The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-03
GOVERNMENT LEASES
SPACE N BEv0 PLANT
Anhcuser- Busch Delivers Onc-thirti
or Floor Space for Storage OF
War Materials.


The United States government has
lciosed a ease with the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing association OF st.
Louis for the rental Of 255.07s square
feet of o space in the new eight
story Bevo bottifng and shipping plant
at Broadway. Pestalozzi, Seventh and
Arsenal streets.
Application has been made by the
government for the rental of addi-
tionai oor space of 9S,74l square feet.
Under the lease the government viii
get the eastern half of the first, sec
ond. third. fourth and fifth floors. and
two of the thirteen railroad tracks
leading from the railroad yards
Through the subway into the shipping
basement. The government will get
about eight acres of floor space. less
than one-third of the twenty-six acres
LOT finor-space-in-th building.
The lease is for a term OF four
Years, subject to cancellation by the
government on sixty days notice. The
space acquired by the government will
be used for the storage of war ma
teriai.
The government architects and rail-
road experts. after a thorough inspec-
ton of the new Bevo plant. declared
that il was the most efficient business
building in America. The building,
being of concrete and steel conStruc-
ton throughout, is f%ireproof. 1t is
equipped with "fool-proof' automatic
electric elevators. both freight and
passenger. and e~scalators from the
first floor to the sixth.
The lease was made by August A.
Busch, president of Auheuser-R Busch,
upon terms most favorable 70 the
...a an % f,s tho G1 w "a
policy was pursued by Anheuser-
! Busch in turning over to the govern
ment a large part of the new Bevo
plant as was pursued by this COM
panv IL cancelling all commercial
contracts for Diesel engines and devot-
ing the entire facilities of the Busch
tSulzer Diesel Engine pIanf to the
manufacture OF engines for subma-
rines n warshipe of the United
States navy. The Diesel engine plant.
Iowned by the Busch interests, is turn
ing. out a complete engine every week
for The government. The acquisition
of Il part of the Bev plant gives the
government the use of a considerable
portion of Anheuser-BuSch industries,
which cover seventy-two blocks in 81.
Louis,
In receiving and shipping goods. the
government will have the use OF the
automatic conveyor systems of the
new Revo plant. by the use OF these
~conveyors, merchandise cal be deliv-
cred automatically from n floor OF
the plant into cars in h shipping
basement and from car in the base
ment to any floor in the building. All
that Is necessary to pc done Is to
place a case of goods on one OF these
sspiral conveyors and 1t is delivered by
gravity. without being touched again
by human hands. into cars standing on
the railroad tracks in the basement.
Packages placed upon electrically OPP
Grated c%onveyors may be delivered
from cars In any part OF the base
ment to any foo in h building,
without being handled by helpers. II
is possible for goods to be loaded into
cars, automatically, on n side, and
T other goods to be removed from the
same car. automatically. or the other
side.
The lease OF n part Of the Bevo
plant to the government will not ma
iterially Interfere with the Revo busi-
ness of Anheuser- Busch. as the floors
taken blythe government were 10 be
used for storage purposes. The bot
thing machinery. a considerable part
lof. which has been Installed. is on
the sixth floor of the building. owing
Ito government restrictions II VIII pc
impossible to operate the Beve plant
al its CAPACITY of 1000 900 bottles
each eight-hour wor day until after
the war. There is room on the thir-
teen tracks in the shipping basement
for 140 cars, all Of which may be
loaded and unloaded automatically at
the same time.