The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Public Invited to Inspect S. E.
Lux Plant Tonight.
Topeka Concern to Celebrate It's
Second Anniversary.

Il On September l, 1919, the s. E.
LUX, Jr., Mercantile company moved
Iinto a modern building. $50 feet
iFquare-
Nothing especially remarkable
But, the firm didn't have a Gus
toner Not an order for groceries or
fruits had been entered on the order
books of the company on the date
they changed their business house.
That year the company did a bust
ness OF over 100000. This year
the business will exceed $2,5OO.O00.
Samuel E Lux, Jr-, is president, s
4. Lux IS VIce-presIdent, and P. f.
SchilIlng IS ecretary-treasurer Three
energetic. live business men.
The second anniversary Of the bust
ness VIII be celebrated tonight, begin
ming at o'clock. in the form of an
opening advisedly termed so. The
PUBIC is invited to be the guests OF
the company. to inspect the plant, in
Guiding $4,000 refrigeration system,
and the balance of one of the most
completely equipped plants in the
middle west.
Another large wholesale house
owned by the Lux company is in op-
GRAFTON at Frankfort, Kan, on the
Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific.
me Frankfort house supplies fruits
tory.
Employees of the concern will be on
hand 10 show visitors thru the plant
Coffee and doughIuts will be served
Public Is Invited.
We want the public to spend an
hour with US this evening" said S E.
Lux this morning. ''Topekans are con-
Stunning our products daily. We want
them TO see the precautions we exer-
else TO preserve our wares in perfect
order And most of all we wish to
correct the general impression that
we are fruit house with a few gro
exceed that of fruit We will take off
our hats to no wholesale house. We
are equipped to handle both fruits and
groceries, and We do So
A wonderfully complete refrigera-
ton system, considered the best in the
world. Is in operation at the Lux plant
The York Ice Machine company
makes the machine and its equipment,
and P1lsbry- Becker, of st. Louis, dis
tribute it A special man from the
St Louis concern viii be at the Lux
plant tonight to show the public the
operation of the machine
In describing the York machine Lux
said this morning: The cooling pro-
cess IS done by driving cold salt brine
thru pipes laid thruout the building.
Other refrigeration systems use am
on1a- That method is all right until
a leak is sprung, by some cnance, and
the ammonia will ruin fruit it comes
in contact with. In every refrigeration
room the automatic system We have
installed with the York machine, will
shut off the power INN diateIy when
something goes wrong"
Three Refrigeration Rooms
Three refrigeration rooms, compris-
ing a floor space rs by IS feet are
contained in the Lux plant. The
rooms are Il feet in height From
four TO a. half dozen pipes containing
the cooling brine carry it thru the
myriad of smaller pipes over head
In the basement of the plant, the
Charles A. Moore Ventilation sys-
TEN is installed.
I fully believe the Moore sys. EN- of
ventilation will revolutionize the cold
storage business" Lux asserted. 1T
is the most complete have ever seen
Moore worked on the system for
eighteen years and lost two fortunes