The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-20
A SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
A Visit to the Laboratory OF Messrs.
A. A. Solomon s. Co., i'm Savannah
How Solomons' 'ltters are Made.

The Savannah News gives the following in
teresting account of the extensive manufac-
tory of bitters, conducted by Messrs. A. A.
Solomons & Co., the eminent chemists OF that
city:
probably no undertaking has met with so great
success as the one which We are now ABOUT 10 no
tice: an enterprise which proves In itself that
there are energetic, far-seeing men IN our y clty,
been brought about in few years, and that Sa-
yannah Is no longer country town, dependent
for its prosperity on the good w Iii and little capi
tai OF limited circle OF old iogies. Every street
demonstrates that we are :. live people, as ready
to be benefited by the many wants OF progress
siye age as our countrymen 1urtner nortn. Inc
people OF this great nation have looked with won
der upon the colossal fortunes accumulated IN
few wears by the manufacturers OF various arti-
cles many OF whose names nave become mousse
hold words, and whose advertisements can De
read on every hillside, fence and railroad station
Maine to Oregon B1t ; nese e ina ~
those who bear them, but the manufacturers OF
the article which we are about to speak OF are
known to us for years, and whose prosperity all
are glad to see.
Messrs. A. A. Solomons & Co. have in few
months become as well known through their
"Bitters'' as Presidential candidates became by
Of their party Organs and though iSsr every
think for a moment how many processes that
clear fiuid must pass through, and how often
| that now well known blue bottle must be handled
before it reaches those who are to be benefited
by its use AS one Of privileged class, We visit
ed the laboratory few days since, and under
the guidance or Mr. NJ. ]. Solomons 1.-THE Alder
man. saw the Bitters manufactured. Mr. .
conducted US to the third floor OF the manulac
tory. where the Btters first commenced Its
career.n In this department are fifty vats, IN
these the ingredients are placed and allowed to
mascerate for fifteen days, after which the liquid
is gradually drawn Off and passed through 1our
successive filterers entering the first as thick
liouid and emerging from the last the article as II
anpears in its merchantable state. From the last
filterer It passes into vat that sets Immediately
over the bottllng machine, in the room below: In
order tosprevent overflow in the event OF the
machine below ceasng operations, TINS vat Is
provided with q floating, self-adJustlng splgot,
which, although the pressure on IL IS equal
to one hundred and fifty gallons, shuts on
the supply OF Bitters whenever 1t is threatened
with an overflow. From this room we pass to
the second floor. This is busy place-hled with
men, boys and blue bottles. AS we enter, TWO
men are engaged in transferring bottles from q
large hogshead into the washing trough, LOT
every one must be perfectly clean. The trough
holds forty dozen bottles After they are washed,
they are placed in the dripping rack. and when
dry are passed On to the bottling machine, which
stands at the further end OF the room. This ma
chine fills fifty dozen bottles per hour. The bot
tie passes to the corker, and eventually finds its
way along table which extends to the other end