Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-03-26
Beer To Boston BY The
Carload
lcnmherlaneI News

Carload
Cumberland News,
10 illustrate how the output ETA -
cal concern can win favor abroad, nos-
withstan ding clsse conpetitien wisn
concerns Of even larger capacity, tas
daily shipment In rsfrigsrater cars u
the export bottled and key bear Of the
Cumberland Brewing Company, =
this city, to Boston, and other great
nerthern cities; 10 evidenced
This brewery, which had Its ergani-
cation on small ssals in 1890, formed
by local capitalist, was the pisnesr IN
the brewing industry In Wsstsrn
Maryland, and from small plant ON
ployiug from seventy five to enc hum
bred men all the year around. II has
never had any trouble about time or
pay. Its progress has been steady UNI
tai it new has reached 70 an average Of
so 900 TO rs, 600 barrels Of beer per year.
1t will he remembered that the
building utilized was the old cotton
factory, mammoth brick Atru3ture
which at the time OF its purchase BY
the brewing company was window.
less art for owls and bats.
In addition to tho large brewing
plant there is an ice plant adjoining,
with daily capacity Of 125 tons, and
since the manufacture Of ice WAS com :
menced the price Of ice which fifteen
years ago was $1.75 per hundred
pounds, has been reduced lever and
lower each year until to-day the msr-
ket price for ice in this atty il from ~
to 80 cents per hundred pounds, max
ing Cumberland the market for the
cheapest manufactured Ice in the
United States.
The Brewir 8 Com pany recently cou-
plsled contract with the B. 4 Grail
road to furnish ice to that company Ia
this city to the extent Of nearly 10000
tons, besides contracts have been &C.
cured with other companies fer small
er quantities.
| A few years after the brewing u
| beer was started the CumberiAs3t
Brewing Company began the ship
ment Of small quantities. Of beer TO
their Boston agent, John L. FennelI.
and with the increasing years this
trade tias grown to car load shipments.
This certainly speaks well for local
beer, and is evidence that the Cumber-
land product is up TO the quality Of
competing with Boston and New York
beers.
This could only result from having
one Of the most up-to-date plants IN
the county. 15esides the key product,
All of their beer is bottled under gov
eminent supervision, direct from large
tanks in the ceIlar, which thus conser-
YES the flavor and also preserves the
the carbonic acid gas generated by fer
mentatIon, which 10 vitality necessary
in the composition Of the best beer.
When the home product has ssch a
demand abroad, despite the competi-
|. tion Of hundreds of foreign beers OF
high quality, it must have an effect TO
| break down the bars OF prejudice
among local consumers in favor of the
home product, made IN Cumberland.
Every known sanitary arrangement
is used in the brewing and nothing
but the best and finest quality of i'm
ported and American malls and hops
are used in lis manufacture. The It.
cal plant in completeness OF its APP
pointments will compare favorabiy
with any in the United States. In
every department from the time the
raw products are gathered together
until the brew il made, aged, bottled
or kegged, as the case may be, every
method known to the scientific world
to preserve its purity and exceliencc
through cleanliness aud sanitary ar
Engagements - used, and Cumberland
may feel proud that 1t has beer p ro-
duct that Ia laudsd ON all sides and q
pure and health<ul toaic, both for old
and young.
Since its organization the plant has
given steady work to an average OF
one hundred employees, swith no shut
down or curtailment Of forces, winter
and summer, and employs strictly
union labor throughout its entire
plant.