New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
AMERICAN FOOD FOR ENGLAND.
THE NEW COLD STORAGE PLANT AT
SOUTHAMPTON NEW OCEAN LINE.

J. NJ. Smart. president and general manager of
the American Cold Storage and Shipping Com
pany, and Edgar B. Gritfiths. both whom
connected with the Southampton Cold Storage
Company, which has erected a plant on American
plans at Southampton at cost of 100000.
passengers on the steamer st. Paul, which arrived
here yesterday. Mr.. Smart in talking of the Eng
lsh project. said that the American company
the parent OF the Southampton Cold Storage Com
pany. which will be operated in conjunction with
the London and Southwestern Railroad. This
railroad Is building modern refrigerator for
the service Besides the plant at Southampton the
American Cold Storage and Shipping Company. he
said has buildings in Manchester, which will be
operated in conjunction with the Manchester Ship
Canal Company, and fourteen other similar
houses are soon to be opened in England. Each
OF these plants will be capable of storing goods
the value OF so coOco, that when they have all
been stocked Mr.. Smart said. products Of American
farms to the amount of $l8O 100000 can he kept In
hand without fear OF deterioration.
The feeding OF the people OF England" added
Mr. Smart ''s a vast undertaking. because they
consume annually $4,000 900 worth OF foodsuns
which have 10 be supplied by other countries The
supplies kept on hand would cnly feed the English
people for 30 days and were her coast menaced by
hostile fleet and her 72 merchantmen kept from
landing there. the country could be starved out In
less than five weeks. The English people are aware
of this and now food carrying vessels are subsi-
dized as well as the mail carriers. This is done by
putting in the mail carrying contract clause that
the boats must be provided with certain dimensions
OF food and cargo carrying space. The United
States should be the feeder Of England. and the
American Cold Storage and Shipping Company can
not but be successful when it removes the disad-
vantages which at present exist. This We intend
TO do by running from New-York Philadelphia and
other Atlantic ports our lres of steamships.
all Of which will be provided with the best OF cold cold
storage facilities. We shall at first only handle
farm products. We shall have two centres of dis
tribution-one at Southampton. which will supply
London and the South of England. and the other
at Manchester, which will cover the entire North OF
England AS terminal facilities VIII be perfect
the other sections Of England will be supplied by
the railroads by of refrigerator cars from
our other cold storage plants. The docks and ter
minal facilities at Southampton and Manchester
are of the most modern kind. while the docks OF
liverpool and London of the old fashioned sort,
and the handling of freight at the latter points Is
expersiye because of methods in The
SOUTHAMPTON docks built and owned by the
london and Southwestern Railroad. The English
people were alarmed when they learned OF the Nor
gan deal in ships which yet they are unable TO
Understand Our company is a NewYork corpora
tion and the whole scheme Is an American one
Mr. Grifiths II learned, had been abroad also
In the interest of company which is about to es-
tablish steamship line for It's business lie
has made arrangements, IL was said, for the pur-
chase of a number OF steamships The plans OF
the new ocean line will probably be made public
in the course OF this week