Arizona republican., 1906-08-03

loon load of water up every night. freeze it and come back in the morn ing with a cargo of ice?" Not at all, said MT. Adams, who was beginning toI heat up over the ice business. You grasp the first principle all right, but like most people you speak premature ly and don't give your brains a chance. God gave every man a few brains but most people are too lazy to use them"
 Continuing, MT. Adams said the pro- ject in some degree included the prac- tice of aerial navigation but in very simple form. The ice works would be located on an anchored platform sus- tained by a balloon, which in turn would be kept inflated by small hose supplying the bag with gas. The ice would be frozen by the natural tom perature of a high altitude perhaps five miles above the surface Of Tho earth. The freezing tanks would be an adaptation of the principle utilized so frequently in the running of tramways ! in large mining operations An end less belt would run from a large drum on the ground. over a similar drum attached under the aerial plat form. To this belt would be fastened at intervals, receptacles. similar in form 70 the conVeyors in a grist mill except that they would be automatical- ly covered by a device operated by a float in each conveyor as it was filled with water, the cover being fastened by a spring lock. The purpose of this would be first to prevent the stopping of the water during its elevation, and ! secondly to prevent the ice from fall ing out on the return trip. The freez- ing process would take place as the ] cOnveyOrs slowly ascended to the bal | loon and the gravity of the ice-laden buckets coming down would nearly off set the weight of the water-laden i buckets going up. IL would require but a minimum of power to operate the ! cOnveyor.
 i MT. Adams said that of course there were a few secret processes which the | promoters desired to protect for the present and he did not care to go into ! too great details, but this would give ! an idea of the enterprise. He claims that this natural ice product will be 1 better, purer and perhaps colder than ] artificial ice. Anyhow it would have i a better flavor than the terrestrial i commodity, which too often has an l ammonia taste. By substituting milk for water, MT. Adams also believed he could produce a superfine quality of 1 ice cream and many other popular and l pleasing delicacies.
 But where he expects they will make their big money is in the preparation : of a special brand of ice. for shipping l purposes. He believes that the public should have free ice for household pur- poses, but in trade and commerce it is different. He believes that by intro 1 ducing the proper proportion of for | maldeheyde into the water he can manufacture an embalmed ice that will not melt. This can be sold to melon
 shippers who can send their product to
 market much cheaper than now and
 the same ice can be again utilized in shipping packing house products west. | There would naturally be some wear
 and tear by the repeated handling. but
 one can't expect a cake of ice to Ia st forever.
 Asked about the altitude again. and
 why the necessity of going so high.
 Mr. Adams said it would not be nee ! essary to go so high in some places
 Iron Springs, for instance, but he had
 Phoenix in mind in his calculations.
 and one purpose in going beyond the
 live mile limit from the earth was to
 oON put9lue lhe JuTlSQlctlOn of the tax
 collector. He thought If they assessed
 the lower end of the works the off
 cials would get all that was coming to
 them and while the taxes are not such
 big item, good business man aJ-
 ways looks after the details
 MT Adams said further that tbe
 promoters were considering the advis-
 ability of an amusement enterprise in
 connection with the project and pos-
 sibly summer dormitory proposition
 These would be the anchoring of other
 aerial platforms at stated heights
 properly enclosed to keep the rain off
 Tourist cars could be adjusted to the
 conveyor belt as well as water recep-
 tacles and passengers could take pas
 sage for any desired altitude The
 rates of transportation would probably hbe ten cents for each degree of reduc-
 ed temperature, extra price for beds
 to those who chose to spend the night
 above, but frequent excursion rates