Bio of Herman, C. E. Wabasha Co., MN
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Herman, C. E., meat market, also dealer in live stock, hides, pelts,
tallow and lard; market stand and office on south side Main street, four
doors east of Alleghaney street. Mr. Herman established himself in
business in this city in 1876, on the opposite side of Main street,
purchased the property he now occupies in 1878, and removed to the present
location upon the completion of his shop in 1882. His property fronts two
hundred and ten feet on Main and extends to the alley in the rear, a depth
of one hundred and forty-five feet. On the west twenty feet of this
property his shop is built, a substantial two-story brick, 20x60 feet,
with stone basement, sills and caps; the basement floor of brick and
cement. The basement is used for cutting, salting meats, and winter
packing, being specially arranged for that purpose. The main floor is used
for market-room, office and cold-room, this latter by a special device of
the proprietor's, being virtually a summer packing-room, well ventilated,
with a uniformly low temperature, in which meats will keep perfectly fresh
for a month. The floor of the market-room is laid upon double-braced
joists throughout, and is practically able to stand any weight that may be
put upon it. The curing-house, in the rear, has a capacity of about two
hundred hams; the cold-room accommodates about twenty carcasses, and the
ice-loft overhead holds about twenty tons; the ice-house (lot 2, block 14)
has a storage capacity of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred
tons, the supplying of this commodity being also a part of Mr. Herman's
regular business. The stables and sheds are in the rear of the market, the
slaughter- house and yards in Pepin township, three miles from city, and
the business keeps from two to three men and three horses constantly
employed. They slaughter about five head of neat cattle, and from three to
ten head each of sheep, calves and hogs per week. The upper story of the
shop is the dwelling of the proprietor. Ceilings downstairs are thirteen
feet, overhead eleven feet. C. E. Herman was born in Dresden, Saxony,
learned his trade in his native city, came to America in 1870, locating
for a time in St. Louis, then, after traveling quite generally over the
United States, came to Minnesota in 1874, and settled in this city in
1876. He was married April 6, 1876, in Chatfield, Minnesota, to Miss Mary
Shaab. They have two children: Theodore, born January 31, 1880; Mina, born
November 14, 1882.