Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-13
VALUE TO COMMERCE.
casts to the Shippers of Per-
iShable Goods.


casts to the Shippers of Per-
ishable Goods.
One of the greatest, if not the greatest,
enemies that the iceman has in Mlwau-
kee, and large cities generally, is the
weather man. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars are saved annually to the ship
pers of perishable goods every year
through the good offices of the weather
man when aided by industry and intelli-
gence upon the part of the shipper or the
man he employs TO take charge of his
shipments. But Notwithstanding the
enormous amount of money saved. that
would otherwise so to the Iceman. the
sum would be increased by hundreds OF
thousands of dollars were shippers care
full to see that The warnings of the
weather man ale followed SO far as it is
possible to do so.
To the average citizen the highest
function of the weather man is to fur
niSh forecasts for the newspapers, and
to hang out weather signals so that Deo-
pc may know whether it is going to rain
tomorrow or whether the day IS to be
bright and warm or whether ii will be
cold Dr cloudy. Then. 100, the weather
man suffers equally In the average mind
if the day happens TO be cloudy when he
said it would ram, or the poriended
thunderstorm does not put in an appear
ance.
Forecasts Generally Correct.
A little intelligence mixed in with a
certain amount of judgment is all that
IS necessary to prove that the weather
man Is usually right. Every morning he
receives reports from all over the coun-
try as 70 the condition OF the weather
and the barometer and thermometer
readings in each place. He knows where
the high is and the slow and he can
say TO Il certainty which way the barn-
metric pressure will cause the winds TO
move and his knowledge of the move
ments of the air currents makes it pos
slble for him to say with much certainty
what the result of the various conditions
will be- If he predicts rain and it is
cloudy, his prediction has been carried
out nine time out of ten for at some
place in the district ram mas fallen, for
1t should be remembered that the fore
east covers a greater district than the
twenty-one or two square miles conStitut-
ing Milwaukee.
But as to the iceman. Shippers of per.
lshable goods must of a necessity see
that sufficient ice must accompany the
shipments to prevent their being spoiled.
There is where the iceman comes in.
The more ice that can be saved, that is
dispensed with, the more the iccman
loses and the shipper saves.
The Care of Beer.
1t is in the shipment of beer perhaps
that more ice is consumed in milwaukee,
than for all other purposes. Keg beer
must be kept at Il certain temperature
If it becomes too warm the beer spOils
If the beer freezes it is also spoiled to a
certain extent. The value of the man
who superintends the packing of the ice
in the various cars depends materially
upon his ability TO calculate most closely
the exact amount Of ice needed in the
different cars going to all parts of the
country. The iceman's bill is large or
small accordingly as his judgment is good
or bad.
Before the weather man came along
thousands Of tons Of ice were wasted an
nually. 1t is estimated that the PabSt
Brewing company will save from $4,000
to $4,000 this year because of the
weather man together with the further
fact that its shipping man is able 10 read
the weather conditions intelllgently and
TO act accordingly. for the one is of quite
as much value as the other
Roth Studies the Weather.
The shipping clerk Of the Pahst brew
cry is PhiIip Roth and Weather Observer
Wilson pays him high compliment. OF
all OF the shipping men in milwaukee,,
others understands the weather maps
he of all others, pays greater attention
TO them and consequently, says DR.. WI
son, the BabSt company fares better than
any Of the other brewers. While the
brewers all receive the weather maps,
DR. Wilson says there are none Of the
shipping men who are able to understand
them or who pays SO much attention to
them as Mr.. Roth. Outside of the OK
perts at the weather bureau ne is per
haps the best weather expert in the city.
The PabSt Brewing company ships Oh
an average Of fifty cars day during the
summer. These cars 20 to all portions
Of the country. While il is an easy mat
ter for anyone to understand the cOndi-
ton Of the weather in the different parts
Of the country on the day of shipment,
that is. the day that the weather map is
issued judgment must bc exercised in
determining what the weather conditions
will be ut the time the beer reaches IT'S
destination and what the weather viii
be along the route through which il must
PASS. In the year past, says pr Wilson,
hut one mistake was made and that in
consequential.
To Prevent Freezing.
And ii is not alone in summer that
the weather man and the intelligent ship
ping clerk is Of exceeding value 10 his
employer. He must guard against eX-
IRENE cold as well as against excessive
heat. If the beer is going into a district
whore cold wave is likely to rage by the
time the beer gets there the shipper
must have prepared his shipments accord
ingly by packing his cars sufficiently %
prevent freezing If DR.. Wilson says,
the other shipping men were as c0mpe-
tent as the Pabst man in understanding