The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
by Unique Cold Weather C Based
Ing f1ot Weather With FTh More Coal Burned the More Cold Pro-
duedRooms Chilled by Snowchd

in hotels. We estimate that to cool
oulidlngs IL costs one dollar per ton OF
retrSerhton which adopted unit means
me amount OF cooling produced by tie
melting OF n ton OF icc."
why VIII not the direct saving OF hu-
man liie give as great n return for this
investment ms the saving Of furs oriental
rugs and the reserve supply Of eggs, meat
and poultry. stored away 10 protect
WITH other things. the high cost 0, Nv
No hospitals are known TO have asopt.
ed such system. even for such emcr-
Fcncles as those OF the first ten days of
July' wherein seven hundred Of our cIi-
5ens had their lives frizzled out OF them
by the elements. Some medical insti-
lutiops have installed small plants for
5ne 5ne tT,eesing d,sss OF precious corpses needed
gross extravaganza to extend the system
10 wards where mere live bodice lie In
torture such seasons this.
We read OF the millionaire DYING in his
c1st. whereas In such cases relief can
ne had b. simply placing cakes Of leo IN
tub and letting an electric fan blow
over it onto the sufferer. Several hun
drcGs Of pounds OF Ice would be needed
per day. depending on the size o. the
room and although you might suppose
iat mat this air coming over The melting
ice would oe charged with increa sed hui
micity. as matter OF fact the ice great
ly reduces tie humidity and theS patient
rcScives air that is not only cooler but
dricr thnn that which the fnn would do
liver were the Ice not In the path Of the
breeze"
Il was at this point tina. I was ushered
Into the room where the tests were being
made with the fan and Ice. Here are In
progress careful measurements TO deter
r:iue fhe exact amount OF Ice needed for
giVcn amounts Of cooling and drying OF
the cir and the apparatus measuring ,he
fall OF temperature and humidity record
themselves upon moving paper bands.
President Tnft cools himself by this
system, some what elaborated. Directly
under his offco room there is an Ice box
twelvo feet square and eight feet deep.
into this two or three tons of Ice are
placed. on racks each summer day that
he works In this room A big electric
blower carries the outside air through
this chest. where the heat and humidity
ducts TO registers opening into the roon
where the chief executive does his work
For hospital wards the Ideal device Is
what what I termed the cooling stoye"-a
half feet high, grated about the top and
bottom. inside Is 1oo-foot coil Of one
Inch Iron pipe. UP through which an cleo
trio fan sucks the air. which enters hot
and humid at the bottom. but comes out
cold and dry ct the Top. While standing
near this cool-wave churn I positively
central plant.
The problem Of cooling hotel bedrooms
ls complex. according to Prof. Rosa, be-
cause OF the irregularity OF their occu-
pancy. II would be extrRvagant to keep
the chilled brine circulating In all at
once II only half Of them. say. were oc-
cupied and the question Of keeping WIN
dows down would further complcate
matters. But the cooling OF hotel dining
rooms nnd parlors Us perfectly feasible
Hotels which now operate from five To
ten ION machines for chilling foods and
wines could probably cool their entire in
teriors by Installing 80 TO 100 ton plants.
Compared with that of hotels, the prob
lcm Is simple in theaters. where one sin
gle space Is to be cooled.
milfonaire's mansion could readily be
refrigerated by the $4,000 plant mem
toned. but the cost OF fuel and atten-
dants would be Epeater than to heat the
same house In winter-for. az we said.
| II takes more conl to produce cold than
to create heat. Nor could the same
radiators used for heating be employed
for cooling on account OF tho necessity
of drip pans. An installation for the In
direct system mentioned could actually
be used for both heating and cooling.
but separate radiators would after all
be cheaper in the end.
Central plants may In the future pipe
| chilled brine. rs they now do steam, to
communities. but the cost Of such q svs-
tom would be prohibtory. save In cx-
| ceptional cases.
Copyright, 1911, by John e. watkIns)