St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-31
A Shake-Up in the Manage
ment Of the st. Paul Dis
tillery Company.
President Sehurmeier, the
Secretary and Treasurer
Vaeate Office.
The Last Criticised the Hicks
Management, and Hence
His Retirement.
New Blood and Increased
Capital Will Boom the Big
Enterprise.

Enterprise.
At Yesterdays session of the directors
of the ST. Paul Distillery company,
whose extensive plant at South st.
Paul has attracted widespread atten-
tlon,the designations of President Tneo-
dore Schurmeier, Treasurer J. H.
Sanders and Secretary II. D. Mathews
were received and accepted. Bern
hard Kuhl, the well-known st.
Paul capitalist, was elected to the
offices of president and treasurer.
A. A. McKechnie, representing the
South st. Paul interests, was elected
secretary. Mr.. Kuhl made fortune in
the liquor trade of the Northwest. His
wholesale house at st. Paul was the
predecessor of the wholesale liquor
house of NJ. Frankel IL Co.. of which
firm Mr.. Kuhl is special partner. He
is considered one of the best posted
liquor experts in the Northwest.
Men who know say he would
not go into the concern unless he had
charge of the business and was reason
ably certain of its success. Mr.. Schnr-
meier retires from the presidency
mainly on account Of the engrossing ma
ture of the great wholesale business in
which he is engaged. Mr. San
ders had questioned the manage
ment of Col. G. w. Hicks,
the promoter of and active worker in
the organization of the distillery and
malt house companies. Capt. Sanders
objections to the management brought
about rupture which resulted in the
retirement of himself and Mr.. Mathews.
The directors decided to proceed with
the building of an extensive warehouse,
and additional capital stock to the
amount of S35O,00O was subscribed to
carry out the proposed extensions. This
makes the capital of the distiIling ccm-
pany 100000. The malthouse com.
pany, which is
A SEPARATE CONCERN,
decided to continue the work of COM
pleting its buildings, which will be
ready for operations in about month.
Capt. Sanders was the first to propose
the distillery enterprise in st. Paul. but
shortly after he announced his belief iu
the success of such company. Col.
Hicks came here from Central New
York with a similar proposition, which
he laid before the stockyards syndicate,
1t was favorably considered. and Capt.
Sanders and others went into the COM
pany. The erection of the dIstillery
began early in 1883. and the result
is the best built house of its size in the
country. The mammoth brick feeding
barns of the stock yards, which were
built in 1856, and were the first feature
of the stock yards plant, were remod-
eled, and became a part of the Subdi-
vision - the distillery plant. These
barns will easily accommodate 1000
head OF cattle, and under the an
nOunced policy of the company will
be rapidly filed with cattle. The dis
tillery, with its increased capital, will
be run up to 5000 bushels per day-a
capacity far greater than was expected
within this short period of operation.
Among the few who knew about the
distillery affairs last evening, the fol-
lowing expressions of opinion were OBJ
tanned:
Aid. Hamm-I tell you what it is,
when Mr.. Kuhl takes hold of a business
he goes in for winner or not at all. He
will be president, manager and all COM
bined. No detail will pass his notice.
He is one of the best posted men in the
business. and his success heretofore, eS-
pecially in the house of B. Kuhl 81 Co..
indicate the active work that may be
expected.
Charles j. Hauser-I can tell you
something about the distillery business.
| have just returned from trip to Red
Wing. WinOna, La Crosse, Saltwater,
CrookStOD, and other points on the
route, and from last Tuesday morning
until Friday night | took orders for
S27, 900 worth of alcohol and spirits for
the st. Paul DiStilling company, and
was merely taking those orders as side
issue in cOnnectionwlth our business in
IN hnt Sc
tillery
HAS THE BRIGHTEST FUTURE
OF any business enterprise in the North
west. The customers have the enter
prise to patroniZe Northwestern con-
Germ, and in every way we are able to
meet their TeQuir ementS in these lines.
As to the malt house, it is being finished
rapidly. Mr. Pratt is here closing up
the details of the contract between the
Hauser & Sons Mailing company and
the Alexis Mailing company. Col. Hicks
remains in both the mailing and dis
tillery companies. We will put our
patent machinery in the South st. Paul
house."
L. j. Steers, One of the Malt House
Construction Contractors-Th distillery
deal is a big one, and will put matters
in better shape for the company. / told
Capt. Sanders long ago that he would
be between the devil and the deep sea
on the deal, but he couldn't see it. Col.
Hicks deserves credit for the way he
has engineered these companies. He
has done a great deal for st. Paul.
r. K. Macdonald, Contractor for the
Brick Work of the Malt House, am
satisfied that the South ST.. Paul busi-
ness will progress favorably, and shall
return to Chicago contentcd. Col.Hicks
is an able man in many ways, and l be-
lieve the st. Paul people will appreciate
what he has done for them.
The faith Of A. B. Stickney in the
affairs of the ST. Paul Dis1lling COM
pany was shown yesterday by his guar
anteeing to r. K. Mcdonald that in case
the distillery company did not pay him
S1,2S4.55, the balance due on the malt
house contract, by Wednesday next, he
would himself become responsible foE
the amount.