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Jahnke Creamery Co

1902

01 31 A burglar entered the Koenig mill office in First Street last Wednesday night, bored a hole in the safe, then blew it open with powder, and secured for his trouble $3.04. He also entered the steam laundry office in the same street, the safe which was open, but the money drawer therein was broken open and $1 in small change taken. At about 9 o'clock the same evening the Jahnke Creamery office was also visited evidently by the same party. Mr. Jahnke goes to the creamery every evening about 9 o'clock to look the plant over, and on the above evening on entering his office at that hour found a well dressed stranger therein, who wheeled on him and flashed a revolver in his face, telling him to open the safe. Mr. Jahnke flew out the door, began calling for help, and the fellow escaped without trying to molest Mr. Jahnke or seeking further to carry on his work. Had he not been discovered at that time, he no doubt would have visited other places in the city during the night. A good description has been given to the police of the fellow, and hopes are entertained about arresting him. WG

1905

05 02 The Jahnke Creamery Company factory in First Street [ 101 Western Ave? ] has been undergoing many interior repairs and new machinery has been installed with a view to making it a model butter factory.

A Corliss engine of 35 horsepower has been put in with a 40 horsepower boiler and the latest refrigerating machine has been added. An apparatus for pasteurizing milk and cream has been added which insures pure and wholesome butter. The space formerly used for the storage of ice is now used for the storage of butter, eggs, etc. There are nearly a dozen large cold storage rooms on the three floors of the buildings.

The temperature of the rooms is kept as low as is desirable by the pipes of icy fluid which pass through the entire building originating with the cooling machine. This method of refrigeration is the most modem and practical of the age and has the advantage of keeping the stored product at precisely the same degree of temperature for months.

The company makes a specialty of preserving eggs, etc., for commission houses . . . Ten people are employed in the creamery and the daily product amounts to 1800 pounds. The factory is also turning out ice cream in wholesale and retail lots to suit purchasers. WG