Izinkomishi zephepha zibhalwe phansi eShayina yobukhosi, lapho iphepha lasungulwa khona ngekhulu lesibili BC futhi lasetshenziswa ekuphekeni itiye. Zakhiwe ngobukhulu obuhlukene nemibala, futhi zazihlotshiswe ngemiklamo yokuhlobisa. Ubufakazi bombhalo wezinkomishi zephepha buvela encazelweni yezinto zomndeni wakwaYu, ovela edolobheni laseHangzhou.
Indebe yephepha yesimanje yasungulwa ngekhulu lama-20. Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kwakuvamile ukuba nezingilazi noma ama-dipper ahlanganyelwe emithonjeni yamanzi njengempompi zesikole noma imiphongolo yamanzi ezitimeleni. Lokhu kusetshenziswa ngokubambisana kwabangela ukukhathazeka ngempilo yomphakathi.
Ngokusekelwe kulezi zinkathazo, futhi njengoba izimpahla zephepha (ikakhulukazi ngemva kokusungulwa kweDixie Cup ngo-1908) sezitholakala ngentengo ephansi futhi ehlanzekile, kwavinjelwa imingcele yendawo endebeni yokusetshenziswa ngokuhlanganyela. Enye yezinkampani zokuqala zesitimela ezasebenzisa izinkomishi zephepha ezilahlwayo kwakuyiLackawanna Railroad, eyaqala ukuzisebenzisa ngo-1909.
I-Dixie Cup igama lomkhiqizo womugqa wezinkomishi zephepha ezilahlwayo ezaqala ukwenziwa e-United States ngo-1907 nguLawrence Luellen, ummeli eBoston, eMassachusetts, owayekhathazekile ngamagciwane asakazwa ngabantu ababelana ngezingilazi noma ama-dipper emanzini okuphuza omphakathi.
Ngemva kokuba uLawrence Luellen esungule indebe yakhe yephepha kanye nomthombo wamanzi ohambisanayo, waqala i-American Water Supply Company yaseNew England ngo-1908 etholakala eBoston. Le nkampani yaqala ukukhiqiza indebe kanye noMthengisi Wamanzi.
I-Dixie Cup yaqale yabizwa ngokuthi "i-Health Kup", kodwa kusukela ngo-1919 yaqanjwa ngohlu lwamadoli enziwe yi-Dixie Doll Company ka-Alfred Schindler eNew York. Impumelelo yaholela inkampani, eyayikhona ngaphansi kwamagama ahlukahlukene, ukuthi izibize nge-Dixie Cup Corporation futhi ithuthele efektri eWilson, ePennsylvania. Phezu kwefektri kwakukhona ithangi elikhulu lamanzi elifana nendebe.
Nokho, kusobala ukuthi asiphuzi ikhofi ngezinkomishi zeDixie namuhla. Iminyaka yawo-1930 yabona ukugcwala kwezinkomishi ezintsha eziphathwayo—ubufakazi bokuthi abantu base bevele besebenzisa izinkomishi zephepha eziphuzweni ezishisayo. Ngo-1933, uSydney R. Koons wase-Ohio wafaka isicelo selungelo lobunikazi sesibambo esizosinamathisela ezinkomishini zephepha. Ngo-1936, uWalter W. Cecil wasungula indebe yephepha eyayinezibambo, ngokusobala eyayihloselwe ukulingisa izinkomishi. Kusukela ngawo-1950, kwakungangabazeki ukuthi izinkomishi zekhofi ezilahlwayo zazisezingqondweni zabantu, njengoba abasunguli beqala ukufaka amalungelo obunikazi ezivalo ezenzelwe ngqo izinkomishi zekhofi. Bese kufika iNkathi Yegolide yenkomishi yekhofi elahlwayo kusukela ngawo-1960.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-22-2021
