Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-12-18
HAVE MOVED INTO
THEIR NEW QUARTERS.
Produce Co. Occupy One Of the
Best Equipped Cold Storage
Plants in the Country.
TRANSFER COMPLETED
TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK.
Over 8. 900 Feet of Iron Piping In Cold
Storage Plant Fed by Compressor
Equal TO so Tons of Ice Daily.

On Tuesday Of this week transfer OF
the Central Michigan Produce Co.'S
place OF business was made from the
Old wooden building near the Stock
bridge Company's elevator 10 the wei
equipped and commod'ous quarters of
the pew cold storage plant. The bus
ness OF the company can now be carried
on upon more extensive scale and W th
~ up to.date. The Office room il well
arranged so that the force of book keepers
aud the manager can work To "a much
better advantage aud at the same time
be away from the noise aud smell OF the
slaughter house where the poultry is
cared for
The main building is three stories
high and conceded to be one of the flu
est and best equipped buildings for the
purpose in the country. Hardwood
floors run the entire length of the build.
ing on every story. aud between the
ceiling and each floor there are three
layers Of insulating paper and then
pine flor between the air space and
more Insulating paper with another
hardwood partition while between the
joistS Is packed ground cork. The to-
tal floor space in each story is 90 lao
feet.
This plant was built according 10 the
plans of Fred Wolfe Co., of Chicago
and the piping OF the cold storage WIS
put in by @. p. Sample. directing eDgi-
neer for this company, with the assist
ance of Perry Lash, ore OF the company's
expert employees. The work is done in
the very best possible manner, all the
joints of the pipes being fl st screwed on
and then shrunk and soldered in ace 30
that it Is utterly impossible for any
leakage 20 occur " hen the amonia gas is
forced through them. The total length
of the pipe used in the different rooms is
5000 feet with $50 feet of double line.
Ia order 10 properly care for the pre-
duce and poultry stored in this plant, II
is II, ssary TO keep the DIFF rent rooms
at temporal ure. according 10 the nature
OF articles, therefore rooms are provided
with cooling or freezing surface Of p pes
in accordance. For instance there is one
room where the IL Dpera'ure is at Z,r =,
three at 10 degrees above, the butter
room at 80 degrees above zero, just two
degrees below fire., ling point, while
there are two rooms for chilling tie
poultry at 20 degrees above zero.
The refrigerating plant used is the
best known system in use today. Form
erly amoDia gas was used 10 Chill brine
TO as low "A temperature as possible and
then the brine was forced through the
pipes IN this condition. Now the gas IT,
self after being compressed by powerful
engine. and made INFO liquid form l.
forc d through these same pipts,a consi1-
cradle saving IN waste. The comprs ssor
for his plant is whatisknown as 50-to
machine. To be more txpl CT IL would
take 80 tors OF ice daily 10 furnish Il q
compressor is driven by a 90 horse power
engine OF the latest pattern which re-
celves steam fom the boilers OF the
ALMA Manufacturing Co, and is lcoa ed
Ia their building. the liquid smonia sas
being forced through u long pipe to the
cold storage building and another pipe
bringing the used gus back to the DOM.
pressor TO woik over again.