Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-06
SODA WATER.
How ths FountaIa 70 Made to Fla.
interesting Talk On carboaatsd Dr.b-,
Recent improvements 10 Soda Water
Apparatus and Fruit Syup,.

.'Gimme glass o. neekfie." said q un.u
boy yesterday. as he vent into Shirt.
drug store and thus made known hi, A.
sire for . glass OF soda water with n,,..
syrup. The soda fountain 10 nov ,iz,i,.
and the last sign OF the coming rei,o -
summer il with rs. Mr.. ]. :: 40, A.
The Mathews establishment, Vi d, .o,t
IL here, and with him = RssIsrEE r-pO,,.,
had an interesting talk on the ,uh
ject of the sparkling soda. Ne..l,
every reader has tasted the beverage, bn,
few OF them kuos bow IL 10 made. rh.,.
is an impression that the unsuspect;as
customer absoebs Q mixture OF u.,J,
dust and sulphusic acid, but this - ino,,
rect and only . campaign cansrd SIJ,
vater 10 only pure wster, heavily in
pregnated with pore easbonic acid 20. l.
"a the gas, sparkling in the water tn 81 sivs
Il It's life, Just a. IL n this gas which b,S
bles and beads in champagne. II Is Plea.
ant to the stomach and perfectly Whole.
some.
and marble dust arc used. Marble du,t !.
A carbonate OF lime, and the acid ses IN.
the carbonic acid gas. This action t,t,s
place in tight vessel. and - the gas occa.
pies Q space fifty times greater than in in
locked up form, IL Is released under srrs,
nressure. After passing from the eeSer,.
TOR Il II forced through 0 vessel con TAI ain,
pieces of marble immersed ia water, ana
The last vestiee OF the acid 10 taken on, b,
the marble, leaving the gas perfectly IRE.
II then passes into third vessel, wher. II
IL contained under great pressure. This i,
the fouut tain and from Il the jet is oHsio.
ed. The other process Is well known. Ia.
yepder puts Q bait inch OF fruit syrup into
= glass. turns on the jst and the refreshing
drink Is ready.
A great improvement has recently been
made in these fruit syrups and the method
of storing them BY the apparatus. Their
vere formerly kept in . block tin vessel
and with injurious results. All fruit s,r.
ups contain either stannic or citrir acid
and these act rapidly on the block tin.
forming an injurious compound 10 Ne.
fountains the syrup tanks are made Of
glass, which completely resists the action
OF the acids.
One of these new fountains. the patent
Of James Mathews, has just been received
by J. T. Shirk, the Market street druggist,
and Il is certainly . beauty. Mr.. M!,lasr
was here putting Il up. aud explained IL
operation. In appearance II resembles 40
upright piano and IS composed OF therArst
marble and silver work. The front ia Of tie.
noe green, Q beautiful mottle, andth" bse,
and caps OF handsome reddish nsrbl" lrop
Griotle, France. The ends and cover are Of
Belgian block. The head piece IL . comb.
nation OF marble and mirror, in the for Aer
of which the name West Virgins" Is sa.
graved. The marble pilss!ers are OF A.Is
green and the ridge piece OF italian Bsa,
diglio The whole beautiful structure Is bril-.
lisntly illuminated by . double branch en
r.cket, which shows up the silverof the jets
and syrup labels. Ii iscertainly the hsai.
soonest fountain Wheeling ever saw
The mechanical parts for storing and
cooling the syrups, mineral waters, etc , are
equally perfect. The number Of syrups 10
large and they are OF the purest msnufsc.
ture, drawn through glass and touching no
meta. The reporter sampled some OF them
while examining the apparatus, and Ger.
tainly they are first class. Such soda water
Is the veritable ambrosis OF the goods. and
Shirk will now be the soda king Of Wheel.
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