Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-08-18
A SODA WATER FACTORY
HOW THE GREAT SUMMER THIRs1
QUFNCHER IS MADE,
Generating tartolir Gas the Vita
Element in Soda Water From
Marble Dust The Fruit Syrup,

Generating Carto'ic Gas the Vita
Element in Soda Water. From
Marble Dust TIL" Fruit syrup,
Thele was quite Ter. row oi hIg
hellicd, rious looking Of ects Il
gene n appearance 'htv r,~elniiei
battery of smooth. shinln. Attretloo.
bfeech loading guns. Thee WAS
runb!ing. h mmln- noise IN the air. ans
great deal Of hustle and act,y,ty.< /
Was not on board Of gigantic man 4
war. however. hut IN the ,.n cine room ..
the largest soda water factory / III,
United state.
"Hpw Is soda water made rrpeate
Nr. Nosteen the oompoluder anil -cn
eral superintendent of the main works ..
the hicago Cons5ldated Kotil.nr Gem
pany, other wise the % Ia watcr trust Il
ea@o. Told IN few words. it,
some'h ~ Ike this Get up ,our gas II
genera Or, convey il into purifiers,
then mix i VIZ water and flavor it viii
whatever flavor YOU waut That's al
But The eXpIanation wouldn't ha under
sto By the general public. N aftaii
| 80 I'll have Il give some details lar
bonlc gas, the vital element III sole
water, is made IN this mortar Ike ma
chine, known as the gene ator.
i In the Tound receptacle Is the marhlt
! dust, and the vltrjul drip, on II and
/ generates the gas. The Gas, however,
j not being pure carbonlc acid, il has 10
pass through various purifiers. being
conveyed there IN block tin tubes In
the 'purihe's Is water, which gIaduallv
ahsoibs all the foreign conn onents Of
the gas. When finally pure the ga is
/ pumped into vessels holding water
To bring about a thorough mixture Of
the water and gas The water Is constantly
agltated by steam power. he syrup IS
conducted TO the bottlng machine IN
separate pipes, aud then by means OF a
pump is put into the bottle aud the latte.
If small, is closed with patent stopper
if of quart size II is tightly closet with
an ordinary cork, wir,d TN foiled and
labeled. One OF the principal things
IN making good. Wholesome soda water
is the water, Ordinary lake water Won I
DO 1t must he thoroughly clcansed
first, That IS accompl shell in tanks
We have in tbs establishment, FIR IN
stance. number Of such tanks. from six
to ten feet high and holding altogether
5000 gallons. There is perforated meta
filters. Above are alternate LAYERS OF
coarse gravel and sifted charc ,al Every
impIrty in the water is absorbed in
th1s way, and the water is chemically
pqIe upon finishing its rounda bout iour-
ney through these tiltcrinc tanks~p The
thing next in importance is the correct
compounding of the syruns Everybody y
knows their names, and new names arc
pI nd n
syrups always achieve u great run foI a
season or two lemon raspberry, and
strawberry are and remain the favor.
ties. There are no fruit ulccs in these
syrups. but certain extracts, prepared
chemically, take the place Of them 1t
would be an impos.lb.ltv with the low
price Of soda water. 70 furnish genuine
fruit Juice Mead i made Of sugar,
tiavors. Il + h beer Is made both FER
mented and carbonatcd Champ .nt
tn is COMPOUNDED out Of a vafinly Of
flavors. Root beer1 aud arsaparilIa and
spruce beer, and ginger ale are all made
in this WY. Mineral waters are maie
after an analysis Of various waters tax
ing the component part, OF chemicals
and cllbonatlng the whole
Now what | have ea,d SO far refers
only to bot led waters When We CONS
TO fountain soda water the case is some
swhat Il cent. Fountains are kept II
drug stores, re>tauran :. Confce etlone.lcs, :,
etc and hold a. 4 rnle from six 10 to
gallons each. II prI.e they vary tton
415n to $1,000 each and over MANY biz
dlug stores make thor own soda waite
and their own syrnp~. # course, ano
own their own fountains a well b.
the bulk of the fountains arc fuInlsheC
by concern tn It m ks the manufacture
Of fountain soda and h renting out .
fountains " the 4.a~on It's cAelusiy'
business Now. then "a h fountain j
filled with water and the -as i.eonvcyeo
into it by n~ans Of rlp"s aud then th'
fountain Is placed,on a 'Toc et' and II
contents rocked Al If II w 4 crad'c-
: only longer Than the 1a- beeome
thoio"ghlg m,el with the "a'er \
the contents Cf the fountain are u-ei II
another one taxes its lao" lherc af
about twenty syrIps usei mostly f.
fountain soda Andeach syrup d"spit
he contrary assertion f he funny para
n and conveved into the soda ty i ,eF4rat
pipe. f cou 8, there Is - pineapp
!, in pineapple soda, no mo c than t.is'
!. is Of straw be-ry d rlsg befry Or Ia an.
/. But tie iuict sli. b takes ia plar'. 'ast.
INST as nice and }s u-t as harmle->
i, chocolate aai c<ss,a "a and coff@c the
n the genuine hing. however. and N lem
II syrnp thee i some lemon od. aud
,ani II some eAtsact Il van -. > ta4t
?, fair enough I" C1ss - IL ri,