The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-13
COLD STORAGE
FOR SAVANNAH
WILL BE BUILT AT ONCE
KNICKERBOCKERI ICE 90. WILL rs
TABLIsH ONE AT ITS PLANT.

This VIII BE the Only Commercial
Cold Storage south of Richmond
VIII Have All Modern Appliances
and Any Temperature Desired
Manager Park Says He Hopes to
Have the Plant Working by
April L.
Savannah IS soon to have the only
commercial cold storage plant south
of Richmond.
Plans have been drawn, machinery
purchased and the contract given for
the enterprise. Work will be COM
menced within short while.
The cold storage will be built by the
Knickerbocker Ice Company. in connec-
ton with it's ice plant at Indian and
Waters streets. It will be two stories
with all of the most modern refrigerat-
ing devices. electric elevators, etc.
There will be ten or twelve separate
departments, permitting of any tenn
perature that patrons may desire from
20 degrees down to freezing.
Enterprise Badly Needed.
Whes1 seen yesterday regarding the
proposed building, Mr.. R. L. M. Parks.
manager for the Knickerbocker Ice
Company, said the idea of establishing
a cold storage for commercial pur-
poses was first suggested to him by
the number of inquiries which were
made by those who had commodities
which they wished to store. I'VE were
told in every instance that nothing of
the kind could be found here.
This led lis To lO0k into the mat
ter of cold storage for commercial pur-
poses. We found that in both the
East and West, there were many i'm
mense cold-storage plants, which were
carrying in their buildings large quaint
tiles of various commodities, and ship
ping this stuff all over the country,
as called for by the various merchants.
Such things as eggs, apples, butter,
cheese, etc., being sent out of these
ld-storage plants in small quantities,
to our merchants here, and elsewhere,
as they were needed.
Excessive Ice Making Capacity.
with this information before us,
together with the additional reason
that, despite the fact there is a much
larger ice-making capacity in Savan-
nah now than is used in the hottest
weather, new ice manufacturing plants
are being erected and projected. This,
refrigerating capacity, hence we de-
cided to utilize this surplus refrigera-
ton for commercial cold storage pur-
poses.
I'VE have arranged with one of the
largest and most prominent manufac-
turers of refrigerating machines in
this country. to equip for us an up
to-date commercial cold-storage plant.
The building will be a two story brick
Cf oil he los
appliances for handling and caring for
the various commodities which 80 into
cold-storaae.
I'VE will have about 100000 cubic
feet of cold-storage space, with 100
tons of refrigeration to do the work.
This space will be divided into ten or
twelve rooms. properly piped and with
electric elevators for handling the
stores. The rooms will be so arranged
that we can furnish any temperature
that may be, needed, different tempera-
lures in the different rooms.
Under these conditions we will be
| in a position to care for eggs, butter,
| cheese, apples, potatoes, plants, bulbs,
poultry, game and in fact, any COM
modify that may be offered us, being
| able to furnish any desired tempera-
ture for their preservation.
In Nature of Experiment.
"Of course, we realize that this busi-
ness is in the nature of an expert
ment in this part of the country, but
feel that If we can have the support
| of our merchants, produce and commits
sion men, butchers, ETC., together with
| the help of our farmers in Savannah's
| territory, we can eventually build UP a
| business that will mean much to our
city and furnish them better facilities
for handling their business right at
their doors than they can secure hun
| dreds of miles away
with Savannah's go forward spirit
and pull together for Savannah as
represented by our Chamber of Com
merce and various merchants associa-
lions, we confidently look to them to
| give this new enterprise, undertaken by
own home people, their hearty sup
port and encouragement. for 1t means
more to Savannah and her merchants
than one would imagine who had not
made a study of the possibilities it will
| open up for them.
| 1.-THE plant will be erected on the
property adjoining our present ice
making plant. The work will begin at
once, and we hope to be in operation
by April next"