Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-07
INTERESTS AT HOAE.
Tao SPICE, Extract and Mineral Water
Factory in Sail Lake,
RESOURCES on SOUTHERN UTAH.
Utah Inventors Automatic Car Coupler
-Nhcsllancou' Mining aud
Busiucss l.ums
RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN urAu.

while producing summer drinks that
are unexoulled, 10 indeed they aro
equallrd, anywhere IN the w0rld,yut by
no means connnc their bIl.uss 90 the
manufacture Of mineral waters. This
branch would provide work Tor only u
portion of the year Ut most, but the
company. large factory ou STATE street,
between Seventh and Eighth South
streets, is kept going winter aud sum.
mtf by tho other divisions % manu-
lacturr carried on.
The most recent development In the
business Is that noted o. Tow days ngo
Uy tho NEWS, In the addition to the
plant Oft new spice mill. The machine
that has boon ia. ia perform, excellent
work, anu is capable Of turning out
Eve tons Of ground spice. daily, This
10 pretty large output, and does away
with the necessity Of any extensive
shipment 10 Utah VI prepared spiurs.
The home manufactured article has
tuis advantage over al imported, that
iiH guarantee uf purity AMI strength
Is Uf necessity kept good.
Since the addition Df the now mill,
the Hewlett Brothers report that
they have been given favorable TO-.
ccpliun by local merchants, Those
VINO are not already vol stocked with
Peppers, nllHpicr, Glove, cinnamon,
ginger Hnges, mace, nutmeg, mustard,
etc, have examined the local product,
d. no HI y.H
quality anu completes In price with
the imported have placed orders there.
tor II ~ now ia line for oil purchasers
to require from etJrukugpufs "uAh
spices uuIy.n on CJunv the raw HpiCpH
aru not grown la the Territory rs yet,
Und some Of them cannot be al presently 20
the raw material Inns 10 be brought VA. In
thls condition IL purity eau boz assured.
But the work Of preparing 10 h done
here, thus giving employment ~ home
CAplIsl anu wOtkmen, aud thu product
o. clean anu pure, which is more than
eau be sbid Tor the imported article
where ~ many authorizations eau be
worked ia.
while the Hewlett Brolhors are
proceeding ON ~ broad scale In tnu
spice business they carry on an oE-
tuusiye traffic iu extracts VI lemon,
Peppermint jamaica ginger, vanilla,
etc, and In castor Oh and syflps " ali
layOfs, which are put up In this city.
They also have special glass and
bottle department m connection with
the trade, the material in this line
being all imported, however, rs there
Is NO factory here.
Though iu the fan and winter the
mineral water business is carried on 90
some extent, yet Il ~ small by CONF
parlson with Tue summer season. Last
summer the demand was not more
than half 40 great az the preceding
year. The cDmpany's field ~, how.
ever, extending Win each season, nud
now fcachra Nevada, Idaho, Montana
and Wyoming as well as all parts Of
Utah.
Au advantage possessed by mineral
water factory In Salt Lake over sin.
| liar establishments elsewhere IL the
| good, clear walter pUCially adapted TO
/ lhe purpose. Tho water Is simply
charged with gas and favored. In the
charging process a large quantity oi
blcafUouate Of soda IL used NJ the How
lott factory. In the large eastern cities
marble dust g. the material In general
use, as II IL cheaper. Tho soda Il
| acted upon by sulphufiO Acij, which
causes it 10 give OIL a gas composed VI
onr paTt ClTUOu aud two OF oxygen,
which IN forced Into the water under "a
stated pressure, In connection with
the flavlring syruIs ana the
huuld IL then bottled Tor use. What
are known as the natural mineral
yAtors. even those Ut Soda Springs, are
charged IN thesame way 10 make them
mar ketable,
"Out.ide Of Utah" said Mr.. Hew.
lett, "thUTe are sons places where our
mineral waters are sold In large
quantities where the dealers request uA
/ NOT t0 nut ON tue label the plRcr "
manufacture. This IN because VI the
fade Of tOurlats and others. III they
saw the article labeled Salt Lake they
would want something else; but when
IL In marked 'DdUlin ginger ale,' etc.,
and made for export, they fAnCyit lea
foreign product aud buy It. OF ooutio
the flavor Il specially good anu the
water sparkliug, anu IL gues we'll. For
instance, we sell In Wyoming sn i'm
msnse lot WAuktsha mineral water.
| That ia lust name We have given for
a particular kinu, IL Is Of very fine
quality, aud many folks there think IL
| comes from Wisconsin,, whereas II they
knew Il came from Salt Lake, they
would turn a. tneit noses at A..
They buy NJ hOwuysb and IL IL a
fact that that drlnk could not DO
,uuallpd ina Wisconsin factory, be-
cause they haven't the water thore.
some people la Utah have fancy Tor
what thuy suppose 10 be- foreign min
eral wntors, nut Hs n rulB the people
know A good thing without the label,
so the home article takes the lead OF ali
otheTs."
The bi.carbonato u soda, which IL
used by Hewlett Brothers, has to be
shipped from England. IL Il manu-.
factuTed by the company which IL Is
proposod 10 locate near Ogden aud
which d. 10 establish extensive ohomi.
cal works there.
AUTOMATIC CAR COUPLER.
Belweou 8 and O'Clock last evening
n ssfies Of satisfactory tUsts were made
Al Inc Utah Central depot Of the
Phonlps4n.k nOx automatic car coup.
Ter for freight cars. lhe working OF
the device shows that the pRtenteeB,
who are Utah men, have succeeded IN
fully solving the great problem Of con-
Meeting freight cars on railways by au
outomutio coupling which would adapt
10 its use the old.tAshi0ued LUX.
This Invention 10 by Mr.. q. n.
Thompson, who has been aided by Mt.