The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-14
Which Will Be a Termi-
nal Point.
Produce To Be Brought Here
BY Special Train.

There was organized In Portland few
DAYS ago, the Portland Cold Storage
and Terminal company, with Mr.. Il.
Franklin Clements of New York as Its
president. The mere announcement OF
organization of this company conveys
little idea OF the giant project which Is
en- foot. II the plans OF Its promoters
are carried out, It means much for the
city In the upbuilding Of Its trans-At-
Iantio trade, aud when put In operation
will develop q shipping business here
far In excess Of its present proportions.
The plans OF the company were outlined
to q TIMES reporter Saturday afternoon.
The method By which It 10 proposed to
revolutionize thu ocean carrying trade
SO far az the shipment Of wheat are now
considered as perlshabls products 10
onoerned, makes an Interesting story
and tells OF far reaching possibilities.
The statement OF the aims Of the compa-
ny and what has already been done. 90
outlined to the TIMES. 10 In substance
as follows:
This Portland Cold Storage and Terml-
nal company IL but q step In the develop
ment Of q great system Of International
cold storage. Associated with Portland
In this plan IL Halifax, where similar
cold storage plant viii be erected. Here
In Portland the company consemplates
the erection Of one VI tbs largest cold
storage plants in existence. The building.
which will be erected at q convenient
point on tbs water front, will be about
h~ v1i ~ NJ,
seven stories In height with large pow
or station attached. The floors OF this
structure will be divided into compart-
ments for the cara Of various kinds Of
perishable produce.
In order to fully underEtand the pro-
isct 1t will be necessary to know at the
begin ming of the wonderful development
which has been made in the cold storage
system in the past few years. After
great deal of experimenting and years OF
study 1t has been found that all kinds OF
pesishAble articles, such as meats. dairy
products eggs, produce Of all kinds, fish
and every article Of food that is liable
to decay may be.plaosd In. refrigerators
and preserved In perfect condition with
out loss of quality for as long time as Is
required. Everyone knows that today
beef is brought here from the West by the
big beef companies in refrigerator oars
and kept In GOLD storage here for local
consumption a. long rs 10 necessary. In
fact all Of the beef and great deal Of the
other meat that IL consumed In Portland
and vicinity 10 killed In Chicago or other
Western points There has leen great
development In this industry In the past
few years and the end OF 1t is not yet In
sight as there is room fer much more
development along this same line.
Within few years other ARTICLES OF
food have been transported long distances
by this cold storage process. Even eggs
which are raised In the West may be
transported to London In perfect condi.
ton and sold In the London markets a.
fresh and as free from the raSages Of
time and climatic changes az they could
be sold In the market where they were
raised. The same thing applies to veg
stAblss Of all kinds, fish, game, fruit and
everything Of this nature. Al this time
the cold storage system Is in It's infancy.
1t will In time allow OF the preserva-
tion of psrishHbls produce Of every coun-
try In the world and Its transportation to
any other part Of the world and thi 3
development Is rapidly going ON.
PoRTLAND'S ADVANTAGES. I.
Now to get back to the system in which
this port Ia to play an important part.
Portland las many geographical advan'
al INF has
teen pointed out and this project recog.
nizes them In o substantial manner.
Here 10 to be one Of the giant cold stor-
age plants for this continent. At other
points further west and nearer the places
where the peIishable articles OF food are
raised will be established other cold store
age plants as collecting points for the big
plants at Portland and Halifax. Fol-
example. cold storage warehouses Will
be located in Ottawa, Buffalo. Cleveland
Detroit and at great many other places
through the West as well as others nearer
Portland. Operating between these GOLD
storage plants will be run at stated peri
DDS cold storage trains and they vii
gather the perishsble products OF the
farms of the West into these cold stor
age warehouses throughout this section
Of the continent where they may be heit
without danger OF loss for any length o
time that 1t necessary.
For example q man somewhere out II
Michigan who has q small farm, IL
long distance from the big markets o
the country. NOW he would never dream
of such thing az raising poultry for tn
people OF England to eat, because he
too far away from the cold storage plant
Of the big oities to insure his poultr,
reaching England In q condition tina
would prove tempting to the spicure
Of that country. When this great piAl