Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-03-31
WORK an THE BREWERY
Big Plant Il Nearing o0mpletioa and
WIN sOOn ne I'm Operation.

Big Plant Il Nearing o0mplesioA and
WIN sOOn ne I'm Operation.
Construction work on the Occur
d'Alene brewery is going forward
rapidly. and the management expects
to have it completed BY the latter
part Of May or first Of June. Brick
masons and steel workers have been
at work on the building for several
months past and story after story has
been built until now the NTH story
has been reached on the main build
ing.
The front Of the main building Is
being constructed of white pressed
brick. with stone trimmings. and It
presents q handsome appearance.
The other portions are being con-
stTucted OF the common brick, but
Of the best character available in the
market. The steel used in the build
ing Is the best produced and is being
placed by men who are versed In
their work. and the building when
completed will be one Of the most
modern and handsome buildings on
the Pacific coast. Three rooms in the
main building, the rAGking. shipping
and wash rooms, have been rooted.
The main building is SO by 10
feet and six stories in height. The
first floor will contain the boiler. ma
chinery, chip casks, racking room,
shipping room and washroom. On
the second will be situated the gem
eral storage rooms and stock tubs.
The condensing room, storage room,
mash tubs, brew kettle and feFment-
ing room are located on the third.
The fourth contains the ventilation
room. settling tubs. malt storage
tanks, hot water tanks, meal hopper
and rice tanks. The fifth, the cooler,
malt storage tanks and rice hopper.
and on the sixth will be the hop
Jack, the water tank for IRE protec-
ton and the toilets. President Bern
hard recently went to the east and
made arrangements for the machin-
cry and other equipment. He Sc
cured the latest and most modern in
all respects, and the brewery when
completed will in its machinery and
equipment, as well as in the building.
compare fayorably with any other
like institution in the west. Every
convenience known to the brewery
business has been provided. An ele-
vator is to be constructed through
which the grain viii be elevated to
the sixth floor. BY the use Of this
elevator the grain is handled but one
time, and gravitates downward until
it reaches the brewing kettle. and
from there passes on to the grain
spouts. The beer brewed In the ket-
tie is also conveyed by machinery but
the one time. II Is pumped from
the kettle to the hop jack on the
sixth floor and from there It gravi-
tates its course over the cooler, then
to the settling tubs and on to the
fermenting and stock tubs. and final
ly on to the chip casks. These casks
are government sealed. glass enam-
eled steel. 1t then passes on from
these casks to the racking room.
where II is keyed. Two Of the casks
are connected with the bottling works
building by an underground conveyor.
The walls Of the Ice plant, q build
ing A. feet square. have been con-
structed and It is now ready to re-
ceiye the roof. The bottling works, a
building 50 by 46 feet. with 20-foot
sheds. has already received the roof.
These two buildings, like the main
building, are constructed throughout
OF the very best materials. and will
be equipped and furnished in a mod
ern fashion.
The brewery will have a capacity
OF 125 barrels a day. The company
will conduct exclusively a wholesale