R. F. Barr

R. F. BARR, Aerated Water Manufacturer, 184, Great Eastern Road, Glasgow.

    The aptitude to succeed is not always transmitted from father to son, and business success is not one of those things that come under the “law of heredity”. The success, then, that has been so solidly achieved by Mr. R. F. Barr, as a mineral water manufacturer, during the three years of his connection with that important industry in Glasgow, must be put down to the credit of his knowledge of the business and not attributed to any traditional craft or genius transmitted to him from his father, the eminent Aerated Water Manufacturer, of Falkirk. One thing, however, he acquired in the course of his connection with the Falkirk establishment — an intimate practical knowledge of the best methods of manufacture and a mastery of the important elements of business success.

    Mr. Barr’s premises are admirably adapted to the business and are sufficiently extensive to admit of the prosecution of the industry on the largest scale. A plant of the most improved construction has been laid down, embodying the “automatic” principle as far as modern ingenuity has been able to embody it. There is no contact, in fact, between the waters and the hand of the workman ; and this, combined with the superior character of the appliances, assures the maximum of purity in a case where contamination is above all things to be avoided. The processes are all carried out with the same regard to purity in the product. The laboratory department, therefore, is specially looked after, and the purest essences and syrups alone are employed. The net result has been to establish Mr. Barr’s productions on a level with those of the best manufacturers. The productions themselves include all kinds of aerated waters, such as Lemonade, Soda Water, Kali or Potass Water, Seltzer, Orangeade, Pineapple, Raspberry, Cider, Sarsaparilla, etc. In the way of novelties, Mr, Barr has provided special medicinal beverages, designated “Ferrugine”, “Hop Ale”, and “Squash”.

    The local trade affords employment to sixty hands in meeting its demands, and requires the service of fourteen vans for distribution. Mr. Barr has the honour of including the hospitals and kindred institutions among his customers. Such a record is something phenomenal for three years’ work and speaks better than anything we could say for the assiduity and ability of the proprietor of the business.

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