The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
BRANCH HOUSE
TOOPEN HERE
Swift & company's Finest Sabsidi-
ary Establishment to Begin OPP
erations on Nov. 16.
SANITATION IS ExEMPLIFIED
Modern Building Erected at First
and L Streets N. E. at Cost of
100000.

What is said to be Americas finest
distributing branch house will be
opened formally in Washington on
Tuesday, November 16, by Swift &
Company. Every improved device for
the handling of food products win
be at the service of the people of the
National Capital. Unexampled IA
cilities to guarantee efficient ana
sanitary methods of distribution
have been installed in the fireproof
concrete building which will be
model of its kind for future develop
ment by Swift & Company in other
sections of the country.
The new Swift branch house Is sit
uated at First and l. streets north
east. 1t was completed at a cost Of
approximately 100000, and was
erected to avoid the hauling Of fresh
meat and other products from the
railroad yards to Center Market, a
distance of two miles. Exposure Of
Swift & Company products to bad
weather will be disposed of, as re-
frigerator cars will be unloaded at
the branch house.
Swift & Company have made this
additional investment in Washing
ton because Of the volume of busi-
ness, running close to $5,000.000 an
nually. Thirty cars of meat and
produce are shipped into the Ma
tional Capital every week by Swift
& Company. The opening of the
new branch house, calling forth an
explanation of the necessity for such
increased facilities, discloses that
Swift & Company ship to the Capital
every week between 800 and $50
beef carcasses; 1900 to 1000 sheep
L, mn rNnnnd .
of pork products and five carloads
Of produce-poultry. eggs, butter
and cheese. The company employs
125 men and women in Washington.
washingtonians will have an op-
portunity at the opening on Tuesday
to see how the food they serve on
their tables every day is prepared
and handled and also have the op-
portunity of inspecting one of the
most important places where food is
received and distributed.
The basement of the building con-
tains the engine room, in which are
installed two forty-ton improved ice
machines. On the same floor is n
modern cooler for storing sweet
picked meats and another room in
which meats are prepared for sack
ing. A large boiler has been installed
on this floor used for heating water,
for processing purposes, and for
cleaning the building as well as for
heating it.
On the first floor is located the
sales cooler in which beef, calves.
lambs, pork, poultry and other
produce are sold. 1t has a capacity
of 800 beef carcasses, 1000 lambs
and 500 calves-25.OO0 pounds of
pork products. This cooler is modern
in every particular with tile walls
and concrete ceiling. A large room
where thousands of pounds of
smoked meats are handled daily is
on this floor. In this room, smoke
meats are wrapped and prepared for
the trade.
One ofSthe modern conveniences
on this floor is a loading court
which connects with a loading dock
and this prevents fresh meat being
exposed to all kinds of weather and
results in them being delivered to
the trade in much better condition.
The credit and bookkeeping de-
partments are on the third floor,
where about forty persons are en-
ployed. The telephone switchboard
and telegraph offices are on this
floor, and telegraph leased wires
connecting the office with New
York, Chicago, Boston. Philadelphia
and Baltimore are installed. Here
a cold-storase room as large as the
salesroom on the first floor is pro-
vided, and adjoining this room is a
dry storage space for canned meats,
soaps and other related lines.
The sausage manufacturing plant
and sausage coolers and freezers are
on the third floor. The freezers
alone are large enough to hold ten
cars of products. There is storage
space on the same floor for about
eight cars OF non-perishable goods.
The building is equipped with
modern dressing and rest rooms for
both men and women on every floor.
The roof of the building is fiat and
would make a splendid roof gar
den, which might be used for COM
munity entertainment.
There is modern garage fully
equipped and built of concrete, in
connection with the branch house.
Thomas Coughlin. president of the
Morris Plan Bankers Association
and vice president and manager of
the Morris Plan Bank of Cleveland.
has been elected a member of the
board of directors and of the execu-
tive committee of the Industrial
Finance Corporation.
4. During the nine months ended
September 80 the Morris Plan banks
and companies throughout the
United States made small loans ag-
gregating nearly S60,O00,O0O. The
total volume of loans made by these
banks to date exceeds 5000, 600. 900.