Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-23

Improvemsnts-Ice at Popular
Prices.
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1t is seldom that an artificial represen-
tation Of nature surpasses the original,
especially where objects are initiated
which are produced from the natural
elements from atmospheric causes, yet
scientific principles have been SO adroitly
applied to the manufacture Of artificial
ice, that to-day we have an article re-
producing the most iniinitsssimal struct-
ure of natural ice, and surprising it for
transparent beauty and frigidity. A
HERALD reporter yesterday visited tho
extensive establishment Of the Southern
Ice and Cold Storage Company. located
at Vine and First streets, where the
unique process of manufacturing ice
formed an interesting study, and the
perfect detail Of arrangements and
mechanism is something Los Angeles
has reason to be proud Of.
The proprietors, C. B.. Gould 4 Co.,
have been lavish in their expenditures to
establish permanent institution in our
city, and the enterprise Of these gentle
men in supplying q great commodity for
universal use is sure to be appreciated
by our citizens with united patronage.
Phe buildings are 35x87 feet and erected
in substantial manner, and an addi-
tional structure will be completed this
week for dry cold storage house, where
oil kinds of perishable goods may be
kept with safety for months. In the
main or freezing loom is commodious
store room with capacity of sixty tons
Of ice. The freezing tanks will produce
six tons day, and are great improve
ment, under the Boyle system. to any
others now in vogue. The compressing
pumps are upright aud driven by q
thirty horse power engine, and oil the
machinery works admirably, being sim
pie and effective and free from all CON-
plex points liable to cause breaks or acci.
dents.
The great trouble with our ice hitherto,
has been its discoloration from the
muddy water and failure to remove the
impurities with which it was impreg.
mated. But the Southern Ice Company
has obviated all these difficulties by
their splendid distilled water process.
In the first place, only pure, sweet water
from driven well is introduced into the
freezing tanks. This well water passes
from the pumps over manifold of pipes
which catch all impurities. 1t is then
injected into galvanized iron tank Of
1900 gallons cspacity and allowed
to settle at temperature Of $50 de
grees. 1t is there forced into tn,
boiler and becomes super-heated. The
exhaust from the steam cylinder il
trapped and condensed, and enters I
chamber of galvanized iron and agair
boiled by its own steam, all air being
removed. 1t next passes through an
other cooling coil Of pipe and turns to
water OF the Eurest quality imaginable,
surprising the finest distillation Of
spirits. But the purifying process doei
not stop here, for the water is sent into
large filter. filed with sugar maple
charcoal especially prepared for the
Boyle Ice Machine and can only be pro
cured in New York State. The effect Of
this filtration is evident by the taste Of
the water which is sweet and palatable,
and free from that fiat, disagreeable
taste of ordinary distilled water
Sparkling like champagne, or the puresl
spring water of any mountain brooklet
1t enters receiver, containing about
twenty coils of pipe by which the water
is cooled under the same process tha,
freezes the lee. The water 10 now
ready for transformation into ice, and Il
conveyed through hose into the moulds
where it is quickly frozen by evaporation
Of a volatile fluid drawing the heat
from the uncongealable Anid in which
the moulds of distilled water are placed.
They rest between the fluid pipes and
do not come in contact with them in any
way, thus avoiding the possibility of the
ice becoming impregnated with any Of
the volatile fluid used in the freezing
process. There is no danger of this
contingency however, as the couplings
and joints of the whole apparatus are Of
the finest steel, tssted under q pressure
Of 800 pounds. where a. the svaporatine
prssurs never exceeds twenty pounds to
the square inch. The water 10 reduced
to temperature Of ten degrees Fab rem.
heit. which is ten degrees colder than
natural ice, and ten to sixteen degrees
colder than any other manufactured
ice. The ice as it comes out OF the
moulds is as pure and brilliant as q
diamond, and resplendant with all the
variagated colers Of light refraction i'm
bued in its beautiful transparency. This
ice is q perfect illustration of the supe-
riority Of the Boyle Ice Machine over
all others; it is purer and clearer than
any manufactured or natural ice, and
more dense rom all air being previously
expelled, and will last under the same
exposure longer than any ice ever pro-
duced either natural or artificial.
1t is splendid article for medicinal
qualities, and as pure as Apollinaris
water and as sparkling as Roedersr.
Mr.. ]. F. Sweeny. the gentlemanly
superintendent Of the establishment, ex-
planned some very substantial facts rela-
tive to the complete and durable man
ner in which the mandatory is estab-
lished to last for many years, and from
the favor with which the public have
received the new ice company, il is sure
to be . successful and permanent addi.
tion to the leading industries Of Los An
gelss. He also showed the admirable
FIRE engine which is so arranged that .
two and half inch stream Of water can
be thrown to any part of the building
within . minute. The new company
have their wagons on the streets, and
nearly every business house that uses
ice has given their custom to the new
comers, whose motto seems to be fair
dealing and satisfaction in the delivery
Of their excellent ice. Once tried and
the article shows its superiority over