Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-08
ENLARGING ITS PLANT.
Extensive Improvements Planned by
the Fischer Brewing Company
Some Figures as to Profits
Home Grown Barley and Pure Water
The Secret of a Big Institu-
tion's Success.

Extensive improvements are soon to be
inaugurated on the plant of the Fischer
Brewing company. In comparatively
few years the business of this manufac-
turing enterprise has gone away beyond
its producing capacity and arrangements
are now about perfected for very material
ly increasing its facilities and making it
a more important home industry than
ever. The property of the company, con-
sisting of eight acres on upper Palace
avenue, is to-day the most complete plant
of it's kind in the southwest, consisting OF
substantial buildings, housing first'class
machinery model underground storage
rooms with capacity of $3.50 barrels; an
ice factory and refrigeratlng plant; an
electric light plant running fifty lights
pump house, summer garden terrace, ice
houses, dwelling, malt storage house with
mill and steam elevator and conveniently
arranged out-houses of all descriptions,
besides complete plant for the manufac'
ture of soda and all classes of Carbonated
waters; bottling works, etc. The secret
of the success of this establishment lies
in the fact that the water used by it is
superior to any used by other plants in
the country. 1t is abundant and abso
lutely pure spring water. With the erec
ton Of the refrigerating works the storage
room capacity has been increased SO as tt
permit the handling of $4,000 barrels pei
annum. The present output of the brew
cry is 5000 barrels year, on which {
profit of 50 per barrel is made. Among
the new improvements is to be NAL
house wherein shall be handled native
barley exclusively, upon which saving
of at least $l.25 per barrel OF beer is count
ed on.
New Mexico and southern Colorado
barley is of the finest quality; none bette
is raised in the east or in California
Manager Fischer says: "We propose tt
furnish the seed and take ell the produc
of the farmers, thus insuring a grade O
barley suitable for our purposes, and Sc
cured at great saving
1t is also estimated that the sales 0
malt to the four breweries now in opera
ton in New Mexico would average abou
two cars or 10000 pounds per month
as the saving of freight even at Den
yer or eastern prices, would be
large item, thus insuring another pro
fit from the erection Of the malt house
In Santa Fe and vicinity there is no for
eign beer sold at present, and this com
pany have now orders on hand from dii
ferent sections, which can not be filled
as they do not wish to sell above thei
capacity. They already have sufficien
house and storage room and 1t Will b
necessary only to place fermenting tub
and casks in the same, filling the vacan
space, to enable this company to suppl
all demands.
1t is estimated that $4,000 barrels c
beer are consumed yearly within the ter
ritories of New Mexico and Arizons, Will
but 5000 barrels are brewed here, and
is to meet this demand that these in
provements are to be made, and for thi
purpose the company has decided t
make an issue of $4,000 first mortgage
gold coupon, 7 per cent bonds, or s
much thereof as is necessary to meet tn
cost of enlarging its plant. The tots
value OF the property is $67 $500. Th
original cost OF the plant was SIS 900 an
the Improvements the have been mad
made from year to year, were paid fof OF
of the profits accruing from the business
With this increased capacity it is est
mated that the production can be brougt
up to $4,000 barrels of beer per year. o
which the profits will be not less tina
$39, 900, which, with the sale of malt, ca
donated waters, ETC., will bring an annus
net profit of very nearly 40 per cent. Thi
is manufacturing enterprise that SAINT
Fe may we'll be proud to talk about.