The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02
ICE COMPANY
GIVE THEIR SIDE
(Continued.)

community is the duty OF every one,
and the subject of the water supply
for the manufacture of ice and the
necessary treatment to insure its
purity, are of major Importance.
This question has been raised in
connection with the manufacture
produce OF the Lakeland Ice Com
lany, and the subject has properly
and promptly been taken up by the
CITY Council with the Southern Utill
ties Company, owners of the Lake
land plant.
One of the complaints was tn"
tardy delivery of ice This has beer
overcome, according to statement
rlade by Mr.. II. G. Adams, general
manager of the Southern Utilities
Company, in the purchase of four
additional mules, one new wagon and
another ordered
Another complaint was that the
contractors broke a sewer pipe, and
that the water was allowed to run
into Lake Wire. The break was i'm
mediately repaired, and it was fur
Their stated on good authority that
the water sank into the sand long
before 1t could reach the border OF
the lake.
The most vital question to be con-
sidered is that Of the purity of the
ice delivered by the Lakeland Com
pany. An analysis of the waters used
for manufacturing ice has been made
by the State Chemist, and not only
does he report that there is no bac-
terra in the water from which the
ice is made, but also that even the
water from the lake contains nc
dangerous bacteria.
1t will no doubt be sufficiently as
surfing to the people of Lakeland to
know the exact treatment to which
lake water is subjected before i,
reaches them In the form Of ice
from distilled water.
The water from which the Lake
land Ice Company Is now making Ice
is taken from Lake Wire, which is
completely surrounded by the town,
and which is now drained into a
lower lake, Lake Mirror, which is al
another point in the town, so that
there is continual circulation o.
water in this lake. The water is
taken out form the lake at consider
able distance from the shore. 1t is
teen pumped through condensers
and part of the water-a large part
in returned to the lake, S.
that there is no considerable amour,
OF water taken from the lake, The
return being at some distance from
the point at which the water
taken.
Part of the water taken out is
then conveyed to a feed water heat
CT, where it is heated to tempcIa-
tul of a little over 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, is then pumped into the
boiler and boiled to steam at a pres
sure of about 10 pounds which is
shown by the steam tables to be a
temperature of about 345 to 365 de-
grees. the temperature being a direct
function of the pressure at whicn
the steam is distilled. The steam
tGen goes through the machines,
driving the engines, /. G., the engine
driving the ammonia condenser; the
steam form the exhaust of this en-
sine is passed through an oil separa-
tor, where the oil which may have
been caught in the steam in the en-
CINE cylinder is extracted; then
gees to the condensers, where il is
condensed from steam to water; then
carried from this condenser to a re-
soiler, where it is again boiled a.
atmospheric pressure; |. e., 212 de-
grees Fahrenheit, to drive off ahy
air which may have become entrain-
&c In 1t in the passage from the con-
aenser. From this re-boiler, it is
passed through filters, which are
Kept in good condition to take out all
foreign matter, whatever II may be:
this OF course, only being such oil as
may have come through, and rust
from the various machines which
the steam has passed and of course
neing a very minute proposition, but
stl!l this being in line with the gen.
eral idea of making distilled water
ice absolutely pure.
From the filters, the water goes
to a distilled water storage tank
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