The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-15
Two Machines Make so Tons
And the Ice is of the Best and
Purest Quality and Our Sis
ter Towns Prefer 1t
To Any Other.

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which is just now not thought of
or spoken OF to any great extent.
because it's "out of season." Bot
IN season she's a hummer, and we
ooubt very mnch If any OF our
manufacturing plants are more to
the front and of more benefit TO
our town than this one. We re-
fer TO the ice plant. known as the
Crystal Ice Co., whose large and
complete plant near the Rock Is
iand "a lroad shops, runs night and
day during the summer season,
and a good part OF the time during
the winter.
A reporter for the Express Wis
tied the plant yesterday afternoon
aud found Manager Brown and a
force of workmen busily engaged
in re-setting boiler aud making
several other minor improvements
which Will add 10 its efficiency and
value. As 1t was the reporters
first visit to the Institution be was
somewhat surprised at lis mag nj
Iude, as we'll rs the modern and
up-to-dste machinery installed
therein. Manager Brown took him
10 baud and showed him over the
enrire plant, explaining the purpose
Of each piece of machinery, ana
tracing the course of the water
from the time it comes out of the
we'll until il leaves the freezing
cans, beautiful, clear, pure cake
of ice.
The ice plant has a capacity Of
90 tons per day Of twrhly-four
nvurs, and TWO immense machines
Of the latest i'm rroved pattern per-
form large p rt OF the work. The
process OF makiDg i e is familiar
TO nearly everyone, and is too
lengthy to be described here. The
machines are d. licate aud intlicate
IN their construction, one of them
being almost bran new. The brine
tank covers almost ninety square
feet of fjor space.
One important detail of the
plant which gives It superioii ity
over others of lis kind is The care
fuI stteLtion given to purifying be
water used in the product. "You
-ee our plant is three stories high"
said Mr.. Brown. "The wafer which
forms s cake of ice has TO travel
several milesand 60 through many
processes before il fiually energies
in the crystal. 10 illustrate,
there are over 600 feet OF pipr
on the tbird floor and TO be brought
to proper temperature the WAFER
must all pass through this pipe.
Then il is converted into steam,
aud every impurity is lie { beh nd.
After being dist II d it must again
pass through q cooling process,
" hen it goes into what is known
as the re-boi,er, an added precau-
ton against impurities and also u
part of the process. The water is
again cooled, and then goes to the |
brine tank. tits simply impossi-
ble for the water TO contain i'm
pufities of any sort. 1t is as near
ahso uteiy pure as it can be made.
Que difficulty encountered in
the manufacture of ice has consid
erabiy interfered with our work
here, tut we have finally overcome
Vt. We have 4 deep well here
which furnishes US the finest water
in the world; clear, rich, spark
ing and pure. but the percent OF
solids contained in its composition
Is so great that il is well nigh i'm
poesiote 70 run II through our
machinery. In boiling and re-
boiling it leaves an incrusied sed.
'ment on the doors and walls Of
the boiler which will almost stop
the machinery IN one day. II we
need Il in the manufacture of ice It
would make q splendid article, but
it would recessinte our shul'ing
down the plant every other day in
order to clean tho boilers. Wei
are using water which is much less
trouble aud makes our proauct
equally - good, however,
Mr.. Brown is just now engaged
IN putling IN q compressed air ap.
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