Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28
GIVE LUNCH
VISITORS INSPECT STANDARD
PLANT AT LANGDoN.

The directors of the Standard Dairy and
Ice Company had as their guests yesterday
at their new plant at Langdon, d. c.. about
one hundred and twenty-five ladies and
gentlemen of this city. among whom We're
Commissioner Biddle and officials of the
health department. representatives of the
daily press and number of prominent
physicians. Special invitations had been
sent out and a noon the guests, after
few minutes ride over the y. and 0. rail-
road, were met by the officers Of the COM
pany and conducted into the interior Of the
buildings occupied by the plant, which have
walls tiled to the ceiling. II large glass roof
and cement floor.
In the center OF the main operating 70 pm
was a raised platform of artificial stone on
which was a beautiful set Of machinery, an
aerdtor. a steam turbine separator and
purifier. a modern pdstcurzer and a cop
per vesse! for cooling the pasteuriZed milk
to near the freezing paint.
DIR. G. Lloyd Magruder, the president of
the company. addressed the guests. point
ing out the long fight he and his asso-
ciates had wagtd for better milk inspec-
ton, which mad, lie said. finally resulted in
the present milk laws Of the District Of
Columbia. He then explained the work
ings OF the machinery. how the milk is first
thoroughly mixed. then run through the
arc1tor to remove orders and then DaSteur-
lied. 50 as 10 kill tho bacteria. The milk is
then chilled and bottled and kept cold until
delivered to the customer. Or. Magruder
showed the test plates prepared by DR.. Err
win Smith OF the United States Department
of Agriculture, which proved The high eff
cheney of the apparatus which the COM
pany IS using.
After Or Magruder had finished, DR..
George NJ kObcr made a brief address,
dwelling upon the role milk bacteria plays
in the production Of diseases, particularly
among children. After DR.. Kober, Mr..
Emil BeLrrId called attention to the i'm
possibility by ordinary strainiHg 10 remove
the foreign matter from the milk. This,
he said, could only be done efficiently by
steam turbine separator He declared that
after 100 gallons Of milk have passed
through the purifier, one pound of sedi-
mentary particles, which are present in
even the best raw milk, are removed from
the turbine
\ fine dairy lunch was served to the
guests, VINO then inspected the spacious
cold storage rooms and the ice plant Of
the company in the other buildings Com
missioner Bddle and DIR. Woodward ex-
pressed themselves in the highest terms on
the endeavors of the dairy company to give
to The citizens Of the city clean milk
Those present as guests. besides Colonel
Ter. j. W. Little, Francis Hagner, r. A.
Merriam. L. S. N: w. p Miller. NJ w.
Arnold. L. S. A; V. F. Mason. U. s A.;
NJ. f. Thompson, j. Dudley Morgan, John
r. Major. Daniel Kelly. Ely. Abbie c. Ty-
Ter. Clarence a. Weaver Prof Hird
Messrs. George II. Henning. l.. Z. Hoover.
Il. f. Maybury, S. J. Spearing and many
others
The directors of the company who were
present were: DR.. G. Lloyd Magruder, Dr.
George NJ. Iiober. DR.. A. Behrend, Mr. e,
Francis Riggs, Mr.. G. F. Heiiphin Mr.,
Emil Berliner, Mr.. NJ. Levy. Mr.. T. p.
Waters. Mr. Rudolph Behrend, Mr.. T. w.
schaefer and Mr.. William II. Heilfrln.