The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-20
NOT IN FOR A TRUST.
THE NEW ICE FACTORY TO BE IN
OPERATION JUNE1.

The New Company to Reduce the
Present Price of Ice, but How Much
the Directors Cannot Say - The
Capacity of the Factory Twenty-Five
Tons Day-How Ice is Made by
Machinery The Cold Storage
Company.
Work on the Artesian Ice and Cold Stor-
age Company's plant on River street is
progressing favorably, and the contractors
promise TO have it ready to turn over to the
new company by June 1, ready for opera
ton.
A MORNING NEWS reporter visited the
factory yesterday in company with Messrs
Hamilton, Herman and Haas, of the board
of directors. The six tanks are in place,
and workmen are engaged in putting up
the massive 7-horse power pump and level
ing up the boilers. There are two tubular
boilers Is feet in length, with a diameter of
) feet.
The plant is 25-ton machine, having
guaranteed daily capacity of twenty-five
tons of ice. There are 700 molds, calcu-
lated to freeze 100 to 200 blocks Of ice. A
magnificent artesan well sends a strong
flow of pure water IA feet above the sur
lace ana IlOWS 1OU BHllODS W Vi
over 200, 900 gallons daily.
HOW THE ICE is MADE.
The process of ice manufacture in the
new works is similar to that of other ice
factories in the country; the molds are filled
with distilled water and are immersed in a
salt water bath cooled to a temperature of
TO- fahrenheit by coils Of pipes running
through the tank The pipes are filed with
ammonia gas pumped from retort where
the gas is generated. There is, of course,
no connection between the ice and the am
monia, nor between the sabbath and the
ice. Ice thus manufactured must necessarily
be pure and no bacteria could possibly get
into it, for the pure artesan water is first
converted into steam, and after
condensation is submitted to a
boiling process, and then after thorough
infiltration passes into the molds and is con-
verted into ice. The molds are lifted from
the tank, and by sudden heating the block
of ice slips out of the mould ready for the
trade. AS the distillated water has been
deprived of air, the blocks of ice are clear
and solid. The two tanks in which the ice
will be frozen are 26x35 feet and are encased
with framework between which and the
bottom ends and sides of the tank are
packed cork cuttings, which is an excellent
on-conductor.
The new company has secured the ser
the works. He is a practical ice manufac-
turer from Cincinnati. He is expected to
arrive to-day, and comes highly recon-
mended by the Cincinnati Ice Plant Com
pany, which is putting up the works.
AT THE FACTORY.
The company has a commodiouS site for
It's plant, having purchased the old Lachli-
son foundry, with frontage of 131 feet
front on river street, running back 2l3 feet
to Indian street. The Central railroad
tracks run to the main building, which is
three story brick, with a frontage of 40
feet. The cold storage room is to be on the
first floor of the building. a portion of
which is to be. divided into three
compartments 30x40 feet. The ne
cessity for a cold storage room has long
been recognized by dealers, and encourage
ing assurances have been received that 1t
will be largely used by home and foreign
dealers in produce, game, fruits and beer.
There is another very extensive one
story brick which can be used for stables
for the horses and ice wagons, and Mr.. Her
man will leave for the North to-day to
purchase eight or ten ice wagons and all
the latest improvements necessary to facili-
tate the handling of and delivery of ice.
NO TRUST CONTEMPLATED.
The directory deny very vigorously that
they have ever contemplated any alliances
with other ice companies. In fact they ex-
press the belief that ice can be more cheapiy
furnished to consumers and profitably to
the producer, and to this end the new COM
pany, while annoyed by the statements of
possible connection with other companies,
say that there is no danger of any such
move. All they ask is the general patronage
and they say that they will furnish ice as
cheaply as it can be made at a reasonable
return upon their investment.
In an interview with President S. p.
Hamilton he said that the company ex-
poets to be ready by June l to begin the
manufacture of ice, but it may be a few
days later before they can begin to supply
customers.
Mr.. Hamilton was asked what the price
of ice will be, and he replied that we have
not YET determined upon, as we are yet in
ignorance of the exact cost, but we intend
to reduce the price below what is now asked,
as we think that ice can be furnished for
less. We know it can in large
quantities, but delivering In
small lots is very expensive, as
the wastage is much larger than consumers
have an idea it is. We intend, however, to
do all in our power to reduce the cost to the
smallest possible price which will allow
fair percentage on the capital invested in
the enterprise"
Mr. Hamilton further said that his atten-
ton has been called to the objections to
natural ice, and, in abiding to the fact, he
said: II think, situated as we are here in
Savannah, with pure artesian water from
which we will manufacture the product it
ought to be far preferable to that which is
brought here from ponds, lakes and rivers,
the purity or irnpurity of whose waters we
know nothing OF. The artesian water we
know TO be pure, so that in matter Of
doubt the inclination is manfeStly such
that it is not hard to draw a conclusion
The new company will employ about
twenty-five hands at first
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