The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-01
THE ARpMoRE ICE PLANT.
A. Mammoth Concern Of the ''ewest
and Most Approved Methods.

one of the material evidences of
the splendid growth of Ardmore is
the great Improvement in the ice fac
tory. The former capacity of the plant
became too small and several months
ago the management began the task
Of the enlargement of the plant. The
plant was thoroughly overhauled and
perfectly equipped when the seasons
business opened. The former plant
consisted of a thirty ton refrigerating
machine and a fifteen ton ice making
machine, and to this has been added
machinery until the present plant has
a ninety-five ton refrigerating capac-
ity and an ice making capacitv of fifty
tons a day. The present plant has
sufficient capacity to meet the de-
mands of the trade Cor ten years yet,
If our growth during the next decade
does not surpass the average annual
growth during the past FIVE years.
The very latest improved machin.
cry has been added. the plant has
5000 feet OF floor space more than it
had last year, and now represents a
value of something like 100000.
When the plant was first establish
ed due regard was had to its probable
growth. and the wells, boiler room
and other portions of the property
have not been interfered with by the
addition of new machinery and new
buildings.
The boiler room now has two 150
horse power boilers and provision is
made for adding equally as much
more boiler power without inconven.
fence.
There has been much discussion
recently concerning impure ice. Mum
erous cases of serious diseases have
been traced directly to the use of ice
contaminated with disease germs.
Immunity from all danger Of disease
may be secured only by using ice
manufactured from distilled water.
The plan by the Ardmore Ice Co.
for manufacturing ice cannot be i'm.
proved upon. The exhaust steam from
the massive boilers is conducted
through pipes to the condensers, here
1t is turned back into water and
passes below where it is re-boiled. |
The water is cooled again and filtered |
through two sand and one charcoal |
filter. The water thus purified is ta-
ken as needed through the sponge fl |
ter to the freezing tanks The com
pany has an exhaustless supply of |
well water as pure as there is in the |
Southwest, and when it has gone
through the purifying and fltering |
process, purer water does not ex-
list.
One portion of the new plant that
is just now being perfected is the |
water fan, which takes the place of |
the old dripping process still used
by smaller plants. The water that is
used in condensing the steam is
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ter-cooling tower, and there perco-
lates through meshes of pipes, to the |
lower floor. When it has filed its
mission the water is heated to 12O
degrees. 1t is then exposed to a fan
ten feet in diameter, with a capacity
of $50 revolutions per minute. BY
this process the water is quickly |
cooled to go degrees and is ready to
take its round over the steam pipes
again.
Under the management of Mr. II. L. |
Foster, assisted by such men as Tom
Bell and II. j. Snyder. the Ardmore
Ice company has always been a very
popular and well managed business
concern, and has yielded good profits |
on the investment.
Mr. Ruemmeli, the president of the |
company, is greatly pleased with |
Ardmore, and will keep the plant
fully up to the standard of the re-
quirements of our people.