The Winslow mail., 1923-09-21
THE SKYLIGHT CITY BOTTLING
WORKS AND
f. E. BROOKS, GROCERIES AND
HARDWARE

HARDWARE
One Of the outstanding examples of
what may be accomplished by hard
work, attention to details, and per-
sistency of effort, is had in the per-
son of F. E. Brooks of this city, than
whom no other one man has made
as phenomenal an individual success
in Coconino County. Mr.. Brooks has
been established here in his present
business for the past fifteen years
and all together has been resident
of Arizona for twenty years and is a
native of New York State. Mr..
Brooks has catered to the general
buying public since he was a small
lad He has literally built the busi-
ness up from practically nothing to
it's present high status. Mr.. Brooks
has the distinction of holding one of
only five memberships in the entire
state, and the only one in Northern
Arizona, in the American Bottlers
of Carbonated Beverages with head
quarters at Washington Member
ship in this association calls for fire.
quent rigid inspection of all plants
and modern equipment throughout.
Mr.. Brooks is also member of the
local Chamber of Commerce. Con-
nected with Mr. Brooks in the mana
cement of the business may be men
toned S. R. Burke in charge of the
Grocery Department, Mrs. Betty
Murphy in charge of the Accounting
Department., Miss Frances Haggard,
Assistant Bookkeeper, and others.
Mrs. Brooks is active with the bust
ness.
F. E. Brooks handles a complete
line of groceries,, hay, grain, and
farm products, and shelf hardware
and household utensils, at retail
The Skylight City Bottling Works,
also owned and operated by Mr..
Brooks, has the franchise for North
ern Arizona for the exclusive bot
tling of Coco-Cola, Hires Root Beer,
Delaware Punch and the famous
Orange, Lemon and Lime Crushes.
The company also manufactures a
complete line of assorted sOdas un-
der the trade name 'Top-O-Peak"
Brand, and also manufactures am
monia, bluing, and Saratoga Chips
All products throughout are strictly
quality products and only the purest
and best ingredients us,I. All FRO
ducts are made with pure mcuntain
spring water which is filtered. All
syrups are of cane sugar and clean
illness is almost a religion wirh Mr..
III ooks in his plant.
Shipment is made as far west as
Seligman and interma Late points,
ano east to Springerville, st. johns,
and Keams Canyon and intermediate
points, and also north 10 the Grand
Canyon. The plant Itself is consid-
cred by far the best IL Northern
Arizona and one of the most ';um-
piete and modern in the entire West
The plant has a capacity of three to
five hundred cases per eight hour
shift. During the heighth of The SEA
son approximately a hundred and
fifty cases of products are moved per
week Without going into technical
details the machinery equipment is
as follows: Shields Two Head
Automatic Bottling Machine, with
capacity of one case of twenty four
bottles per minute; Mille:' Hydro
Washing and Sterilizing Machine
with capacity of 1850 bottles
washed, rinsed and ster-
ilized per hour; and an Arnold Label
er with which it is possible to label
a case in two minute. All machin-
cry is entirely automatic in opera
tion and is electrically operated by
individual motors. Each bottle comes
through from start to finish with it's
contents untouched by human hands
and purity guaranteed. All bottles
have the name Brooks" blown in
the glass and as an example of the
scope of business, bottles are order
ed in carload lots.
Local delivery is maintained and
the transportation equipment con-
sists of REQ Speed Wagon, a Max
we'll Truck, and added horse equip
ment. An average of eight people
are employed in the twin enterprises,
three of which are in the bottling
plant which is personally supervised
by Mr.. Brooks. The location is at
the corner Of Railroad Avenue and
Park Street and the phone number
is 81. Hours of opening are from
Z a. m. to 8 p. m. AS an example
of the phenomenal growth recorded
by this plant the original floor space
occupied was 324 square feet Today
Mr.. Brooks owns an entire block and
utiliZes over $4,000 square feet for
his businesses.
Mr.. Brooks wishes to be quoted as
booster, and is always ready to
help in anything to aid the growth
and development of this city. He
said: "The future outlook for Flag
staff looks good I am we'll satisfied
with the possibilities here. Flagstaff
is really a hub" along commercial
and financial lines. Out greatest
needs are better roads and a good
hotel"
with them Mr.. Richardson's Flag
staff House is located at 206 East