The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-03-30
COLUMBIA PRODUCE CO.
ADDS ANOTHER FEATURE
TO GROWING BUSINESS
WILL INSTALL A COMPLETE
CREAMERY OUTFIT IN CoNNEC-
TIoN WITH THEIR PLANT.
MANUFACTURE CREAMERY BUTTER
aiaht In Line With Milk Feeding Sys-
tem-Pouring Concrete on The
LARGE Foundation-Furnish own
Freezing.

The Columbia Produce Co. is any
thing but slow. w. s. Beasley one
of the heads of the firm is one OF the
most progressive business men insthe
south. He announced to a Herald re-
porter this morning that in letting the
contracts for the equipment, ma
chinery and the different features OF
the business, that he had awarded a
contract for a complete creamery |
plant. and that the company will
manufacture and put upon the market
a high grade quality of creamery but
ter and the buttermilk will be con
sumed in the feeding of chickens for
quick broilers.
Frank Nicholson, who has been
awarded the contract for the concreta
work for the Columbia Produce Cos.
large poultry and egg plant at the
South Main street underpass, has
commenced pouring concrete on the
foundation and with favorable wealth
err conditions will have this part OF
the work completed within the next
two weeks.
w. s. Beasley. secretary and treas
urer of the company and manager OF
the local house stated to a Herald
reporter today that he had let con-
[ tracts for the construction of the
building to the following firms, pur-
chasing everything possible from Co.
lumbia merchants and Columbia con-
tractors: Tom Simpson got the brick
contract. The Richardson Lumber
Co., got the contract for the lumber;
I'M. M. Bradley was awarded the con-
tract for the tin work and all piping;
Eugent Afford got the contract for the
experimenting of the construction Of
the entire plant, and who also drew
the plans and made specifications for
the building. The cork contract went
to the Armstrong Cork Co., of Pitts
burg, Pa, the machinery contract
went to the Frick Co., of Waynesboro.
Pa.
! The building will be three stories
high. The machinery and receiving
rooms will be on level with South
Main street, with floor space of BOX
so feet, the second story will be the
killing rooms, the cooling and freez-
ing rooms and also the creamery
lplant. There will be four cooling
rooms and one freezing room with a
capacity of holding twelve car loads
of eggs and dressed poultry and 9th.
or like products in season. The com
pany will furnish its own freezing
having purchased large Prick ma
chine which will be operated by cleo
tricity, for this purpose.
On this same floor, but entirely sep
arated from the poultry department
will be the creamery. This company
will manufacture the very highest
grade OF creamery butter, and from
the butter milk, they will milk feed
thousands and thousands of chickens
The milk feeding plant will be on the
third floor, which will have a space
of 60x125 feet equipped with the most
, modern feeding methods, and wher
the plant is completed there will moi
J Ibe another establishment within the
whole south to equal it.
Mr.. Beasley hopes to make thii
5 one of the greatest benefits to thu
] farmers of Maury and adjoining coun
| ties that has been established in Co
e Ilumbia since it was founded and in
e corporated as city. Every feature
l. Of the plant will be of the very lates
] improvement, and with the system
j used by the company, the plant cal
d be operated upon the most economical
l. plane.