The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-26

one Of which caught the $3.50 top price.
They were the besth ogs for the day, in
fact many days, and were sold to Dold.
Mr.. Funk was in charge of the con-
signment.
John Cooley of Rose Hill was in with
a car Of hogs, which graded fair for the
day.
George A. Kennoyer Of Leon was the
last arrival at the yards. He brought a
car of hogs.
William Plush Of Penalosa, Kingman
county, was a visitor at the yards yes
terday looking over the market and get
ting acquainted. He is a prospective
shipper to this market, and will have in
a car of selected hogs the last OF the
week. He reports good fat hogs as be-
ing about cleaned out of that part of
the state, but he has some good ones of
his own feeding which he is ready to
ship. He left well satisfied with affairs
as he found them.
A. G. Godair. the affable cashier Of the
wei known live stock commission firm
! Of Godair, Harding &, Co., of National
Stock Yards. H., was business visitor
at the yards yesterday. He has many
/ acquaintance among the Union Yards
| contingent who are always glad to have
him call
The Dold Packing company shipments
yesterday were: One car Of packing
house products east to Buffalo. one car
to Texas and four more cars Of white
Clover Leaf Lard the celebrated win
ner brand to Liverpool. England These
make in all twelve cars direct shipment
from the Wichita plant to Europe Of
this one article Of their output, all In
about three weeks In the shipment of
yesterday were about 90. 900 pounds, TAX
en- by one big firm. Thus It becomes a
world wide fame which one Dold Pack
ing company and Wichita product has
achieved by extensive advertising, and
steadfast care to produce an absolutely
pure and unadulterated article of COM
merce. The shipments Of this Arm for
last week were twenty-six cars of meats.
The railroads doing the hauling yestsr
day were: The Santa Fe 7; Missouri
Pacific, 4; Frisco, 1.
The Kansas City Journal has the follow
ing interesting account of e novel plan
OF war machine which was contributed
by high official in theh Jacob Dold
Packing company. under the caption of
The Dold Ammonia Brigade:
THE Jacob Dold Packing company. Of
this city, has now in the course of erec-
ton the largest ice machine in the world,
which will be completed, It is expected, in
few days, and after which time 1t will
be at the service of the United States gov
eminent, to be used ma most novel and
effective manner. In effect It will be one
fthe most terrible weapons ever used
or even thought of in modern warfare |
Aside from this terrible effect, the unique
ness, novelty and originality Of the plan |
is most commendable to this progressive |
and up-to-date packing firm.
THE ice machine has capacity of $50 |
tons per day, taking 1,750 steam horse
power for its operation. The cublcal area
of the cylinders is 816,564 672 cubic inches. |
The displacement of this in liquid an
hydrous ammonia, in round numbers, |
would be 100000 cubic feet at each stroke
compressed gas would be as 900 is to I,
which would make $500, 900 cubic feet
of ammonia gas This would be more
than the area covered by the Spanish
soldiers in Havana Now, the specific
gravity Of ammonia (the chemical symbol
of which is Nib is represented by II, /
which, compared with the specific gravity
of alr-represented by 14.45-would thus
show that the ammonia gas, when sprayed
into the air, being heavier than the air,
would necessarily fall to the ground, thus
every person in that ten
square mile area With this vast amount
at each stroke of the piston, this gigantic
ice machine would be capable of pumping
gaseous ammonia into the enemy's terri
tory many times faster than the big guns
could reload and shoot the charges, when
it is taken into consideration that this
machine operates at the rate of fifty
strokes per minute.
Now the question might arise how to
transport the ammonia and allow it to es-
cape in the enemys stronghold at Havana
The explanation is easy: Connected with
this machine is d total area of steel pipe.
Of double thickness and strength, equal
to the area Of 10, 222, 900 feet In length of
L4-inch pipe, more than enough to reach
the 1,752 miles, which Is the distance from
here to the harbor of Havana. Now,
the temperature of this compressed am
monia is about 400 degrees Fahrenheit
when confined in this pipe line at pres
sure of about $50 pounds TO the square
nch; but. when suddenly expanded into
space. instantly produces a GOODNESS of 30
degrees Fahrenheit below zero; 50, in addi- ,
ton to asphyxiation, life would be impos- !
;ible to the Spaniard owing to the extreme
and terrible cold. Now, If this charge
should not be sufficient and there should
De no more ammonia on hand 10 charge
he machine again for another ammo
liacal bombardnent. then recourse could
oe had to natures freest and greatest gift
o mankind. which, While a necessity to :
everyone. and without which we could
lot live for one minute, could be trans
ormed into the most terrible and dia- =
,olical destructive agent in existence. Il S
$ iquefied air. a charge Of liquefied air
in Havana, covering the area
low in possession OF the Spanish army.
would reduce the temperature instantly
o 40 degrees below zero. so that those
Who have not succumbed to the first )
harge can not possibly withstand the Sec <
md. as a chill much unlike and opposite >
o their favorite dtsh-chIu con carne- #
will have knocked them cold
.rThe cost of one charge Of this machine. r