The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-20
A VISIT TO THE BREWERY
AN ENTERPRISE WORTH THOU
SANDS TO THE CITY OF MACON.

Experts Pronounce the Beer the Pur.
est and 9est-The Ice Factory-Elec-
rr:c Place Worth Wis
ting.
A trip through the Macon brewery is
worth any mans time.
After months Of iacessant worl, the
affairs Of the brewery are rapidly shaninp
themselves, and the visitor is now enabled
TO obtain an idsa-of the size and import
ance of this magnificent enterprise.
The Macon brewery, as it now stands.
represents an immense outlay of time.
energy, capital and enterprise, and is a
WORTHY monument to the genius and untir-
ing energy of its best friend, Mr.. Thomas
W. Troy of this city.
The visitor is cordially welcomed at all
times The first place he is shown is the
commodious offices of the company. These
will occupy an entire building and will be
arranged and furnished after the most
modern and approved plans They are to
the south OF the brewery and the work has
sufficiently progressed TO give the visitor a
fair idea of their elegance and Importance.
The next point of interest is the immense
stable building, which is constructed of
sufficient size to accommodate twenty head
of stock, atfording at the same time large
and comfortable quarters for the keeper.
his helpers, etc. The company have Just
purchased at great expense some of the
largest and finest horses in the country.
and it is in this comfortable building that
they will rest after the days work.
Next III point of interest is the immense
ice factory that is rapidly nearing compile
tion. 1t viii lie one of the largest and best
equipped in the south, having a reserve
force sufficient to supply all the demands
of the city and surrounding country. as
well as the needs of the brewery. In this,
as well as in all other details of this great
plant, Mr.. Troy has permitted no particu-
lar to escape him, nor any expense to stand
in the way of proper and successful equip
ment. SO that the saying is we'll deserved
that the Macon brewery is one of the finest
in the south.
To properly appreciate the brewery
itself and its faultless system one must see
for himself. The first thought that strikes
the visitor is the utmost cleanliness that
perYades every department. From the
engine room, where are the immense and
beautiful Corliss engines, to the top floor,
where the condensers are, everything is as
neat as a new pin. The best dressed lady
could go through without as much as soil
ing the dainty glove she wears. There is
the wash room, being temporarily used
for stock room, the fermenting room, the
room where the beer is cooked, the
storage rooms, the condensing room,
and numerous others. each repre-
senting an interesting department In the
manufacture of the favorite beverage.
Then there are the bottling works and the
packing and shipping departments, all
working as smoothly as if in the twentieth
year Of their operation.
Experts who have drank the beer of this
brewery pronounce it of the very best quail
lty and superior to any In the sonth. 1t
certainly has all the good qualities that go
to make up the best of its kind.
In ten days the entire plant will be illumi-
mated by electricity, furnished by the COM
pany's own plant, now in course of erec-
ton.
The immense engines nave never stopped
work since the steam was first turned on
several weeks ago. Morning and night
they throb, telling wonderful story of
enterprise and industry.
An army of workmen are still engaged
building the stables, ice factory, Enclosures,
etc., and when the last brick has been laid
the plant will be picture worthy of the
photographers camera-Adr