Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
LARGEST AND BEST
CREAMERY IN WORLD
Many Branches Identified with
Big Corporation Perfection
in Sanitary Features

Among the many advanccments that
Los Angeles has made in the last few
years there is one that stands out pre-
eminent as being worthy of special
note. 1t is the magnificent plant erect
ed by the Los Angeles Creamery COM
pany for the handling of the product OF
it's immense business. Ever since the
formation of the company some three
years ago it has been the intention Of
the officers to give Los Angeles the
best milk supply in tho world, with the
result that the buildings at Twelfth
street and ToWne avenue are now about
completed, They embody all the good
features of any other plant and many
that no other has ever gone to the eX-
pcnse to install, with the result that
the best judges in America have pro
nounced it from Il sanitary point al
most perfect
The entire plant is of reinforced con-
crete, the milk department being three
tsories, S4X162 feet, equipped througn~
out with the most modern machinery
so arranged that the immense volume
Of milk handled is only exposed to the
atmosphere once (and that on the top
floor far above the level Of flies ana
street dusD, at the weighing-in tanks,
running from there by gravity to the
pasteurizers, which are of the most
modern design and are proved to turn
out absolutely sterilized milk; from
there TO the bOttling rooms, which are
finished in Opaque plate glass, ana from
there to the immense refrigerator
rooms there to be held ice cold until
loaded into the wagons for delivery.
DUPLICATE MACHINERY INSTALLED
The main Office of the company is q
two-story concrete building, 5O%SO 1eet,
lust nearing completion, and is in keep
inc with the high-class construction OF
the remainder of the plant.
The boiler and engine house is a large
onc-story concrete building adjoining
the main plant, and is provided with
two 2OO-horScpoWer Sterling high pres
sure water tubular boilers, with two
Hamilton tandem compound condenSIng
Corliss engines, each connecting to two
5O-ton Baker ice machines. Each en-
gine also drives a 75-kiloWatt generator,
which in turn furnish the electricity
for the motors to drive all the dlftef~
ent machinery. Either one of the pow
er units is capable of cooling brine to
refrigerate the daily output of 100000
pounds of milk, or 12,50O gallons, ana
also make six tons of ice to ice the milk
on the delivery wagons.
The whole plant is equipped in dupll-
cate, there being two systems OF heat,
power water light and refrigeration,
so that in case of accident there Will
be no interruption in the operation OF
the plant. The design and arrange
ment of the machinery being under the
supervision of M. w. Stringer. whose
wide and varied experience in erecting
creamery plant has been of special
value in perfecting the power equip
ment and insuring at all times unlnter-
rupted operation.
The company and the directors are
now milking over $500 COWS and expect
to increase the number to 1000, ana
feel that with the herds being under
the control of its own directors, they
are especially we'll equipped for a good
wholesome supply. The company IS
largely composed of practical dairymen,
who know the wants of the business
The directors are c. II. Sessions, l.. j.
CHRISTOPHER, F T. Pellissler y. v
Handorf, Phil and Carl Raab, r. ID.
Weaver. Ira II. Henderson, EllWood De
Garmo, f.. Burr and Geo. f. Platt, with
Geo. L. Platt as president, f. f. Pel>
lissier and Carl Raab vice presidents
and e, Burr secretary. Many Of these
have been in the business here for
twenty-five years or more, and should
be able not alone to have the most per
feet dairy plant, but able to carry out
their determined policy to furnish the
best goods sold anywhere at any price.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF PLANT
A strong feature of the chain OF
owned and operated by the
Los Angeles Creamery company IS the
absolute cleanliness observed in the
handling of the products of the institu-
ton. All of the milk comes from the
dairymen to the plant in cans. the
contents of which are first standard
lied by an expert chemist who makes
the required tests. Then comes the
Pasteurizing process, which is up to
the highest standard of perfection. the
milk served the public is then sent out
in quantities desired in clean bottles,
and delivered at the doors of the con-
sumers. The butter, ice cream, cream
and buttermilk find their way into the
markets and stores, buyers knowing by
that the goods are the best
to be had in the market.
All of the water used at the big plant
is pumped from we'll on the premises.
This well is 375 feet deep. and the Wa
ter is pumped from a depth of $50 feet.
In the handling of the milk from the
time il reaches the plant the greatest
care is observed. Automatic carriers
are installed from the top of the build
ing extending to the first floor, where
the milk is prepared for the consum-
ers. The carriers move along smoothly,
bearing the boxes containing the bot
ties, and in the filling rooms the men
in charge Of the filing machines swing
the hoxes from the carriers to the
machine tables, where by the simple
turn of the hand the bottles arc in
stantly filed from the reservoir over
head all done so neatly and speedily
that il takes a practiced eye to eaten
the details of the work. More than $50
operatives are employed by the com
pany.
All Of the creamery plants Of the
are perfectly sanitary i'm their
dlling every requirement. OF
tho state and federal laws. This has
always been the aim Of the manage
ment since the enterprise was estab>
lishcd. And the arrangements of the
company i'm this regard have reached
their highest state of perfection in the
planning and building Of the Twelfth
and ToWne avenue plant. which is ad-
mitted to be one of the largest and
most sanitary creamery plants in the
world.