The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-22


churches.
The Bridgeport chowder club has been
to hold weekly meetings, with
these officers:
President, Edward b. Seymour; vice presi
dent, Weston III. Horn; secretary, Walter L.
Dunlap; treasurer, Caterer Charles Monahan.
Builder w. F. Randall is to put up a
house on IIallett street at
a cost of $4,000.
The recent success of the Rival was no
fortuitous accident, but triumph of
honest thoroughness. The model of the
old Pearl, from which the Rivals plans
were drawn, was the work of the late
Christopher Smith, a natural genius at
boat building, though the architectural
of the modern yacht build
er might be Greek to him. He made
study of boats passage through the
water, sometimes dashed in front of the
boat that he might note the actual dis
placement of the wave. His idea was
not to press the water down, as with a
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waves as with knife. A. II. Davis, the
veteran clothier, into whose heart and
fiber Maine infused a genuine love for
old Ocean and white-winged sails, got
hold of the Pearls model and drew the
lines of the Rival. 1t was labor of love,
and conscientiously done and,
with no less care and conscience, Ed
wrought out the Rivals ma
terial. Mr. Sturdevant, an employee of
the cartridge company for number of
years, is one of those men who had ra-
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less work is done right, he does not hest
tate to reject it instanter. Slight defects
and variations that others might consider
trivial are not allowable in his case and
so it came to pass that the Rival was
honestly, thoroughly made from stem
to stern. Her sides were made sleek
with black lead. shedding water like
ducks back and reducing friction to a
minimum and those who know her hon
est origin, trim lines and thorough build
are not surprised that the Rival was new
er beaten and believe that she would dis
lance competitors, properly handled, as
easily in Boston bay as in the waters of
the Sound.
The Indians, now at the West End SELL
ing their medicines, are one of 80 COM
panics on the road throughout the United
States, their headquarters being at New
Haven. The have a cough cure, oint-
ment, salve, worm killer and Sagwa
remedy, which are on sale at the drug
stores, rs we'll as by these companies.
While they generally give free perform
ances, they have regular Toe show, at
which they have employed the talent of
hardly yet over the effects of that terrible
felon on his hand, but no man can bring
down crowd more certainly with char
acter representations and comic songs.
He is natural comedian.
A BEE reporter who visited the mani
moth warehouse of Griffin & McElroy,
dealers in Chicago dressed meat and
manufacturers of artificial ice, was met
by John II. McElroy, who snatched a
few moments from business to show him
over the building, including the ice de-
partment. This is by all means the most
interesting and many visitors call to see
it. The ice machinery is in small build
ing put up as an addition, across Water
street from the main office and store
house, whence power is obtained. The
plant for making ice consists of a Della
Vergne refrigerating machine, the first
and one of the best double machines sent
out, which is placed in the boiler and en-
CINE room at the main factory, from
which pipes are laid to the addition. AM
through a system of pipes which are rem
dered ice cold and upon which rest zinc
cans filled with distilled water. A solut-
ion of very salt brine is prepared to re-
duce and keep the temperature below the
freezing point. Ice forms first at the
bottom and sides of the can and, in 4S to
80 hours, the water has been frozen into
solid cake of crystal ice, weighing 300
pounds or trifle over. The cans, Of
which there are 80, are then lifted out by
travelling crane and immersed in bath
of warm water for moment, when the
ice slips easily from the can, which is at
once re-filled. Eight tons day is the
capacity of the plant, but so great is the
demand for ice made by this process, the
only one of the kind in New England,
that so tons could easily be disposed of
and much of the ice now sent out is re-
moved from the works before it is solidi-
fled throughout, so eager are patrons to
obtain it. The machinery by which this
ice is made is necessarily expensive, but
is used in place of ice for producing an
intensely dry, unvarying cold atmosphere
to preserve the beef, pork, mutton and
poultry in which the firm deals extern
sively. 1--WE shall not enlarge our ice
plant,' said Mr. McElroy, ssfor, though
successful this year, it will very likely
lie entirely idle, next year; it all depends
upon the work Nature does in this line.
the running of this machinery; at least
$500 worth of ammonia being required
for the first charging of the tank. At
terward, about $500 will keep it in rum
ming order for year. There is consid-
cradle waste, but the greater part, after
passing through the countless pipes and
becoming somewhat warmed, makes its
way to an upper story, where it passes
pipes over which water constantly trick
les, cooling it again. 1t is then returned
to the tank and used again.