La Junta tribune., 1907-02-02
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Company. . rRiBUNE rsprsseatative
h.d the pleasure oi Inspecting Tie
plant Of Whist i b bteoass oae Of
La Junta's leading institutions. he
plant is completed and nov ready
for business. and represents IN ex-
penditure Of s23 900. giving Ii Jun
Ia convenienees in the way Of cold
storage that are seldom enjoyed ex-
cept in cities Of much larger growth.
The building is 5Ox85 feet In d.
mensions and four stories in height.
the walls being eighteen inches in
thickness. The walls are interlined
with hair felt. shavings and sawdust.
all non-conductors Of heat. and are
the only protection thit ). .0oo otoas #
pure mountain ice have to keep it
from melting. Three rooms. 20x5O
feet in dimensions. and forty feet
deep. each contain 900 tons Of ice.
without even shaving or an over
coat for protection. You can stand
on the fourth floor and gaze down
upon . mountain Of ice forty feet
thick. the sensation while doing 80
being decidedly chilly to say the
least. Santa Fe ice men are dubious
concerning this method of preserv-
ing ice. They say that the railroad
company has never been able to pre-
serve natural ice without a covering
of shavings. and although they I'D
nit that the ice house Of the cold
storage company is far superior to
anything owned by the Santa Fe,
they still claim to be from Missouri
as to results
The cold storage system is the
most interesting feature of the
plant. The south end of the build
ing IS equipped with 4 number of
rooms. varying in size according 10
the purposes for which they are used
Some are for draught beer. other
for bottled beer. and still Others for
meats, eggs. poultry. etc. each
requiring different temperature
which are possible Of regulation
through tie operation Of the system
in use. which Mr.. Wonderly calls q
hot air proposition upside down.
The plant is equipped with the Coop
er system of gravity brine circula-
tion. designed by the Madison Cooper
Company. refrigerating engineer
ard architects. Of Watertown, N.
Y. On the fourth floor are located
the primary coils. with connecting
pipe mains to the secondary coils or
the first floor. these coils b<isH
filled with chloride Of calcium brine.
When the tank on the upper floor is
filed with crushed ice and salt the
brine standing in the primary coils
is cooled by contact with the ice and
salt. which surrounds the pipes. to .
lower temperature than the brine in
the secondary coils. and consequent
ly flows downward into the secon-
Diary coils. At the same time the
comparatively warm brine from the
secondary coils rises into the pri-
mary coils, where. as ii is cooled. il
repeats the circuit The term 'grav-
ity" as applied to this system II
brine circulation. refers TO the cause
of circulation which is owing to the
difference Of specific gravity. or
weight. between the cold brine in
the primary coils and warm brine in
the secondary coils. The temperature
of the circulating brine will range
from five degrees above zero to
twenty degrees. and the system per-
mits of regulation To any tempera-
ture desired. The system is simple
its itself. and Mr.. Wonderly will
take great pleasure in showing any
Of our citizens through the plant
and explaining the latest and most
approved methods Of cold storage.
II is well worth visit.
The parking of three thousand
tons II pure mountain ice from
Sugnrite canyon. near Ration. Is now
nearly eemps<t~d. and Mr. Wonder
~ 10 waiting for the good old sum-
mer time to come around again.
when Ne wiu h~ prrpared to deliver
congealed noisture in any quanity.
on very sksst notice. up to 3.0e
tons.
The officers ef the La Junta Cold