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                         TWO BREWING AND BOTTLING PLANTS CONSOLIDATE.

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          (From the "Hornellsville (N. Y.) Tribune,"16th ult.)

THE brewing industry, which is now known as the Schwarzenbach Brewing Co., was established by Joseph Schwarzenbach at Germania, Pa., in the year 1857.  In 1895 the three Schwarzenbach brothers, Kames E. Schwarzenbach, Ronald Schwarzenbach and Herman Schwarzenbach, who succeeded their late father in the brewing business, erected a fine large plant at Hornellsville, N. Y., and in 1901, on account of a greatly increased business, and consequently a need of better shipping facilities, abandoned the old Germania plant and erected a very modern brewery at Galeton, Pa.

The Galeton plant has been equipped with the latest improved apparatus for brewing, including glass enameled steel storage tanks and cypress vats, with an annual capacity of 35,000 barrels.  The new bottling works in connection with the Galeton brewery is a model structure, having the most modern automatic machinery for bottling the product of the brewery.

At the present time they are erecting at Hornellsville, a large and modern, three story brick and stone bottling works building that will be equipped with the most modern appliances for bottling their beer, ale and porter.  A new and commodious office will be erected this spring upon the land recently purchased by them, at the corner of Canisteo and Franklin streets.  The interior of the present brewery will be remodeled so as to give it an annual capacity of 36,000 barrels, the surrounding grounds will be improved and when completed will present a very pleasing and attractive feature to the city of Hornellsville.

The Schwarzenbach Brewing Companies of Hornellsville, N. Y., and Galeton, Pa., have spared no pains or money in or der to give to the public a beer of rare and superior quality, and the merits of their product have won for them an enviable reputation as brewers of pure lager beer.

While the Schwarzenbach Companies have for some time owned bottling works in different towns, the steadily increasing demand for their product has been so great that it necessitated the establishment of many additional distributing stations, which they have located and are now arranging for throughout the states of New York and Pennsylvania.

The plan of merging the two breweries under one company has been under consideration for some time, and at the annual meeting of the company, held March 20, 1905, the stockholders unanimously voted to consolidate the two plants, Hornellsville, N. Y., and Galeton, Pa., and to increase the capital stock to $300,000, thus enabling the new corporation to secure to the fullest degree the most practical advantages possible to the brewing industry.

The three Schwarzenbach brothers are men of rare business qualifications, energetic, progressive and thoroughly efficient in and masters of the brewing business, in all of its departments.  They are men who take an individual interest and pride in local affairs, and arc always awake to the best interests of the community in which they reside.

The directors of the new corporation are men of marked business ability, who hold enviable positions in commercial life in Galeton and Hornellsville, and possess the confidence and esteem of all with whom they have. ever come in contact.

The management of the new corporation will be conducted in practically the same manner as heretofore. Mr. J. E. Schwarzenbach will be president of the new corporation, with his office in Hornellsville, N. Y.  Mr. Roland Schwarzenbach, the vice-president, will be manager of the Hornellsville brewery, while Messrs. A. Bloodsworth and C. E. Yost will have charge of the sales department and office management.

The Galeton plant will be in charge of Mr. Herman Schwarzenbach, the treasurer of the company, while the secretary, M. J. Handwerk, with Phillip Meine and Jos. Breunig, will have supervision of the office and sales department.

The officers and directors of the new corporation will be as follows: Directors, J. E. Schwarzenbach, president; Roland Schwarzenbach, vice-president: Herman Schwarzenbach, treasurer; M. J. Handwerk, secretary; directors-A. Bloodsworth, Phillip Meine, Joseph Breunig.

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-JOHN A VOGT, of Wayland. N. Y., has sold his bottling works to the Schwarzenbach Brewing Company, of Hornellsville. Mr. Vogt will continue to conduct the business, the plant being enlarged and improved.