The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-08
TO Make u Cheap and Good Small Ir,
House.
From the Scientific American. ]

From the Scientific American.
The essentials To 4 good ice hons care three
in number, viz: Its walls should lie filed
with good non-conducting and non-radiat-
ing material, it drainage should be perfect,
and provision against air-leakagd should I've
thorough.
The packing OF ice in auch house i i
simple matter needing only the general III
rec,ion, TO lay the ice with some loose ibrOu-
or granular substance between the blocks, to
prevent their freezing together, and in such
manner that the space be economical 10
the utmost.
The house NAV he built entirely above
ground, or partially below il, ON side hill,
if desired, or it may be built with cellar,
into which cold air is admitted from the ice
stored in Il roomm above. This will I've found
great convenience TO farer in storing butter,
milk, and fresh meats during the hot sum-
mer weather. The drawing off Of cold ali
and replasins it by warm air, is, however,
only To be done at an expense Of ice; and ii
TO preserve ice, a. long, and with As little
waste as possible, the cold air cellar or room
had better be omitted.
The house may be built OF log, like the
old style of log houses, with an inner wall
of the same material, leaving a spacs OF ten
inches or more in width between the two
walls, the chinks Of both walls being filed
with mortar. The space between walls may
be filled with dry chafi, loosely packed, or
siwdlist. or even Gu; straw answers the pur-
pose very well. One Of the most effective
ice houses We ever saw, WAS made of logs,
and stuffed with a mixture-about half and
half-of cut straw and wheat chat.
\ frame building, with board covering,
may be used, and, in many cases, will be
found more convenient than the logs. 1t
will be equally effective if the joints are
tightly battened, and the inner one papered
throughout with old newspapers, two or
three layers of which will stop all the air
holes. Beside, paper Is an excellent non
conductor
Make the floor with an inclination sufh-
Gent 10 carry of all the drip, and make gut
tiers all around it, near the WALL, 10 conduct
the water To the discharge pipe. \ good &C.
ment bottom is hest, as it can me made and
kept air-tight Make the drip pipe Of inch
lead pipe, and bend up the lower end, - Il
10 form a trap that will hold water and pre-
vent the influx Of warm air. Such piIrs
may I've bent without haltsnins them Ivy iir>,
filling them with melted resin. When cold
bend them, and, after bending, melt out the
rein. In this way can I've obtained Il neat,
round bend, without sharp breaks or linden
tation-.
Insert the drip pipe and make the joint
alright by cement or common putty.
Make the entrance, il possible, al the top
oi the building, with veStibule, and an
outer and inner door. Make the inner door
hollow, and stuff it, like the walls. Make it
shut tigh, hy packing the joints with listr or
selvedges of cloth obtained at the tailor
shops. The outer door should I've made air
tight, but need not be stuffed Make the vcs-
thule large enough To enter and shut the
outside door before opening the inner one
land rice r55sd), when taking out the ice
during hot weather. Having done these
things Won will havea perfect and efficient
ice house.
The hight Of the building should not le
great, as il increases the labor of storing: the
other dimensions are 10 bc regulated accord
ing 10 the quantity of Ice 10 he stored. In
storing the ice. il should he laid out only To
the inside edges of the cutters in the floor,
and thin layer OF dry straw, chaii or saw
dust should be placed between all the sur
faces, vertical and horizontal This enables
the ice 10 he quarricd out in neat blocks
when required for Use.
ANY one following these directions will
find that, at a very small expense, they can
store and keep ice rs well as the best. An
old dairvman once said TO Us that his ice
house was as profitable TO him As his cellar,
and We believe it. He was the owner and
constructor Of the log ice house referred to
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