The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-25
OTHER MANUFACTORIEs.
Distilleries, Paint, and Ice Plants
I'm the City.

In quiet way New Orleans has estab-
| lished several dlstllling plants which
have proven successful, and one started
about two months ago gives promise of
becoming a big Institution, II the home
product can get the support which 1t
| deserves. 1t represents a capital of 500
| 600 and at present gives employment TO
| a score Of persons. who work under the
| direction of an expert. whose experience
was gained in the best liqueur d.Stil!erles
of Europe. 1t IS essentially home en-
| Gerprise, being owned by New Orleans
people, and employing home labor, and
also patronizing home industries. The
heavy import duty on liquenrs and cor
d!als ought to be an encouragement for
the establishment of plants of that char
acter here. This concern has quite an eX.
teusiye plant on Magazine street, and
It's interior gives every evidence of indus
try. Its products are in every way the
equal Of the imported. being made in
exactly the same manner, and put up In
specially made bottles, and in very at
traotive form. Vermouth. Kirschwasser,
Cosnac, Chartreuse, Anisette, Creme de
Menthc, Maraschino. Kummel. Cacao, Gu,
racoa, Benedictine, Cassis, etc, are all
made, not in imitation, but in the genu-
inc, original manner and many Of them
have been pronounced by connolSseurs
equal in every respect to the imported.
This concern has already begun 40 build
up a trade in the country, and 1t has
bright future before 1t. 1t has capacity
of 900 gallons a day.
There Is one other liqueur dist!llery
here. but 1t has not been in continuous
operation. 1t was started about six years
ago, but met with some reverses.
There are half dozen syrup factories
here, which have built up a good trade
among the retailers.
There IS one large distilllng plant here
which makes high spirits In large guam.
titles, and represents an investment Of
over hundred thousand dollars.
PAINTS.
While the superior advantages offered
| by the Crescent city for the distribution
| OF all classes of manufactured products
| should have attracted the attention of
| investors to the advantages Of manufac-
| turing paints in this city at an earlier
| date, 1t appears that there Is no record
of paint manufacturing being attempted
at any time prior to the year 1881, when
| a small plant was established on Lafay'
cite street. This plant was not success
full, however. and was dismantled afte1
number of gentlemen prominent in the
| paint business In this city organized
white lead and color plant, which enjoyed
for eight or ten years most successful
career, distributing their products In near
ly every state in the union, and success
fully competing with the manufacturer
in England and Germany in the centra
, and southern markets, proving beyon
question that where this business wa
| properly managed no city In the unto
: | possesses greater natural advantages 70
| the economical manufacture ana ulSIrlDu
| ton of paint than New Orleans. OWN
TO personal mlsmanagement of one
y the executive officers, this plant has r,
, | Gently been put INTO the hands of r.
ceivers, who are now conducting 1t su
: cessfully, and with every promise tbs
; the business will be shortly reorganIzC
a | and permanently established In a care,
i | of profit to its owners and of benefit
a the city, as n means of distributing II
c eral pay roll to large list of employe
!, The other successful plant Is situate
Il | In the heart of the shipping district,
~ | South Front street, and Is the result
a | years of experience in the jobblng al
10 manufacturing paint trade, and is co
"a | sidered by experts to be one of the mo
n completely equipped In the country. I'll
al plant manufactures everything in [
IN | paint lire, and Its products GO to Gull
Ne Central America and Mexico, and have
10 | wide sale In the southern and weste
H. states. 1t is estimated that the total
vestment In the two paint manufacture
in plants now In business in New Orleans
RS | not less than 100000, and that und
ye | normal conditions their output will
III | very near $500 900 per ear. with p
G roll to employees in proportion.
" ICE PLANTS
C. There are half a dozen large Ice plGl
IN here, which not only supply the lo'
es trade, but also the contiguous count
e. The output aggregates hundreds of the
at sands of tons. and represents an inve
ment of nearly q million dollars, with
ed | largo pay roll.