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Show How Soda Water Is Made ": A VMI to the I'lniit of the Amerlrnn Fork llotHtng Works. Ono of tho busy places In Aufcrcnn Fork Is tho bottling plnnt or tho American Am-erican Fork HotllhiB Works on Did SUiti load, Where root liccr and soda water for tho north end of Utah county Is mado. It Is quite Interesting to natch tho different processes of mrtnu.-facture mrtnu.-facture Uputulrs lu locnted the big jura of sugar and flavors, where tho dlfforent syrups nro mlxeil to their right consistency. consis-tency. On thu next floor Is tho main bottling works. An electric motor operates op-erates a machine which automatically mixes the carbonic acid gnu with tho big tank of city water. Tho water us it comes from tho riinluti la practically pure, but beforo It Is carbonated it passes through a Alter tank to take out any Impurltlcc that It mny contain. con-tain. " Tho Illllng and cupping mnchlno works almost automatically and 1b operated op-erated by olcctrlc power. Tho proper amount of syrup Is measured nnd put in one bottle, while simultaneously the machine Mulshes tilling tho bottle with carbonated water and fastens tho cork nnd tin cap on The process is then repented, tho ayrup bottlo following thd filled bottlo as tho latter Is placed lu tho shipping box Another Interesting process Is tho rleanlng at, where the used and dirty bottles mo cleaned for ubo again, Ue. twroii 1U0 and 500 bottles nrc placed l:i tho vol and filled and cocrcd with .water, hot iib thoy will Btnnd. Tho .whole Is then heated with Btcnin from u big holler of a temperature sufficient to kill all germs. They aro then, ono nt a time, placed over u stiff brush thnt goes inside and Is rapidly rovol-ved rovol-ved by power from the electric motor. They aro then placed over n fountain, which again rinses them out, making tho clenslng process complete. In every process tho Idea Is Impressed Im-pressed on the visitor thnt tho last word In snnltnry efficiency has been sntd. Tho plant has a capacity of from fifty to soventy-flvo eases per day. Tho RaRtmiHscn brand Is fast becoming known nnd Is now used by practically every denier in tho north end or Utnh county. |