The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-03-24
ELECTRIC REER. CREATION.
Motors for So!a Nate~ Fountains and
Ct1er Sery.ce

Other Service.
Small refrj seratiag ;,la;,- are being
installed in hotels, restaurants, Gal!le>
and many other places W.era ice va,
formerly used One Of tn latest 40
pllcatious OF the invention is 10 drug
store soda watar tountai..- Thus il
saved the labor OF z icing the lie
and putting it at. .-, - pipes, and
also the annOEs:.;, G y. +. -. tae 9
delivered On III ~..G-4 49,. Aere il
may De in the way Of cu.. }. Pow
er l. re4uiiad Tor TWO Z. ...s.o II ser
Ilce-=fo. ,oc!'tressing Il or ammonia
gas Ill t.3n refr!gerat!ng apparatus
proper, and for circulating brine or
sweet water that has been chilled TO
the right degree Beta compression
and pumping can be done ~ electric
motors. and any establishment thai
has a supply OF current FOR lighting
purposes can operate t,le system cas-
lily, e. W. Goddard. who is connected
with an electric !i-ht company, re-
Gently told a meeting 81 electricians
about some experiments he had r42de.
One was with an Our,it for drug
store, another was with apparatus
suited to d private residence and an
other was test Of 4 grocery plant
In the drug store Installation there
We're Two electric motors one develop
ing seven horsepower All t,3e otG""
only one. The first drove the reftisei-
at aT.l +, Il \
pumping He did Tot describe The
mode of refrigerator: enrloyed, as
that was from his point OF view less
important than the electrical side of
the subject But it is vel! known
that several systems q mechanical re-
frigeration are nJW IL vogue
Mr.. Goddari's figures are interest
inc He says that The ice consumption
under the Ole u,aS4 fur such d drug
store as he has III mil. (Wi-h three
fountains) cost $50 80 for a year. lie
adds S2i3.GD fer the labor Of TWO en-
ployes two hours every morning in
preparing the ice after il ha, been de-
liyered Then Il cold storage room for
bottled goods has been arranged. and
this would involve an outlay OF $4to
more for ice and labor. Here is to-
tai OF Sl535.46 for the Old plan. The
account chargeable to the electrically
driven refrigerating plant TO furnish
refrigeration for the above named
units is as follows: Power for one
year Chased Oh average of eleven
months). 1919; interest. 5 percent ION
entire refrigeration plant, $4,000 Sloo;
water for condensing purposes, 50; de-
probation and repairs. at II percent.
500: oil, waste and sundry items. $50;
total. 1858: difference in favor OF cleo
trically driven machine, s5s2.46.
For grocery NJ Goddard estimat-
ed that refrigerati2g machine could
be had for $3.50. and to this il would
be necessary to add the cost Of one
half horsepower motor and the neces-
sary wire connections Electric power
he thought, could be hal Tor about
Sl022l per year. He pa the total cost
of an outfit for 3 private residence at
$500. but a. this il .!.;lel d one-hOrse-
power motor, the bill for electricity
would probably b. larger
Mr. Goddard is convinced that the
cost of operating the small refrisera-
ton machine by eiectr.oa, power a.
current rates compares Very favorably
with that OF ice, while the saving IN
labor is an important factor Ine
amount of attention ard repairs tor
good apparatus Is reported u be an
urimportant quanuty-NeW 10rk
Tribune.