Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-09-02


A visit 10 the old creamery BY a Herald
representative Tuesday afternoon pre-
sented the steady progress and prep
arailon the new lessees OF the build
ING have made toward the establishment
of a new creamery. Shortly after it was
announced several weeks ago that the
new company. Of which Mr.. Robert n.
Fleagle is one sof the chief members.
would reopen and operate the creamery.
they were here and at work getting their
machinery into position. They have been
at work ever since and now they have ii
about ready 10 begin operations.
l The only thing that is retarding their
progress is water They want TO start
into operation on Monday. but unless they
strike water soon. they viii be unable 10
do Il. MIR. w. Is. Little, the manager and
operator Of G. H. Gruvcrs well drilling
machine. is hard at work drilling for wa
ter. They expected TO strike it yesterday
evening, bur were disappointed. They
are drilling in the old well at the place
which has recently gone dry. The ola
well was about fifty feet deep and they
have now gone down about sixty-five but
have not struck water yet. The outlook,
however, is that they viii strike it soon
and II they do the creamery WILDE started
into operation at once.
Ii they do not strike water they will
have TO call on the city for their supply.
The city pipes run to within few feet Of
the building, but Mr.. Fleagle says he
thinks the city is reluctant to furnish the
water, their reason being that the strain
on the engines at the water works is now
too great and to force it such distance
will make il much greater.
The creamery will be great benefit TO
the farmers in this section. They will now
have ready sale for their milk and the
creamery viii buy all they can furnish.
Milk will be purchased by the pound.
The farmers with drive up to one side of
the building, dump their milk into large
tanks, drive around TO the other side Of
the building and receive the skinned
milk, without having TO waits hardly any
| time. As soon as the milk is emptied
| from the farmers cans it is weighed tested
and passed through the skimming ma
chine. The skimming machine is in OPP
Grafton about four hours each day and
skins 1900 pounds of milk each hour.
The capacity of the plant is about 1000
pounds OF butter per day. MIR. Fleagle, oil
Melrose, Carroll county. Md, does the
second largest butter business in Balti-
more. In the company is also Mr.. James
Hoge, secretary and treasurer Of the Bal
timore City Cold Storage and Warehouse
Company. Mr.. Fleagle is the sole owner
of two other creameries, one at Pleasant
Hill, York Co, Pa, and the other at Mel
rose, Carroll Co., Md. He will remain
here until the creamery is in good rum
ming order and then Mr.. Samuel Boyer, OF
Meirose, will take charge.
Mr.. Fleagle has made one trip out
among the farmers and on the trip 10 out
the II farmers he saw promised to bring
their milk to the creamery.
The creamery company will be known
as the Martinsburg Creamery Company,
Almost all the butter for the Baltimore
trade will be put up in one-half. pound
packages and all Of it for the Martins
burg trade in pound packages. The COM
pany will only sell it wholesale to the
grocers and will not retail it about town.
Next spring they will also make ice
cream. The company will also buy eggs
and chickens from the farmers. which
will be shipped 10 the larger cities.