The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
new PLANTS IN HIGH FAVOR
Refrigerating Systems of Especial In
terest Put Into Service by Fortune
Brothers Company and the Bruner
Dairy Company.

The recent completion and success
full operation of two large refrigerat-
ing plants in this city, emphasizes
the fact that cooling by machinery is
rapidly supplanting the use of ice.
The United Refrigerator and Ice
Machine Company have just completed
two installations, one for the Fortune
Brothers Brewing Company and one
for H. A. Bruner. The Fortune Broth
ers Brewing Company have just in
stalled FIVE ton United Machine at
their beer depot at 924 Market street,
which cools at least five carloads of
beer weekly and besides that, refri-
gerates their beer box, wine cooler
ard the draft beer in the adjoining
saloon.
Maurice and Wallig, the agents, are
exceedingly well pleased with the
plant and say that the results obtain
ed are far beyond their expectations.
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The cost Of operating this plant is con-
siderably less than ice formerly cost
them and besides that, their beer is
kept in much better condition and the
draft beer at the bar is always cooled
to an even temperature and much more
palatable, and has better favor.
They do all of this cooling by operat-
ing their machine in the hottest wealth
er, about six hours daily. The rest of
the time the box is kept cool by means
Of a system Of special storage tanks
designed by the United company.
One of the most interesting plants
in the city of Kenosha, is the one re-
Gently installed by Mr.. Bruner at his
milk depot at AS Newell street.
About three years ago Mr.. Bruner in
stalled a one and half ton ma
chine, but his business is growing SO
rapidly by reason Of the quality of his
milk that he was obliged to increase
his capacity and now he has a model
plant, operating a ten ton United
machine.
With this machine, Mr. Bruner cools
about one thousand gallons of pas
teurized milk daily, which only takes
two hours. He also makes five humid
red pounds of pure ice. daily and cools
and stores his milk in a 5000 cubic
foot refrigerator where he keeps the
milk at the same temperature; this en-
ables him to start out on his deliveries
with pure, cool milk, thus giving much
better quality than is in any way pos
sible by the use of ice.
Besides these installations the fol-
lowing butcher shops have installed
refrigerating machines: Cudahy Pack
ing Company, No. l, Main street, one
five ton; Joseph Hampel, Ridge street
and Grand avenue, one and one-half
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seven and one-half ton; Louis Larson,
513 Fremont avenue, three ton, and it
is the experience of all of these meD
that besides being more economical
than ice, they keep their meats in
much better condition, and especially
are they much more sanitary than ice.
In these days, when the government,
state and city authorities are educat-
ing the people to the use Of sanitary
goods and requiring merchants to have
sanitary surroundings for foods, it is
Interesting to realize that the old days
of filthy, poisonous refrigerators, cool
ed with ice, are fast passing away,
and the time is probably near at hand,
when the government will not allow
meat to be sold out of refrigerators
that are cooled in that way.
In some states very careful inspec-
ton Of meat refrigerators is being
made by the authorities and public
health bodies are urging the installa-
ton of refrigerating machines.
In the florist shop of P. N. obertin,
at 364 Park avenue, three-quarter
ton United machine is in daily opera
ton. Even the county Of Kenosha has
adopted the idea of refrigerating ma
cines, as II. A. King and DR.. J. I.
Hernsheim of Pleasant Prairie, have
each installed three-quarter ton
United machine on their farms
When it is realized that three years
ago, ice making refrigerating ma
chimes were practically unknown in
the city of Kenosha, it is quite evi-
dent from the installation Of so many
machines in this short time that the
use of refrigerating machines IS grow