The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21

loading begines until the beef is landed
are consumed i'm loading the beef, all
the rest of the cargo having been put
on board first. Then the matches are
closed alright and the Glacier steams
away on her journey of more than TO-
UvO miles. bringing good American beef
for Dewey and his men, for Otis and
his hard fighters. But they will not
have any of the difficulties that were
encountered in Cuba after the good
ship Glacier is moored at the wharf in
Manila a tremendous refrigerator
storehouse is now being completed for
receiving the cargo of frozen beef 1t
Will not be exposed to the tropical heat
or the Philippines for many minutes
only long enough to put il into the re-
1riSerated rooms Nor will il be de-
livered 10 the navy and army immedi-
ately, Tor II this frozen meat were al
lowed 10 thaw out suddenly in that
terrific heat, IL would not be in the best
condition for consumption. There is a
de-frosting ARRANGEMENT in the Manila
rekrlSerating storehouSe- 1t is a series
of rooms with gradually rising TEMPER
allure. The first room is kept at a tenn
perature of 80 degrees. and then grad
ually raised 70 50. The second starts at
50 ana carries the temperature up to
10, and thus the process of de-frosting
continues, gradually raising the meat
10 the temperature of the normal car
cass. In this way the fiavoring juices
or the beef are preserved so that when
Admiral Dewey sits down to his roast
peer 1t will taste to him just as if the
OK mad been killed only a day or two.
When II is remembered that the trip
to Manila from New York will occupy
ten weeks, even though the Glacier
goes by way of the Suez canal. it can
be easily understood that anything less
than freezing the meat would not pre-
serve it. Beef is shipped to Europe
unfrozen. being kept at a temperature
or about 80 degrees. and arriving in
good condition. but the trip is a short
one and the temperature of the air is
moderate, but only a freezing tempera-
ture VIII preserve meat properly for so
long tim as tep weeks. especially
when the vessel has to pass through
the, Mediterranean and the Red seas.
the Indian and Pacific oceans. The
Glacier will stop only four times for
coal and water before reaching Ma
Mia In fact, this is the only element
- ask IN the enJIre trip. The only
possibility for any mishap lies in the
breaking down of her machinery, or the
giving out Of coal and water. Every
precautlon has been taken in these par
1cularS. for the vessel has Just come
out of dry dock. where she was given
a thorough overhauling from stem TO
stern. and all arrangements for getting
coal and water at Port Said and the
other coaling stations have been per-
fected. The success of the undertaking.
seems assured from the precautions in
the selection of the very best beef and
the cars in freezing and packing it for
transport.
The vessel Glacier is unique among
the navies of the world. If you have
ever been into the cooling rooms of a.
large brewery, you will have a slight
idea of the way the interior of the
Glacier looks. Pipes everywhere are
covered with hoar-frost. Packed with
100000 pounds of beef. brozen hard as
rocks, all that is necessary is to pre-
serve the low temperature constantly.
This is done by the powerful engines,
on the same principle as these
IN the brewerieS, employing barrels Of
for the work. Besides her
store of beef. she carries out clothing
and other supplies for the army and
navy, so that all may be as comfortable
as II they were quartered in the neigh
borhood of the United States. The
of all of the details has
been in the hands of PaymaSter Jew
EFT, who watches each step in this i'm
portant undertaking. 1t is the first
time that frozen meat has been shipped
III any Sucn quantity, anywhere in the
world, being the largest contract ever
given out by any department of the
government TO a single firm. The pains
which are taken to make this trip a
success are warranted by the anticipa-
ton that it is only the first. but by no
means the last. load of fresh beef which
the Glacier will have to take to Manila.
Even though Aguinaldo surrenders
promptly. the army and navy will have
to remain in the Philippines for many
years to come. and the Glacier will
solve the problem Of furnishing them
with fresh, nourishing and good meat.