The evening times., 1900-05-21

or near the resident district OF the city
i am unable to supply figures relative
TO the consumption Of ice. but / have as
certained that it is very limited. and that
the largest consumer never takes 100
pounds day Its use is confined almost
entirely to the two hotels. four foreign
boarding houses. half dozen drink shops
patronized by the foreign population two
clubs. and few foreign families II is
never used 20 preserve food but only 10
cool drinks. either in the bottle or when
eoncocted separately. Butcher shops have
no need for ice. All cattle are killed in
the afternoon at the Government slaughter
house, and the meat is distributed the
same day to the retail deader, who hangs
II up in his tile-lined shop which has
wroughtiron doors and windows. so that
air may freely circulate. As il is never
hot here al night and the meat is cut up
and sold at retail the next morning. II is
still fresh and without the least bit of taint
or deterioration when prepared by the cook
Tor O'Clock dinner. or more than twenty
four hours after butehering. The local
sanitary laws require that all meat or cat
tie killed one day shall be sold before noon
next day, and. all shops are daily in
spected, just enough is killed to supply or
dinary demands.
"Grocers and other vendors sell nothing
that would deteriorate On q cunt
foreign preserved butter and lard: all
chickens and other fowls are dressed by
the purchasers, while Of fresh fish. when
is hawked around the streets. there is "A I
enough for daily consumption, end oonse-
quetnly no necessity for ice in this line
Soda water fountains are unknown here;
ice cream is luxury very seldom INDUCED
nj, and even used il is always made 10
order; while ;ne little ice water used by
the whole ely would not consume any
where near 100 pounds of ice a day in It's
manufacture. Water for drinking is cooled
In porous receptacles called 'moringues
which are placed in the air. The cooling
being done by evaporation Everyone has
a number of these, and they make the
water agreeable for drinking purposes: so
that even Americans soon forego ice water.
which is an unknown thing TO the natives
As there are so few uses for ice here,
and ! am reliably Informed that the de-
mand for private consumption does not ma
terially increase, / am inclined to tel eI G
that the outlook for the establishment of
a new factory or the sale of new mach nes
is not very fiattering. Perhops, with more
modern machinery, independent water sup
ply, lessened cost Gf production. ami the
adoption OF our business methods. a D ant
would pay bettS- and ice become more
popular; but thS fact remains that one
could never hope for a large consumption
IN proportion to population, as compared
with our cities, because the average Bra
lillian does To- care for cold drinks"
One tscsory In Chile.
Consul Merriam writes from Iquique,
Chile, hat the. { is but one factory in that
city for the manufacture Of ice. The ma
chine was made in Germany It's capacity
is S,5SS pounds per day During four
months in the year the output is 1864
pounds to $3.50 pounds; during the rest OF
the year it does not exceed 3.O49 pounds.
This machine is capable of producing an
amount far in excess of the demand.
Consul Caples, Of Valparaiso. says: Al
most all the ice used in this district is
manufactured by the breweries and bot
tling establishments; farther north at
Iocopilla, il is made by sea water con-
densing companies. II is almost impossi-
Die TO approximate the quantity consumed.
but II is large in proportion 10 the num-
Der OF inhabitants, particularly in the CEN
tral and northern portions OF the district
II is used in breweries. bOttling establish
ments, hospitals, hotels saloons. and fam
lies An abundance OF ice is produced.
and. in my opinion, additional ice-manu-
iacturinS establishments would lave 10
meet serious competition"
Consul Shaw sends the following flom
Barranquilla, Colombia:
There is in this consular distric; but
one ice factory. This plant is located at
city with population esri-
mated at between 40, 900 and 80 600 The
proprietor holds q concession from the De
partment OF Bolivar, which gives him the
exclusive right 10 manufacture and sell
ice in the ''rOvince Of BarranquiIla. There
are Ice factories at Bogota, Cartagena, and
Honda
4 understand that a concession grant
Ing the exclusive right TO manufacture ard
sell Ice at Cienaga and Santa Marta was
gwen some time since by the Department
OF Magdaiena to a gentleman at Cienaga. a
Town about sixty miles from Barranquilla
and twenty-one miles from Santa Marta.
the capital Of the Department; and that
the eoncessiOnary bound himself 20 fur
nlsh ice at price not exceeding CEN
taVos per pound; but he has thus far taken
no actual steps to establish the business.
and consequently the CT y OF Santa Marta.
with poulatiOn of abo I 1000: the town
of Cienaga. with a population Of 12.OOO:
and Pueblo Niejo, with a population Of
about 1.0OO-tlree points within a radius
OF eleven miles-are practically without
ice, except such small quantities as are
shipped from Barranquilla
1t is claimed that the concessionary st
Cienaga has allowed his rights to lapse.
This. of course. would require an inyesti
cation through the Department OF Magda-
eDa. II is probable that an ice plant will
be established either at Cienaga OF Santa
Marta in the near future One obstacle
II present in the way is the great fiuctua-
ion in the value of Colombian paper cur
'ency. II the concession is secured. II
hould grant 10 the eoneessionary the right |
o regulate the price at which the product |
nay be sold according to the gold value OF 1
Colombian currency"
Government Controls the Rights.
Vice Consul General Gudger. of Panama |
ays:
The right TO manufacture ice in this |
apartment is sold by the Government to |
he highest bidder. The concession is
wned at present by company in Bogota.
nd the ice is manufactured in Panama by |
plant which has a capacity of about ten |
DIS per day. The consumption Of ice here !
; not very great, Gu account Of the price
cents per pound"
The following has been received from
onsul General De Leon. of Guayaquil
There are no fee factories in Ecuador |
kept in GuayaQuil. where there are three !
wo small and one large; only one is run
ing, having arranged with the others to
ease manufacture. The capacity OF this |
aetory largely exceeds the demand Most
| the product is used by its owners in their
rewery. These people consume little ice:
e water is regarded as unhealthy. Claret /
nd other wines are drunk by the better
lass; ehica, guarapo, and mayorca by the
oorer
Ice retails at 1-2 cents gold. Perbaps
wo or three tons per day are consumed nv