The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
SCIENTISTS VISIT
REURICR'S BREWERY
Witness the Making of Beer
in All Its Phases.
ELEGANT LUNCHEON SERVED
Addresses and FeIicitous Greetings Ex-
changed Over a Bountiful Repast,
Both Solid and Liquid.

Nearly two hundred members of the
American Chemical Society, and their
ladies'. who are in session here as a sec
ton of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science. were the guests
yesterday afternoon of Chris Heurich. at
his big brewery on the riverside, near the
old Naval Observatory. a sumptuous
and most tempting buffet luncheon was
served. with "a good beer" plenty of
wit. and an absence of borax seasoning,
as the presiding officer explained, as he
called upon Prof H ". Wiley, q the
Agricultural Department, for an address.
At the conclusion of the morning ses =
sion at the Columbian University the
party was taken in special cars TO the
brewery. where the luncheon was served
in the large new addition 70 the main
building that eventually is to be used as
a bottling department. Immense kettles
of glowing Goals made the big building
comfortably warm, while the series Of
long tables piled with many kinds Of
salads. with steaming Frankfurters.
kraut, rye bread, meats. celery, and
Of room for everyone.
DR.. Wiley's Address.
Before breaking up into parties to IN
spect the big plant, short addresses we're
made by President Ira Remsen, Of Johns
Hopkins University, and by Dr.. Wiley.
the expert at the Department of Agri-
culture. who is conducting Uncle Sans
free food shop. IN response to vote
of thanks that was accorded Mr.. Heurich
for his courteous treatment OF the yisf-
tors, he responded by gracefully ac-
knowladging the debt the brewers owe
to the chemists for making possible the
present purity Of their products.
After visiting the ice house, and being
shown the practical side OF the manu-
facture OF ice, the parties we're taken
across the way to the main building, and
carried to the top of the brewery From
there to the chip cellar every portion Of
the process Of brewing modern beers was
carefully explained by competent guides.
The immense kettle in which over four
hundred barrels OF beer are handled at
tention The absence of odor about the
brewery. due to the perfect system OF
ventilation and the many pipes carry
ing to the roof fumes that would other
wise be dfsagreeabIe, was also a matter
Of comment.
q Among Those Present. A5Al} 3
The members Of the society present fol-
lows: Ira Remsen. of Baltimore; Albert
c. Hale, OF Brooklyn; F ". Clarke. W
F. HiIlebrand, H. y. Stokes. E T. Allen,
George Steiger. y. Munroe Hopkins, Writ
Tassin, Charles E. Munroe, and Marcus
Benjamin. of this city; T. F. levitt. Of
Oberlin, Ohio; ". o. Atwater, OF Mid
dIetown, Conn. ". A. Moves, Of Terre
Haute. Ind; Francis C. Phillips, Of Al
Iegheny, Pa: Albert R Prescott. of Ann
Arbor. Mich; George F. Barker. OF Phil
adeIphia; Ida Welt, New York city;
James Lewis Howe. Lexington, Va; VIII
liam McMurie, New York city; A H
GiIIand. Arthur a Noyes, of Boston: H
A. Weber. of Columbus: John H. Long
Chicago: AIIerton s. Cushman. and wal
ter Logan Page. Washington. D. c.
Dr. Joseph F. X Harold and Albert
Benin, Philadelphia: Herbert B. Bald
win. Newark. n J.: G. H Falley. Aida
NJ. Doyle, B. h Smith. J. H. Norton.
Albert F. Nathan l. S. Munson. H W.
Wiley, Ed Mackay Chase. J. 8 Burd,
Thomas Westessen, Raymond Outwater.
Joseph S. Chamberlin, W. II. Krug. j.
S Mills, and c. F. Langworthy. OF this
city; J. F. McGregory. Hamilton. n. Y.
E W Magruder, Richmond Va. c. J.
Burgess, Madison, Wis; Garnet Ryland.
Spartansburg, S. c.; Albert ". Smith,
and William Mcpherson, Cleveland;
Franz Meyers, John 4. MandeI. E. R.
Durham, p. n Levene, Leon L. Wat
ters, Herbert S. Auerbach. Charles f.
McKenna. and II. A Jackson. New York
city; J. w MaIIet, Charlottesville Va,
F N Martin, Lynchburg, Va; S. Francis
Howard, Amherst. Mass; F. L. Kort-
wright. Morgantown. W. Va; Charles ".
Moulten. Poughkeepsie, y. Y; F. P
Huntington. University of Virginia. G.
C. WhippIe. Brooklyn. n. Y: G. H
/ CIaimer and l. f. Keller, Philadelphia.
! Capt. H c. AspinwaH. Haskell, " J.;
H. J. Patterson. College Park, Nd; ".
B. Clark, Granville, Ohio; W. P Mason,
Troy. y. Y. Z. J. Krebs. Wilmington.
De-.
c. ". FouIk, Columbus. Ohio Edward
/ ". Morley, Cleveland. Ohio; Edward
/ Gudeman and ". A Converse, Chicago.
III: L KahIenberg, Madison, Wis; vii
der D. Bancroft, Ithaca, y. Y; Robert
E. Lyons. Bloomington. Ill; Frederick
A HoIton, Washington, D. c.; Robert
J c. Price. Blacksburg, Va; Z. =.
de Schwefnitz. Washington, D. C; Cliff
ford Richardson and Marten Taylor Bo-
CERT, New York city; L. N. Dennis.
Ithaca. n Y, A. w. Dow. Washington,
/ D. c.; Charlotte A. Bragg. Wellesley.
/ Mass. T. NJ. Price, College Park, Nd.
/ H J. Turner, Philadelphia. Pa; II. H.
/ Bennett. Wadesboro, n. C.; II. R Well
CT. Weldon. n. c.; William H. Seaman,
/ S. S. Voorhees,, J. Stockton Miller, jr.
/ II. Darlington Bolton, F. c. Daniel Ed
| win A Hill. John D. Hird, and c. A.
| Champion, Washington, D. c.; Charles
L. Parsons, Durham, n. c.; Y. K. Chest