Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-20
ICE.


Something of its manufacture
Now that we are in the midst ~
] the heated term, when the article
Of ice becomes one Of necessity in every
regulated family, and its scarcity and price
considerations of moment, suggestions of
future supplies at cheap rates cannot but be
interesting. few days ago, as is the case
with us almost every summer, our dealers
advanced the price of the article. For a
number of years past New Orleans has
been manufacturing ice Of very superior
quality and in vast quantities, aud furnish
ing it at very cheap rates-a cent and a
quarter apound, we believe. Last season
this manufactured ice was shipped from
New Orleans to Galveston, Texas, in hogs
heads, and furnished to the people of that
island city as cheap as we are paying here,
and much cheaper than the Boston ice
shipped to the same port. This naturally
enough leads us into considerations of the
cost of its manufacture. There was lately
received in New YORK by the steamer Her
man one of Yellier's ice-making machines
from France The weight of the machine
is two and-s half tons It's cost in New
York is S 500 in currency.
Previous to its shipment it had been
tested at the Teller works, in Paris, and
made 143 pounds of ice per hour, or 3, $50
pounds per day. 1t will perform the same
results here. These 1850 pounds, at one
cent each, give S33 so, while the cost of
running the machine is only So per day by
actual and correct estimate, leaving a net
profit to the manufacturer of 276O. Mr.. 1
II. de la Reintre, of Baltimore, is agent for
Maryland and the District of Columbia, and
he publishes statement in the Baltimore
papers In which he says the ice made by
this machine is as 'hard as MARBLE" Is
made in slabs and is superior to and more
dense than the best Boston ice. Scientific
and skillful gentlemen, among whom is |
Prof. Barnard, say of the working of this |
machine, that for scale of IS to So tons
each "a hours, andwherever coal can be /
purchased at 1000 per ton, or ordinary |
labor procured at Us per day, the cost of |
the ice viii be about 1.5O per ton after the |
manufacturer shall have become settled |
into its regular condition. With the facts
before Us, it is clear that no better invest
ment for certain and speedy fortune can
be made than in one of these machines to 1
supply with ice our people scsS those of the
adjacent towns along the lines
Of the several railroads. In the
spring just past, it was asserted
that one of our fellow citizens, Mr.. Yaryan,
the putting in operation here OF
an ice-making machine, and it was univer-
sally hoped that it would be accomplished.
But the spring passed by, and the hot
weather is upon us, leaving US again de-
pendent for our ice supply upon dealers
who bring the article from abroad If ice
can be made at large profit in New Or
leans at a cent and quarter per pound, it
can certainly be done here, where labor
and fuel are cheaper, for the same price.
We have seen the machine make ice and
tested its merits. The article is Just as
good as the lake ice. Now, before another
season arrives. let an enterprising man, or
q company, procure one of these ice ma
chimes and put it in operation. Whoever
first embarks in the enterprise viii already
have his fortune made. Give the subject,
at least, consideration.