The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-16
A NON.IRUST PLANT
sIndependent" Crackers Due to Be
Manufactured in Minneapolis.
FACTORY NOW BEING FITTED UP
1T Is In the L1IlibridEe-Bremner
Building-A Thoroughly
Equipped Factory.

. Arrangements have been concluded by
which Minneapolis is to have new and
important manufacturing enterprise.
~ W. H. Perrott, the real estate and rental
agent in the New York Life building, has
just closed contract for long, term
lease on the Lillibridge property, Is, II
and 10 Third street S, together with the
large factory building in rear of these
numbers. These buildings have a total
of $4,000 square feet of floor space, all
of which will be occupied by corpora
tion for the manufacture Of crackers and
other similar food products.
>Well-known capitalists are behind the
new enterprise and it will be strictly a
home institution, independent of all
trusts and combinations For good rea
sons. the names of those interested are
withheld for the present, but they will be
made public within the next two weeks.
An Up-tO-Dnte Factory.
Plans have been approved for the erec-
tion in the buildings of four mammoth
reel ovens Of the latest and most ap-
proved type, each having a capacity Of
baking sixty barrels of -four into crack
erS every ten hours; the total flour con-
sumption 'of the bakery being 250 barrels
| of -four per day. These ovens are con-
struoted of brick. Within Is an enormous
iron revolving reel consisting of twelve
pans or shelves, each II feet inches long.
The dough is placed upon the shelves,
(which revolve over the fire. One revolu-
tion bakes the crackers to nicely. Each
oven consumes about one-half a ton OF
| hard coal per day. as
| The machinery to mix the dough, roll 1t
and cut 1t into the desired shapes and de-
! signs is the most modern and up to date,
and has been built in the most substan-
| tial manner for this new bakery.
Conveyors or elevators, especially
vided to convey the baked crackers from
the ovens to the packing floor, where q
large force of men, boys and girls Will be
employed in placing the goods in attrac-
tive packages. More than eight car loads
of machinery will be required to equip the
plant, and when finished will be the most
modern factory ever built in the United
| States. &.t -
From sanitary standpoint the plant
will be perfect. 81
To Start in. a Month.
The machinery will be fully installed In
about thirty days, at which time the fac
tory will be open for business. About zoe
workers will be employed at the begin
ming, and this force will be gradually in
creased as the products are placed with
| the trade. - -
/ All of the material and supplies used In
the construction OF the factory have been
purchased in Minneapolis and many local
manufacturers and mechanics have al.
| ready been greatly benefited by the es-
| tablishment Of this enterprise.
It is proposed to manufacture full and
complete line of staple and fancy crack.
ers, cakes and cookies, using only the
best of e. material. employing the mos
! skilled 4workmen and packing the outpu
in attractive and up-to-date form
X A corps Of efficient travelling salesmel
will work the wholesale and retail TRADE
Il in Wisconsin, Iowa. Minnesota, North ant
] South Dakota and the great northwes
l will support an Independent institution o
this kind that will transact busines,
i along Independent lines and hold itsel
aloof from all trust; and combination in
fIuences. ~ F..
-. It may be a matter of public surprise
to learn that there are no Independent
cracker factories In Minnesota. The trad
is absolutely controlled by the Nationa
Biscuit company, gigantic trust, organ
lied under the laws of New Jersey will
a capital of s55,000,000.
The general offices of this trust are II
New York city and Chicago, and while i
4 operates factories in Minneapolis, St. Pau
and Duluth, yet it buys much Of it's sup
plies. in distant markets, and all Of it
! profit and earnings are sent east to. b
distributed among stockholders that hav
no especial interest in minnesota or it
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