The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-13
ICE MADE IN RICHMOND.
AN eNrsapRlsINo INDUSTRY IN
OUR MIDST.

rhs Machines Virtually f"' '"'
..,,. zopcs on q rooting-firc
ga steam the Main Elements In Man
ufacture. 80,
,.sma,ing as an industry is s'eauns
,,yoercssing. and has come 10 stay
ss,.o men are planting themselves IN
overy desirable field in the sou'"' """
.,,og the coast and In the interior VI '"o
s,a,es. IN the cities and towns, the essen
go, commodity, ice, will, before very long
,hants 10 ice machines. be placed wi'h'"
the reach Of all classes Of citizens. Inc pos
abilities Of a field OF enterprise Oh '",s
cor, are vast, and it, development WI"
.eora tho student Of material progress III
,.ros,inr reflection. The distractions vi '"e
.,,,,a,. will disappear before the sweep VI
.''.'',.co and Mace the man at the e9ua'".s
s','on an equal footing with the ci.izen ~,
VI s,laas, climate. so far as an aOuhuanSo
Wv, s;.e Il concerned. Here we have had 'n,s
=, 49, forecast OF what machinery can W
=, hanishing troubles that would nave III.
iovxed the failure Of nature 10 supp'y
iocal wants. Winter failed 10 iurh'sn !"
freezine spell, and Richmond was any
-. I..ra "A.
~ ~, NJ sar Ice supply. The ice harvest Noran
,o asSayrer than ever before, yet ice yuinpeu u
,s,ar,i,no figures OF increase IN price my
'si,,o mon came 20 the rescue, anu
n n, Herman schmidt, William SHIP
,',. - n Hudson, John Pope. Wiiiiau -
n NJ, n. q. Rennolds, +. a. Saun-
IT, Thomas Potts and Samuel W. JounS
son obtained a charter for the Puipo'o rd
snnplying machinery for ice-in"A'"e "
refrigerating purposes.
RICHMOND PATENT.
The apparatus and machinery useu Wa NJ ~
.....sSd IA natented by Richmond man'MI
Johnson. who claims great SUPERIOR, III ~
The greater part of this machinery Mas li s,r
ufactured in this city, ana maohinee, CO
.'isho.I for Fredericksburg, kOahOhe. w AZ
ham and other cities and towns IN the H,n ip,
- IN towns as far west and s0uth as Hei-
"no Arkansas, and Dallas, Texas. -,
srio works i'm this city are capaDie oI
.,,.ning ont thirty tons of beautiful ice per
dav' and kept in full operation All ,ile .ilne'
e,nnloying a number OF wagons ana uriN -,
besides disbursing consideraDie suinS, ="
order 70 keep the establishment. III lu,, ~,
~ ,he cities south OF Richmond, more than
a million OF dollars has been invested 10
Zoe making machines, and the men az
,he head Of the Richmond enterprise, una
.ho,asoIves nj times unable 10 supply tne
s.''a,,d for machines. To show how Wide
awaLe il Richmond, II can DC stateu lha'
,hs~e are no builders Of machines similar 10
the ones made here, anywhere IN tne s'il'i"'
IL GREAT DEMAND.
As ice has now become a necessary, as
well as a luxury, reproducing machinery
will ALWAYS be in great demand, especlaiIy
as the growth OF the South increases. and as
the Richmond men claim superiority ioI
their invention, our city must IN course ol
time take the lead in this mechanical oe'
yelopment. A.. e.o ord
s,aam should lie the leading elements in the
manufacture of ice, but IL is so. The pro
cess of ice-making is an interesting one
and the machinery very costly. lt is neces-
sarv 10 have boilers that are capable OF
great mower. Those used here are OF the
Horizontal shape, and are easily accessiOie'
This boiier converts the water that Is 10 DC
frozen into ice into steam. 1t is then boiled
and distilled. and afterwards. by very
simple arrangement of pumps, conveyed u
the freezing tank and converted mo ICE
the blocks here being llX22NZ4 inches III
size.
BRINE CIRCULATING.
The freezing tank is made of heart pine
which requires much less insulation imam
either iron or steel. IL IS provided WIN u
naddle arrangement for circulating what Is
called the brine. The tank is divided into
uniform spaces filled with cans oil gal-
vanized iron. Around these cans flows q
stream of water largely charged with salt
and this water is kept in constant agitation
and circulation by means OF the
paddle arrangement referred 10 pre-
viously. Al Of these paddles worn
one shaft, and by this means the warm
brine is drawn from the top OF the tank ana
forced TO make complete circuit OF the
same. Ammonia is absolutely necessary
for the manufacture Of ice, and for the use
of this adjunct there is large ammonia
eondensing tank, from which the condensed
water is raised by small pump 10 the tank
from which the pans are filled. No lmpurl
Ties can get int the tank for storage of con
densed water. The whole process OF inter
ing and distilling the water IS under th'
immediate eye Of the engineer, VINO can q
a glance detect any arrangement OF the ma
chinery shat would be calculated 10 MAKE
cloudy or impure ice.
REACHING PERFECTION.
IL would seem that the art Of manutac
turing ice, of the purest kind, purer thai
natural ice, has been well nigh perfected II
Richmond, and the use OF the manufacture
article will no doubt become general ON tn'
score OF health, as well as the certainty
supply and economy.
How to keep ice is problem that ma
often vexed housekeepers, especially whel
the price Of ice jumps up, as 1t has don
This wear. Refrigerators do not always am
swer. They, in many cases, become lc
consumers, and resort TO various kinds O
coolers and ice boxes results. The dura
bility of manufactured ice, as well as natu
raj ice, depends upon the length OF I'm
taken to freeze it, the Manufactured ice ma,
INC the advantage over the natural articl
in being the product of "A uniform freeze an
being free from strata and white ice, tn
latter being the result Of warm turns in tn
weather. where the ice has been harvested
rv,cNIv LIARS GONE.