The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-06
PROSPERITY.
Topeka Gets the Biggest Cream
cry In the State
And Becomes Headquarters For
Creamery Industry.
Destined to Be a Gigantic Busi-
ness Very Soon.
is THE FIRST VICTORY
For the Topeka Commercial
Club For Our City.
The Club Now Working On the
the Big Auditorium.
NEW MEN FOR TOPEKA.
j. T.. NiSSley. President of the
For the Topeka Commercial
Club For Our City.
The Club Now Working On the
the Big Auditorium.
NEW MEN FOR TOPEKA.
j. Il. Nissley, President of the
Abilene Company,
Also j. b. Case, the Capitalist,
Remove to This City.

Ihe Abilene Creamery company has
leased the building known as the Henry
Strong building at 523 jackson street
and the equipment will be received in
short time. ]. E. Nissley. president
OF the company, has moved his family
here from Kansas City and now lives
at 431 Clay street. Vice President C.
H Pattison is here and will also move
10 Topeka. j. B. Case, who is a promi-
nent merchant and capitalist al Abilene
and also member of the company,
will move his family to Topeka some
time next summer.
I. Vice President Pattison told a Jour
nal reporter today that all the ma
chinery will be in place and the people
of Topeka will be given an opportunity
to see a first class creamery plant in
operation April /
The Topeka plant. besides being the
headquarters for the company, will
handle milk, which will be purchased
from farmers in the vicinity of Topeka
The company Will establish fifteen sta
tlons in towns around Topeka where
milk will be bought. SKINNED and the
cream sent to Topeka, where it will be
made into butter.
Mr.. PattisOn says that the Topeka
plant will be one of the largest and
most complete in the west He says
that he is confident that it will have
capacity OF l.UOO,cOU pounds OF butter
per annum, though it is doubtful if it
will be run to its fIll capacity for sons
time
The company contemplates branch
ing out and annexing a candy factory
and cheese factory, though the officers
say that they do not know how soon
the extension will be made.
The building which is occupied by tho
company has three floors and they will
be all in use. The upper floor will be
used for storage purposes, and the work
viii be done in the basement and on
the first floor There is a. large door
on the alley where the milk will be
taken in, and near the door Will be a
cream separator. The rest of the space
will be occupied by churns and the
other accessories of a butter making
establishment.
The plant will be operated by an cleo
trio motor and the steam used in the
manufacture of butter will be piped in
to the building, so that it will not be
necessary to use coal In the building.
About half a dozen men will be en-
ployed to start with, and as the bus
mess increases the force will be in
creased.
The company which has established
headquarters at Topeka is not new to
the business. It is not an experiment
with them. They have creameries all
over Kansas and they have been sue
cessful from the start. Topeka was
selected because it afforded the facii-
ties demanded by the company for an
enlarged business.
The creamery company did not come
to Topeka without consideration. The
proposition was made to the CONNER
cial club last fall and ever since the
negotiations have been carried on. The
club has done all in its power to en-
courage the enterprise, but no bonus
was given. Much credit is due the
Retail Grocers' association, for when
the Commercial club had almost given
up the grocers took up the project-and
by making a pledge to take a large
quantity of the product of the cream
cry practically secured the enterprise
for Topeka.
The company will occupy the leased
property until the success of the To-
peka plant has been demonstrated,
when a new plant will be built by the
company.