The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-04-13
Hymns Are Sung
in Ex-Bre,Oery No,D
Used as Church
Methodist Congregation Buys Brew
cry in Dry Michigan for Re-
ligious Purposes
Illinois Lutherans Purchase Chicago
Brewery for Hospital
Ex-SALooN BECOMES BANK

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St. Louis Democrat under the
heading "Thc Versatile Brewery"
shows how much more pro6tably en-
ploycd under Prohibition laws is
much of the property formerly used
as breweries.
After an exhaustive investigation
of converted breweries," says Mr..
Haskin, the prize for the most
thorough conversion is unanimously
awarded to an ex-brewery In the
town of Flint, Mich. This brewery
has been turned into a Methodist
church, use for which, it is safe to
say, it was never designed by its
builders. But Methodist congrega-
ton saw in it building suited for
their purpose, and when the state
went dry and the brewery was offered
for sale, they bought it. The pro-
hlbitionists regard the change as one
of their most striking evidences of
victory, and that there is an element
of the picturesque in the conversion
nobody will deny"
Lutherans Also Purchase Brewery
Another brewery" says Mr.. Has
kins, that has turned from the manu-
facture of beer to a widely foreign
purpose is one in Chicago that has
become hospital. The Illinois con-
ference of the Lutheran Church paid
100000 for the building to use for
Hospital purposes. Up in the State
of Washington, the brewing industry
was thriving before the state went
dry, and as result, there were num-
erous plants for which new uses had
to be found. A former brewery in
Aberdeen, Washington, is now can
ming CLAIMS. One in Spokane is man
ufacturing vinegar"
According Mr.. Haskins, the COM
monest use to which brcweries arc
put when state goes dry is the man.
ufacture of ice for cold storage ware
houses. The reason for this is that
few changes are needed to make them
serve such purpose. Packing plants
also frequently replace brewerics as
do creameries also.
Brewery Starts New Industry
Mr.. Haskin tells an interesting
story of the founding of new indus
try by brewery that had been voted
out of business. The brewery was
that of the Coors at Golden, Colo.
Mr.. Coors, the father, had grown
old in the brewery business and his
sons expected to succeed him. One
OF them went to Germany and took
q thorough course in Chemistry in
order that he might improve the
quality of his product.
Then came Prohibition. and Mr..
Coors had to look for another use
for his property as we'll as for an
other business for himself. He
turned his chemical training to ad-
vantage by converting his brewery
into a mandatory for high grade
porcelain. Some excellent clay for
the purpose was discovered in the
neighborhood, and it is said that the
porcelain turned out by this former
brewery Is the best in America.
ut would be possible" continued
Mr.. Haskin, ito prolong the list of
novel uses of old breweries almost
indefinitely They are making ice
cream, yeast, dry cells, butter, soap,
chemicals, moving picture films.
paint, varnish-evcrything from arti-
fetal ice TO bottled loganberry juice"
Saloon Changed to Bank
According to Mr. Haskin, saloon
properties also, instead of becoming
white elephants on the hands of their
proprietors, have been converted into
more profitable business concerns.
"An interesting case" says Mr..
Hs1kin, is that of saloon in Spo-
kane. which has become a prosper
Gus savings bank The owner of