Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-04

dencee, but everywhere noticed the same uni
versal nuisance OF surface cutters reeking with
every species OF Nth. At one moment the nose
magnolia, the oieander, and the rich flowers
that crowd the gardens here At this season. and
the next II was saluted by the Internal sicken-
mitted that the cholera has already some
foothold in the city, yet not q hand IL raised 20
clean ont these disease breeders saw bust
ness men seated in the shade in front Of their
NTH, seemingly unaware of the existence OF the
nuisance. Some Of the citizens do appreciate
II, however, and one Of them remarked in my
hearing, "Oh for a month of Ben Butler he
Is devtlish, but he IL potent" The fact Is that
Butler, in the time he controlled here, showed
by the energetic enforcement OF sanitary
rules that there Is no need whatever why New
Orleans should be given mp every summer 70
the yellow fever. There was not q case of Il
dnring the summer he ruled here, and lady
tells me that he kept these same reeking gut
tiers 80 clean .'that one might drop a white
handkerchief into them without soiling it."
On approaching the refractory, its appear
had got on the wrong track, until treasured
Chlmneys, smoke-stacks and steam-pipes were
In full blast outside the immense building. and
sented were row Of red-moutSsd eDSiDe Rre
Ike those of a high pressure Mississippi steam
er, and some immense watts OF hot water bub-
u
q very unlikely place to make ice. Penetratins
further into the large main building, 225 feet iii
length, one saw a great network of pipes,
panded into ice-covered tentacles reachins ont
to the different compartments of the six ice
machines in operation.
that Ihi Of Of making ice followed here Is
use OF the liquid gas OF ammonia, and a. the
ammonia Is reconverted and used over and over
again with trifiing waste, the cost of this mate
ThA hao
in the operation Of distilling the muddy river
water to purify IL and clear Ii of carbonic acid
gas, sc This was the use OF the heating appa-
ratus and the immense watts we had seen The
distilled water Is conveyed to tin moulds ca
pablo OF holding cakes Of ice Is inches long 10
inches wide, and ~ inches thick, weighing
twenty pounds. These moulds are then placed
in the machine in compartments filed with salt
water (Which does not freeze) and the applica-
uon OF ammonia is then made through tue
branching tubes above mentioned, heavily COAT
ed externally with white ice, Indicative OF the
temperature within. The ice commences form
ing at the sides of the moulds, free zing rapidly
towards the center; and at the end OF four hours
the cake Is solid The mould is then taken from
the machine, dipped in a vat of hot water 10
detach the cake, which Is then shot out upon
platform, beautiful block of COMPACT ice
almost as clear and smooth i'm surface As FRENCH
plate glass. 1t seems difficult to believe i'm tie
nrst place, that this is the product OF the muddy
above; and in the next place that the same wa
ter took this frigid form in this sultry atmos-
phere with the magnolia showing its white bios
SONS at the open windows. The ice-cakes as
tney are taken from the molds, are piled one
above another, until a square mass is formed
(the cakes freezing together and these larger
cakes are wheeled away TO the-large store
houses adjacent, capable of accommadating
5000 tons; from whence the ice is taken out bS
wagons for the city supply, or for transporta-
uon TO points further south. The manufacture
ried on successfully i'm Paris. London. perm
and India, but nowhere, believe, on the same
extensive scale as at New Orleans. This estab-
lishment, which is run night and day, turns ont
an average of sixty tons every "a hours: bnt can
In the cool weather Of mid winter maka as bigh
as 8 tons per day. The superintendent. M.
Gsssenn, tells me that this artificial ice can be
manufactured and sold at a profit of fifteen
dollars per ton. About one third of the
ice used in New Orleans is supplied hv
this establishment. Notwithstanding its at
nrmness, ind that there is considerable prein-
dice In New Orleans against the manufactnred
n ice, on the supPosition that the chemical action
some deleterious properties. This nreinJice
would not seem to be well founded, as the only
thing done to the water is to distiI il. whereby
water; but 1t is probable that ii is TendsreS
somewhat tasteless by the Operation which
may account for the objection to IT. This ice
been In operation about five years.
FAST FUNERAL.
We went out yesterday by Canal street car
TO the cemeteries on the outskirts of the city.
The famous shell-road leading out to Lake
Pontchartrain runs by the street car track. and
on this shell-road was a fremen's funeral pro-
cession. 1t was the fastest funeral ever saw
nearly rivaling that at Old Cambridge. as de-
scribed by Durivage. 1t would seem that the
hearse horses must have run with ga masheen-
previously, and thought they were heading for
fire instead of a cemetery for they pulled out at
q tremendous rate, and the whole procession
went laundering after them at a two-forty pace
over the shell-road. After awhile the process
SION got divided into two or three detachmeuts.
the fast trotters keeping mp with the hearse,
unable to 60 the pace. One Nose, who with
his Lie, occupied notion buggy
got nearly as red in the face as the color OF his
old beast to keep up with the PROCESSION. Some
OF the tiremen who were belated, or who were
unprovided with carriages, rode out in our
Street car, and they insisted that our driver
lively. Our street car made the best time on
record. Squads Of laborers were EMPLOYED AN
along the line wheeling earth to ill up the old
yell to thela to clear the track as we went tear
ing on to keep up with the funeral. We reached
the cenete, in season TO join the procession. A
priest led II over over the grass, through frag-
rant magno las and cape myrtles to a wall con-
tanning the arched cavities or Governs in
wnlch tQe dead are inferred above ground i'm
.sew Orleans. In one Of these ovens the coffin
was pushed the priest uttered few rapid words
and the old sexton, with an expedition acq uired
by twenty-five years practice, closed up the
mouth of the cavity with brick and mortar; q
brother fireman, who from his facility OF hand
WAS probably q draughtsman, came forward
and with d me swift lines in the soft mortar
worked out he name of the deceased; and then
the process ion returned to their carriages
which, how ever scattered, some going towards
the lake AID some to the city, while others CON
tvining women and children) pau ed at road
side house. where "Fresh MILK was ad vertised
We asked our car conductor If that was the
pace at WI ch funerals were USUALLY conducted
In New leans, and he said that was a good
deal the 81 lie.
All Delivery ~ . Mob.
NEW YORK, june "A special from Houston.
Texas, SAYS band OF armed desperadoes sur
rounded the Jail ut Waco Texas last nicbt