Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-15
TO BUILDA BREWERY.
CONTRACT LET FOR THE ERECTION
oE A. LARGE ESTABLISHMENT.
r, viii Cost $4,000. Employ Near ioo
Hands, and BE Finished by July ISL
other Building Notes.

Richmond Is soon TO nave q largo oio"-
ery in full operation.
Ground will be broken tomorrow, ana IL
.. ovnocted that the building, which IS 10
he quite capacious one. will be completed
by July LIST. .h;s o,.,
There has been no beer made In TINS ciEy
in recent years, bat by the latter part Oh
tbo summer those fond of the beverage can
sscure the domestic article and will not be
denondent on other cities where it is now
Tba contracts were awarded yesterday
for the brewery, which is TO be Duilt py
NJ Emil Kersten, Of New York, formerly
nf Charleston, S. o., on the ground near
the Exposition property. recently pur-
chased from the Richmond Basket-WorAs
Company.
Mr.. Kersten and Mr.. Irwin G. Hooper,
consulting engineer and speclal arcnltec1
of brewers work. have been In the CITY
s 0a days, arranging the preliminaries
;ncident TO the establishment Of the enter
prise. III ..o..o-5o,,
"a follows; George +. BEDFORD, BRICK
work; N. f. Ancarrow, carpenters WORK (;
Mason q Sim, stone masonry; Oolonel A.
T. Philips. excavation; Joseph Hall q Co.,
iron work: Richmond Galvanized IRON
Cornice Company, the sheet-iron and
corrugated work. AZ ooo
The building will cost between, S,3,voO
and 100000, and will be built with Gil tho
modem Equipments. What Is proposed TO
he done now is only 10 erect q section, ana
NOT the entire building, the remainder 70
be done at O later period. II Is expected
70 have the structure completed by July
LET when between IS and 100 men WILL DO
employed making beer.
WHY OTHERS FAILED.
Former failures to make beer in this city,
of which there have been three, were due,
II is said, to mistaken judgment IN the Sc
lection Of the sites, the manner IN whlcn
tbe breweries were built, and the failure TO
oct water that was absolutely pure, Whlch
is necessary for the making OF good peer:
BEFORE purchasing this property 1t was not
Known that there were subterranean
springs upon it that flowed water OF the de-
cree of purity that was necessary LOT the
manufacture of good beer. rms 1aGt nav
inc been ascertained subsequently oy
Messrs. Heerdegen and Schnee, experts
in locating subterranean streams, 1t was
dacided 10 locate upon it frst-class
brewery. The latter gentleman can 10.
cate such streams at depth or 7UO teet
with as much certainty as If 1T was only
five feet below the surface. Obstacles
that were formerly considered lnsur-
mountable in the manufacture OF beer
have been overcome by modern science
that points out new methods ana treat
ment.
The awards for this building have not
been made in the usual manner. but tne
work has been let outseparately to the dlt,
r mbsd xua 6nnA IN avoid
mechanics leins.
ALI. TO RICHMOND MEN.
Mr.. Hooper, the architect, remained IN
the city a week so that he might personally
see the contractors and know them, ane
when the work was given out 1t was award
ed 10 Richmond men and not to northern
firms. some of whose bids were lower thar
those of the Richmond bidders. but 1t was
the desire both of the architect and MIR
Kersten that Richmond men should do the
work.
The auxiliary buildings are not included
in the above statements, but will be bull
after the completion of the work about tC
commence. The entire enterprise and the
capital TO be used in it is that Of MIR. hers
ten individually.
GENERAL BUILDING NOTES.
Two brick houses for the Superintendent
of the Penltentiary Will be commenced
next week.
Messrs. Carneal & Davis will on Monday
commence an addition to their present
business-house. No. 8 east. Broad street
| which will be IN the form of another story
Messrs. Ferguson IL Son will erect OF
/ Fourteenth street between Nam and Cary
streets a large building to be used for
/ printing establishment.
Mr.. L. Wiley Davis has been awarded
| the contract for the rebuilding of Messrs
| Phillips & STEMS store, where five work
men have been engaged all the week in thu
preparatory work Of the removal OF the
| fire debris.
Mr.. M. B. Leonard, superintendent o
/ the Chesapeake and Ohio railway tele
/ graph, will in few days commence thu
erection Of fine residence on Chesnu
| Hill.
Mr.. G. W. Taylor. with Mr.. Thomas
Dansey as general contractor, will com
mence the erection Of two stores, costlnl
! SO, 1000, on the corner of Twenty-hfth ano
/ Broad streets.
Mr.. A. H. Robins has in process OF con
struction two dwellings and store on thu
! corner of Second and Marshall streets
Messrs, Powers 4 Beveridge contractors.