Izinkomishi zephepha zibhalwe phansi eChina yobukhosi, lapho iphepha lasungulwa ngekhulu lesi-2 BC futhi lasetshenziselwa ukuphakela itiye. Zazakhiwe ngobukhulu obuhlukahlukene nemibala, futhi zihlotshiswe ngemiklamo yokuhlobisa. Ubufakazi bombhalo wezinkomishi zephepha buvela encazelweni yezinto zomndeni wakwa-Yu, edolobheni lase-Hangzhou.
Inkomishi yephepha yesimanje yathuthukiswa ngekhulu lama-20. Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kwakuyinto evamile ukwabelana ngezibuko noma amadiphu emithonjeni yamanzi efana nompompi besikole noma imiphongolo yamanzi ezitimeleni. Lokhu kusetshenziswa okwabiwe kwabangela ukukhathazeka kwezempilo yomphakathi.
Ngokusekelwe kulokhu kukhathazeka, futhi njengoba izimpahla zephepha (ikakhulukazi ngemva kokusungulwa kuka-1908 kwe-Dixie Cup) zatholakala ngemali ephansi futhi ehlanzekile, ukuvinjelwa kwendawo kwadluliselwa enkomishini yokusetshenziswa ngokuhlanganyela. Enye yezinkampani zikaloliwe zokuqala ukusebenzisa izinkomishi zephepha ezilahlwayo kwakuyiLackawanna Railroad, eyaqala ukuzisebenzisa ngo-1909.
I-Dixie Cup igama lomkhiqizo womugqa wezinkomishi zephepha ezilahlwayo ezaqala ukwakhiwa e-United States ngo-1907 ngu-Lawrence Luellen, ummeli waseBoston, Massachusetts, owayekhathazekile ngamagciwane asatshalaliswa abantu ababebelana ngezingilazi noma amadiphu ezindaweni zomphakathi zamanzi okuphuza.
Ngemva kokuba u-Lawrence Luellen esungule inkomishi yakhe yephepha kanye nomthombo wamanzi ohambisanayo, waqala i-American Water Supply Company yaseNew England ngo-1908 eliseBoston. Inkampani yaqala ukukhiqiza inkomishi kanjalo noMdayisi Wamanzi.
I-Dixie Cup yaqala ukubizwa nge-"Health Kup", kodwa kusukela ngo-1919 yaqanjwa ngomugqa wonodoli abenziwe yi-Alfred Schindler's Dixie Doll Company eNew York. Ukuphumelela kwaholela inkampani, eyayikhona ngaphansi kwamagama ahlukahlukene, ukuba izibize ngokuthi i-Dixie Cup Corporation futhi ithuthele embonini eWilson, ePennsylvania. Phezu kwemboni kwakunethange lamanzi elikhulu elimise okwenkomishi.
Ngokusobala, nokho, asiliphuzi ikhofi ezinkomishini ze-Dixie namuhla. Ngawo-1930 kwaba nenqwaba yezinkomishi ezintsha eziphathwayo—ubufakazi bokuthi abantu base besebenzisa izinkomishi zephepha eziphuzweni ezishisayo. Ngo-1933, uSydney R. Koons wase-Ohio wafaka isicelo selungelo lobunikazi ukuze isibambo sinamathiselwe ezinkomishini zephepha. Ngo-1936, uWalter W. Cecil wasungula inkomishi yephepha eyayiza nezibambo, ngokusobala eyayihloselwe ukulingisa izinkomishi. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1950s, kwakungekho ukungabaza ukuthi izinkomishi zekhofi ezilahlwayo zazisezingqondweni zabantu, njengoba abasunguli baqala ukufaka amalungelo obunikazi ezivalo ezenzelwe izinkomishi zekhofi ngokuqondile. Bese kuza i-Golden Age yenkomishi yekhofi elahlwayo kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-'60s.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-22-2021