The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-16
MODERN PLANT Z
FOR MAKING Ill
SOUTHERN LUMBER AND &c
COMPANY PREPARED
To Furnish Crystal Ice to Hattiesou
and South Mississippi.

In anOtner Column VIII pe A'N'
the advertisement of the Souther
Lumber and Ice Company, Hattie ,
burg manufacturing concern which I
now going after the Hattiesburg trad,
very actively and is also ready 10 &C
| commodate out of town trade IN ca
| load shipments as we'll as any small =
amount. This concern has not made
much noise about their busin' IS 'e
cause they wanted to be fully
equipped before doing any advertis
ing and now they have as complete
plant as can be found in the South
In addition to the manufacture OF b
ice. President c. E. Neeley states that
they have plenty of ground room ana
mower to furnish other manufacture
plants should they desire to locate
in Hattiesburg and that they can Of
fer them unexcelled facilities il the
way of power and track ADVANTAGES.
In company with Vice President G A.
Bowman, Manager Dan Gilman and
Chief Engineer T. L. Brown, the
News man made an inspection OF me
ice factory and was given an insisf
into the manufacture and handlinS
of ice There is ice and other kinds
of ice, said Manager Gilman, but we
pride ourselves on furnishing sanl-
tary ice, though many people nay
think that there is no unsanitary ice
The fact is that ice can carry tI
kinds of disease germs, both IN man
ufacturing and handling, so orr CHIEF
engineer, Mr.. Brown, prides himself
on keeping things so that the most
daintily dressed lady can come and
see how we make ice, without endan.
gering her pretty dresses" To begin
with our water Is furnished by ore of
the finest artesian wells in the world,
flowing at the rate Of $50 gallons
minute. This water then goes through
one of the most complete methods OF
purifying that is known. We nave
three charcoal tanks and one quartz
purifying tank and a re-boiler so that
all danger of any germs or poison
GUS matter is completely eliminated
and one of the most perfect cakes OF
ice In the world is the result. In the
matter of handling the ice no pre-
caution is neglected to keep every
thing spotlessly clean so that no fiith
NAV he accumulated in handling. The
tanks are automatically filled and then
subjected TO the freezing process.
When the tanks are frozen they are
lifted from the brine tank by COM
messed air elevator and taken to an
other automatic handling machine
which discharges the icA out OF the
tanks and it runs into the cold stor
age through an apening which WORKS
automatically. Here the ice is kept al
=. a temperature which is lower than
o the ice itself and If you want taste
Of Greenland on these hot days JUS
: asl, Mr. Brown to take you from th'
re-boiler to the cold storage.
The capacity of the factory is ~
It tons of crystal ice daily so that Man
II ager Gilman feels that he is read'
II TO meet every reasonable requirement
e of the trade Speaking again OF tn
y matter of power the Southern Lumbe
r. and Ice Company stands prepared u
a furnish a site and power for any fac
'e tory wishing to locate here. me
have two batteries of boilers OF so
horsepower each so that there is neVe
b. anv danger of having to shut dow
~ m account of repairs. The compah
will also be in the coal business Whel
thew get through cooling the peopi
off and will carry not less than tou
n grades of coal. 1t is quite pleasur
III IN inspect such a plant and see III
n care taken to furnish such a whoie
soma product