The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09
COLD STORAGE AND
ITS ADVANTAGE
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ments, in equipment and In 'up-to-
dateness' the equal OF any plant on
The American continent
The Merchants Cold Storage and lea
Manufacturing Company started in the
business OF Ice making and cold stor.
hEe about ten years ago. and the en-.
tcTprlse was backed by ample outsido
aPltal. Inc company ACQUIRED nron
eTty at the corner of Sixth and Canal
streets. and erected an up-to-date i've.
Story prick building there, which at
tne tin'e was considered ample for the
manu- cture OF ice and for all OF the
cold storage that would be demandnd
1or many years to come.
Outgrew Itself
~ the first place the establishment
vas gwen an ice makinG capacity Of
heNenty-flyc tons per day, and apart.
nents were provided for the storape
" eggs. butter. cheese. butchers sun
piles, fruits Of all kinds. especially AZ
pies, and for furs carpets. rugs c,otb
ING and all kinds OF abrics. The bust.
ness grew and three years ago Ware
mousse NO 2. at the northwest corner
OF Sixth and Byrd Streets, had To be
erected. thus doubling the capacity
and now that is to be doubled the com
pahy naTlns acquired control of the
property in the rear running hack ia
Fifth Street. upon which II IS nronosnS
10 continue the building, and have #
READY Tor business the coming fall.
Magnificent Machinery.
warehouse No. l. at Sixth and Canal
Is magnificent building, in which ara
INC offices. the ice-making plant, all OF.
the magnificent and costly machinery
Tor the business. including two seven
! ~ tiy,.r
one l5O-ton machine for the same kind
or work. tho latter being installed
when the plant was enlarged three years
ago. This machinery for ice making
for refrigerating the rooms for the gen.
Grating electricity is duplicated. so that
II there should come breakdown
there Is no waiting for repairs to be
made. but the work goes steadily on
The boiler house alongside this build
Ing and right on the Chesapeake and
OHIO ira cks, from which coal is dunn
ca from the cars into the bins in the
house, is equipped with battery OF
immense boilers of S5O-horsepower,
which consume ten tons of coal per
day. These boilers furnish the electric
power to run the entire establishment.
and also electric light to make all of
the storage rooms. tho Ice plant and
the Offices as bright as the sunshine.
when necessary.
Fur and Fabric PnrIor.
In this warehouse is the Apartment,
or more properly speaking, the parlor
Tor the storage of furs and fabrics.
The room is handsomely carpeted and
equipped with racks. drawers and all
of the furniture necessary for the stor-
age Of the goods 1t is intended to hold.
Here these valuables arc secure In
summer from moths. dust and germs.
Before the establishment Of this plant
with its fur. fabric, carpet and cloth
ing departments the good women Of
Richmond. who dotc on furs and wear
them so gracefully. had to send their
goods to Washington and New York
for summer storage, and the express
charges added to storage charges made
the cost heavy, to say nothing OF the
Inconvenience Now they look to this
plant, and when the time has come for
furs and fabrics to take their sum
mer vacation, this department OF the
cold storage plant becomes beautiful