The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-26
ADVANCES IN THE MAKING
OF HONOLULUS SOFT DRINKS

Very few people as they quaff a re-
some similar soft drink. give a thought
to the care and preparation which has
produced this pleasure of a feeting
moment 1t is however an interesting
study, this manufacture of soda water,
and one which is carried to the high
est state of perfection in Honolulu.
The finest wines are not prepared with
the care and cleanliness of 5-cent
bottle of soda. At the Fountain Soda
Works, on Sheridan street, which has
just been opened by Mr.. r. Rycroft,
the truth of this statement is amply
proven. An Advertiser reporter visit
ed the fine new building yesterday, and
was shown through the entire factory.
The building is one erected especially
by Mr.. Rycroft for the use to which
it is now put. 1t is of solid concrete,
two stories in height, and cellar and
both first and second floors are lined
with clean grey cement To anyone
familiar with similar Institutions the
reason for the cement structure is at
once apparent Cleanliness is one of
the great requisites in factory of this
kind, and Mr.. Rycroft has paid unusu-
al attention to this feature, in con-
structing building which may be
flooded with water every evening.
On the first floor the real work of
manufacture is carried on. The gas
4 To- cd a. ia
| the bettling apparatus. The water is
as pure as the best and most improved
distilling machinery can make 1t. 1t
passes first through a Barnstead puri-
| flying still, very expensive machine,
by the way, swhere all impurities are
thoroughly eliminated. Tbs machine
has a capacity Of forty gallons of dis
| titled water per hour, and from it
comes the pure, colorless water which
| is distributed over ire city in three
| gallon demlJohns The water once it
! is made pure by distilling, is not allow
! ed to again become contaminated, nor
! is it exposed to the air again until
! the soda water bottle is opened. 1t
| passes from the still into closed recep-
tacles, lined with block tin and sill
yer, and from there goes directly to
/ the bottle after mixture with the car
donated gas and flavor.
The same care is taken in the manu-
facture of syrups. Mr.. Rycroft, as an
experiment, ordered from the Standard
Bottling and Extract Company of Bos-
ton, the s. TintcheIl Company of Phil
adeIphia, and the Barrett & Foster Co
of London, limited supply of then
syrups, stfpulating only that they
Al.
to be a secondary consideration. Each
firm was given to understand that flu.
ture orders would depend upon the
way the respective syrups met witt
the approval of the people of Homo
lulu. These syrupS are prepared only
in porcelain lined watts, and the sugar
is also kept free from all impurities
On the first floor is the generator
where the carbonated air is produced
Extreme care is also exercised In tn
handling of this product, and it i
washed through distilled water thre
or four times before it is finally allow
sd to enter the saturator, where tn
gas and water are mixed. Finally, tn
finished product, the favored soda
, reaches the hands of the bother, an
is by him sealed in alright bottles
Even the corks are applied by a neN
and entirely original method. An ic
COMPRESSOR is also a valuable adjuno
to this new establishment, for Mr.. Ry
croft intends to manufacture the ic
necessary for the conduct of his busi
ness.
In the basement the goods are Pre-
pared for market. One of the newes
products of the new factory is gin
ger beer, which was being brewed yes
terday. This is to be placed in earth
Ienware bottles which it is said is ia
only way drink Of that kind can .
prepared and still retain its fine fiayol
a full score of iron-clad steel four