The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-03
TIE ICE QUESTION.
The Charleston Ice Manufacturing Com
pany-An Important Enterprise-The
New Mnchines-How TO Keep Cool.

The introduction OF ice, mechanically pre-
pared for market by machinery, and Its use In
New Orleans, Mobile, Columbia and other South
ern Cities has directed the attention OF many OF
our own citizens to the subject, anu company Is
being organized in Charleston with capital suf-
fclent to put In operation o number of the IA
nous Teller machines, which, it is alleged, are
the best In the world. The high price OF natural
Ice the very low price OF artificial ice, and the
certainty Of sufficient supply, are doubtless the
considerations which have induced this enter
prise.
Already upwards OF three hundred residents OF
| Charleston have taken stock, and at the rate at
VIII ich subscriptions are being made, the first OF
| Nav will witness the consummation Of the plans
proposed, and generous supply OF this neces-
| sary adjunct to comfort, health and peace OF
| mind.
Ice machines are comparatively new inVen-
tions, and to the Germans. and French must be
awarded the palm for their successful application
in the affairs OF life. The machine which Is here
after to be used In Charleston is the invention OF
Charles Teller, of Paris and was patented in the
United States in January, 1852 and March, 1870.
Subsequently, company was formed, In New
York, known as the Ice and Refrigerating Com
pany, and they are now building machines TO
supply this country. The theory OF ice-meIing
by this process Is founded on the fact that GER
tain volatile liquids have the power OF extracting
the heat from surrounding bodies at the moment
when the liquid Is changed into vapor. THIS
volatile liquid is converted into vapor BY the ac-
tion OF the water or air upon 1t, and passes
| through tubes coled around the receptacle OF
water to be frozen. 1t thus extracts the warmth
from the water and freezes it. Passing on, the
yspor carries away the heat and is received into
[ q COMPRISING pump, and forced into cooling
/ coil immersed in water In cooling tank, where
| It loses the heat 1t has gathered. The pressure
has now restored the vapor to liquid state, and
1t returns to It's starting place from which 1t Is
sent again In the form. Of vapor to extract heat
From the freezing water. This process 10 con-
snhaly r. peated the volatile liquid never losing
ns strength, nor requiring to. be replenlshed.
> Last year a company was organized under the
FLAWS Of New York, to manufacture Ice, In Rio
i! Jaseiro. and they appointed committee Of two
professional men who, after critically examining
every machine IN use IN this country and In Eu'
rope, reported OF the Teller machine that 1t was
| the smpesttn every respect more economical as
regards fael less liable to get out OF order; taat
the ice manufactured by 1t Is perfectly anu cheml
| cally pure and possesses lasting quality oy
reason OF its density which Is greatly superior TO
that OF natural ice. By this process the cost OF
manufacturing the Ice, In any country Is the mere
cost S:of fuel and. labor, twenty five horse
Epower engine being guaranteed to produce
thirteen tons Of Ice per day, or eleven
hundred pounds per hour. The smaller ma
chimes make. OF course, quantity proportion
ately less: In New York the cost Is about 81 SO
Der ton. In Charleston it may be So per ton. la
Marseiles France, fve ton machine gave its
ps0rsie,or four hundred per cent, and he was un-
able to supply the demand. In his letter on the
subject he states the following curious ractcon-
earning the durability Of manufactured Ice, as
compared with the natural article:
The Mssssgas1es Inpegiales or;:France, the
largest steam passenger and express company IN
the world, and using In 1868 over million and
half pounds OF Ice Oh their steamers, determlneu
to make at Marseilles, private test OF the lastiS
qualities OF all kinds OF Ice IN that market; pc
lecting at random In October last from I'VE dlIer-
ent companies, TWO hundred pounds OF Ice eacn,
they allowed the same to stand aud melt, subject
to the same conditions OF temperature, with the
following results: Eatnraiice IRON @ S"Hzeraau Erau
lasted IFS hours. 8. Artificial ice made by tle
Care machine lasted, 1S0 hours. 4. Natural ice
from Boston, Mass, lasted leS hours. o. Artinclal
ice made by the Teller machine lasted LA hours.
There are nine different sizes Of the mach.ue
made. What size Will be adopted by our Charles
ton company is yetnndetermined. All the facts
known, however, induce the belief that the en-
terprs, will be eminently lucrative, an d, aside
from that, put our community beyond the pale OF
doubt as to the future supply and cheapness OF
this needful article.
Another feature that may be referred to'in this
connection, although 1t Is not proposed TO intro
duce Il in Charleston, is that OF refrigeration oy
machinery. Teller has invented process where
by, in the hottest days in Summer, the tempera-
ture of any building, room or hold Of steamship
may be, il desired, reduced to near freezing
point, the air being cooled By one machine In the
same way that water Is frozen In the other.
These machines are now IN actual operation IN
Europe, tile Argentine Republic and the United
States.
Fresh beef, mutton and game have been CON
veyed from London to Rio IN the steamer City ol
Rio lie Janeiro expressly fitted out for the occa.
sion, and after voyage oftwenty.one days were
found to be In perfect condition. During said
trIp and while on the Equator and In its vicinity
the Temperature In the refrlgerating room was
kept at 80 degrees Fahrenheit, while outside 1t
ranged from los TO 1o7 degrees, and the water IT.
self stood ut so to 80 degrees. Beef which had
been six weeks In the preserving room was eaten
at the Cafe Coraza, In Paris, by over forty gen.
tlemeu OF the most fastidous tastes, who pro-
nourced it OF superior quality, delicious flavor,
and In perfect state OF preservation. Game and
nsh, kept eight weeks in the refrigerated chamber
| In Paris without being cleaned, were eaten at
dinner given in that city and pronounced in per-
feet condition.
For theatres or hospitals the temperature con
be reduced in two hours to 81 degrees Fahrenheit
Meats bought In Texas at two cents per pound
can be delivered In Nev York for one and half
cent per pound ad,lit unal. In New Orleans a
brewer has one Of tb 80 machines which keeps an
apartment nearly down to freezing point, In
| which are stored two thousand barrels OF lager.
1. is probably'a mere question Of time whether
some invention Of this character will not be gene
rally employed in all Southern communicating,
whether our very houses will not be cooled to an
extent that will assuage fevered brows, relieve
pendant shirt collars, and sorely distress mos
ouitoes. Evidently the world moves, and we are
about 20 have the benefit Of some Of its progress.
CLUBS AND SrARs.-Ellia Evans, Alexander
Pisckney aud Edward Ray, practical shoplifters,