dust and imperfect grains. The good COT.
fee rolls on into six hoppers underneath
which sit like number oil packers, who
expeditiously work levers that allow just
o pound 10 run into the sacks held under.
meath the spouts. The entire building 10
very conveniently arranged and tho pro-
cess from beginning to end Is interesting.
The Baer'g roasting establishment Is ut
the corner OF Main and Sixteenth streets.
s. O. Walton is In charge with two assls.
tants and four girls are employed in the
pRckingroom. Here alaotwo Of Burns roas-
tors are used, their daily capacity being
5000 pounds a day. The engine Is steam
one OF lS'horse power and the Ba0rs have
been operating at that point for four years,
but as before stated not putting out sps-
clal brand until about two and half years
ago. "Pan Handle" Ia Combinationoi Rio,
Java and Laquara. The method Of roast.
Ing Is about the same as that used by Spei.
del exceptthat the bucket belt elevatorsare
not used and the cotIee Is screened differ.
emily. About three weeks ago this firm
put a new brand on the 1nRrket-the
"Moss Rose," a fine Moca, done UP in
two pound packages, that Is rapidly
coming into favor.
Both firms sell extensively in Western
Maryland, Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern and Central Ohio and in this
State wherever there Ia transportion, and,
as stated at the Outset, the field Is con-
stantly growing.
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