Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-07-07
100000 Worth OF wh.sAex


The movement of 100000 gallons O,
bottled IN bond" whiskey. ne,o m
eertihcate storage by the hann.s.i.!,
DiStiiling Company in its warsaousl
IN Martnsburg 10 another of lis wa.
houses at Mt. Vernon, near Baltimore
mas been started, with the expectatloI
mat the entire transfer will be com.
pelted BY July 18th. The moyemen,
IS being made over the Baltimore 4
ONO Railroad, direct 10 Camden sta.
non, says the Martinsburg Evening
Journal
Inc stock, all OF il in barrels and
some Of it having been on the aging
oank since 1911, is expected to be for
"dlueo daily IN one and two car lots
eaeh car holding lis barrels, and each
carer holding about thirty-five GAL
IONS OF the original fifty put into il.
the decrease being due to evaporation.
approximately twenty-five cars will Dc
olspatched from the warehouse, TO Do
attacned 10 eastoound fast freights at
nlght. AS is usual, the railroad COM
pany takes special precaution TO safe
guard the delivery of the shipments
and advises its police along the road
when the cars are started and all are
instructed 10 watch for attempted dep
relations. In addition to the actual
whIskey TO be shipped, about three
cars OF oottling material is also TO be
forwarded.
The company is making the trans
fer in the interest OF economical ware
housing, proceeding on the theory tina,
the stock call be held for its owners
at less expense in single warehouse
than in branches where separate stats
must be maintained The whiskev is
held on certificates which are nego-
table, and as a result of this situation
the company does not know TO whom
the liquor belongs.
The 100000 gallons of stock, equiv
alent to 100000 quarts approximate
ly, represents a big sum OF money.
Those who know the actual condI-
ton of the liquor market declare that,
II this stock were 10 be put out and
sold through the sources which offer
the most OF the whiSkey. today, it would
be worth at least $40 per quart; and
at this figure the stock would be worth
S4,0O0,0OO.
Every detail involved in the trans
fer Of the stock was worked out in ad-
vance by representatives of the parties
concerned, including Alexander Parks,
superintendent for the company, John
N. Parks, agent for tine government, A.
B. Casey, representing the holding
company. and James O'Rourke, a traf-
fic agent.
The Hannisville distillery during the
heyday of the manufacture and use
of the liquor had a national reputa-
ton, which its products still hold In
active operation in Martnsburg since
1866 until it was forced to discontinue
the manufacture of liquor. it grew to
be extraordinarily self-sufficient in its
field, even down to the point of
rieving its own slaves and manufactur-
ing its own barrels. Since 1891 it
has been in charge of Alexander Parks.
who succeeded Col. J. Q. A. MAIDEN
bOusch, who took over the management
of the plant when il was rst bouehe
in by a group of Philadelphia and Bal
timore people organized under a Mary
land charter as result of an ad-
vertisement inserted after the war in
the New York Herald, Offering the
plant for sale. 1t is said the plant at
this first sale brought $4,000, which
included twenty-one acres of land. AT
later reorganization the company
doubled its capitalization to $1,000
600, much of which stock, however,
has now been retired.
The National Fruit Products Com
pany has purchased the warehouses
on the property and six acres of the
land. the remainder belonging to Mr..
Parks. The fruit products company
has converted the property into equip
ment for the manufacture of cider and
by-products of apples and has been in
operation more than year.