RCO
Well-Known Member
That sounds like a long way to ship soda in those days. I imagine that there was probably a bottling facility in town, likely not a very big one though. If their distribution was small, which it sounded like it was, they wouldn't have needed a very large facility.
the business was likely seasonal though , they likely didn't even sell any product during the winters or very little , its the summers that are busy in that area , busy enough to justify additional bottlers . although shipping empty bottles all the way to Toronto does seem too far
from what I read about other Huntsville bottlers such as the ones which existed in the 1910-20's operated out of small buildings or basements downtown . but those spaces would seem too small for this company
they would of needed something bigger
I also don't think that I've ever seen a wooden crate from this company , you think one would exist , certainly would of existed at some point in time