The San Francisco call., 1905-03-31
City Chemist Alleges That
Some Dealers Are Selling
Adulterated Liquors and
Health Board Will Act
ANALYSIS OF MANY
BRANDS rs MADE
Intends Investigating the
Whisky Sold by Those
Who Are Supposed to Be
Dispensing Impure Goods

The. Board Of Health yesterday re-
celved report from H. D. Gibbs, City
Chemist, to the effect that a number
OF samples of red wine taken from the
stock of local dealers and restaurants
contain coloring matter, preservatives
and foreign matter
Out of one hundred samples analysed
forty-one are alleged to contain adul-
terants of various kinds The board de-
cided to send out inspectors to quaran-
tine the brands Of wine placed under
the ban.
The following sellers, 1t Is said by
Chemist Gibbs, have sold adulterated
wine according to the analysis of sam
pies submitted to him:
Charles L. Adams, 212 Eddy street,
claret, contains arsenic and benzoic
acid; A. j. de Hay & Son, 536 Valencia
street, burgundy, three samples. coal
tar dye, arsenic and coal-tar dye and
arsenic; Joseph Fetz, southeast corner
Third and Mission streets, zinfandel,
arsenic; Goldberg, Bowen & Co., Sut-
ter street, burgundy, La Rosa, Chateau
Victoria and vim de table, all adulter-
ated with salicylic acid; medoc, coal
tar dye and salicylic acid; claret, extra
v, salicylic acid; claret v v and
Eagle Distillery Company, AT Mont
gomery street, zinfandel, arsenic; j. D.
Heise & Co., southeast corner of Va
lencia and Sixteenth streets, Valle
View special claret. two samples, arse
mic; Heitman. northeast corner Polk
and Pine streets, zinfandel and bur-
gundy, arsenic; Jules restaurant. 3f5
Pine street, red wine, coal-tar dye,
A. Korber, AS Golden Gate avenue,
1ir f.Y a1 T<y,,x
IL East street, red wine, benzoic acid;
II. M. Meyer q Co., 94 Ninth street,
claret, two samples, arsenic; Old Poo
die Dog Restaurant, AS Bush street,
coal-tar dye and salicylic acid; Au-
guste Ortion, 235 Montgomery avenue,
zinfandel salicylic acid; V. P. Papo-
vich $40 Third street, red wine, benZoic
acid; G. Rivolta, 10 City Hall avenue,
zinfandel, coal-tar dye and arsenic; M.
Rothenberg, 42s kearny street. claret.
arsenic; Cosmos Rotisserie, 315 Powell
street, red wine. coal-tar dye; Sander
& Siess, 224 Sixth street. two samples
of red wine, arsenic; w. M. Schulze, $50
Folsom street, burgundy, coal-tar dye,
California zinfandel. aluminium; Simon
Wine Company, 404 Kearny street,
claret, coal-tar dye and arsenic; the
Strunsky Wine and Liquor Company,
124 Seventh street, old claret. three
samples, cOal-tar dye and DenZOlc acid,
and Dos Mesas claret also coal-tar
dye; Rathjen Bros, red wine, benzoic
acid
The names of the manufacturers of
the alleged adulterated wines are de-
scribed as unknown" in all instances,
with the following exceptions:
A. Zwick Company, 2126 Mission
street; Lachman & Jacob, Bryant and
Second; Kuhls, Schwarke & Co.; F..
Cavagnara, 542-54S Clay street; H. V.
Cross, Livermore. From the last named
Dr. Ward secured the sample contain
ing coal-tar dye.
Health Officer Ragan submitted a re-
port stating that another line of liquors
in universal use will be analyzed and
the results published. The analyses
will cover samples of whisky which is
also suspected of being adulterated.