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Title: Industrial history of Milwaukee, the commercial, manufacturing and railway metropolis of the North-west : its great natural resources and advantageous location as a shipping point, with a review of its general business interests, including history of Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, statistical and descriptive, to which is added a series of sketches of the prominent places and people of the Cream City, the rise and progress of firms, institutions, and corporations
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Publisher: Milwaukee : E.E. Barton
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sh, to be expended forthe general advantage of the city. Oneof the great establishments of this kindin Milwaukee is that of the Jos. SchlitzBrewing Co., whose main plant and of-fices are located on the three blocks fromThird street east to the railroad tracksand south from Walnut street to Cherry,The business of this company was begunby August Krug, in 1849, who erected asmall brewery on Chestnut street, between4th and 5th. The next year the firstbeer vaults were built on the present siteof the company. The capacity was thenonly about 250 barrels, and the annualbusiness, up to 1855, ^^^^Y amounted to$1,500. Mr. Krug died in 1856, andJos. Schlitz, his book-keeper, took chargeof the business. In 1874 a stock com- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE. 125 pany was organized, and called the Jos. ; on his way to visit his native country.Schlitz Brewing Co., with the following I The officers of the company have beenofficers: Jos. Schlitz, president; August; since then : Henry Uihlein, president;
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Uihlein, secretary, and Henry Uihlein,superintendent. In 1875, Mr. Schlitz waslost on the steamship Schiller, while August Uihlem, secretary, and AlfredUihlein, superintendent, while EdwardUihlein has the management of the Chi- 126 INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE. cago branch. The large plant of thiscompany consists of about seven acres.The main brewery and general officesoccupy the entire block, bounded bySecond and Third and Walnut and Ga-lena streets. The buildings are six storiesin height, and contain all the latest facili-ties and machinery for the manufactureof beer. Their mammoth steam engineis of 150 horse-power. They also havetwo other engines of 20 and 25 horse-power respectively, used in other depart-ments. On the block bounded by therailroad and First and Walnut andGalena streets, is situated the bottlingdepartment, cooper shops, repair shops,ice houses and railroad tracks of thecompany, while fronting on Second streetis located the extensive malt house, 150 x300 feet, one

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