The evening times., 1900-05-21

facture of ice. because OF a prejudice
against other available water.
Many prefer natural ice. as il hardens
and renders the soft rain water ip which
it is used more palatable. About FIVE tons
per day OF artificial ice are consumed in
Paramaribo and about four tons in Cay
enne. Ii is sold in those cities 81 2 cents
per pound. In this city. it is delivered to
consumers at half a cent per pound.
Seventy miles down the east coast from
Georgetown is the port of New Amster-
dam, with population Of 5000, Thirty
thousand dollars has been rece- .tly voted
by the municipality for an electric light
plant. which will be purchased in the
United States. They are supplied with
ice from Georgetown. which sells there at
2 cents per pound. Communication is now
by water In few months. railway will
connect the two places and a small plant
established there would be a profitable in
yestment- Ii will not be done unless by
outside capital. which would also have to
conduct the business. With this exception,
the outlook at this time for the estap-
lishment Of plans or he sale OF Ice ma
chinery is unfavorable-
United States Machinery I'm Peru.
Consul Diekey. OF CaIlao Peru. says that
there are two factories for the manufSc-
ture of ice in Lima and FIVE others il the
coast and interior towns Of feru. The
principal plant is a very extensive and
modern one. The machinery for this plant
was imported from the United States and
cost $4,000 gold. Ice is extensively con-
sumed in summer. selling at from TO
cents gold per 2-2046 pounds, and paying
tax OF ! cent on the same. There is at
present no outlook whatever for the es-
tablishment Of ice plants or the sale OF
machinery for the manufacture % ice in
Peru.
Consul Swain writes from Montevideo.
Uruguay: An excellent ice plant is in op-
GRAFTON here. controlled by the Cousolidat-
ed Breweries IL meets the demand fully
and is ready 10 extend IT'S machinery as
the market may warrant The plant Ger
mani is modern in every way, and the
product first class. In my opinion. there
is no opening here for new plants or ma
chinery therefor"
Consul GOldschmidt sends the following
from La Guayra.
Ice is manufactured BY three different
concerns in Veuezuefa-One in Caracas. one
in Puerto Cabello. and one in Maracaibo.
The first has a monopoly granted by the
Government a few years ago by which no
other ice is permitted to be manufactured
for sale OF to be sold in the df strict OF Ca
racas. which covers La Guayra Bv he
tariff which went into effect September l.
a duty OF about L IL cent per kilOgram is
levied on ice imported into TINS country.
The ice manufactured in Caracas is OF
very inferior quality. coming in pieces
about twenty inches long FIVE aches wide
and three inches thick The Ge.-.re is only
half frozen, leaving a ridge hevtug the den
sity Of frozen snow. This ali ,he fact
that the pieces are so thin cause the ice to
melt quickly. Ice Of this kind is retailed
here at cents per pound; it is conseqU ent-
ly a luxury which few people can aford
From one 10 three pounds are usually
bought by the better famiIies for breakfast
and dinner. Such thing as an ice chest
is almost unknown
l think that ice machines Of small size
would meet with sale here and in Caracas
in hotels and in the better families. Ma
chimes for the manufacture OF large quanti-
ties cannot be sold here. except perhaps TO
the party having the monopoly for manu-
facture and sale in this district. to take the
place OF the one he has. Electricity will
probably be shortly introduced as a motive
power in Caracas Coal costs SIS or SIG a
ton"