The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
4 MODEL 1sLEcr1s1c pA1SEsnop.

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Perhaps the most convincing argt-
u1ent for the cleanliness and healthful-
| ness OF electric power is the fact that
q large Boston bakery has recently
been electrically equipped throughout.
In this model bakeshop there are no
vide, Tapping belts to collect dust
and scatter the particles OF dirt over
the food; no nauseating odors OF burn
| ing gas or oil fuel; no oll-dripping
shafting.
It was only a few years ago that
two brothers started this Boston
bakery. and now 1t is the foremost OF
Its kind in New England. From the
little room. where the work was first
done entirely by hand, the shop grew
| until steam power was required. AS tho
| business increased the plant was en-
larged until very recently large adj
dition was made and the entire plant
electrically equipped.
The flour which is shipped in bags
J In carload lots, is unloaded and coh-
veyed by an electric elevator to the
ltop of the building and there stored.
AS the flour Is needed 1t is emptied
into bins and there blended; from the
bins IT Is conveyed to the screener by
an endless chain of buckets and de-
posted into a largo bin above tho
dough mixer, which is located on the
floor below. The empty bags are run
through a cleaner which beats the flour
from the cloth. This waste flour Is
sold to foundrles, where 1t is mixed
with clay and molasses for Xmolding.
The scales for weighing the flour
are located on the second floor, directly
under the supply bins: after being
weighed the flour is emptied into the
dough mixers. The three dough
mixers will each hold five barrels of
flour at a time, Each machine is direct
connected to a 20-h.-p. induction
motor. The daily output from these
mixers is about 10000 pounds.
The kneaded dough Is removed to
large trays, where It is allowed to
stand three or four hours to rise. Tho.
dough is cut into loaf size by loaf
cutting machine, driven by small
motor. Any size loaf can be cut with
this machine. Tho chunks of dough
are placed in the shaping machine and
pressed into loaf form. These ma
chimes vii make any form Of loaf de-
sired. The loaf is then placed in bals-
ing bins and carried to the floor be-
low. where 1t is baked.
The pfc and cakeroons are in. an
adjoining building. and the fact that
these gastronomic dainties are now
made by machine Is astonishing to-
the layman. The two machines which
attract the most attention are the small
dough mixerrand rthes ~ple-making ma
chine. The ssnans dough mixer, motor
driven, will mix barrel of flour into
pie crust in short order The pie
making machine Is about fifteen feet
In length with chain of endless
dummy cast-iron plates which run the
entire length OF the machine. AS a
dummy plate comes upright tin plate
is set into it. The machine drops a
small piece OF dough in this. AS the
plate passes on, q plunger presses
down, squashing out the bottom crust
Of the pie. The travelling plate and
crust pass under large tank In the
centre OF the machine and the required
amount of filling Is dropped into the
pie; then tho top crust is put on and
the trimming Is accomplished by "a
die Which slips down over the pie
plate The pie is then removed ana
put in the rack ready for baking. The
pies and cakes are baked in q revolving
oven. That Is, inside the oven Is a fiat
wheel; the pies are set on the Wheel
which revolves slowly, baking the pies
evenly.
In another room the famous Boston
brown bread Is made. The mixers and
screen are all motor-driven and the
bread is baked by heat In aluminium
tins. over 5000 rolls of brown bread
are turned out every Friday.
In the basement are located seven
cold storage rooms, the engine ROOM
the electric refrigeratlng plant, and
the smaller machines for peeling and
coring apples and other fruit. The
motor driven refrigerating plant is
large enough to supply the seven cold
storage rooms. 5
Industry after industry Is becoming
electrified. Motor drive is fast TAX s,
ing the place of steam gas or oil
fuel power on account1of It's cleanli-
less, economy and convenience. The
model electric bakery Of Boston is
perhaps the first complete electrically
equipped shop Of Its kind, but, like
enterprising men In other industries,
the bakers are quick to learn, and it |
is only a question of time when cleo
trio bakeries will become universal.