New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
AS TO OUR ICE
Vigilance the Only Security for
Health of Householders.

At the risk Of being charged with tire
some reiteration. il is deemed necessary 70
again state what, in this series. II has been
sought to make clear to the lay mind
That zee will harbor deadly germs anu
Other Impurities II they are to be found IN
the waters from which II is formed. and
that Nature. which through her own w
varying processes inpIants certain OF them
in the pools. ponds. lakes and streams. -
as powerless TO eliminate them through
CCHgeIation she is those contributed
by man. And II has been shown that tne
scientific treatment OF water. and the sub
sequent freezing process, devised by man
can be relied on to turn out an absolutely
pure Ice; although. IN all fairness il has
been pointed out that. as in other lines OK
manufacture. there may be foOHshly Pc
nurious makers who skin1p the processes.
or who fail 70 provide themselves with AZ
necessary equipment, just as there may ne
those who neglect 10 observe the recog-
niz~d sanitary principles IN the care Il
plant and product.
In The case Of the artificial icsmaker. the
remedy lies within the reach of the con-
sun'er. for he has as perfect right 10 inveS-
tisate here ne has 10 satisfy himself Of
the healthfulness and purity of any other
TODD he buys He should know from whom
his fceman gets his supply. whether il i
properly protected from the germ laden
dust of the streets in transit to the re-
taiIcr's premises: whether the latter are
/ kept clean. and, lastly. whether the man
rer in which II is handled In its delivery
is uuobjectionabIs-ror there Is no enc who
denies the possibility of contamination from
dirty hands. UncIean carts and tools. de-
F he 81 HaY rfN In
washes itself OF. on It's way 10 the house
holder.
But inspection should not end With the
artificial lee plant. or with the machinery
J Of delivery OF its product one should
! know whether the grocer. the butcher, 81
tEe restaurant he p&trOuizes. and the
4epoIs from which ne obtains his hp:i3
! Ice. or tho impure natural ice. For there
nothinS gained by excluding the latter tvrin
the household, from It's refrigerator, fron.
/ It's water cooler. and from iced drinks, y
tnc material Ter food and beverage has Al
ready been subjected To COMMUNICATING IN
/ iluences-
/ IN an earlier number of this series at
] tentlon vas called To the extremely ursani-
! tary not to say nfthv conditions surround
Ing NE delivery ot natural ice at The t2S 9,
B OF |"tA street. North River. u is prceahe
1 that t@ many u would be extremely ,n.oh
/ Nenlcpt L" visit that par ticular pieE ~
! beginning With JAY street. there are So'hs
/ ter other receiving stations on that river
| The last being at 1%2d street while or thS
/ East River. between BCeSUan and la-S.
B StteSt. There aye twenty -Ofse IN AL NJ St'
+ one Of these The reader cap ind COnditleiS
! ct natural Ice delivery that. while not -
naGFant AS those az Sath street. VII @p
7 pFoNlmatC those eat the lattsrS pier
/ NJ this 1aSOu. experience has taught
/ rs. more than NJ any ether, necessary -
take proper precautions with the drinkihS
/ water from the CrOtOu watershed SUI
/ precautions, for example. boiling. nltSi
Ing disabling OF substituting tor 1t SOM SOM
| pure natural spring water These precau
/ tlons are even more necessary when. As ~
! the present. = period of GrSuth has coutsi'
/ trated ali thv Impurities previously exist.
/ eEt tn the water supply But All prt'lJ
! Ton With the W8ter-aS. ii may be aeuSH;;
| WIN the tOodS-iS wasted If 10 Is retietst
entering Manhattan at It's piers