Rainier Soda Works - Seattle
Rainier Soda & Bottling Works began business in 1903 by John G. Fox & Gustave Zemple and bottled Bohemian Beer and Fox Birch Beer. By 1907 they were manufacturing carbonated sodas and were listed as bottlers of "Angeles Beer" in 1912. They were eventually folded into the J. G. Fox Company by 1914.
Lawrence & Shaver - Georgetown, Wa.
The "Georgetown Soda Water Works" was started by Louis Lawrence and Henry Shaver in 1908 near Bateman and Mabel Sts. in Georgetown, an area located south of downtown Seattle. Shaver sold out his portion of the business in 1913 to Lawrence who renamed the endeavor as the "Georgetown Bottling Works" which bottled popular products from a variety of companies: Coca-Cola Bottling; American DimaltCo and the Zarembo Mineral Water Co. Henry Henke owned the business between 1913-1917 and in 1917, Charles Ufen purchased the company from Henke and remained in business until 1919 when he decided to go into the real estate business.
Notes: Prohibition was enacted in Washington State on Jan. 1, 1916 and Louis Lawrence was arrested for selling hard cider (4.14% alcohol at the Half Moon Bottling Works located at 714 Charles St. on 7/19/1919.
Between 1906-1910, Charles Ufen was the previous owner of the Horseshoe Saloon located on Rainier Ave. in Georgetown and was arrested on multiple occasions for selling liquor after hours or to minors.
Very little is found in local newspapers regarding Henry Shaver.
Puget Sound Bottling Works - Bellingham, Wa.
The Puget Sound Bottling Works began in 1907 and was led by Raffael Geri along with his brothers Benjamin and Iliario who advertised that they were the "Manufacturers of the Mt. Baker Brand High Grade Carbonated Beverages, All Flavors". By 1919, they listed themselves as the "Exclusive Agents for All Rainier Products" at which point Iliario left the business in 1925 to work as a miner for Bellingham Coal Mines. Benjamin died in 1925 and the plant was sold to Fred Daesener where it merged with the Bellingham Bottling works and remained in the Daesener family into the late 1940's.
Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling - Seattle
William Brix (former hotel-keeper) started Pacific & Puget Sound Soda Works around 1880, and eventually took on a Mr. Stewart as a partner. The soda factory was located at 717-1/2 Front Street. In 1883, Brix ran afoul of the law and sold the business to James Morrison and in 1889, Morrison sold part ownership of the company to Herman J. Ritter and George Buxmann. In 1890/91, they bought Morrison's interest and moved the plant to 513 8th Ave where they manufactured soda and mineral water and were agents for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. In 1894, they purchased F.H. Sheldon & Company, and merged it with their existing firm under the new name "Pacific and Puget Sound Bottling Company". The company engaged in the manufacture, bottling and selling of lager beer, soda water, mineral waters and other beverages, in casks, kegs, bottles and boxes. The company moved to a new location at 1701 8th Ave and remained there until moving to the San Telmo Apartment building located at the corner of Minor and Stewart. The firm lasted past Prohibition and eventually closed the doors sometime around 1920.
Pacific Bottling Works - Tacoma
The Pacific Bottling Works began in 1889 at 1532 C. St. in Tacoma with Armitage S. C. Forbes listed as proprietor and featured among its products a variety of Soda, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale, Champagne Cider, Mineral Water and Syrups of all flavors. In 1892, the firm was next led by William T. Krebs until 1901 when George H. Halin (previously co-owner of the Yunker Bottling Co. of Tacoma) had taken over the business which by that time was located at 948 South C St. The company was next led by Diego H. Beurhaus in 1915 who remained in that capacity until 1920 when the business became the Yuncker-Pacific Company.
Note: Over the course of its existence, the company utilized a wide range of glass bottles for its products including 4 different Hutchinson sodas, 7 different crown top sodas and at least one variety of a blue seltzer bottle.
Yakima Mineral Springs - Yakima
The Biggam Brothers began business in 1886 as the Yakima Mineral Springs Company, featuring several different brands of soda including "IronBrew", which was advertised as a "Non-Alcoholic Life Renewer". They bottled some of their earlier sodas in a "Cod-shaped" bottle around the 1903-1904 timeframe which had a marble in its neck and was designed to keep the carbonation inside the bottle from escaping. In 1911, James Biggam along with his brother became sole distributor of the "Kola Nut" soda franchise of Atlanta Ga. for North Yakima. An advertisement in the 1911-1912 Yakima County Business Directory showed them as owners of the Yakima Mineral Springs Company and Yakima Brand Soda Waters which was located at the "End of East Chestnut St". The Biggam Bros sold the business to Robert A. LaBissoniere in 1916.