Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-22
ICE CREAM Com PANY
BUYS TWO MORE PLANTS
Acquisition of Factories at Man.
chester and Portsmouth, N.
H., Will Make Coon Company
Largest Distributors of Ice
Cream in New England

Through u business deal just completed.
Burlington becomes the headquarters of
the ice cream industry for all northern
New England and northeastern New
York. +. Il. Mcintosh and II. b. Singer
land of the Coon Ice Cream company.
with headquarters in this city, returned
yesterday morning from Manchester, N,
H., where they purchased from the
Wheeler Ice Cream company their ice
cream plants at Manchester and Ports
mouth, n. H., the plant ut Manchester
being the largest ice cream factory in
tho State of New Hampshire.
This purchase brings the number of
plants owned by the Coon Ice Cream
company up To eight in number. five fac
tories and three creameries, which will
manufacture the products of this com
pany and distribute them during the sum
mer Of 1920 in practically every city and
town i'm Maine Vermont. New Hamp-
shire. northeastern New York and west
ern Massachusetts,. making them the
largest ice cream distributors in New
England,
The purchase of the two plants in Man
chester nd Portsmouth includes All real
estate buildings, equipment and good will
OF the Wheeler Ice Cream company In
both these cities. The Manchester plant Is
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modern in every way. with official re-
frigeration. laboratory and all other up
to-date equipment. Included with the
Manchester plant III the deal is n 1G-roon
residence and garage in the heart of the
city, five minutes walk from the priu
cipal business street.
/ This plant at Manchester has been con
Quoted for the last 30 years by Harrj T.
Wheeler and as has been stated is The
largest of its kind in New Hampshire
The Portsmouth plant. which was in
Guided in the deal. was opened fou'
years ago rs a branch of the Manchcs
ter plant. The Portsmouth plant con
sists of two-story brick building, equip
ped with ice-maliinG machines, harden
ing rooms and all thoroughly moderi
ice cream machinery. There is large
tract of land connected with it. making
greater development easy.
This Portsmouth plant controls "A ,arg'
beach business, which is decidedly flour
ishing in the summer time, the plan
supplying all the large summer resort
in that vicinity with ice cream.
Some changes will he made i'm thu
plants by the coon lee Cream company
1t is Planned to rc-arrangc some thing
about tie plants, and to put in addi
tional machinery, which will make pos
sblc practically three times the business
which has been done there in the past
r. Il. Boyce of YOUNGSTOWN. o., a maj
of 20 years experience in the ice cream
business who worked with Mcssrs. Nc
lntosh and Slingerland in New Nor
state before they bought the coon iC
Cream, company, has been engaged a
manager of the Manchester plant. 1t
expected that Guy G. Rocheleau, who ha
4. 60, .t,,,
vt Lewiston. Me, viii become sale
manasor for the two plants in Ne'
Hampshire
Those now plants in Manchester an
Portsmouth will be run ~ branches {
the Coon Ice Cream company. whiC
will continue to maintain its hcadquai
ierS IN Burlington. Besides the plant
in burlington. Manchester and Ports
mouth. this company now operates ic
cream plants in White River Junctio
and in Lewiston, Me and creameries /
Middlebury and Bridport in this STATE
and in Poland, Me.
COMPANY'S PHENOMENAL GROWTl
Since the Coon Ice Cream company wa
taken over six years ago by Messrs NJ
Intosh and S,ingerland. the company ha
had one of the most prosperous career
of any company in this part of Ne
England From a business amounting
about 900 in 1918 ii has been increase
in the short span of these six years III
= Ill the total business of the company la
year in all of its plants amounted to abo,
81 .glc 900, and the company which orii
, lnally confined all its business to tn
city. now operates throughout al, nortl
ern New England. as noted above.
IT was in 1915 that T. T.. Mcintosh al
II who had n largo
, perience in the ice cream and gener
creamery business IN New York Stat
} bought the Coon Ice Cream business
this city of II. n. Coon. a well-knov
Y caterer and ice cream manufacturer, wi
D.. established the business in Burl.ngt'
in 1873. At that time, the place of bus
. ness was on Cherry street and was II
on conservative plans.
In two years time. after 1t was TAXI
e over by Messrs. Mcintosh and Slingerlan
n the business had outgrown the Cher
), street accommodations and the ne
I partners began to look around for ne
: home, with greater accommodations.
e April, 1917, the new building on Sou
Wnoosk avenue, now occupied by t
9 company. was started, and II was COZ
q pleted in June of the same year. This
!, a modern, three-story, brick plant a
u It has been crowded to capacity since
c was completed, so that numerous enlarg
: ments have been found necessary.
J. And even these endorsements prov
inadequate for the rapidly increasi
> business, so that. in the same year, ~
= a branch factory was established
10 White River Junction, which was fiji
used as a shipping station, and lat
&c during the past year. as a manufacture
= plant.
- on April |. 1919. the company open
y" an immense branch plant at Lewsto
" Me, and the business there has increas
" so greatly in the short space of I'll
~ that it has been in operation that pla
l., are being made to practically double |
~ capacity of that plant this coming su
~ mer. The company purchased. also, I
r Poland Creamery company forme
;. conducted by the Poland Springs Hote
NJ 1t was found that in order to sect
10 and properly handle raw material of IN
and cream required to supply the c,
stantly increasing business in this s.
ton, il would be necessary for the co
II pany to have It's own. o.eameries, u
-, the creamery propertic~ at Middlebl
10. and Brldport were purchased early
Or 1919.
H. During the coming season. NUM-
n of improvements will be made on
x various plants of the company. includ
ks the equipping of the White River Ju
ls ton plant with an artificial refrgerat
ne and other developments to take care
s. increased business.
Messrs. Mcintosh and Slingerland