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A Riverside Industry.
The other morning a Press representative took a ride
out thru that beautiful residence portion of Riverside
called Hall's addition, and stopped awhile at the
Riverside Soda Works, on Pachappa avenue where we were
most pleasantly entertained by the proprietors, Messrs,
J. F. Hills & Son. These gentlemen came to
Riverside some three years ago, and being experienced
soda manufacturers, established a factory here. At
first the business was very small, but as the soda
manufactured by them was far superior to any in the
market, the demand increased, until now they supply not
only Riverside but San Bernardino, Redlands, Ontario,
South Riverside, Perris, Elsinore, San Jacinto, and all
the other neighboring towns. They have
purchased "Cosy Dell," the old homestead of Dr. Hall,
and with increased facilities and improved machinery are
enabled to supply all demands. Cosy Dell is one of
the most beautiful spots in Riverside, situated on the
brow of the big arroyo, surrounded by large pepper and
eucalyptus trees, and commanding a fine view of the city
and surrounding mountain ranges, and Messrs. Hills are
justly proud of their home and business. The consumption of waters artificially impregnated
with carbonic acid gas is very large, and it is very
large, and it is with pleasure we call attention to the
fact that the machine for producing them, now operating
at the Riverside Soda Works, is one of the most perfect
in the world.
Carbonic acid gas should be thoroughly washed by
passing through a large volume of water, and the
apparatus we examined-an imported machine-is especially
adapted for the manufacture of a thoroughly pure
product, equal to the best. From our inspection of
this machine we venture a brief description. The
factory is a frame building with a cement floor, and the
machine occupies a space of some twenty feet. It
is in four parts; First, the generator, made of lead,
where the action od sulphuric acid on carbonates produce
the gas. Second, the gasometer, floating in some
300 gallons of water, through which the gas passes,
thoroughly washing it. Third, a cylinder of
phosphor-bronze, into which the water, given by the same
mechanism, is thoroughly saturated with gas at a
pressure of 80 to 160 pounds. Fourth, the bottling
machine, into which, by means of tubing, the impregnated
water is forced by the high pressure into bottles.
The bottling is done quickly, a single turn of the crank
being sufficient to fill one bottle. These bottles
are made specially for the Riverside Works in Yorkshire,
England, and are patented, not manufactured at all in
the United States, On each bottle is blown the
words "Riverside Soda Works," and it also has a colored
label, thus advertising Riverside as a manufacturing
place where ever it is used. In this temperate
community we are quite ready to welcome any perfect
system that will give us a pleasant and health-giving
change from the tea and coffee, which the most of us
inordinately imbibe, and therefore we say, success to
the Soda Works, and may the business grow beyond all
anticipations of the proprietors.
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