Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-02

/ One of the largest creameries in New Eng
land, If, indeed. il 10 not the very largest, il
located on fremont street, Boston. The
immense building is situated ss the crossing
Of the Boston and Albany railroad, one track
Of which runs through the basement Of tie
building. The building vas designed by the
late eminent architect Mr.. II. II. Richard
son and is a,ted up in the most perfect and
complete manner throughout, hzvisg both
the DE Laval and Danish Wesson cream
separstors and other important appliances
for the manufacture Of butter. The milk 10
oronghi 10 the creamery by train chiefly from
farms in Worcester county, distant from the
city forty miles Some is supplied to city
Customers, but every day butter Is made. al
though the amount varies from day TO day in
accordance with the quantity Of milk. As
the cream is Immediately separated from the
sweet milk BY c. rtrifugai force there is no
setting Of milk as in the ordinary manner Of
butter making. 1t may seem Strange that a
creamery should be located In big city like
Boston, but such Is the case, and il IL one Of
the most successful creameries in the
country. Its own expert chemists are con-
SANITY making studies upon the nature, cum
position and manipulation Of milk. and some
thing new in being found out about it all the
time
During the present winter large cream
cry has been established in the city Of Port
land near the new Union railway station. A
building has beenshtted up, a strong com
pany formed, and arrangements made With
the leading farmer. in various parts of Cum
eerland and York counties to furnish milk /
which is 10 be brought TO the creamery BY
rail. The building Is so by 100 feet two
stories high, fitted with steam power, separa-
tors, tanks, refrigerator,. etc. The Portland
Press, some weeks since, in giving an ac-
count Of this enterprise said The company
is started on a firm financial basis and BY eI-
perlenced business men"
new creamery has been built in Bangor
tins winter and is just beginning operations
in the manufacture Of butter
Now what our city wants and should have
is a creamery or butter factory. Last win
ter, as is well known, the plan of establishing
a creamery here was talked up and at one
time had gained considerable momentum
An expert butter maker and creamery
manager visited this city and talked With the
farmers He proposed to operate = large
creamery here and have milk brought from
all along the line of the Maine Central from
south Gardiner To Waterville, as well as from
farmers in this town, Sidney, Manchester,
Haliowell, Nsssalooro and other towns. But
the prime mover in the plan died, and the
scheme fell through.
The plan should again be revived and car
ried through to completion, for completion
would mean success. There is loose capital
IN abundance right on our streets to put the
plan into efect-the only thing that capital
would want TO know would be if the plan
was safe and would return a good dividend
THIS an be shown beyond peradventure.
The creamery would help our city and aid
its business, help the farmers of kennebec
county who should keep more cows, sell less
hay and bring up the condition of their
farms. The creamery has done this for
other sections of Maine and New England
1t would do it for this magnificent kennebec /
Valley district. The largest creamery in /
the State ought to be located in Augusta and
might be if half dozen men whom we
could name would take hold of the enter