1880...Charles C. Harmeling -
Beer
4th ( Front) and Cumberland Sts.
1886...I.A. Nickels
Bottling beer
at Nickel Plate Saloon.
1889...Fillinger Bros.
Ashley's Bromine & Arsenic Water
1890...J.W. Waynick Steam Bottling Works
Soda and Beer 4th St.
1890...Bristol Bottling Works
1890...Bristol Steam Bottling Works
1891...J.W. Waynick Steam Bottling Works
Relocated to Virginia & Broad
(now Goodson) Sts.near Diamond
Ice Co. Waynick had a fire destroy
his earlier business and rebuilt here.
He later sold the company and moved to
Greensboro, N.C. where he continued to
bottle beer.
1891...J.M. Crowell, Jr.
Main St.
"Temperance Drinks"
Ice Cream,Fruits,Confectionaries,
Cigars & Tobacco.
1895...Bristol Bottling Works
C.R. Scharf
Soda & Schlitz Beer
Washington St. nr Buford
1896...J.T. Powell Agt.
Middlesboro Brewing Co.
25 4th St.
1896...Matt Powers Agt.
Chattanooga Brewing Co.
nr Southern RR Yards
1902...Milton .H. Rush
receives a franchise to
distribute Coca-Cola on a small scale,
acquiring his shipments from Roddy
(Coca-Cola) Mfg. Co. of Knoxville.
There is some evidence he was affiliated
with the Bristol Bottling Works, possibly
as early as 1890.
1903...Bristol Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Washington St. nr Buford
1903...Dixie Bottling Works
Washington cor Buford
1903...Anthony & Davis
(Geo. M. & Wm.W.)
Washington nr State
1903...Diamond Bottling Works
Washington nr State
**I feel this address is an error, and
Diamond was actually in J.W. Waynick's
former bottling works building near
Diamond Ice Co.
1905...M.H. Rush Agt.
Anheuser-Busch &
Chattanooga Brewing Co.
1905...Minors Drug Store
Headquarters for the Celebrated
Tate Spring Water
of Tate Spring, Tenn.
1906...Hill's Directory notes:
Coca-Cola bottled by
Bristol Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Washington nr Buford
Dixie Bottling Works
Mfgrs. ciders, vinegars, and
all soft drinks.
Washington cor Buford
1906...M.H. Rush
sells his interests
(September 30th) in Coca-Cola to
Col.Howard of Rockwood, Tenn. Howard
then established the Dixie Coca-Cola
Bottling Works in a new building, with
all new equipment, on Washington St.
The old machinery is then moved to
Norton,VA. and set-up as a Coca-Cola
Bottling Company.
1906...Lindsay Bunting Agt.
New South Brewery & Ice Co.
1907...Rush Bottling Works
M.H. Rush
**difficult to imagine why Rush would sell
his Coca-Cola interests and still remain
in the bottling business.
A 1907 ad states he bottles colas.
And,is agent for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
1907...Holston Bottling Company
organised in new plant on Piedmont Av.
next to Peters-Goodwyn Ice Co.
Bottlers of Dr. Pepper, Koca-Nola
and other flavored drinks.
1907...J.C. Layman Co.
begins business.
