The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-05
IMMENSE MODERN
BREWERY Will be-
ESTABLISHED HERE
Seattle Brewing & Mailing Com
pany Plans To Erect S450,oO0
Plant N Honolulu
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WILL SUPPLY HAWAII v
~ AND PACIFIC DEMANDS
Aging Depot and Hop and Malt
Warehouses Part Of Scheme
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-Four huRdred and fifty thousand dol.
lars is TO be invested in a brewing
plant in Honolulu by the Seattle Brew.
ing end Mailing Company. ri
The brewery will be Of the most
modern type, and ON a large scale, with
an aging plant, which will enable Che
company TO hold its product for six
months before putting It on the mar.
ket, II Is also des1gued that ware.
houses for malt and hops be construct.
ed here ID connection with the brewery.
The preliminary work has been I'M
der way for some time, and complete
data were sent TO l.. Heinrich, presi
dent Of the Seattle corporation, in the
last mail. He will come down here to
make the final Arrangements at the
earliest practicable date. 20 b..
Arrangements are under way for the
selection Of q site and the negotiations
are in the hands Of the Waterhouse
Trust Company, but the Officials Of
that concern have, declined 20 make
public any of their plans until such
time as the deal has been closed and
win supply Pacific Trade ca
]. p. Hughes, the local agent Of the
Seattle Brewery interests has had
charge Of the collection Of information
and the arrangement of the prelimi.
naries, and he has just returned from a
trip to Seattle, made to place before
his chiefs some of the results of his
work and to get further instructions.
1t Is understood that he has become
enthusiastic over the possibilities of
Honolulu as a distributing center for
: the product of the brewery, and the
plans include provisions for handling
the business Of the company with Aus,
tralia, New Zealand, Tasmania and the
Orient, including the Philippine
Islands
The company olready does an enor.
nous volume of business with these
countries, and IL is believed that this
will be vastly increased by the installas
ton here of a modern indepe nd ent
plant capable of turning out thousands
Of gallons of beer daily. '..'r
The Hawaiian market is also d big
factor in the plans of the brewery folk.
The Seattle interests already sell more
than $200000 worth of their products
here annually, and II is believed that
this sum can be doubled with the ad
vantage of the new facilities proposed
for Honolulu.
VIII Store Material Here
The Seattle Brewing and Mating
Company is a member of the hop and
malt exporters and importers associa =.
ton. This gives it a double advan-
tage, as it win be able to ship to
Hawaii any quantity of material
needed for the proposed brewery. This
material, according to the plans as
they now stand, will be stored here in
warehouses owned by the. company
until ready for use.
The aging plant will be one of the
most important features of the brew.
cry. There is nothing of the sort in
the Territory at present. Aged beer
not only is more wholesome than green,
but its stands shipment far better, and
as the plant here will be primarily
distribution center for such wide
range of territory, the aging depart
ment is regarded as primal necessity
for the success of the project. The
beer win be kept for six months before
being placed on the market.
Has Plants Lying Idle
Work upon the plant here will be
rushed through to completion as speed
lily as possible. 1t is understood that
the corporation now has a number OF
brewery plants in storage on the
Coast. These plants are idle owing to
the operation of the recent "dry" laws
passed by number of the North.
western States. These laws have had
the effect of driving the brewing bust
ness cut Of those states, and Hawai- is
likely to profit by this.
The new brewery will mean that a
large number Of jobs for local persons
will be created at once, although, of |
course, the executives and technical
men will be brought from the main |
land by the company as soon as 1t IL |
resdy to begin operations. 1t will also
mean the spending Of several thou
sands of dollars monthly in Honolulu,
as the payroll of the corporation here
win be large.
Solves Distributing Problems
Represe natives of the company who
have been assisting Mr.. Hughes in the
work declare that the pro
posed plant will solve one of the most
difficult problems the company has
had to face in reaching out after the
business of the Orient and Australasia.
By manufacturing its beer hero, the
distance to these markets would be cut
almost in half aud the freight charges
lowered.
Robert W. Breckons is acting as at,
torney for the company In all Of the
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