

The history of the Whatcom Brewing & Malting Company
(1899 - 1903)
| In September of 1899 the Whatcom Brewery was
incorporated with a capital of $40,000. The principals of the new firm
were Fritz Grathwohl, pres., Ludwig Berg, manager, and Edward Lane,
secretary-treasurer.
On 16
April of 1902, after 2½ unprofitable years, Grathwohl sold out to a group of Bellingham businessmen
for $20,000. He then relocated to Oroville, WA, where he established the Oroville Brewing Co.
Two months later, in June '02,
Zynda travels to Salem, OR and purchases the city's Capital Brewery &
Ice Works for $75,000. The following month the brewery is incorporated
as the Salem Brewery Assn., with L. F. Schmidt,
pres., and S. T. Zynda, secretary
and manager.
On January 13, 1903 Schmidt went public with his takeover, and after only nine months, the revitalized Whatcom Brewery was absorbed by 3-B for $50,000. A number of stockholders took stock in 3-B for part of their pre-arranged buyout. The brewery's ice works and cold storage continued to be used, but beer production ceased with 3-B Beer remaining the sole product of the combined businesses. In 1925 the old brewery was sold and the structure later burned. It was located at 2103 Iowa St., now part of auto row.
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