The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-28
Brief Review of Creamery
Package Concern
C. P. COOPER is PROMOTED
Will Hold a Responsible Position in
The East; Mr.. Rice Succeeds Him
in Minneapolis.

street, along the railroad tracks, which
then ran through the center of the
street, and the factory was then locat-
ed far beyond the residence district out
in the woods, and at the Start there
were many troubles. The business did
rot pay and fire completely wiped out
the plant 1t was rebuilt and soon aft
erward passed into the hands of the
Creamery Package Manufacturing com
pany, a corporation which had recent
" been organized in Chicago. c. H.
Higgs came up from | diana where he
had been making butter tubs and took
charge of the factory as manager of
the northwestern business of the Cream
cry Package Manufacturing company
and established his office in the west
end of the warehouse at the corner of
Record and Van Brunt streets. There
were only two or three creameries in
the state of Minnesota at that time and
none west of Minnesota and the bust
ress of the company was confined al
most entirely to making butter tubs for
merchants who handled dairy butter
Mr.. Riggs quickly saw the advantage
that many creameres would be to the
state as WEI as to his business and
started a campaign for cooperative
creameries and co-operated with his
~, l. % he o,,1t nd
state dairy department and the result
has been that Minnesota has become one
OF the leading dairy states of the union.
The building of new creameries, the
taking on of new lines including all
kinds of creamery machinery and the
-isss-e-a- - ewing business marte the
little office busy place. and during
the eight or ten years which Mr.. Higgs
retained his office at Mankato he gath
cred around him a force of young men
in his office including c. p. Cooper, Wal
ter McBroom and H. W. Rice
Eight years ago, the southern part
of the state was well filled with cream
cries and the new business of furnish
ing creamery equipment was principal
ly to be had to the north and west Of
the twin cities and the office of She
Creamery Package Manufacturing com
pany was moved to Minneapolis. the
office force went there and were in the
center of larger field which has been
thoroughly covered.
The people of Mankato have always
been afraid of losing the butter tub fac
tory after the office was moved to Min
neapolis but the building of a new fac
tory this winter assures its permanent
retention here.
There have been many changes in the
men formerly employed in the office
here. C. II. Higgs has become prasi-
dent and general manager of the cor
poration with office at Chicago and has
with him as one of the leading men in
his official family, Walter McBroom
When Mr. Higgs went to Chicago as
general manager of the company several
years ago, C. p. Cooper became manager
Of the northwestern business and now
goes to a still more responsible place in
the east and H. w. Rice, who was as
sistant bookkeeper at Mankato, after
January first will be manager of the
Minneapolis. NIankato and Sioux Falls
houses of the Creamery Package Manu-
featuring company.
The new butter tub factory on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul tracks
is about completed. The machinery is
being installed and it is expected to
start up not later than January 18TH,
and short description will be of in
terest to Free Press readers. The engine
and boiler house is absolutely fireproof,
the floors being of concrete, the walls
of brick and the roof of steel beams
supporting tile roofing The factory
proper is unusually well lighted and the
arrangements for handling stock from
time to time as it arrives on the side
track until the finished tubs are deliv-
cred back into the cars on another pOr-
''oii VI ohO dlC tHe HlOSJ con-
venient of any butter tub factory in
the country. The warehouse is immense
and with the stave shed adjoining will
furnish storage for 100 carloads of ma
terial and made up tubs. The experience
OF the company has demonstrated the
necessity of dry kiln to finish drying
the slaves and heading just before they
are made up. Tracks run through the
dry kiln directly into the shop, and dur
ing the days which the stock remains on
small fiat ears in the dry kiln, it is SUBJ
jected to a strong blast of hot air fur
nished by big fan and special engine
in the engine room so that when the
stock is finally wheeled into the Sion
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