The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-14
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FRESH AND CRISP
COLD STORAGE DEPARTMENT AT
TYLER g. SIMPSON co.'s MEANS
MUCH BETTER SERVICE.

1t is not merely an idle boast but
it is true that there is no other such
equipment either In Oklahoma or Tex
as as the Tyler 4 Simpson company
of this city will have when their new
improvements are finished. The whole
sale house of this company is pio-
neer concern. for many years; yes,
since the first little store was built
in the Old Chickasaw nation, this
house has had its travelling statesmen
out to visit them and take their or
ders for groceries and, so to speak,
have grown up with the country. The
trade was first worked from Gaines
Vile and later other houses were built
in Oklahoma. The house here is the
most important one belonging to the
firm. They have connection with the
rails OF the Santa Fe, the Rock Island
and the Frisco and have private tracks
built for their own special use that
have a capacity of parking as many
as eighteen cars. The docks extend
on the outside and used for loading
and unloading purposes are to be built
of solid concrete. The three stories
of the new addition are built with es-
special care to light and to ventilation
and to convenience. w. A. Tackett
of this city made the plans and Lafe
Cruce was the contractor. w. X.
Dwelle of Dallas, Texas, is doing the
insulating work in the cold storage
rooms and the work is being pushed
as fast as possible. The basement has
a floor of concrete equipped with
drainage pipes, at the rear is an air
passage for light and air, the inside
is whitewashed which adds to the
light and the cleanliness. in the
basement is a special cold storage
room for bananas the basement de-
partment also is the home of the gas
engine to be run with natural gas and
from it go out the ammonia pipes to
the cold storage rooms on the same
floor and also on the floor above.
Room has been reserved on the third
floor for more cold storage rooms
when their business demands them.
The cold storage rooms are insulated
tyi tttrn nj Of anh ma
chinery is so arranged that the tenn
perature of each room may be differ
ent. While one may be required to
be at zero another may be at the
freezing point. On the second floor
are four of these rooms together with
the vestibule that leads into each
room. They will be used for the care
os cheese. cereals, vegetables, fruits
of all kinds and other goods in their
line that require such treatment for
preservation. When the weather is
warm vegetables by the car may be
purchased and kept fresh and crisp
where heretofore purchases had to
be made sparingly The result to the
people will be cheaper vegetables. An
other result will be that they can al
ways obtain perfectly kept cheese and
cereals which cannot be done without
such cold storage equipment. The ad-
dition adds nearly fifteen thousand
feet of floor space to their already
large wholesale house.
An electric elevator is used to con.
vey merchandise and passengers from
one floor to the other and the elevator
is equipped with automatic gates that
close the sides to prevent any person
from stepping off into the elevator
way
The people of Ardmore have many
reasons to appreciate the improve
ments made by this company as every
new department is equipped to give
tho naOnIa a ihattpr service