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Profits of a Soda Water Season

200 glasses Soda Water, selling 5c. per glass, $10.00. (One tank of Soda Water will draw 200 glasses.) Cost of same, as shown above, 2c. per glass, 4.00; Profit on I fountain of Soda Water, 6.00. It is fair to estimate 26 weeks in the season.

Many fountains run profitably all the year round.

Profit I fountain per week for 26 weeks, 156.00; If 7 fountains are sold each week the profit would be, 1 092.00. From the above calculation it may readily be seen that a soda water apparatus must prove a profitable investment, as on a sale of but one fountain per week it will pay on an investment of $500, over 30 per cent., and on an investment of $1,000, 15 per cent. It is a conservative estimate that the buyer of a $500 soda water apparatus will sell at least three fountains weekly, and the buyer of a $1,000 apparatus, seven; either thereby netting in the first season almost 100 per cent. on the investment. The above profits are based upon the idea of making soda water from liquefied gas, but a still greater profit can be obtained by the dispenser using his own carbonator. The cost of soda water made with an automatic carbonator is as follows: 1¼ lbs. Liquefied Carbonic Acid Gas, at 1oc. per lb, $0.12/2; Water, including that required to operate motor, .0½; Total cost of 10 gallons of Soda Water, .14. Thus 86c. can be saved over the cost of every fountain of water purchased at $1, or 36c. if made with a liquefied gas outfit, showing that an investment in a carbonator is a good one for it will soon pay for itself. STAND No. 3189.