Bottlers Supplies
 [Compiled from El Paso City Directories and Telephone Directories]

1918 Empire Bottling Works first advertised various bottling supplies.
1925 Name change to Empire Products Corporation
1933 Last listing for Empire - category discontinued in city directories
1949 Empire ad in City Directories still listed "Soda Fountain, Bottlers' and Confectioners' Supplies" (no ad in 1905-51 city directory)
1952 Empire ads reappeared with no mention of supplies

1920  First listing of Crown Cork & Seal Co. - 413 E. Yandell
1938  First listing of Crown Cork & Seal Co. & Western Stopper Co. - 1601 Magoffin Ave.
1943  Name change to Western Crown Cork & Seal Co. 
1956  Western Crown Cork & Seal Co. becomes Crown Cork & Seal Co., Western Division
1957  Crown Cork & Seal Co. adds Inc.
1962  Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. - 1701 Bassett
1970  Last listing for Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

1925  First & only listing for Parker-Browne Co. 209 S. Florence
1926  First listing for R. V. Bigelow Supply Co.  209 S. Florence (bought out Parker-Browne?)
1927  Last listing for Bigelow

1929  First and only listing for Edgar Sauer & Co. 1125-31 Texas

1939 First listing for Carbonic Gas & Supply Co. - "machinery and supplies. . . Mundet Corks and crowns. . . carbonic gas, dairy washers and labeling machines"
1940 Last listing for Carbonic Gas & Supply Co.

1942  First listing for Fuller-Thomas Co. - 915 Texas
1948  Last listing for Fuller-Thomas Co

1946  First listing for Harry L. Hussmann, Jr., Inc. - 522 San Francisco
1948  Last listing for Harry L. Hussmann

1951  First listing for C. L. North Co. - 5860 Alameda - "Dairy and Industrial Equipment. . . Dairy Supplies"
1958 Last listing for C. L. North Co. - 5860 Alameda
1954  First listing for Wm. L. Tobias - 3508 Jackson
1960  Wm. L. Tobias Co. moves to 2220 Bassett - ". . . Dairy and Beverage Equipment"
1982 Last listing for Wm. L. Tobias Co.
1983 William L. Tobias, retired

1970  First listing for Crouch Supply Co., Inc. - 1613 Texas - "Dairy Supplies & Equipment"
1983 Last listing for Crouch Supply Co., Inc.
 
 

Bottle Dealers (New and Used)

1900  First listing for El Paso Bottle & Junk Co. - 1505 San Antonio
1919  Last listing for El Paso Bottle & Junk Co.

1912  First and only listing for West Texas Bottle & Junk co. - 617-19 Broadway, cor. 5th

1913  First listing for Illinois Bottle & Junk Co. - 507 N. Kansas (M. H. and Jacob Rosner) "dealers in iron, brass, copper, bottles and rubber"
1914  Illinois moved to 1005-09 E. Overland
1915  First listing for Harry Nelson - 1401 N. Myrtle (successor to Illinois Bottle & Junk Co.
1918  Harry Nelson at 1009 E. Overland
1919  Last listing for Harry Nelson also listed as Illinois Bottle & Junk Co. (A Walter, Leopoldo Saenz)
1920 Last listing for Illinois Bottle & Junk Co.

1916  First listing for East El Paso Junk Co. (M. H. Rosner & L. Haintz) - 3115 Alameda Ave "Dealers in Scrap Iron, Metals, Rubber, Sacks, Bottles, Bones, Etc."
1917  Last listing for East El Paso Junk Co.
1917 First and only listing for Texas Bottle & Junk Co. - 1901-1915 Bassett

1918  First listing for El Paso Iron & Metal Co. - 1505 E. San Antonio
1920 Last listing for El Paso Iron & Metal Co. "Dealers In COPPER, BRASS, ZINK, LEAD, SCRAP IRON, RUBBER, SACKS, AND BOTTLES--SALVAGE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS"

1918  First and only listing for Great Western Junk Co. - 1120 S. El Paso

1920  First and only listing for Standard Bottle Co. - 3921 Alameda

1921  First listing for Continental Drug & Chemical Co. - 1017-19 Texas "Drugs, Chemicals, Rubber Goods, Stationery, Pharmaceuticals, Biologicals/Soda Fountain, Fixtures/ Disinfectants, Liquid Soaps, Theater Spray/ Wrapping Paper, Toilet Paper, Paper Bags. . . We Solicit Your Orders for Bottles - Carloads or Single Cases." 
1922  Last listing for Continental Drug & Chemical Co.

1921  First listing for El Paso Salvage Co. - 3921 Alameda
1922  Last listing for El Paso Salvage Co.

1922  First listing for D. H. Martin - 218 N. Campbell
1924 Last listing for D. H. Martin.

1927  First listing for Heimann Company, Inc. - 910 1st 
1930  Heimann moved to 321 Two-Republics Bldg.
1931  Heimann moved to 1200 E. Missouri
1932  Heimann moved to 1601 Magoffin Ave (Heiman Sales Co. - H. E. Heiman mgr, "mfrs agts paper, glassware, hardware") [Note: this is the same address as Crown Cork & Seal Co. & Western Stopper Co. - see above]
1933  Last listing for Heimann

1938 First and only listing for Pedro Montes & Co. - "We Buy and Sell Bottles and Jars of All Kinds.  Free Delivery - Call for Prices"

1939 First and only listing for Achterberg-McKay Co. - 1020 E. Overland
1942 Change to Jno F. Achterberg Co. - 1020 E. Overland "Representing Knox Glass Co."  "Bottles for Every Use"
1959 Last listing for Jno F. Achterberg Co.

1945 First listing for Rosendo Rios - 809 S. Stanton
1953 Change to R Rios Bottle Exchange (same address) "Glass Containers of All Kinds"
1960 Last listing for R Rios Bottle Exchange

1957 First listing for Crystal Water Co., Inc. - 2009 E. Yandell
1960 Change to Crystal Water & Supply Co., Inc. - 1056 Humble  "All Type (sic) Bottles Bought & Sold"
1995 Last listing for Crystal Water & Supply Co., Inc.

1973  First listing for Washco Plastic Corp.  "Manufacturers of Plastic Bottles & Containers  All Sizes  Caps - Closures - Fillers   Large & Small Orders" 
1983 Last listing for Washco Plastic Corp - 140 N. Stevens

1974  First listing for Quick Container Co.  "Plastic Bottles - Jars   Gallon - Caps & Other Bottle Accessories" 
1975  Last listing for Quick Container Co

1976  First listing for Packaging West, Inc.  "Plastic & Glass Bottles & Jars   Metal And Plastic Caps" 
1996 Still listed.