New-York tribune., 1900-10-25
flqulo air.

than 200 pounds. against 200 TO 100 for -,
electric MISUNDERSTANDING Of its use n, ~
kinds OF roads and for heavy trucking. as wsr !.
for light pleasure traffic.
Second-With the weight mentioned a U,,,,a -
machine will than nifty miles v1rbo,,, -
charge, as against twenty miles for the elect.
Third-It is absolutely safe and perfsctIv ~.
less and II IS the most economical bower f5st'
oe used costlng less than one cent mile to oDsr
Foqrth-Its machinery and operation are ~ a..
Fifth-It is absolutely odorless and cIsanlv -.
- & no neal WITH liquid air as the motive
cate and dainty lines as carriage for horses ~
Iaking into consideration all these facts -.
opinion is justified that within three or four & s1s
LIQUID air VIII be the only power used for horseles
carriages and vehicles OF every na ture.
VAST OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED.
One hesitates TO hazard forecast "a N -.
growth and financial Importance OF this branch -
the liquid air interest An observer in the CO.
gested district OF this city. with its almost -
extricabIe mixup Of vehicles OF every zor, ss.t
with its driver and horses easily paint raents1
picture OF the locality and circumstances ,i,L
the substitution of silent powerful and usrfact
coutrolable force OF liquid air for horses ana ~.
multiply the picture by the number Of all the oor,
mercial centres in the world. and he viii then n.
able to grasp only in part the importance OF thf,
force in this application.
When one comes to the matter of refrirars+s,,
statistics and figures and estimates may be hazard
ed, with the hope OF somewhat nearer anorosob
to accuracy. Refrigeration may ne divided into
number Of separate classes each having fts s,ac,1
domain. covering large field OF its own Arorv
these may be mentioned transportation rsfriva-z
tion (and this into its subcasses Of fruits -o4at
perishabe goOds-as eggs. butter etc); hotel -
frigeration, comprising not only the cooling Of In.
stores Of provisions and liquors but its public a.,
private apartments: saloon refrigeratiou a bv -
means inconsiderable matter. If one observes a.
casionally the ice wagon driving up 10 the back
door of saloon and unloading block after bloot
OF Ice and then consider the hundreds OF thousands
Of saloons with which country is afflicted fo-
blessed-according the point Of view taEsr,.
butcher refrigeratC comprising the keeping cool
OF the contents of the large iceboxes Tor more
properly. rooms) be found in all butcher sbons
(not to speak here of the superiority for tbs
and all other purposes Of this pure dry cold ovs-
the wet, sloppy cold produced by evaporating irs1.
to require further reference here; audit9rirS
refrigeration embracing the cooling OF an public
terTanean excavations for public works Elb a sG9 @
vision enumerated above is great interest h
II is computed that the annual outlay for refrig
Grafton alone reaches the stupendous sum Of Sl5S
0OOOOO The IrlPIer Company claims 10 be able 10
many times its total capitalization.
which the general public knows most@t5 10, aI
household refrseration-what the facts? Ths
be in excess of 100000 An average OF i've persoSS
TO a family is large one making Il fta d.0 es1ofI3
THE SMALL COST TO FAMILIES.
Perhaps only two-thirds OF these use Ice AZ all
and instead of taking an average figure for the
consumption OF ice by these ten million families
it is fair to take the smallest amount that can b.
reasonably assumed the daily expenditure for
ice, or 10 cents CNew-Yorkers viii appreciate the
conservatism of this fgure). At the present price
OF Ice TINS would not buy more than 20 . pounds
II has been proved definitely that the cost TO mann
facture liquid air may be reduced 70 one and ons
NTH cents gallon In using IL for the purpose OF
domestic refrigeration one gallon is the equivalent
to 80 pounds OF ice The assumption is made thar
each Of these families uses a gallon OF LIQUID air
day, instead OF 10 cents worth OF ica-thus zett1g
from two three times the value for a smaIl nsr2
of the cost They might pay for the LIQUID air fvs
cents gallon instead Of the 10 cents thew nav
for ice. But that gallon Of LIQUID air is shown ~
cost but one and one-dfth cents. Two and one
half cents would be more than double that cost
made two and one-half cents day, and yet confer
boon upon them.
There are 965 days in the year. and on the as
SUMPTION thaL Ice IS not needed for mora than two
hundred days il appears that 21a cents uuittolIed
by 200 days multiplied by 10000 90 families would
give a total profit from this one OF the many
times the total capitalization OF the company II
IS apparent that this cannot be accomplished by
Cugh organization of local sub-companfes al over
the United States is contemplated which VIII hs
matter Of the near future. As the parent Trip
Ter company Will retain large interest In all Of
these subsidiary companies. IL viii be seen that
from this one single item OF the OF LIQUID AIR
in the daily necessities OF life profit NAV be an
talizatiOn.
few figures on the subject OF brewery refriE-
equally entertaining. and. 'an roads lead to
Rome, so they would only furnish another evil
denee OF the almost inealculaole profits inherent
in the development Of the Liquid Air enterprise
a matter OF the very near future
VALUABLE AS AN EXPLOSIVE.