The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-13
COMBINEOF BREWERS
One Management for All Three
Local Concerns.
TO STOP RUlNOUS COMPETITION
Seattle Brewing and Mailing Company
Incorporated to Handle Business
decreased Cost OF Production.

The three breweries of the city have eff
fected consolidation and will hereafter
be operated under one management. The
arrangement was brought about by the
organization of new company consisting
OF the principal stockholders of all three
old companies, Ciaussen-Sweeney. the Bay
view Brewing Company and the Albert
braun Brewing Company, the object being
to prevent the bitter competition hereto
fore kept up between them.
The new company will be known as the
Seattle Brewing & Mating Company.
Articles of incorporation were filed in the
county auditors office on Wednesday by
Andrew Hemrick, Fred Ki-schner, Z. +.
Sweeney, George F. Gund, Albert Braun,
W. J. Grambs and r. K. Spencer. The
capital stock is Sl,000,0O0. divided into
10000 shares of 500 each. The articles of
incorporation, in addition to providing for
the conducting of a general brewing bust
ness. give the company the right to operate
Ice works and sell ice; to operate bottlng
works. cooper shops. cold storage plant
and machinery and engage in the cold
storage business; to deal in hops and own
grain elevators, refrigerator cars for liquors
and perishable products; to raise hops.
and brewing; to own and conduct board
Ing houses, stores, etc. {; to own wharves.
storage houses and saloons, and buy and
sell wines. liquors. etc.
All these provisions, outside of the lines
IN which the breweries are now engaged,
were put in for the purpose of giving suf-
tclent scope for the future development of
the business and not because it is contem-
yIt1 fsaft aL-fr has nyta
instance, there may come a time when the
company will desire to have its own
cooper shop, and to cover such an emer-
gency the articles of Incorporation were
drawn so as to include that line of BUSH
ness. They already have bottling works
and ice works.
The real object of the consolidation was,
of course. the realization of larger profits
on the business, but this result is to be
brought about by the exercise of greater
economy in the management. One of the
representatives OF the new company was
seen by a PosT-ISTELILGENCER reporter
last night and questioned about the con-
solidation and the plans for conducting
the business in the future. He said the
plans had not yet fully matured and the
new officers had not been chosen. so he
was not prepared to make anything public
regarding what would probably be DONE
But speaking Of the matter in a general
way, he said:
Owing to a bitter competition which has
been waged between the three large breweres
in the city during the past two years, they claim
to have been losing money, and parties who are
in position to judge state that such is the case
with at least some OF them. Yesterday new
company was formed, consisting of tho prnci.
pal stockholders of the three present breweyies,
and this new company has bought out all three
OF the present concerns All OF the breweres
will be operated under one management, and it
is claimed this arrangement will effect very
large reductions in the operating expenses and
enable the brewers 10 manufacture and sell q
better quality of beer without increasing the
price TO the consumer