Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
MAMMOTH OVENS AT couRrNEY's
weigh sixty Tons Apiece and Made of
Glass and Brick-Require six
solid CoIumna for support.

weigh sixty Tons Apiece and Made of |
Glass and Brick-Reauire six
solid Columns for support.
Two immense bake ovens each weighing |
sixty tons, and each supported by three |
massive columns of brick and concrete are
being installed in tho new Courtney |
grocery.
These ovens in size and character are nov !
elites in the west. They are after the |
patterns of the latest improved ovens Of
Vienna and Paris and there are said to be
but few of them in this country. The
ovens are l2x16 in interior measurement and
built entirely Of fire brick. Hundreds Of
pies and cakes can be baked at a time in
each of these structures and loaves Of
bread enough to satisfy whole army could
be baked in a few hours. Two tons OF
glass are I'm each oven, one as an oven
bed, the other on the roof. The value
of the glass is in its heat retention. The
ovens are to be heated only once a day.
After fire of hickory wood has burned
underneath for a few hours, the glass at
the top and bottom OF the ovens retains
enough heat to admit of twenty-four hours
baking This baking plant will be in
full operation when the grocery opens Sep
| temper 18th, in its new building at Sew
enteenth and Douglas streets.
In the construction ana equipment OF
this modern pure food center Mr.. Court
ney and his business associates have so
arranged as to make It a brilliant ex-
ample of Omaha industry. Omaha con-
Germs have filled every contract. The
fixtures which we'll informed men declare
are second in beauty and modern char
acter to none in this country, we're all
designed and made in Omaha. They are
| made of selected grain quarter sawed
white oak, all finished in fumed oak pat
terms with large flakes. All counters are
! circle end and all fixtures have base of
| Alps green marble. In the meat and fish
section, the counter tops are of white
Italian marble, inches thick and 30
inches wide. To equip this building a
solid carload of marble has been shipped
| to Omaha.
One of the most interesting sights in
the new store will be in the basement, main
entrance to which is from the west tun-
mel from Brandeis' new store. This
basement will be devoted to fresh meats
and fish and the delicatessen store, where
ready cooked meats and dishes of all
kinds may be bought by housekeepers all
prepared for the table. All finishings will
be marble fumed oak and plate glass,
while the floor is Of marble slabs. It is
the aim to have everything about the
store the nearest possible approach to
sanitary perfection. Fish will be kept
| in slate tanks. On the drained marble
counters, fish viii be continually packed
in ice. Three immense refrigerator
boxes, 50 feet by 100 feet and twelve feet
high, will stand against the walls. These
boxes are fronted with windows of three
thicknesses of plate glass. the extra glass
to prevent the formation of moisture on
the inner pane. One great box is for
fish and fresh meat. The second is for
smoked and corned beef. poultry, game
and delicatessen foods. In this box
ton of beef can be corned at one time
The third box will be for cheese, butter.
eggs and fruit. all in separate compart-
ments. In the meat box, large enough
in itself for fair sized butcher shop, are
marble shelves and galvanized iron racks
with an overhead track to convey the
sides of meat to their hooks. These
tracks are equipped with switches and
the meat is not touched from the time It
leaves the hands of the inspector and is
hooked to the overhead track leading to
the box, until It is taken down to be cut
by a meat cutter in sterilized clothing
This meat cutter Will stay in the box
all day and since the temperature is to
be A degrees II is expected that be will
work fast to keep comfortable. The
glass fronts to the boxes make 1t possible
for customers to see all the meat, poul-
try and game from the outside and make
such selections as they wish.
An electric conveyor system under
meath the counters does away with the
superfluous handling of meats and veg
etables after their selection. Everything
is placed on these conveyors and car
ried TO the wrapping desks Electric
dumb walters run from floor to floor
: notifying attendants of their arrivals by
colored lights at the elevator entrances
RELOCATING gongs TO the background