The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-28

dependent Ice Company, on the Atlantic
Coast Line tracks. at Seventh and
Brunswick streets. has been completed.
and yesterday afternoon a, $3.50 O'Clock
steam was turned on. Some of the
stockholders were present-President ).
A. Springer and Messrs. W. E. Spring
er, r. w. Wallace and l. h Simmons
President Springer turned the waive
that opened the throttle OF the engine
and set the machinery in motion. The
big corliss engine responded and start
ed Of at a steady clip
The engine is a handsome $50 horse
power machine of the very latest I'M
proved Corliss type and was manufac-
tured by the York Manufacturing Com
pany, of York. Pa. 1t sits on a solid
concrete and brick foundation. and the
machine is beautifully painted in a
bright carmine color trimmed with gold.
Among the improvements is a contin-
uous automatic oiling system that does
away with the old time oiler with his
can and his never ending work in keep
ing things running slick
The engine and ice machinery were
erected by Mr.. w. H. WantZ. the con-
structing engineer of the York Manu-
featuring Company, assisted by Mr..
George Flickinger an e. pert machlnlst,
Mr.. Jacob Krebs, pipe filter. and Mr.. +.
L. Reichley, boiler maker. who came out
with him from the York works. They
arrived in Wilmington 10Th,
went to work January 22nd and had the
machinery up and ready to run Febru-
airy 22nd. They did the job in thirty
days. having made it a record breaker
The engine drives two single ammo
4 compressers capable of making 90
tons of ice daily. There are two inter-
changeable 80 ton ice making tanks
both of which can be operated at one
time or singly in the event that one
breaks down.
The distilling and condensing appa-
ratus is of the latest improved Wester-
lain & Campbell patent, more than
equal in capacity to the productive ca
pacity of the ice machine. This ma
chinery is for distilling and condensing
the water from which the ice is made.
After distillation the water passes
through sweetwOod charcoal filters and
coolers. e~nsuring absolutely pure water
from which the ice is made. The size
of the ice molds is for ice blocks of 300
i. pounds each, and every twenty-four
hours 400 of these block will be pulled
from the molds.
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turn tubular boilers of the most i'm
proved pattern n superior work. They
are brick encased and the draft IS some
thing wonderful to behold. A mans
hat held uear the furnance would be
sucked into the seethins fires before you
could say Jack Robinson" as the old
saying goes. The boilers have a capac-
ity of 300 horse power-150 each.
The main factory building extends 175
feet along the railroad tracks and is 80
feet in width. At its western end is an
ice storage building Ill feet long, 80
feet wide and "a feet high 1t mas a
storage capacity of 2. 500 tons of ice, and
also contains a cimmercial cold storage,
II by So feet, capable of storing large
quantities of beef or merchandise, the
storage of which is to Re n feature of
the business AT the eastern end of the
main building and fronting on Seventh
street is the boiler room. 1t is of brick
and it's dimensions are sc by so feet.
The entire length of the factory build
ing along the railroad tracks is 247 feet,
and the company mas III 675 feet of rail-
road side track along the factory plat
form. 80 cars can be Ioaded with the
greatest facility right from the factory
The side track will hold fifteen cars at
a time.
The water supply is fIum two aTte-
sian wells hat are nineL.' feet deep and
which yield pure. limpid water of the
most superior quality. In boring these
wells the drills went through three
strata of rock. 1t first went through
stratum at q depth of about "a feet,
Their through an intermediate section nj
sand, through another rock into an
other section of sand, n then into the
third stra UNI of rock. In this last ROCK
the casing is driven nard and fast and
It is from rock bottom that the waite.
comes. The wells have been tested am
~sII arrDnIr 1TE ynINrnS sNf ua Far a min
ute for consump ion. One we'll yielded
100 gallons a minute without seemingly
reducing the water in the well. 1t Is
believed that the two wells will even
furnish a greater yield OF water b.
when Il was ascertaineu that they were
sufficient to supply the factory. no eff
fort vas made to test them further.
With a supply of pure artesian water.
distilled. condensed and Uttered. he
new factory will produce a fine quality
OF chrystal Ice. The first Ice will be
made on Thursday or Friday and OH
next Tuesday the factory will begin
supplying the trade. When everything
gets to running smoothly, the company
will run eight delivery wagons. or
more II necessary
The factory expects to do a big bus
iness In the city n outside Of it for
many miles. They have secured the
contract for icing the refrigera'o or cars
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the strawberry season In April and
May. and for this alone from 5000 to
10000 tons Of ice is required.
The building of h factory breaks all
records for quick construction. The
contract for the machinery was let to
the York Manufacturing company De-
cember 7th, the first ground was brok-
en- for the factory buildings Decembe"
18th, and now the factory is ready to
start UP In lit lie more than two months.
Nh. r. R. Applegate, the contractor
constructed the buildings and rushed
things In a manner that ~ astonishing
Mr. L. H. Simmons. general manager OF
the said yesterday that he
found Mr.. Apologize not only thor
oughly capable but a man or excellent
Judgment.
The independent Ice Company was
organized December last with an au-
thorized capital Of siC0.00o. with ]. A.
Springer as president, VIM. E. Springer
vice president. l. II. m general
-a-o-or ond noniol II Dantor Sorro-