The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-28
CREATING WINTER,
The Artificial Rerrigerating Process In
n GFeAt BreWeFy.

The Artificial Rerrigerating Process In
Great brewery.
.Iohnny Boquet In New York Tribune
A friend Of mine, an American'born
man, who owns u large brewery, took mo
through 1t last week, and gave mo the rare
treat oil q man Of learning able to describe
the scientific processes he followed
Going in from the street through an
archway, the place looked very modest, but
when We came TO gropc for two or three
acres under ground, with candles in our
hands, and the sewers Of the city far above
our heads, and the ceilings OF the, great
yaults covered with Ice and snow in the
midst OF August, could not but be as
tonished, Yet this was not n very large
brewery, and 1t turns out only about
10000 barrels OF lager beer u year. II is
the only brewery IN the world, however,
with the exception Of one in Williams
burg which does not Use any
ice, but makes It's own cold
by absorbing the heat in the
vaults by rcfrigcrating machinery. Form
erly II consumed from 5000 to 10000 tons
OF Ice u year, which ut the present low rate
OF So d ton, would make IN tho nGighbOr.
hood OF $4,000. My companion and Il
friend working with him invented the ma
chine, which acComplishCs more cold than
ali this vast mass Of ice, and ut the sNnU
time saves the room the ice would occupy
for the Storage OF beer, thereby cnlNrging
the brewery TO that extent; fora brewery is,
in thu main, n stock OF beer Kept ripening
weeks or months. The mere brewing Is II
simple matter, and here they brew fifteen
times week, using the same series Of ket.
lie, hop.boiler, and masl.tub. All that
would be necessary to brew more would be
to put in another kettle and accessories,
but to carry the beer in any great quantity
YOU must have vault room, which Is eXpen.
siye, and you must have cold room, which
YOU can only obtain by ice or by science"
"What Is the principle" said /, "by
which you create winter ut willW
''We use 200 pounds Of aqua ammonia,
which costs about 90 cents II pound That,
by our powerful engine, we compress nnd
drive through many hundred feet Of pipes
which lie along the tops Of Olir vaults, and
we also run IL down through our fernent-
ing tubs in hollow cylinders. WGprOducc
expansion in this ammonia by u small
needle point aperture which ut certain
places gives II outlet. In the act Of Gx-
panding It takes up heat and produces II
temperature only q few degrees above the
freezing point, while the pipes themselves
become inCrlisted with whatever moisture
ID in the vaults in the form Of snowNnd ice
Our own machine cost $4,000, or about
two years cost Of our Ice We have Just
Z put UP one in Williamsburg for somewhat
less money. 10 buy nh iCe.liouse costs a
brewer from $4,000 to 100000 There are
some which have cost 100000. But after
YOU have built your ice.house you have to
buy your ice, and that being bulky takes
so much room from your beer.
"'Ihe day Is close at hand" he cOntin.
tled, "when this machinery will be sup
piled TO hotels, and will keep the City Of
New York us cool In midsummer Us the
seaside or the mountain tops. You can
make the temperature what you please.
You can cool the theatres so that they can
get four or five months more occupation"
ut ls certainly mysterious" said |, "that
with about $500 worth Of hartslOrn you
Can expunge $50, 900 Of leo and make my
toes ache down here In dog.days. What Is
,lmmonia?"
at Is d compound Of nitrogen and ny.
drogen, and is called ammonia because II
WIS first made Of Camels' dung at the
Temple Of Jupiter Amlnon on the hot dies.
erts OF Africa. II Is called hartsllorn be.
cause they once made II out OF the dCcom.
posed horns Of deer. You buy 1t us Il
liquid 1t Is n powerful alkali. Every.
thing in nature, YOU know, Is normally
cold. The heat comes from elsewhere, and
all we do Is to take away this heat by let.
ting tile hartshorn seize 1t and carry Il
AWAY. We use the same hartshorn from
dayto day and from year to year over ind
over ngain"