Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-04

A Sidney IN. S. WI paper saws. A.
the head OF Darling Harb0r fla ~.
ange Frozen Meat Company has hulk
iitted up with appliances for the freez-
ing and storage of meat preparatory to
lts despatch by the Orient steamers 10
London. The lower hold has been
converted into freezing cha nber and
here can he stored about 1900 carcasses
OF mutton or 500 of beef. Arranpe-
ments are being made for the for.
nation OF second chamber
between decks, and tits estimated HAT
the hulk will then have accommodate
tion for l0,OD0sheep or 1000 bullocks.
One OF the first points which strikes
the observer on looking over the works
Is The absence of ice or ice-making ap-
pliances, the system adopted being
what ~ known as the dry-air process.
Aquantity ofair Is taken into n cylind-
er, and by means of a 20-horse power
engine subjected toa pressure of 80 lbs
10 The square inch, which raises the
temperature to about 5000 +. The com
pressed air passes through SET of cool
trs similar 10 those used as surface con-
densers on board steamships, and by
means OF constant stream Of water
1t Is cooled down almost TO its
original temperature. IL then enters
another cylinder, where IL IL permitted
to expand, and In doing so The temper
ature falls TO about 400 below zero, or
720 below freezing point. The whole
operation only occupies a few seconds.
This intense cold air is pass ed into the
freezing room, where the carcasses to
be treated are hung, and in the course
of several hours the meat becomes
rigid and hard as a block of stone.
The time required to freeze sheep
! completely through Is about thirty-six
hours; quarters Of beef take from five
to six days. A remarkable feature i'm
| connection with the refrigerating
chamber is that Notwithstanding the
excessive degree of cold, little or no
| Inconvenience is experience by the
visitor on entering, or even for some
half hour afterwards, till the stock Of
heat contained in the body
has been to some extent dissipated.
| The discomfort is not by any means so
great rs that occasioned by cold
windy day even in Sidney. The com
pany has similar works erected at
Orange. The animals are killed there
and the carcasses frozen, and sent
down to Sydney in trucks specially
| constructed with double sides. packed
with three inches of sawdust Thence
| they are taken aboard the hulk and
kept till the Orient steamer is ready
for its cargo, when the hulk is towed
down the harbor and the meat trans
ferred, in perfectly frozen condition,
| from the one freezing room 10 the
other. In London, again, there is a
storehouse for its reception, fitted with
precisely similar refrigerating appa-
ratus; so that the meat, from the time
of lis first freezing at Orange till its de-
| livery at the London markets has
never been allowed to thaw once
The cold airi thu various establish.
ments, after having been used in the
| freezing chamber, passes into a second
! room, the temperature of which is by
its means kept sufficiently low for the
! chilling OF meat required for the sgd
ney Market, and which DOES not need
to be frozen. The expenses connected
with the freezing, the carriage from
| Orange and the storage, amount TO
about pence II pound, and q pence is
paid to the Orient Company forfreight
| so that about three pence IL pound is
l added to the cost of the meat before it
arrives in London. The Orient Com
pany has entered into an agreement
for two years to carry sixteen cargoes
averaging about 5000 sheep each, the
freezing company to increase the num-
Der of cargoes at will.