The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-18
local Creamery
Nedrs Completion
NEW BUILDING OF KOLBET CO
WILL BE ONE OF BEST IN
THE STATE.

The new building of the Kolbet
Creamery Co. is rapidly nearing COM
pletion and according to present plans
the company will move IN about the
fifteenth of August. The new cream
cry is one of the best equipped build
ings of its kind in the state. Mr..
Kolbet who has been in the creamery
business for years designed the build
ing with the aid of c. w. Kampfer,
architect, of st. Paul and for conven-
ience, modern equipment and ideal
working conditions the place cannot
be excelled.
In the east end of the ground floor
IS q concrete. platform where the
cream will be taken in. On this will
be the testing apparatus and articles
necessary for the reception of the
4cream. On the main floor will be two
butter machines and the machinery for
ice cream manufacture There is suf
ficient room on this floor to handle
1900 gallons of cream at one time.
The west side of the building is given
over to the huge refrigerator which
will be cooled by an artificial re-
frigexation system. This refrigerat-
or has capacity of two carloads of
butter. The walls are insulated with
eight inches of cork and the room
may be kept at any desired tempera-
ture to as low as thirty degrees be-
low zero.
On the south side of the ground
floor are the company offices and a
! temporary store room besides the lock-
er rooms and shower-baths for the
employees. A complete modern venti-
lation system has been installed by
''ich the damp air can be thoroughly
dried and blown back into the factory.
In the summer time large fan will
blow fresh air through this system in
to the room. An elaborate plumbing
system has heen installed with a
steam heat apparatus. Steam is
kept in /boiler at pressure of
one hum pounds. AS it leaves
the boiler it is reduced to seven pounds
pressure to circulate through the
rooms. In connection with this is a
large hot water tank that will hold
p necessary supply of water heated by
steam coils. Platforms have been
built about eight feet from the floor
for the motors. This gives more room
on the working floor and greatly min
imizes danger from belts and pulleys.
The north west corner of the second
floor is used for storage room with
a freight elevator running from the
ground floor. In this room are three
sixty barrel cement tanks, one for
hot water, one for cold water and one
fer buttermilk. The remainder of the
second floor is to be used for the liv-
ing rooms. They are entirely in keep
ing with the modernness of the rest
of the building. They leave nothing
to be desired in the way of attractive
ness and convenience. A built in cup
board takes up one side of the kit
chen along with a refrigerator cooled
bv the system used in the creamery.
The range instead of being heated by
coal or gas gets it's heat by steam rin-
ed from the boiler downstairs. The
dining and living rooms are trimmed
in oak and the living room has built
~ bookcases of that material. French
windows admit light and air in abun-
dance. On the east end is sleeping
norch with French windows opening
on three sides. Large airy bedrooms
= bathroom finished in white tile
complete the living quarters. A large
room fitted with the latest conven-
fences will serve as laundry room.
Mr.. Kolbet has put up building
that is compliment to the city of
Redwood Falls and to the county 1t
is a creamery that one would not ex-
pect to find outside of much larger
place and it will mean much both to
the business and to the attractiveness
Of the town.