New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-01-08

tor would take run up before the other
came Of were it not that the man on
the end of the wire pulls 3 lever and the
friction pulley acts at the top, and the
elevator waits until the cargo, is all of.
Then the man releases the pulley and
back goes the carriage, the heavy weight
at the other end carrying it rapidly to
the top. 4'5& n z
From the elevator the ice slides into
q run. In the center Of that is an end
less chain that it fitted with pronglike
attachments at certain intervals, and as
they come along they come up behind
the cake of ice and carry it to its des-
tination.
A short distance up the run is plan
or, a simple continuance that removes
the snow ice and evens the blocks so
that they will pack nicely in. the hold
Of the vessel. The cakes of ice pass
serenely along, and when they come to-
the planer pass easily under. it, but at
the same time they lose two or three
inches Of their height. There is a provi-
sion in the. contracts that provides for
this, and they read that only an inch or
inch and q half, or whatever the AMOUNT
is, of snow leo shall be left on the cake,
and therefore the planning.
just beyond the planer is man who
gives the cake q quick pull that brings
it ahead Of the prong for a moment. A
second look shows why this is done. By
this quick movement the cake of ice is
brought upon a pair Of scales, and in
the second g rest that it has before the
prong on the chain gets along it is
weighed and the figures placed upon the
record that is being kept of the cargo.
It is no. small job to weigh the ice, for
the cakes come along in rapid suoces-
sion, and the weight has to be ascertain
ed in the ordinary manner and the re-
suit put down before the next cake gets
along.
From the scale the journey to the YES
sci is, uninterrupted. The run is arrang-
ed SO that it. extends over the vessel to
the hatchway, and the rise and fall of
the tide are provided for by an arrange
ment that permits Of the rising and fall:
ing Of the run to correspond: =.
Il Perhaps the most ingenious thing4of
the whole system is that by which tho
ice is put in: the hold. At the end OF, the
run and directly over the hatchway is;a
.strong frame. and in that there works a
platform that goee up and down some
thing like anolevator at the house. Two
blocks Of ice are slid upon it directly.
from; the ,run, and the man who controls
it. releases q friction lever. and: DOWN.
gees into the hold BY its own weight
the speed being controlled by the man
with. the friction lever. The platform il
suspended by four ropes, that unwind
from q cylinder as it descends, and at
the same time another and larger rope
that appears from q distance winds upon
the cylinder. ~. E~.-..-. : :. !
When, the load is off the platform in
the hold, the friction lever is again:
loosened, and the rope that comes over
the side of the vessel gets in its work by
turning the drum the other way and
quickly bringing the platform into its
place. Out on the wharf at the other
end Of the big rope is another large
weight, that does the work of pulling
back the platform. r,.... -.
H Away down in the hold the work Of
slowing the ice was progressing rapidly.
The ice is simply packed together in as
small space as possible, and nothing
ia put around it, as many doubtless snip
pose At the matches, after the cargo is
all. in, Q little hay is thrown, but with
the exception 81 that these is nothing
put about the ice to keep it from melt
ing. Under the improved order OF pack
ing only from 10 to. 10 per cent OF the
ice. ia melted and at times not 50, much
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