The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-21

their figures in compartments of 10000 I
cubic feet for butter, equal to abou:
II carloads of that commodity; 10000 I
cubic feet for eggs, equal to about
, 800 eases; 10000 for cheese, about
six carloads; 10000 for apples, about
$500 barrels; 10000 for frozen goods,
such as meats, fish, etc; and 10000 for
miscellaneous products such as fruits /
nuts, etc. Such a building and ma
chinery ready for operation would cost I
from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t would be |
about 90 by 80 feet and three stories |
in height, each floor being 10 feet in !
height. The main part of the build |
ing, that for storage purposes, would |
be about 20 by So the rest being the 7
power house and office quarters.
! They figured electric power at l u /
/ cent per kilowatt and with a peak
/ load-the entire building filled-the
cost for power would be about $l0.SU Il
day. or a yearly daily average for
power of about Sc. They figured the
total expense of operation, including
/ power repairs, supplies, taxes, interest
on an investment Of 100000 and nee
essary help at 1910. ...
He then gave Boston storage rates
which he said are the cheapest he had
ever known. much cheaper than they
are anywhere in the middle or west
gern states. Eggs are stored for 45
cents a case per month for less than
400 case lots: butter for less than TO-,
600 pound lots at 90 cents a hundred
the first month and Is cents after that,
and cheese for eight cents a hundred
pounds per month. This latter figure
drew from u. =. Dewitt the statement
that his firm pays II cents at Rutland.
Mr.. Stcrrett then expressed the be-
lief that Brattleboro was busy enough
and had the kind Of surrounding pro
ducing territory that would warrant
the erection of a cold storage plant,
but an ice plant, he reminded his au-
ditors, is quite a different proposition.
, He warned them that a cold storage
plant would not Immediately be filled
, by waiting farmers, but would go slow
the first year or two, but the company
could make it pay then by buying on
speculation, and storing commodities
, for advance in prices.
? Asked what portion of his estimated
cost was for machinery, he replied
> $4,000. The building, he added, is
! not fancy and is of wood.
I Mr.. Dewitt, in reply to a question,
t said that his firm is paving now about
: $500 a year for storage purposes, and.
= with a local plant, would probably in
h crease that to $1,000. At present I,
+ is necessary to ship to Rutland or
f Springfield to have products stored.
T.; 1t was brought out that such a plant
would be advantageous in storing
r maple syrup. Eggs should be kept al
a temperature of from 81 to % degrees
and apples about the same. Butter
: calls for a zero temperature and it Is
the low temperature that costs money
Potatoes in cold storage have beer
found not to be a satisfactory invest
ment Mr.. Sterrett said.
In discussing the desirabihty of cold
storage and in refuting the impression
that cold storage is prejudicial to the
Equality of products, he said that he
: had exparimeuted and eaten eggs that
had been in storage for two years ant
they were perfectly good. He figure,
that a year in cold storage aged egg
about four days.
i Lemons, oranges and onions unde
I no circumstances should be accepte,
n for storage unless in an entirely sepa
: rate building. He said that the ga
h from the lemons and oranges pervade
a the building in spite of anything tina
can bc done
I Someone wanted to know about tn,
cost Of an ice plant. Forty tons
: day is about the limit of demand 70
f ice in Brattleboro. Before he gay,
-, figures on n plant of this character h,
:; issued the warning that the installt
:, ton OF an ice making plant dld no
u mean that it was to Immediately be
IL come the one company doing such Il bus
> mess in the town. THE others gener
Is ally eut prices and stay, he comment
W ed with Il smile.
ID He said that n plant capable o
making 10 tons of ice daily built an,
= operated in connection with the col,
u storage plant would cost about $1,000
le and one for 20 tons daily would COS
# about $4,000 About one extra ma
n in addition to the storage plant fore
# would be required.
"a He said that there is no shrinkag
r. to he figured on ice made artifcialIy
- The ice is made in standard cakes o
- Gl2 pounds, allowing - pounds 70
loss in cutting up. This ice is colde
i than natural ice for the reason that
Is is taken out of the plant for deliver
r Immediately and has not been stored i
10 shed or shack where the temperatur
20 is warmer lee is valuable as a T,
ed frigerant according to its temperatur
e. when it reaches the consumer and
re stands to reason that ice taken from
m temperature in which it has becon
frozen water is colder than ice thu
10 has been taken from warmer plac
4. lee at 20 degrees of temperature
Ill more lasting and better than ice at :
a degrees.
e. lee manufactured in such a Tote
. plant as he described could be put {
..-. the platform for loading into wagol
|: for distribution for So ton
|: said that there are some who will clai
it can be made for 81 ton, but