The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
NEW ENTERPRISE
IN BREAD-MAK|NC
Richmond Now Has Largest and
Most Complete Bakery IN
the South
READY FOR BUSINESS MONDAY
American Bread and Bakery
Company Has Built an Inn
mcnse Plant Here.


A new enterprise that viii be of
decided interest 10 Richmond people
Msll be started up tomorrow morn
ing In the wee sinall hours the fires
Viii be lighted IN the tour immense
bake ovens of the American Bread and
Baking Company and Tins VIII be
Launched on Leigh Street between
First and ST. James q strictly nr io.I
date bread, pie and cake making cstan
lishmont which VIII be when COM
lleted. the largest and hest equipped
establishment OF its kind in the South.
Mr.. g. r. Dudley OF the firm of Kelley
& Dudley, who organized this company
and put the establishment on it's feet,
Will I've the general manager He has
supervised the construction and enEp-I
ment III the magnificent plant and has
been careful TO make It up-to- date In
oil respects, Tie thrce-story brick
building which has thirty thousand
souare i'eet of floor space was erected
for the express purposes of the BUSH
ness anG Is not an in,provised build
lrg.
Built the Very Beat
Mr.. Dudley and an experienced ar
chitect first made tour of northern
and western cities. and after carefully
examining various plants of the kind
took advantage of all the good ideas
presented, and the $4,000 bread baking
plant now nearing completion on Leigh
street was the result. The house is
three stories exclusive of the base
ment. The basement is a first-class
cold storage room in which Will be
stored the fruits, preserves, canned
goods, eggs. butter. lard, etc, required
in the business 1t also provides sto-
floor. it las q plate glass front.
through which the public can at all
times see the nammouth ovens in full
blast, and can inspect from the street
the cleanliness and sanitary precau-
tions used in the whole process Of
bread max ing. Concrete floors in front
#of the four big ovens reach back to
the drying and heating cases in which
the dough is placed to rise" by q pat
ented steam process.
The Dig Working Room.
On this floor all the machinery for
molding, scaling. weighing and pre-
pairing the loaves generally for the
oven is located. Here all the bread and
all tho pies VIII be baked. Through a
chute from the upper floor the flour
comes. already mixed, more than half
of the second floor being devoted en-
tirely to mixing and blending of the
nours.
On the first floor, and separated from
the moding and baking department
by a hallway, are the offices and the
retailing department of the establish
ment. These are splendidly arranged
With view of quick and prompt bust
ness. To the rear of this first floor
layout and under tho same roof are
the stables for the many horses that
VIII be required in the business; also
Waitlng-rooms, toilet and dressing
rooms for the employees and the private
office of the foreman
Between the stables and the bak-
ing department is large loading plat
form under cover. from which fifteen
or twenty wagons can be loaded or
unloaded at once
Upper Floors.
The second floor, as before stated
as largely devoted, to the work OF mix
ing and blending the -four soon to be-
come bread of all kinds, pies and
cakes. The cake baking Department
is to be on this floor.
The third floor, which covers the on.
tire space, will be sued for storage.
one room alone has the capacity n
carry twenty carloads of flour. There
IS another room on this floor for the
storage OF utensils to be used in the
business.
These floors are connected by wide
! stalrwaYs and by "a large elevator
worked by electric power. An i'm
mense engine has been Installed in
the basement to furnish all Tie neces
sary power. The entire building has
been wired. to furnish electric light
to every, took and corner. Taking ali
ztosethef, this, Is the most complete
baking establishment and the hest ar
ranged to be found anywhere in the
/ South.
Ready for business.
~ The American Bread and Baking
b Company will commence business to-
! morrow morning, and start off with
4 nifty employees. the majority OF whom