The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-17
\ GREAT INDUSTRY.
BEVERAGES MADE: TO CHEER
AND NOT INEBRIATE.
HOW They are Made, Favored,
ROttled and COrI<eCI, aud Made.
To Give Pure, Sparkling Pleasure
to Many Thirsty Drinkers.

| to Give Pure, Sparkling Pleasure
to Many Thirsty Drinkers.
A visit to Mr.. {. II. Campbcll's soda
water manulactory on Haywood street
is both instructive and entertaining. One
naturally thinks that the process is very
simple and requires only Il mcagrc ram
Shackic shanty with a nunhcr of hands
Whereas it is exactly the reverse There
is required number of complicated ma.
chimes and only few skilled workmet
to operate them. But the toaming, ex.
| hilarating beverage which affords such q
sense of relief and GOODNESS, where one
is faint and exhausted from the heat, is =
scientific product. The .lavOrs are not
mere mixtures of syrup and extracts, but
are only evolved after long study and
wears of careful laboratory work. EOt
example, the ginger ale, as manufactured
by Mr.. Campbell, contains five dilfercn,
extracts. The proprietor of this manu-
factory has had great experience in the
business, having operated Il manutactory
of the same kind in Massachusetts, and
is. now supplying the entire country
within radius of 100 miles from Ashc.
Vile He takes great pride in his place
as he well may, and is always ready to
explain the different mncnincry to any
one VINO stroiIS in. But here he come:
to tell us all about it,
How are you, my friend So You
want to see how soda water is made
And, by the way, soda water is an cntir,
missioner. There is no soda about it.
1t is carbonatcH water. and how that
name WAS tackled on to it, don't know.
Now here is quite Il machine, called the
John Matthews Carbonating Appa-
ratuS. Looks simple, doesn't it? But
that machine cost me Just 81 900 You
see it is made of gun metal. while most
people think it is galvanized iron But.
| bless you, we couldn't use that. The
pressure and strain is too great. 1t av-
crages everywhere from +5to 1SOpounds
per square inch. Ii YOU will examine it,
You will see that there are five large res.
crvoirs or fountains. Above the last
reservoir on the left is the sulphuric acid
reservoir. Now ii | wish to charge all
the fountains, put four and half gal
Ions of sulphuric acid in this, and twelve
gallons of marble dust and ten gallons OF
water in the reservoir beneath. The sui
phuric acid is allowed to run into the
reservoir containing the mixture of mar
bic dust, and carbonic acid gas is gencr-
ated by the action of this acid. We now
have thecarbomC acid gas, withwhich w,
charge the water, to produce the So-called
soda water. But the gas in its present
state contains many injurious elements,
so it is carried of by the pipes, which you
see here, into these washers. The pipe
leads the gas first into the bottom Of this
washer, which contains large Jumps OF
marble and water. AS the gas rises to
the surface, it has to run in and ont be
tween these Jumps, so that it's passage
is somewhat DISTRACTED and it under
goes more thorough cleansing. From
this washer it passes into Il second,
where it is subjected to the same treat
mcnt Now it is thoroughly purified,
and that is one of the chief secrets in the
manufacture Of soda water. The gas is
already tor use and may be led by u
system of pipes into any one or all of the
four remaining fountains or reservoirs
These are filled two thirds full of alter,
and as the gas enters, it is thoroughly
mixed with the water by means OF dash
crs, which are operated in the same
manner as a churn. Here in these ioun-
tains there is contained the soda water
ready Tor use, and all that remains is to
bottle and flavor it.
Where do get my water; Excuse
me, | was Just about to show YOU Here
is the apparatus 1t is the Hyatt House
Filter, and will purify the water and give
a supply at the rate of four gallons per
minute.
Here Mr.. Campbell drew sparkling
bumper of clear, crystal water, which
was Just the kind we all vearn for and
don't get.
Taste that. Spring water; Not a
bit oft 1t doesn't look much like the
regular city water does it? But that s
what it is and Just see this coffee colored
sediment which remains after it passes
through the filter Of charcoal and gravel
| don't regret the outlay of 5000 on this
machine. 1t is well worth it.
lust step Il is way a moment please.
This is the corklng bench, an invention
which iscuvercd hv twcntv-threc patents
and cost Sl75. Here on this spot is
placed the table, and there above on that
hook hangs a can containing the Syrrrp
we wish to put in. BY working this
guage we can regulate the amount of
syrup per bottle. Now make the attach
ments with the can and the fountain,
place the cork in [his piston under the
hammer, and give one downward stroke
with the lever. The bottle is firmly
clasped in position by pair of clamps,
charged with soda water and syrup, and
the cork driven home at one and the
same stroke. Rapid work isn't it,
"I'll guarantee you don't know how a
syphon is filled. No? Well, you are
not the only one. Most people think
that in order to ill them the the syphon
head must he taken off. That amuses
me hugely sometimes. Here is the ma,