The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
GAUGER FOR brewery
TOBE APPOINTED
Alexandra Plants Watts Are Being
Tested by Government
Official.
NEWS NOTES OF THE TOWN

Alexandria, Va, April "A gauger for
the Robert .Portner Brewing Company
will shortly be appointed by the Treas
ury Department. it is announced.
Whether or not the gauger will be sta
toned at the brewery permanently or
only occasionally is yet to be determined
upon. In the event it is only temporary,
1t will be when the storage watts are
filled, that being contingent on the bot
Ting done daily.
Capt. Fountain Beattie, deputy collec-
tor of internal revenue, is now engaged
in the work of making tests of the new
watts and establishing gauges. He prob
ably will recommend some one as gauger
within the next few days.
Recently extensive improvements have
been made to the plant of the brewing
company, including the installation Of
eight large storage watts in the new bot
Ting department, with a capacity OF
more than 5000 gallons of beer.
Each vat is equipped with a govern
ment lock. preventing the filling of same
except under the direction of the gauger,
II being his duty to be on hand when
the beer is placed in storage or drawn
from the watts for bottling purposes.
Prior to the change all beer was
drawn directly from stamped barrels
Under the new regime the beer will be
drawn directly from the steel watts. The
gaugers duty therefore will be to meas
ure the amount of beer that is bottled.
Veteran Printer Dies.
Wayne F. Byers, fifty-six years old
died shortly before IL o'clock today at
his home, sos South Fairfax Street, after
a long illness. Locomotor staxia, from
which he had been a sufferer for several
years past, was the cause of his death.
Mr.. Byers is survived by his widow.
who was a Miss Chauncey. He was a
printer by trade, and for many years
was employed as a linotype operator on
The Washington Post. He was a native
of Shenandoah County, Va, and was
registrar of the First ward. For several
years past he had conducted store at
his home. having relinquished his work
owing to ill health. The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been completed.
The cruising launch Mingo, the prop
erty of Cecil X. Sherman, of this city,
was launched this afternoon at the wharf
between King and Prince Streets. in the
presence of a number of friends of the
owner. The launch is thirty-six feet in
length and contains six sleeping COM
partments. 1t is one of the handsomest
launches on the Potomac.
Miss Betty Keys Sunday school class
will give a musical and literary enter
tainment tomorrow night at the Young
Peoples Building. Proceeds will be used
for the carpet fund of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. An elaborate
programme has been planned. The parti-
cipants will include the following in
their respective order: Miss Caroline
Kast. Miss Gertrude Spatzler, Miss Mar
euerite Wheatley Field, Edwin Callow,
Miss Gertrude Spetzler. Mrs. Thomas A.
Hulfish, Kenneth w. ogden. The ac-
companists will be Mrs. George e. War
field and Mrs. Thomas A. Hulish.
Oficers chosen by the Old Dominion
Boat Club to serve for the ensuing
year, follow: HI. r. Burke, president;
Arthur Herbert, jr., vice president; j.
w. Roberts, jr., secretary and treasurer;
Carl J. Mueller, captain; ]. Sidney Doug
las. first lieutenant; Henry wingate. Sec
ond lieutenant; A. c. Moss. j. s. Doug
las. jr., j. T. Burke, jr., and W. A.
Moore. jr., board of governors.
Col. Charles A. Dempsey. U. S. A., will
at 10 O'CLOCK tomorrow morning begin an