Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-09
A BIG INDUSTRY.
Huber's City Brewery and How it
Has Been Improved.
An Elevator aud Other Modern At.
tachments for Facilitating and Ad.
vancins the Process of the Work.

Rock Island has always prided itself in
its industries. They are not only large,
prosperous and diversified. but are for the
most part such in Importance as to rank
among the foremost in their respec>
tive lines all over the country. One of
the most notable of the local enterprises
is Mr.. I. Huber's City brewery. which has
grown since its establishment to be one
of the largest in the United States. The
present proprietor. Mr.. Ignatz Huber, as
sumed charge in 1851, and the industry
has been the subject OF his personal at
tention and supervision since. its size and
capacity having been gradually enlarged
and improvements provided from time to
time until in size and equipment it
stands surpassed by none. The origi-
nal building on Third avenue just west of
Twenty-fourth street was abandoned sew
eral years ago for new brewery build
ing on Elm street bluffs. the business of
the enterprise having entirely ouigrown
the old building. which is now used exclu-
sively as malt house.
The new brewery was provided on
Its construction with frstclsss cellars,
cooling. fermenting and storing rooms,
ETC., but this spring Mr. Huber saw wherein
he could still further improve his brew,
cry and enlarge its capacity. An eleva.
tor was accordingly erected on the south
side, the top of which affords the highest
point of observation in the city In ad-
dition to this the interior of the brewery
proper has been overhauled, iron ioists,
and an iron winding stairway put in, ar
srched thing ceiling with cement floors
then there is a new sud house which is
perhaps. the most important of the i'm
provements, although a non-explosivt
malt mill. by which Mr.. Huber not only
expects to greatly facilitate the process,
of his brewery. but insure safety
and thereby diminish his insur
ance rates, is an Improvement tina
only the leading breweries of the sg,
have as yet secured. The latest i'm.
proved cleaning apparatus. new m ash.
tub with grain removing attachment
which obvistes the former Objectionable
feature of the necessity of a man goinI
into the tub and removing the grain b,
hand. These various improvements hav,
entailed an outlay of $4,000 and as
result the capacity of the brewery is dou
bled, being now capable of turning gu
0.000 barrels annually. which representa-
an output of over 100000. The iror
work of the improvements was furnished
by Mr.. Geo. Reaugh. Of this city. Will
the other fixtures which are in accord
ance with the most advanced ideas of tn,
brewers art. were designed and built b.
Chas. Koestner & Co., of Chicago. tn,
most extensive brewers architects in tn,
country.
Mr.. |. Huber, who is one of Rock Isl
and's most prominent and influential cit
liens. still personally manages the brew
ery having the advantage of the assis.
lance of his son. Mr.. Otto Huber, who il
a graduate of one of the best colleges in
Germany where he took complete course
in the science of brewing. Thus, with
the experience and practical knowledge
OF MIR. Huber, and the modern ideas OF
his SON, the enterprise to which they con.
tribute their joint labors could not fail oil
the success it is achieving.
Mr.. Julius G. Junge is sole bother o
the City brewery goods.