The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-24
ONE By ONE THEY ARE COMING.
Pabst's Brewing Company to Build Big
3n!Iding Here at Once.


Yesterday deal was completed through
the real estate firm of Blackwelder & Hol-
brook, whereby 125 by $50 feet of ground
on Fifth avenue, between Douglas avenue
and First street, became the property OF
| the Pabst Brewing company of Mil
waukee, Wis. Immediately large build
ing will be put on this ground to accom-
modate the brewing company's business
in this section of the country. 1t is under
stood that Val Blatz is also coming from
Wisconsin here with large store house
In fact arrangement are now under con-
sideration with this object in view and the
agents here are making no secret of it. 1t
is to be on the ground first aud to have the
prestige of priority that Pabst has made
the start so quickly. 1t has been expected
for some time that the company would
eventually build here but no one, even
those in coed position TO know the COM
panys intentions, had any idea that the
start would be made so soon.
An EAGLE reporter met the agent of the
company here last night and asked him
for particulars. II am little busy now,"
said he, Ito give you details bat will say,
however, that the company has purchased
the propeaty already and in less than a
month the dirt will begin to fly in the
excavation for the building.
How large a building will the business
of the company require7 They intend to
cover the five lots purchased. 1t will be a
brick and rock building two stories high
and will consist of six department, viz:
Office, cold storage, bottling house, case
beer department, a ware house for empties
and the required sheds and stables. What
will the building cost?' 1 don't know
positively but am confident the price of
the buildings and grounds will not fall
very far short of $30, 900. This is merely
my opinion; it may be more.
''It will be a permanent plant thenH
Certainly. The Pabst people will build no
other 1t would not surprise me, if, inside
of three years, it will be the largest plant
of the kind the company will own outside
of their Milwaukee plant.
"Will the company's business here be
capable of sustaining such a Dlant?"
Eyes sir. You may have the idea that
this will be plant to accommodate the
local trade. IL this is so you are wrong.
1t will be a plant with capacity to do the
OuSiuCSS VI OuO OnO4fO SOOGuNCoC
Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas.
The company have had their eyes on the
trade of Kansas and Oklahoma for long
time and after diligent investigation they
could find no place better suited than
Wichita for such a plant. 1t is better To-
Gated than any other city, including Kan
sas City, to operate our business from on
account of the fine railway facili-
ties it affords for shipping into every
part of the southwestern territory
we propose TO cover. There is no
question as to the fact that it is now, and
always will be, the commercial metropolis
of the great and rapidly developing south
west, and beer, like everything else, will
sell better in a commercial metropolis
than any where else. 1t is as much an ar
ticle OF commerce as dry goods, groceries
or -four"
'Are you not afraid that the enforce
ment eff the prohibitory law will affect
your business here at some time"
81 don't think it will. At any rate, the
is willing to take chances. They
are willing to chance the broadminded
people OF Wichita in this respect and feel
sure that they will not deliberately drive
away or destroy an enterprise that will
bring so much wealth and taxable properly
to the city as this will bring"