Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-03

Of It's fusei oils. Seven great watts hold
ing 1000 gallons Of brandy are used Tor
this purpose, and outside ihc winery
saw hundreds Of great barrels connected
with pipes into which The wine and
brandy were run during q part of the
processes. The cost OF the buildings of
this brandy factory IS more than sIga..
90, and they are lighted by electricity.
The coopershop Of this establishment l.
worth notice. The coopengc and the
storage vaults alone will hold million
anl half Of gallons, and the casks OF
these vaults are so tall that q Bgu.amain
Harrison could stand on Grover Olcvc.
lands head he could not more than
reach TO the top Of them. Do the fer.
mcniinv room there are barrels which
hold 500 ooo gallons, and IN the bonded
warehouse are barrels containing more
than half a million gallons. The brandy
IN the bonded warehouse Is guarded
night and day by United States Govern.
mCnt officers. A government gHugcr Is
here most Of the time, and there is a
government officer always boo charge Of
10. When any OF this brandy IS taken
out Tor sale, the money for the taN has
TO Do put down before Il can De gotten.
10 is Ike the bus ing OF postage stamps.
There is no credit to the United States,
and you have t5pay cash. DURING the
last month si7.Ssi was given tp the
government lot taxes, and something
like ffCu. 900 worth OF taxes have. am
told. been paid for brandy which b still
unshippcd, and IN addition To this, as /
have said before. Mr.. Morse the govern.
mcnt stofekeeper. tells me there s due
Uncle sam nj least $4,000 worth OF
brandy tax. The owners OF the brandy
nave "a right to leave It IN the warehouse
from three to five years, but they are
not allowed to move barrel until the
tax IS paid. This bonded warehouse %
said o be the largest IN The world. Il
IS lighted by electricity, and iu walking
through Il between the thousands oi
barrels YOU seem to be In the very cata.
combs Of barrels.
now ruE VINEYARD IS MANAGED.
This big vineyard embrace about six
square miles Of territory. The whole
is laid of with perfect regularity into
blocks Of uniform size and streets Of
regular width. II Is in fact a city Of
grapes. Each block contains about
fourteen hundred vines. and the main
streets which run through them from
east to west are iorty.eight feet wide
and they are cut up BY avenues sixteen
feet Ia width There are about SIX
hundred aud eighty vines 70 the acre,
and / was surprised to find that the
vines were trimmed down almost close
10 the earth every year. Some Of the
vines are very old and Others have lust
been planted. The grapes are fipc
about the last OF July and the picking OF
the grapes begins about the first Of
August They are picked IN boxes
holding fifty pounds each, and there are
twelve thousand Of these boxes ready
for use. The picking Is done by gangs
of men aud boys, and NJ is height
about n.)usand men are employed.
The vineyards are plowcd regularly and
their cultivation is carefully watched
with hoe and harrow. Capt. Mcintyre
has been Tor years engaged In vine
growing and everything Is managed ON
scientific basis. Even IN the picking Of
the grapes the greatest care is used.