The Oakes times., 1917-03-08
new CREAMERY IS
FINELY EQUIPPED
MonERN BUILDING AND PLANT
JUST ABOUT COMPLETED
Capacity Ct Old Creamery Just Doubled
THE Live Institution
of Cakes
Record Last Year

Pounds butter made, 1871 ,404.
Amount paid for same, 1897, 1869.
Above is the record made by the
North American Creamery Company in
butter alone in seven months, lacking
seven days, of 1916, at this point. That
here and the amount in dollars and
cents represents the purchase price
and the cost to manufacture and place
on the cars for shipment from Oakes.
Is it any wonder the plant here
needed to double its capacity? Oakes
as collecting and distributing center
was tried out and late last year the
company started on fine new rein
forced concrete and brick building and
herewith The Times is pleased to pre-
sent the first cut of it. The building
and equipping has been going on all
winter. The machinery is all in place
and plans are to start the wheels NOV
ing for the seasons business about the
first of April.
Large and commodious Building
The building takes ground space of
76x10S feet and sits alongside the 500
tracks at the south end of Second
street. The building has substan-
tial as we'll as attractive appearance.
The foundations and platforms are of
reinforced concrete and the reddish
colored brick and huge chimney which
towers seventy feet in the air makes
it a rather imposing structure.
Fine Equipment
The main work room has dimensions
of 6Ox65 feet. The heavy steel frame
work which supports the roof and
girds the building shows it's strength
and permanence. The floor is of con-
crete and slopes to runway that emp
ties into the sewer. The walls are
wbitewashed to within four feet of the
floor and the wainscoating is of beau
tiful white tile. Everything in this
room with the exception, of course, of
brass and nickel fittings: will be fin
ished in white, lending to the extra
precautions taken to insure perfect
sanitation.
The equipment consists of four 500
gallon churns, six 600-gallon cream
watts, two 300-gallon pasteurizers. In
dividual five-horsepower electric mo-
tors are attached to the churns and an
other of the same power is required to
drive the shaft that is connected with
the watts, brine and buttermilk pump.
Another three-horse motor carries
shafting that runs the pasteurizers,
air and cream pump.
In the corner of this big work room
is the testing department, occupying
space 12x16 feet, equipped with "a
bottle steam tester and steam bottle
washer. Here also are the necessary
appliances to make moisture and salt
tests of every churning of butter that
is turned out of the creamery.
Another Big Convenience
A whole lot of elbow grease is saved
the workmen in taking care of the
cream cans. With gravity conye eyors
the cans can be taken from the bag
gage car on the sidetrack, and the
new automatic Toledo scale registers
the weight, as they are carried to the
receiving watts. Two washers and ster-
ilizers are here to put the cans in
proper shape for returning over the
conveyor that again takes them to the
loading platform.
Much Steam Required
The boiler room is 16x4O and is
equipped with rs h. p. boiler. This
furnishes the vast amount of steam
that is used in manufacturing the but
ter and cleansing the machinery and
cans.
Back of this is the bath room and
lavatory, also equipped with shower
baths for use of the workmen.
Storage Room Ample
The storage rooms for butter and
eggs are in the back or west end of
the building. The ice house, which
has capacity of go tons, lies between
the storage rooms, which have a ca
pacity of six carloads.
The Administration Room
The administration room. presided
over BY Manager w. T. Noonan, lays
high in the northeast corner, affording
survey of the entire work room
through several windows. This is a
splendidly equipped, tasty room, with
beautiful tile floor and furnished in
matched new furniture.
Institution to Be Proud OF
Oakes is distinctly proud of the new
plant of the North American Creamery
Company erected here. It is the cen.
ter Of attraction to visitors ani those
looking through the plant are given
all the courtesy and decornm possible
by the manager and his assistants.