Kings County Biographies


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SCHNEREGER & DOWNING
 
The house of Schnereger & Downing, bottlers and distributors of beer at Hanford, 
is one of the leading concerns of its kind in Kings county, Cal., the partners 
in the enterprise being Joseph Schnereger and Thomas Downing. Mr. Schnereger 
came to Hanford in 1885 and bought the soda bottling works of M. Hegele, which 
he conducted with success until 1899. It was in 1890 that Mr. Downing came to 
the town. For several months after his arrival he worked at his trade as a 
bricklayer, but in 1891 he began to bottle and wholesale beer and his business 
was increasingly profitable until 1899, and at that time Messrs. Schnereger and 
Downing combined their interests and consolidated their two establishments. So 
wise was this departure that they not only abolished mutual competition, but put 
themselves in a way materially to enlarge their combined interests. They have 
the local agency for the Wielands and Rainier beers, which they bottle and 
distribute throughout Hanford and its trade territory. They are owners of 
valuable business property in Hanford and Mr. Schnereger is a director of the 
Old Bank. There is no interest of the town, no proposition for the public uplift 
that does not have the moral and financial support of these two enterprising and 
progressive citizens.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
pp. 663-664
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler