The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21


denly in that terrific heat it would not be
in the best condition for consumption.
There is a de-frosfing arrangement in the
Manila refrigerating store house. 1t is
series of rooms with gradually rising tenn
perature. The first room Is kept at tenn
perature of 80 degrees and then gradually
raised to 3. The second starts at IS and car
ries the temperature up 10 As, and thus the
process of de-frosdng continues, grad
ually raising the meat to the temperature
OF the normal carcass. IN this way The
navorhng juices of the beef are preserved,
so that when Admiral Dewey sits down
to his roast beef it will taste to him just
as if the OK had been killed. only day or
two. When IL is remembered that the trip
to Manila from New York VIII occupy ten
weeks, even though the Glacier goes by
way OF the Suez Canal, It can be easily
understood that anything less than fTeez-
Ing the meat would not preserve IL. Beef
IS shipped TO Europe unfrozen, being kept
at a temperature OF about 36 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 will preserve meat properly for so
long a time as ten weeks, especially when
the vessel has TO pass through the M6di-
terranean and the Red seas, the Indian
and Pacific oceans. The Glacier VIII stop
only four times for coal and water, be-
fore reaching Manila. In fact this is the
only element of risk in the entire trip.
The only possibility for any mlshap lies IN
the breaking down of her machinery or
the giving out Of coal and water. Every
precaution has been taken in these partic-
ulars for the vessel has just come out OF
dry-dock where she was given thorough
over-hauling from stem to stern, and ali
arrangements for getting coal and water
at Port Said and the other coaAng sta
tons have been perfected. The success OF
the undertaking seems assured from the
precautions in the selection OF the very
best beef and the cars in freezing anu
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 boar
frost. Packed with 100000 pounds OF
beef, frozen hard as rocks all that IS
necessary is to preserve the low tempera-
ture constantly. This is done by the
powerful engines working on the same
principle as those In the breWeries, en-
ploying barrels of ammonia for the work.
Besides her store for beef she carries out
clothing and other supplies for the army
and navy, so that all may be as comfor-
table as if they were quartered in the
neighbOrhood of the United States. The
experimenting of all the details has been
in the hands of Paymaster Jewett, who
watches each step in this important I'M
dertaking. 1t is the first time that frozen
meat has been shipped in any such guam
uty, 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
anticipation 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 surren-
ders 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, nourshing and good meat.