Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-21
GREAT ICE PLANT
WILL Be ERECTED
Local Corporation Has Plans
Well Under Way.
s325,OOO TO BE EXPENDED
Cold Storage Apartment Will Be Part
of Establishment.
CAPACITY FOR $50 TONS DAILY
Announcement of Prospect for Early
Completion Of New Factory
Gives General Pleasure.
s325,OOO TO BE EXPENDED
Cold Storage Apartment Will Be Part
of Establishment.
CAPACITY FOR $50 TONS DAILY

The busy promoters Of the Greater Wash
ington movement are elated over the 1act
that this community Is soon to have an
other great and modern cold-storage ana
ice-making plant. AS recently stated IN
The Star, the Washington Cold Storage ana
Ice Company, recently Incorporated. Is pre-
pairing to erect plant at cost OF sasa'VVo
for the conduct of its business
Plans for the new establishment nave
been prepared and were seen by star
reporter today. They provide for plant
with capacity for an output OF 2So IONS
OF ice daily
Mr. William V. Cox, president Of the COM
many. who is taking an active personal IN
terest in the details Of the enterprise. sald
today that the site OF the proposed plailt
IL a most excellent one for several reasons;
1t is bounded by 18th and 18th streets, -
md r. streets southwest and besides being
but a short distance from the center MAJ
ket and the cold storage plant there'
situated between the Water street Whar'e9
on one side and the tracks or the fennsy.
vanIa and Southern railroads on the other
Or as Mr. Cox expressed 1t, the plant Will
he sandwiched between both river and
railroad transportation systems.
Advantages in Site.
Another advantage described by President
Cox was that the site Is on a grade IeVei'
which will obviate the necessity OF extern
sive excavating or filling In preliminary 10
the beginning Of the building operations
still another advantage, he said, VIII be
the easy access to the river. from when
water can be taken, not for the making OF
ice hut for use In the boilers In making
steam and in the condensers, whlch VIII
prevent any great waste from the pipes
which furnish the Districts supply.
The site upon which the big plant Will De
faat in size. which Will
be the approximate dimensions OF the ice
factory and cold storage department. IN
the south half of the large structure IL IS
proposed to locate the ice-m rah az, p'a"''
The details of the plant provide Tor Ine
battery machines to be placed on the izsh
street side OF the structure. There VIII De
FIVE of these machines provided, but the de-
cIsion has not yet been reached as to
whether these machines shall have total
daily capacity or 500 or 600 tons oil ice In
the adjoining space 1t Is proposed 10 pace
four or five ice tanks, with capacity OF
about go tons daily.
Ample Storage Space.
Loading platforms for teams will extend
entirely around the building, and there will
be provided ample space for the storage Of
Ice The plans show these features, also
the proposed placing of water tanks. dyna-
mos. engines and condensers.
The boiler house will be separate from
the engine room. In it Will be placed two
35O-horse-power boilers. and later it is pro-
posed to put in two more of the same ca
pacity each for the storage plant
The establishment will be added to as
ihe demands require. Mr.. Cox said 1t is
the expectation of the projectors OF the
enterprise that it will be in readiness for
business at the beginning of next summer.
Those Interested" added Mr.. Cox, real
ize the Importance of early action as the
time is limited IN which to get the plant
installed and In readiness for the coming
season Work will, therefore, be carried
forward promptly. We are looking to the
future and will endeavor to attract business
which might otherwise go elsewhere.
In perfecting plans for the installation Of
the necessary machinery the projectors or
the proposed plant will examine the inter-
Tor arrangements and machinery now In
use In the best modern cold storage and
ice-making plants In the United states, and
1t Is proposed that the local plant shall
have included in It's makeup the best
points of each OF the establishments that
are so inspected
Those to Be Inspected.
Among the establishments to be visited
will be the plant of the Chicago Cold Stor-
age and Warehouse Company at Chicago:
the Quincy Market and Cold Storage Com
panys plant att Boston, and the Mer-
e chants Refrigerating Company of Jersey
City, said to be three OF the, latest and
best-equpped institutions of the kind in the
world
The capacity of the local storage plant
will be 800 carloads. In the making of ice
the plate system will be employed. the
water being frozen in plates of about five
tons in size. These will be drawn from
the tanks by cranes and placed the
tipping tables where they will be cut
into blocks for the trade.
A switch will be connected with the rail-
road tracks and will run along the coal
bins and the platform for loading ice on
one side and cold storage products on the
other
AS to the personnel of the Washington
Cold Storage and Ice Company, II is said
To be composed entirely of those interested
in the Washington Market Company
which corporation is now operating the
big cold storage plant at the Center Mar
ket. the only one in the District.
Capital Stock 100000.
The capital stock of the company has
w V. Cox, president; f. o. Whitford. first
vice president; L. R. Tinker. jr. second
vice president: w. G. Carter. third vice
president: F. G. wilkins, secretary; S. W
Curriden. treasurer, and W. c. Clephane
attorney.
Ehe board of directors comprises Messrs
William V. Cox. John CassellS. William G.
Carter. Samuel w. Currden, Frank L
Chamberlln, Walter c. Clephane. George
Oyster, Edward h. Tinker, jr., Preston s
Smith. Frank G. wilkins, f. o. Whitford
George l.. Whitford and H. Boesch
Attention was called by Mr.. Cox today
To the fact that cold storage as a feature
OF the Washington markets was first i'm.
PRODUCED here by former Gov Ordway Or
1889. This company besides taking care
of the market dealers generally does bust
ness with the local branches OF the grea
western packing houses, also the branch
OF the new indianapolis company, for tn,
use of which building on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue is now being remodeled