The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
Air and Temperature in Dough
Room Held at Exact Degree
by Humidifier.
LARGEST AND MOST
SANITARY IN SOUTH
Splendid Story of Progress
Presented in Business and
New Plant - Modern Ma
chinery.

Modern methods IN bread making
In which electrically driven ma
chinery replaces the human hand ant
In which a marvellous mechanism con.
trolls atmospheric conditions. giving 9
f, fresh supply OF purified or washed
air every Ave minutes and keeping the
temperature of the interior constant
throughout the twenty-fou hours OF
the day. were shown to some thirty
thousand Richmond people during tbs
week al the new plant of the NUIdt
Brothers Bakery at 306-3i2 North
Twenty sixth Street This is the
largest bakery south Of Washington
and throughout. is the most sanitary
The thousands VINO were fortunate
enough 10 take advantage OF the op-
portunity offered them in the open
Ing days last week and visit she
bakery. saw In operation machines
endowed with almost human proper
ties by the genius OF specialists ir
baking machinery. who, iii recent
years have progressed rapidly in tbs
production OF better bread and who
are nearing the point of perfection ir
oreadmakins
Remarkable Story of Growth.
which was begun ON a small scale
twenty-five years ago when J. Henry
NoIde president af the present cor
poraiion, started with sI5e in small
Erocera store at $3.50 East Broae
Street. has assuped great proportions
The growth of the capacity OF tbs
business has beer from a few ioave5
baked one at time. to the present
daily capacity of more than 60,uQf
tna nd thHtfEarIg nf cakes
pies and smaller pieces, Twelve ovens
are being operated The trade
small in the beginning, has been es.
tended throughout the States OF W.T.
vinia and North Carolina, and parts
of South Carolina are supplied
The methods used throughout the
bakery are also applied To the ship
ping and delivery departments. ana
y fresh bread for breakfast is siver
patrons throughout the entire terri
Tory served. ..
Model In Sanitation.
From a health standpoint the new
bakery is a model in sanitation ana
cleanliness, neither expense nor ex'
perisnce of the foremost Sakery ex-
perts of the country having peer
spared to make this SO. Ia the coz"
struction OF the building. consicera,
ton was given every detail that the
greatest possibilities might be obtain
I'D for making the big bread making
hIant the most sanitary In the coun'
iry. The same care WAS taken In Inc
rejection OF the most modern types
of machinery. in their installation aho
In their operation. and the Sc me policy
Ia being pursued In every operation
within the esta hilshment.
Some ninety-fiye persons are EN-
ployed No empioye Is given place
ne hn hag fnSutC3
examination and Is possessed or q
health certificate from the Nodes
physician.
This may sound AZ though we are
hard hearte6." said Henry Nolde yes
tertiay, but we must give greater
confederation to the many who mus
have pure. wholesome foodstuhs thar
10 the comparatively few who MAKE
bread"
Among the employees are severa
who are kept constantly at WORE
cleaning the floors and walls Wher
one end of the great area of hooi
space. rome sixty-tEousand feet in 'ht
two floors used in baking. has beer
reached the cleaner goes back anc
starts over again. Even to the last
detail has the effort for absolute
cleanliness gone. The wagons II
which deliveries are made are OF tht
closed front and back variety. thu
boxes In which bread Is shipped are
OF the type receiving approval from
pure food experts, and the possibilit,
of harmful dust or germs in the open
sir or from the streets coming int
Aoutact with the bread is removed
THE sta bies newly constructed ant
m Improvement on the stables form
erlv used, which were taken as the
rndel when the section covering ths
conatruct,on of stables was writer
into the building code OF une city o.
Richmond, are entirely removed from
the block In which the bakery Il
situated.
Marketing the Product.
For the marketing of the baker.
nroduct twenty-five wagons, three o.
them motor driven. and one large
two-horse truck, used in getting ship.
rnents through ali hours, to the trains
for distant points, are required. De.
lfyeries in the city, to Ashland. Ches'
ter Bon Air ana various other near.
~ points the wagons are used. Ont
wagon is also used In Petersburg
Abou twenty sslesmen are employed
in the territory covered and tn
volume Of business is steadily being
enlarged.
The bakery will begin the work Of
turning out Christmas cakes mex
week. Cakes and pies and severa
varieties of bread are now being made
during each hour In the twenty~four
tsnree shifts be'ng worked. Among
the Christmas varieties to be pro
,iuced are fruit. citron, almond, mar
bie.l white and pound cakes, The
No,de bakery each year sells thou.
sands OF pounds of their favorits
T,hristYYlas' cake. and this year prepa.
rations are being made to take cArs