Royal Coffee Roaster for sale — The Spice Mill, August 1924
The Spice Mill for August 1924 (p. 1703) runs a classified “Machinery for Sale” column that includes a Hoffmann-Hayman listing:
FOR SALE—BARGAIN—ROYAL COFFEE ROASTER. Capacity 40 pounds; complete; in perfect order. $150 F. O. B. San Antonio, Texas. Address HOFFMANN-HAYMAN COFFEE COMPANY, San Antonio, Texas.
This ad documents H&H disposing of a 40-pound-capacity Royal roaster in August 1924 — the same year the company was building up its operation at the Burnett Street plant. Selling off a smaller roaster while expanding to larger production equipment is consistent with the 1923 plant expansion documented in the San Antonio Light factory series. The $150 asking price (approximately $2,700 in 2025 dollars) reflects a functioning piece of equipment, not scrap: the ad specifies “complete” and “in perfect order.”
Royal was a prominent American coffee roaster manufacturer of the period. A 40-pound drum roaster represented mid-range capacity for regional roasters in the 1920s — adequate for a small operation but undersized for a firm H&H’s scale by 1924.
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The Spice Mill (New York: Spice Mill Publishing Co.), August 1924, p. 1703. “Machinery for Sale.”
FOR SALE—COFFEE BLENDING EQUIPMENT, including Burns blenders, hoppers and pipe. Address BOX “715,” care THE SPICE MILL.
FOR SALE—2 DEER ROYAL COFFEE ROASTERS, in perfect condition. Price very low. F. A. MARTIN, 409 Harrison St., Davenport, Iowa.
FOR SALE—ONE SCHUTZ-O’NEILL Double Roller Mill for grinding pepper, spices, compounds, crystals, etc., complete with Gyrator Sifter, practically new. Will make an attractive proposition. If interested, address WARFIELD-PRATT-HOWELL CO., Sioux City, Iowa.
FOR SALE—COX-PROCESS SPICE MILL, complete with spice cracker, new. Also baking powder and pancake flour equipment complete, new. Address ODELSA MFG. CO., Oklahoma City, Okla.
FOR SALE—HOEPNER SCALE No. 1499, Class 45, capacity 50 cartons per minute, ¼ lb. size. FRANKLIN BAKER COMPANY, 15th & Bloomfield Sts., Hoboken, N. J.
FOR SALE IN PERFECT CONDITION—3 Burns No. 1 Granulating Coffee Mills; one Tea Mixer Burns No. 1; and one 30-inch Buhr-stone Spice Mill. Address LEON HENRY, 803 Clinton St., Hoboken, N. J.
FOR SALE—BARGAIN—ROYAL COFFEE ROASTER. Capacity 40 pounds; complete; in perfect order. $150 F. O. B. San Antonio, Texas. Address HOFFMANN-HAYMAN COFFEE COMPANY, San Antonio, Texas.
FOR SALE—COMPLETE—BURNS ROASTING OUTFIT. 70-pound Roaster, Cooler, Stoner, A. C. Motor, No. 11 Mill. Platform and Counter Scales; Counters; Desk, etc. Perfect condition. Sell at sacrifice. Address “BOX 803,” care THE SPICE MILL.
FOR SALE—ONE BAG MONITOR GAS COFFEE ROASTER, Stoner, Cooling-car and Fan; complete; $500 f.o.b. Mobile, Ala. First-class condition. Write or wire VICKERS COFFEE COMPANY, Mobile, Ala.
Source
- The Spice Mill (New York: Spice Mill Publishing Co.), August 1924, p. 1703. Digitized by Google via HathiTrust Digital Library, University of California copy (uc1.c2538080).
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