New-York tribune., 1900-05-13

cannot always be full of ice Such plant can
De m installed stale in an apartment house for $4,000
os foov' according to the Editor of cold stor
age. to whom The Tribune is indebted for
part or the figures and estimates in this article.
PRIVATE HOUSES COOLED
This refrigeration system is now being applied
10 private houses also. The plant Is set I'D In
the cellar. and the cold brine pumped to the top
OF the mousse The pipe in which II asceuds is
there connected with the steam pipes and regis
ters which heat the house in winter It runs
down these back to the basement cooling all
the house as il goes An even temperature of
- degrees can easily be maintained. II is said,
all over the house in the hottest weather by this
system Hot water or steam ascends these pipes
IN winter. but the cold fluid must descend Hence
the installation Of such plant involves some re-
nIuns OF the pipes In the ordinary house, but
the time is fast approaching. refrigerating
perts declare. when first class house will
be built without provision being made for such
plant when the architect draws the plans. The
owner of one big downtown skyscraper said
Gently /lat If the invention had been brought
have ad ed it The windows sS = on the the side Sd Of
his lofty shce building receive the breeze from
open the windows their papers are blown from
their desks. Therefore they shut the windows
and roast A refrigerating plant would enable
the landlord to get 20 per cent more rent out Of
the rooms so exposed to the wind
MUNICIPAL ICE PLANTS
By the use of ice plants and refrigerattng de-
vices such as these a large class of fortunate
individuals. he sure. may defy the trust; but
how about the small individual consumer? What
a tremendous factor he is in the problem Is
shown by the estimate that Brooklyn, the
borough OF homes, consumes more ice annually
than Manhattan. the borough of business. The
only way of escape for the masses from the
grinding extOrtiOn OF trusts seems TO be, il the
opinion of many, a municipal ice plant which
viii sell 10 the citizens pure ice al a uniform
lou IA inst now Sc va
Chicago consumes only two million tons of ice
year. New-York takes five million. One single
plant that could make five million tons year
would have to be monstrously large. say ice
men. to be impraCticable and, besides, the
waste involved in delivery from one point only
would be immense The solution Of the problem
probably lies in establishing a number of sepa-
rate factories in different districts. The city
employees in such factories could find steady
employment If the surplus ice made in winter
stored for the summer demand, and by this
means the capacity of all the plants need not
equal the vast amount of ice called for in July
and August
GOOD FOR THE HEALTH TOO.
There is little doubt that the health statistics
would show a marked decrease Of typhoid fever
If only pure ice were sold in the city instead Of
the microbe laden ice harvested in such
large quantities from the Hudson. On this point
Cold Storage says:
The people of New,York who complain Of the
with horror were they asked TO drink the unItered
water of the Hudson River because the sewage of
many towns and villages is allowed TO run into it,
They would consider 1t certain death TO drink it.
Yet this same sewage impregnated water, after II
has frozen into ice Is served up to the people as
OF the costly delicacies Of the dangerous
season. II is the fond belief of most people
that their salvation in this respect lies in the
fact Of the freezing. But liquid air. with its
very Aw temperature, has little effect
microVs The comparatively warm temperature
Of ice does not injure them all 1t renders
microbes inert, does simple freezing. but the mo-
ment the ice is warmed by contact with the human
that people get typhoid and other fevers.
Experience has shown New-Yorkers that lit
tie faith can be put in private competition
against the trust A man hates to put his capt.
tai into big ice plant which is to manufacture
ice for sale when he knows that a powerful
corporation stands ready TO undersell him If he
does not allow his business to be absorbed by it.