Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-05-26
COLD STORAGE HOUSES.
SOMETHING THAT IS CONSTANTLY
BEING MADE BETTER.

Deiicscies win BE Kept Untn Mid
winter What Has Been Accom- pIished.
II way could be found TO keep fruits
berries and melons fresh for an indefinite
length Of time the public would have
something added To its happiness during
the winter months Somebody or other
has been trying for years to effect such
result, but every experiment has met
with failure
There are come things too delicate to
Keep long after being plucked from the
maternal branch
These things are. Of course, also deli
cate TO the taste. and that their season is
so short Is what has led to the Intellectual
attempts TO preserve them. 50 that they
may be had when they are not in season
MILLIONS on ICE
The nearest thing TO the accomplish
ment Of this much desired object are the
cold storage warehouses These are
fitted up with huge boilers and great
pumps for forcing brine and ammonia
through the pipes that enter the air tight
compartments The mixture OF brine
and ammonia turns 50 cold that snow
and ice form thick and solid on the out.
side Of the pipes The currents can b.
80 regulated by system Of gauges that
any temperature below zero can be pro
duced without difficulty
This system can be utilized to ad
vantage in preserving all things not af
fected by frosts In New York CITY al
any season of the year there are many
millions Of dollars worth Of good thing
stored away in those places to be drawn
out from time 10 time as the dealer re-
quires them for his trade
In one great storage iouse there is est
mated to be at all times from S. 900. 0OC
to sl2.0O0.O00 worth of property in
which however is included all conceiv
able sorts of expensive eatables and vaIu
able skins and furs
I This Is how most Of the big furriers
/ keep the expensive skins from year t.
year There is one thing that moths
I cannot stand. and that Is low tempera
ture Such temperature will also keel
skins from hardening and furs from
rusting to the end Of time
As for poultry there is no telling how
long il can be kept in prime eating con
dition Mr. " Conklin. Of the firm
of F Z Linde & To-. Of the Hudson
River stores, told reporter that they
have few thousand dollars worth OF
I poultry which has been in their keeping
for more than two years This particu
lar consignment became the subject Vi
litigation shortly after il was placed
there. and there it must remain until it
I becomes settled who Is the owner
Eggs are also kept for an indefinite
period in these storage warehouses by
lowering the temperature of the room t.
a few degrees above freezing 1t i
claimed that they can be kept in thi,
T way just as fresh as when they are firsi
laid. but this IS matter which admit
( of some doubt. at least. most everybody
including the keepers Of ''cold storages.
would prefer their eggs direct from tbs
hen coop
THE HARDEST TO KEEP.
The hardest things to keep are water
melons, straw Oerries-in fact all Derrie.
and peaches The storages are seldom
called upon to hold these things NOR,
than day or two at time Strawb
ries, however, have been kept for ovel
six weeks after their season ended Mr.
Couklin had a lot for more than a month
and he has expressed tine opinion that i
they could be placed one by one upon
rack in an even temperature, so that +;
current Of air could always circle AROUND
them. they could be preserved an entir,
year
The same method. he thinks, would b.
equally sufficient in keeping watermel
ons. but an editor in this town tried this
but without any satisfactory result II
wrapped dozen melons in cotton, an,
toward the end Of the season placed then
in d general storage house, being careful
to spread them apart The season Ia,
hardly opened when he received wor'
that his watermelons were rotring Il
did not 40 after them, though until tn
first OF December, and those melons wer
then very poor eating. indeed
Originally they cost s., but the storag
cost So. 50 the owner was out $ by tn
experiment. and he had no melon TO ca
either
Prunes the cold storage system keep
+ in fine condition for years They ma
be found in as soft, fresh and moist cor
dition when taken from the cool CON
partment as they are when first picked
Vegetables can De Kept a great time
but there is seldom much need for savin
them-they are always 50 plentiful
The cold storage is always improving
ike everything else in this restless, push
ing world and perhaps before man
wears strawberries and watermeions ma
/ not be out Of reach in midwiEser. -Nev
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