Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
ANOTHER NEW ICE PLANT.
The. Hellmann Brewing Co Will Be & Ready for Next Summer.


 Another and very important step in the development of the Hellmann Brewing Cos plant is made public to- day. For something over Il year the company has been considering the ad- dition of an ice-making and cold stor age plant to it's works. the matter of location being the only thing ill doubt. This has now been decided on and Treasurer Richardson is able to give general outline of what the new ven ture will be.
 The company considers itself pecu- Early well fitted to take up this new industry, not only because of. the abundant supply of pure and whole some water on it's premises, but the fact that they have already q surplus of refrigerating facilities.
 The new building will be situated on the south side of Bank street. almost opposite the present entrance to the brewery. It will be of generous di- menSionS. 100 feet front by III feet deep. It will be two stories high over the cellars and sub-cellars. and the material used will be brick with stone trimmings. The foundation walls will be of sufficient strength to allow Of additional stories when necessary. The upper story will extend some fifteen
 
 the loading of teams without obstruct- ing the street traffic. The ice Will be delivered to the wagons by series of chutes. leading from the ice storage room. Two-thirds of the upper floor will be. used exclusively for freezing purposes. while the lower or ground floor will be devoted to the ice storage. The item of cold storage is an inn portant one. for while about two-thirds Of the building will be used for the manufacture of ice, the remainder will be divided into about twenty-five rooms which will be rented to the pub lie for cold storage purposes. The plant will be equipped With the most modern machinery. including automat- ic elevators. carriers. etc. and as soon as the outer walls are erected the en- tire construction will be under the su- perViSion of an expert mice machinery and ice-making plants.
 It is the cOmpanys desire to begin operations right away and contractors are now figuring on the plans. The idea is to get the outer walls up as soon as possible so that work on the if. e.rior fittings can be continued during the winter. so as to be ready for the spring business.
 In preparation for this enterprise the company placed in position las< s,.m- mer an immense new boiler and the work Of building ali addition to the engine room will be taken up imme- diately. This last addition is made necessary from the fact that the com pany will add another refrigerating machine of 100 tons capacity. This will make a total of three of these ma chimes in the company's plant and will insure ample power for years. The refrigeration will be carried to the new plant through a tunnel from the engine room. thus keeping the machinery for cooling the brewery vaults and manu- featuring ice all under the same roof. This plan will not only be more con yenient but decidedly more economical as well and will enable the company to make ice cheaper than would an in dependent plant. The sinking of an other artesian well on the premises has already begun. This inSureS a prOba- bly, never failing supply of a most inn portant requisite of ice-making pure water. This will make four wells from which the company will draw.
 In conclUs on it is the company's pur- pose to supply to the public the purest of ice. up to date cold storage facilities and at the same time keep in line with the march of progress. The capacity of the new plant will be seventy five tons daily.