The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-30
TO MANUFACTURE ICE BY NEW
PROCESS.
1t is Said to be Cheaper and Quicker
Than the Old Methods-Will be Ready
Soon.

There will probably be a hot time
among the ice men in spite of the cha
racter of their business, within the
course of few months and instead Of
enjoying such a sinecure the ice man
Will nave troubles of his own that equal
those of less cool members of society
The cause of the threatened trouble is
the entrance of a new ice and cold stor-
age company into the local field. The
Regealed Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany is the name of the new company
and the plant of the new concern is
nearing completion. All but one piece
of the machinery is here and the plant
will be in operation within six weeks
or two months at the most. Evans,
Espy and Cross are the names of the
members of the new firm.
The new company proposes to manu-
facture ice by an entirely new process
whiChis said to be much cheaper as well
as quicker method of producing ice
than that now in use here. The method
is the patent of d. L. Holden of Phna-
delphia who has been engaged in the
manufacture of ice for thirty years. He
established the first machine of the kind
in the United States. His system of
ice making is founded on two physical
laws-differential conduction and re-
gealation. In the first case there is the
difference of conduction of heat between
gealation of ice crystals under pressure
The mechanical construction of the
machine in order to carry out these
laws is as follows:-
Into a tank of suitable size, shape and
construction is suspended one or more
hollow cylinders by means of hollow
trunnion. The tank is filed with filtered
water submerging the cylinder several
inches, the cylinder is made TO revOlve.
Directly in front of this cylinder and
parallel thereto is a cutter bar. carrying
knives or. rather, cutting tools, such
as are used for side cutting on a lathe.
Anhydrous ammonia is admitted
through one of the hollow trunnions
by means of a small pipe. AS the cylin-
keeps the inner surface of the cylinder
wet, and it evaporates very rapidly.
! lowering tie temperature of the iron
to about 80 degrees below zero. The eX-
panded gas, after performing its work,
passes out through the other trunniOn,
| and so back to the machine. Beautiful
| clean and transparent ice is formed on
the outer periphery of the cylinder al
| the rate of u inch per minute if 1t was
/ allowed to thicken, but the knives men
! toned above keep 1t cut down to 1-64
inch hence the freezing is exceedingly
rapid as it practically has only to con-
duct the heat through the iron.
semi-crcular hood where a screw
/ conveys or carries the ice forward to
/ the presses. The first act of the piston
in the press is to squeeze out through
/ the perforated lining all superfuous
! water Cthis requires about ten secOnds)
/ and Immediately thereafter regealatior
/ sets in, t. e.. the ice commences to melt
under the pressure which lowers the
/ temperature of the mass below 90 de-
I greesF. The lock is then thrown back
when a solid block of hard, frozen ice
shoots out, this last act causing the
/ temperature to return to 80 degrees
thus completing the process of regeala-
! tion.
"It is not our desire especially to cut
/ prices" said Mr.. FstY, "but we are here
! to sell our ice. We will nut two wagons
on a soon as we get our plant ready
| In addition to their being one storage
room for the ice we will aslo have fOul
rooms for regular cold storage business
! By our process ice can be manufactured
as cheap al so cents ton although the
cost of coal will prove large item il
] the cost of production and it may bt
greater here"
Work has begun already on the plant
on the makai side of Queen street neal
| Cooke.