Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-18

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Washington star.
NEWS OF THE HOTELS.
Pa. Hecht Of Chicago 10 . guest at
the Morton. Mr.. Hecht brought about
the recent Consolidation of the local
bfsweries. While discussing the mat
ter Yesterday be said: I'VE shall close
up all the brewerles except the kas-
terer and Iusch. BY the flrst OF Al
gust We expect 20 have q modern brew
cry IN operation. capable of turning
out loo, 900 barrels OF As good beer as
can be made. The building will prob
ably be erected where tie Frey brew
cry now stands Part OF the structure
VIII be eight stories high, part seven,
part Elk, and part four. Ii Will be
modern ia every detail and contain ali
the equipments OF . krst- ASS brewery.
The beer that has been made by some
OF the smaller brewerles wasroiten. The
prod ct OF the consolidated concern
viii be flist-class In every parucu at.
One OF the main objects of the CON-
bine is to protect the brewers from
irresponsible saloon-keepers. There
are dozens OF saloon men IN the city
that have made y business of buying
beer from one concern until the bili
was presented, and then transferring
their patronage. BY going the rounds
in this manner they could run their
business q couple or three years with
out investing u dollar in beer. When
they had completed the rounds they
would partially pay up the first man.
and competition mas been so sharp
that they have been allowed to con-
tinue their operations. We are going
to weed out these irresponsible dealers
and elevate the trade. The dead beats
will be driven out of the business"
"There is great future for Northern
Michigan III raising fruits" said Edwin
Russell, = Manistee fruit raiser, ut the
Kent yesterday. "There 10 no better
fruit region in the state than the sand
plains from Baldwin TO the lake. The
soil is especially adapted for raspber-
ries, strawberries, blackberries, cur
rants, peaches, plums, cherries and APP
Piles. A remarkable characteristic of
the soil 10 that while it 10 apparently
barren We: the longer it 10 cultivated
the more fertile il becomes. When /
moved to Manistee they told me MOTH
ing could be raised on the land around
there and that there was not even q
garden In the city. Now some of the
finest fruit that grows in Michigan is
raised on the land that everybody said
wouldn't raise red sorrell This year
We had an excellent crop of apples. In
fact the belt extending across that part
OF the state is one of the few regions in
the country that had any crop at all.
Northern Michigan 10 not dependent
upon it's lumber. II can be made the
center of the Michigan fruit region"
eve arc going to begin work OF a
new road from Port Huron to Detroit"
the Morton yesterday. 1.-THE road will
be sixty miles long and will extend
along the river to Detroit. 1t will be
known as the Detroit & st. CLAIR River
road and will enter the city by the
belt line. l had the contract for build
ing the road four years ago, but the
company had no money and did not
care to build it with my own capital.
There will be great deal OF railroad
building next spring; but the roads will
be small ones. The trunk lines are all
built, and the coming roads will be
branches. There is no chance for any
more long roads through Michigan and
| il is the same all over the country.
What il needed is not trunk lines, but
feeders"
Last night about forty members OF
the new literary club met at Sweete
A substantial menu was served in the
ordinary, the tables having been espe'
cially prepared and decorated for the
occasion. After dinner q constitution
and bylaws were adopted. 1t was de-
clded to name the now club The He's
perus. Membership fees were filed .,
| 81. Dinners are to be given every two
| weeks, each member paying his share
| Members may drink wine at the BIZ
weekly dinners if they wish, but treat
ing is expressly forbidden. The annual
meeting will be he'd two weeks from
last night and permanent officers vii
be elected.
| ~Mort" Rathbone of Chicago was 9
guest at the Morton yesterday. Mr.
Rathbone grew up in Grand Rapids
and was formerly chief clerk of the
Morton. lie is now manager of tns
Richelieu, one OF Chicsgo's finest and
most modern hotels.