The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
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THE ICE
HOUSE

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Perhaps during some of the hotter
days OF summer not a few have re
solved to forestall the running OF the
butter, the souring OF the milk and the
spelling OF the roast by means Of
some method of cooling. The present
Il not bad time to think about car
rying these resolves into action.
One method where good ice may be
obtained ut reasonable distance from
a lake or stream Is to provide an ice
house and Ice box or refrigerator. Ice
making, though somewhat disagreea-
BILE. may be done at time OF the year
when other work Is slack, and II at.
tackled In the right way is no worse
than much other works which must be
done. With bountiful supply OF ice.
and refrigerator of SUFFICIENT capac-
ity, cold storage may be provided for
food and dairy products. 1t is recon-
mended that refrigerator OF not less
than 100 pounds capacity OF Ice be
used for average conditions. and one
of from $50 pounds to 200 pounds
capacity win be found to advantage
In some cases. 9
The Ice box or refrigerator should
be easily accessible to the kitchen and
dining room, and for filling. II placed
so that 1t may be filled without enter
ing the house great deal OF dirt may
be avoided. This is sometimes accom-
plished by placing the refrigerator on
the back porch or In permanent To-
cation where 1t may be filled from an
outside window.
With regard to ice storage, an ex-
pensive or specially constructed build
ing is not essential. Any room OF
proper dimensions where good under
drainage may be provided, the walls
fairly alright and so arranged that
ventilation may be secured above, ice
may be stored without great loss from
melting. A building designed for this
purpose will have several points of ad-
vantage, however.
In building an ice house the capacity
Is the first thing to be considered.
Solid Ice weighs about sc pounds per
cubic foot, and stored ice, allowing
for voids between cakes and layers,
averages about 40 pounds per cubic
foot. On this basis cube OF stored
ice 10x10x10 feet would weigh 20 tons
Assuming consumption of 500 pounds
per week. weight OF one ton per
month would be consumed, which for
six months would be six tons. Consid-
cradle allowance must be made for
meltage, however, so that It Is safe
to say that space for not less than If
teen or twenty tons should be provid-
ed. In cutting ice the size OF cakes
should be such as will be best suited
to loading, storing and the size OF the
ice box or refrigerator. A cake of ice
8 inches thick, 10 inches wide and 30
inches long weighs 140 pounds, 80 that
some care should be taken not to
get the cakes too large for handling,
especially where lifting must be done.
The keeping property Of Ice de-
ponds almost altogether on how well
1t is insulated from the heat Air,
mineral WOOL asbestos. sawdust.
shavings and chaff are good non-con-
ductors. Air is one of the best, pro-
vided It is confined to small porous
spaces, as in the voids in sawdust,
shavings, etc. Dry materials are also
more effective as non-conductors of
heat as a rule than wet. Let us note
how these principles may be applied
In ice storage.
We have mentioned good drainage
beneath the Ice. In any event there
will be considerable meltage and the
water thus formed should be drained
away to prevent wetting OF the nom
conducting material and thereby rem
dering It less effective. A line OF or
binary drain tile should be laid under
the center or along each side below
the ice and covered with six inches OF
gravel. This, then, should be spread
with from four to six inches Of Gin
ders. II obtainable, which is better
non-conductor than gravel. On the
cinders then should be placed from
six to twelve inches of sawdust or
shavings, upon which the ice is laid.
The tile drain should be provided with
a u trap outside of the ice house to
prevent any possible chance Of circu-
lation OF air beneath the ice.
The walls Of the ice house may con-
sist OF studding sheathed on the in
side with rough lumber. and with tar
paper and siding outside. Cement
blocks should also make excellent
walls. since they do not deteriorate by
dampness as does wood. Little IL
gained by placing sawdust between
the sheathing and siding. as 1t is ike
ly to become damp Placing It thus
does save rehandling each year, how
ever. In any case the total thickness
Of insulation should not be less than
IL inches either at the sides, above or
below the ice.
Ventilation 10 necessary above the
Ice to keep the air and Insulating ma
terial dry This may be accompanies
BY latticed windows and . ventilatine
nue or shaft at the peak Of the roof
Protection from the sun 10 also advan.
tagsous. Shade trees ana wide ROOF
projection help In this respect. A
continuous door IN the ice house II
also desirable 80 that the ice may b
put In at any level and unnecessary
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