Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Celebrates Its Twenty-Fifth Anni-
 VerSary.


 The Narragarsett Brewing Co.,, of | Providence, Rhode Island, makers of the Famous Narragansett Lager, Ale | and Porter, observed the twenty fifth | anniversary of it's founding on We'd l nesday, December 29. About two thousand invitations were sent out to business men and friends of the com ! pany, inviting them to the brewery on the afternoon of the 29th. A souvenir in the form of hand | some pocket knife was presented to every visitor, and those who desired, 1 were taken on a trip through the plant to see how the malt beverages arc produced and bottled in the larg- est brewery in New England. During its 25 years of business the Narrag gansett Brewing Co. has grown from a modest beginning until today it is the largest brewery in New Eng land. Its growth from the start has been steady; progressive management and excellent quality of products as- sisting its development to it's present position of leadership in the New England brewing industry.
 The company was organized in lS9O with a capitalization of $15O,0O0. The plant is situated in Cranston. The size and the equipment of the plant has been increased and improved, keeping pace with every development
 
 ale house was built, and in 1901 a com modioUs engine room was found nec- essary to provide power for the in creased business; the storage capacity has been enlarged many times, the last addition for this purpose being built in 1910. As it stands today, the plant covers considerably more than forty acres, including large pond and ce house (the ice being used for car load shipments only), and embracing an engine room, breWhOuse, boiler room, storage house, garages, paint shop, carpenter shop, bOttling de- partment. blacksmith's shop and coop craze department, in all about thirty buildings There are three refriger- ating machiEes of 150. 175 and 225 tons capacity. The big stable and garage for local delivery equipment includes 100 horses, 50 wagons of va rious types and many large motor trucks.
 Quick shipments to all points in New England and the East are made in the Brewery's own refrigerator cars.
 What is probably the largest, and undoubtedly the most modern and hygenic bottIing paint in New Eng land was completed by the Narraga sett Brewing Go. about two years ago Racks and barrels of empty bottles are received and automatically carried on trays to the main bOttling room on
 
 counter large, long automatic soak err where they are soaked and rinsed. They are then washed and scrubbed inside and outside with automatically revolving brushes and rinsed four times over.
 All during the cleansing operation the bottles are moving on an endless chain, upon which they continue to be carried throughout every succeeding process. The machine which fills the Ir .s,a1 ingenuity. The bottles approach it in phalanxes, but just befOrt they en- ter the filler they drop automaticaI- ly into single file to enter the immense rotary frame. Each bottle is firmly clasped in place by metal bands and a cap which fits tightly over the top of the bottle is let down and the brew flows into the empty bottle. All this happens simultaneously. The filling is done while the frame rotates, and is completed in about a half circuit of the machine
 A large refrigerator room in the eel lar in which thirty thousand cases of beer may be stored is a matter of much interest to visitors; as 1t is also the larger division of the cellar in which may be seen ten steel enamel tanks with a capacity of two thousand bulk barrels. Both these storage rooms as well as the tunnel connect ing the bottling plant with the brew
 
 and all bottling up stairs is done di- rectly from these storage tanks.
 The many visitors who come to the Narragansett Brewery to see how beer and ale are made in the largest brew cry in New England, find that a trip through the brewery necessttates a walk of between one and two miles They ffnd the new B1erstube on the second floor of the new bottIing plant q most welcome place in which to rest and enjoy a foaning glass of the fa- nous brews made in the plant they have just inspected Furnished in mission, tiled and decorated harmoni- ously with fitting of Dutch and Ger man designs, no cozier or more com fortable Dutch Room can be imagin- ed. A large builtin ice box holds samples of Narragansett's choicest products for the benefit of guests and a fireplace at one side of the room adds a suggestion of comfort for cold days.
 The present officers are: President John H. Fchlberg; general manager Emil Shierholz; brew master Otto Hem,