The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-05-10
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A Wonderful Invention.

A Wonderful Invention.
Learning of a new and wonderful
invention for the preservation of fruit
juices, milk and other perishable liquids,
q representative of the Star called upon
Mr.. W. B. Murdock, the genial president
of the American Exhaust and Carbona-
ting Company, at their elegant and
spacious salesroom, No. 10 Warren
street, this city. After short interview
with Mr.. Murdock in his magni6cently
appointed private Office, the reporter was
invited to inspect the building and work.
ings of this extremely wonderful ma
chine.
This interesting method by which milk,
cider, beer, fruit juices, wines and other
food products can be preserved in their
normal condition without subjecting
them to a steaming or cooking process, at
once absorbed the reporters attention.
The problem has occupied the attention
of scientific men for many years, and
numberless experiments have been made
without attaining the desired results, but
the American Exhaust and CarbonatiDg
Company have at last secured the valua.
BILE patents which accomplish this most
desirable object: The simplicity and
effectiveness of their device astonishes
every one. The process has been brought
to such a state of perfection that a child
can operate the machine with ease. tits
a well.known fact that the oxygen of the
air is the most essential element for the
support of life, whether animal or vegeta-
BILE, and when this element has been
removed from any inclosure life of every
nature and kind becomes extinct. If the
oxygen contained in the various liquids
to be preserved is removed by some
mechanical process and replaced with
carbolic acid gas or some other antiseptic
gas, the fluids preserved in this manner
will keep perfectly sweet and preserve
their normal condition for an indefinite
time.
The principle on which the company
bring about this result is to first create a
vacuum in the keg, barrel. or bottle by
an exhaust pump, which draws the air
from the vessel. Having filled the vessel
with theliquid to be preserved, the air
is exhausted from the liquid, and charg.
ed with the carbonic gas. The principle
and method are so simple that the ma.
chine which creates the vacuum, exhausts
the liquid OF the air it contains, and
charges it with the carbon gas, and then
'corks or seals the bottle, is worked by a
single lever. One of the greatest features
of this process is that all liquids can be
put up in syphens, and the trouble of
pulling the corks away with, thereby
enabling the consumer to use any quanti-
| ty of the contents and keep the remainder
perfectly intact for future use.
The value of this invention to ocean
steamers and yachting parties is incalcu-
liable. Fresh milk can be carried from
New York to Europe and remain in as
sweet condition as the day it left the
farm dairy. The carbonating process not
only applies to liquids, but the company
is now perfecting its invention 80 that
fruits and vegetables may be successfully
preserved in the same manner.
The Offices of the American Exhaust
and Carbonating Company are located at
No. 10 Warren street, and they invite the
attention Of the public to their daily
experiments and tests. In the basement
of the building that they occupy are
numerous syphons and bottles of fruit,
syrups, fresh milk, all kinds of beers
new ales, Concord grape juice, foreign
and domestic wines, and sweet cider
bottles over ak months old. All these
liquids are exposed to varying degrees of
temperature; at one time the thermome.
ter registers 80 or 80 degrees, and again
during the winter it is as low as zero. In
spite of these severe tests the liquids re.
main as fresh and sweet as when bottled.
The apparatus will be sold to local
companies which will be organized
throughout the United States, and they
will lease the plants and charge royalty
on the goods put up. Parties in Florida
and other sections of the country now
desire to introduce this wonderful process
and are arranging to do so at an early
date, their object being to treat orange,
lemon and other fruit juices. A number
of well.known gentlemen of this city are
interested in the enterprise, among them
being the president Of the company, Mr..
w. B. Murdock; Mr.. Locke w. Win.
chester, vice.president National Express
Company; Hon. Rastus S. Ransom,
Surrogate; Mr.. J. F. Freeman, treasurer
Standard Oil company Mr.. John 81.
Boston, cashier Bank State of New York:
Mr.. Caleb B. Knevals, vice.president
Woodlawn Cemetery Company, and Mr..
James W. Smith, president Consolidated
Gas Company, all well.known citizens
and business men. These gentlemen
control an enterprise which seemingly
has no limit to extent or field it will
cover or business to be done.-Ne,o York
Star.
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