The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-02
LADD co.'s ADDITIONS.
Annex In Rear Has Made Possible Many
Improvements.

Through the addition OF an up.to-date
refrgerating plant in its already we'll
equipped meat and provision and bak-
cry quarters IN the Wood building, the
| +. ID. Ladd Co. is now able to boast
Of having one Of the finest etail estah-
lshments Of its kind 70 be found in
the state, ii not in New England. Re
Gently the Automatic Refrigerating Co.
of Hartford, Conn, has completed in
Sailing the plant which keeps tons of
meats, vegetables and fruit, much of
| ii in glass show cases, at an even tenn
perature throughout the day and night
without the constant attention OF any
one. Other improvements at the +. ID.
I.add Co.'S store include a completely
renovated bakery and newly partitioned
storage rooms, made possible by the en-
largement OF the building in the rear.
The basic part of the plant is locat.
ed in a specially devised room in the
basement. The automatic high eff
CLERGY compressor. the propelling motor
Of high horse power and the thermo-
statically controlled starter are all To-
Gated here; and from this point starts
an elaborate system of coils which send
tie ammonia gas into every desired
para of the store, glass counters and re-
frigerating room above. All OF the food
products are kept at given temperature
through the wonderful mechanism below.
Dy this method OF mechanical refrigera-
tion the glass show cases rs well as
the chill rooms are given dry, clean
codness that, even when above the
freezing point, preserves the perishable
contents much longer than is possible
with an ice chest placed above, or
through any other method.
The principle of physics that the va
PORTING of a liquid will take mp the
heat from surrounding objects is the
basis of the machine. In the automatic
system used at the F. d. Ladd Co.'S
store, known as the direct expansion"
system, the liquid ammonia passes di-
rectly into the pipe lines called Eek
pansion coils, and as it vaporizes takes
up the heat from every room or case
connected. The cycle of operation from
the liquid to the gas is kept up indefi
uitely and only a stated quantity of
ammonia is thus needed.
Other parts of the basement can be
reached by the cooling system, inelud
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ripen bananas
In the rear Of the store proper on the
first floor is located the refrigerator, in
which the meat and ether perishable
products are kept The walls of this
room are packed with cork and a three
inch coating Of pressed cork of the in
terror is in turn covered with a coat
OF cement paint. Such a method of en-
closing the refrigerator has been adopt |
ed to insure the strictest cleanliness.
Adjoining the refrigerator and leading |
to the main store is the cutting room,
where all OF the meat is prepared for |
the trade. Modern machines to expedite !
this work nave recently been put in
position and may be seen in operation |
any day. The refrigerator measures Is
by Is feet, while the cutting room is /
twenty feet square.
The ingenious workings of the refrig- !
Grating plant are far from lost in the (
main store On either side of the ROOM
the counters are so constructed as TO 4
permit the winding coils of pipe to /
spread the cold temperature wherever /
perishahle goods are kept. Even in the
north window of the store, the system
has found its way and keeps the prod
ucts placed on display at uniform
always.
Among the other departments of the
store, the steel smoke house and lard 4
room is worthy of passing mention.
Here are located the watts where tons of 4
lard are tried out each year. The steel
smoke house, where hams for the mar
ket are cured, is doubtless the only one
Of its kind IN this vicinity. An excel
lent system Of ventilation which extends
throughout the store finds its greatest
usefulness in the room devoted to the
lard process Owing TO its efficiency
much if not all of the odor created is