Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23

Auth. director, in charge Of the Center
market branch: Henry J. Auth, master
mechanic, member of the board OF al.
rectors, and in charge Of the o street
market branch; Frank J. Auth, director
and in charge of the X street market
branch, and Anthony A. Auth. assistant
manager, and in charge of the factory
premises and the deliveries. In addition
George Firror became the secretary and
Frank Firror assistant secretary o. the
corporation, and were active in its man
agement.
The present factory and office properties
of the N Auth Provision Company, on
Virginia avenue southwest, have been oc-
cupied for the past twelve years. Previ-
GUS to that time the establishment was
located on the Bladensburg road, where it
was maintained for number OF years
and where Mr.. Auth first installed ice
machines, one of. the first Washington
dealers to use machinery in the prepare
ton of his products for the market. To:
day thirty-one wagons of modern and
improved style traverse the streets o
Washington. where formerly but one
wagon met the FULL requirements in hand
ling the output of the establishment.
Maryland and Virginia. says M.
Auth. furnish high standard of cattle
for slaughering purposes, and [ have al
ways used a great deal of stock from
these states. I have also bought extern
lively in the western markets. My trade,
both local and out-of-toWn. is growing
daily. and it proves that the people OF
Washington demand and appreciate a
high grade Of meats and provisions.
Interest in Abattoir.
Several years ago a one-third interest
was acquired by the company in the
abattoir conducted by the Washington
Cold Storage Company, and the com
panys cattle are slaughtered there and
later brought to the factory on Virginia
avenue for distribution to the customers
here and elsewhere.
It is the boast of the Auth Company
that it's large and ever-increasing trade
u.s. in a great measure, due to the fact
that its products have always stood the
tests of the United States inspectors,
whose duty it is to examine and pass
upon them. The business of the company
is essentially a wholesale business. Nine
new route wagons are employed in this
branch in daily furnishing the dealers
with fresh provisions. The company points
with great pride to it's model. up-to-date
factory, where they say. the fundamen-
tai principle of cleanliness is maintained
In every particular. AS purity was the
watchword when Mr.. Auth first estab-
lished his business, so it is today. and
the firm declares it is only necessary to
visit this immense plant to be convinced
that it Is possible to conduct great
provision house as easily as a smaller one
with cleanliness and purity ever in sight
Thirty Thousand Feet of Space.
The company's immense establishment
covers thirty thousand square feet of floor
space. In the cold storage rooms one
sees thousands of strings of Auth's ia
nous frankfurter sausag3 upon the racks
Here also may be found hundreds of hams
and shoulders suspended and preserved in
a temperature that is ice cold. The tenn
perature is maintained by great numbers
Of icy cold pipes that run here and there
through the room. the ice for which is
supplied by the mammoth machines that
were installed when the plant was built.
The sale of ice. the product of these
machines. it is stated, also forms an
important factor in the business of the
company. for very large trade in this
line liz supplied daily. The large sausage
machines are located upon the second
floor of the establishment. where. also.
are the great lard watts. Above are the
smokehouse vaults, where the meat is
cured by the Oldfashioned smekehouse
method that imparts to it a flavor unob-
tainable by any other method.
The storage vaults are located in the
basement, and are modern in every re,
spect and splenddly adapted to the pu--
poses for which they are used.