The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-19
GENERAL ice
AIDS POOR in
HOT WEATHER
Maintains Free List" Approved
by Poor Commission, OF
This City
COMPANIES SERVICE
STRICTLY MODERN
Great Store Houses in Dliiere"
Sections of Detroit For
Public Convenience

nwas,irg money tor the sake %
.,1,,i, e not a usual a1air Win
nriyate corporations ana lhe, .I,,as nm.
10 he a suspicion OF the nv c,arer.
deriving such unpreceueu''u
osity. .,trs If what Is
nrobablv the most important -
industry In Detroit, however Ia', 80
reveal any sinister plans OF M e..
and the prober is conVlhceu VI" 80
sonoe reason the kindly Goas LA
EVEN his city power that II "liilie Willie
- hanetit the general puonc Nl'"o"'
return on its every expehuitul'
The General Ice Delivery 20, us
,,.,hntors of AbsopuTe ice' ffahafe7
naar,y so per cent of all ice distrlput,
"a a. Datroit This work is so vast anu
~ iynnortant 10 the health ana com
tori ~ Detroit's population lhat 'lle
aor,nanv Is placed AUTOMATICALLY IN
the "public service corpor"t'on
lase Inst what ice means 10 the
nwhIic Is never realized until oy SONS
graat catastrophe a summer uay
Srssh from the blasting furnace Oh
ann and hot winds dawns ana u,ele
20 no ice. This has happeheu d ~"
tImas In other cities tGrouRh sulAes
ar Ares and fast on IFS heeis came
death and disease.
Looking far into the future me zen,
aral lee Delivery Co. has prepared ana
there Is scarcely "a chance TOT any III
tarruntion OF service that rs the
wander of ice companies through
mt the United States Ioday
there are scattered about the CITY
graat store houses fllCI with thot
sands of tons OF ice, Got barns or
shads I'm which ice and sawdust are
dumped and the yermln ana RAYS ~
ancient wood allowed TO run AT VIII
but concrete and steel structures Dullt
with the carefulness OF detaii louhu
in modern factories.
Into these homes OF the frost lhere
comes great cakes of ice. And IL IS
ice. CONCEALED water OF any sort
supports the term, but after inVestl'
CATION into the Absopnre ice, one rear
ICES there is a difference in ice espe-
cially in its relation TO the human
needs. The company handles Two
brands or formations, the natural ana
the artificial They make no claims
OF superiority for the one against the
other.
The natural ice is taken from
rivers and lakes but only after care
full chemical tests have been made OF
the water and the company Is sure
that neither dirt nor disease turks IN
the cold crystal. IL is loaded on
barges or specially prepared cars IN
which the frigid temperature is kept
by paper Innings rather than dirty
sawdust. II is washed and swung by
electric and steam cranes into us
home In the storage plants and every
protection possible is given It.
The artificial ice is prepared with
a care and attention that might well
grace a CONNECTION. Water is distilled
and filtered and refiltered. Germ life
and dirt have no chance, The fierce
heat of steam destroys the one and
the many offerings the other HUI
man hands do not come in contact
with this ice from the time the first
water starts on its course OF purifica.
ton until at last machine swings
the glittering. glass white cakes into
wagon or storage The popular fal-
acy that ammonia can he seen and
tasted In this ice is promptly dis
proved by anyone VINO cares 10 IN
vestigate TO the slightest extent The
ammonia" never comes in contact
with water or ice at any stage OF the
process.
The company maintains us ON
wagon shops. its own paint and wood.
working and horseshoe shops. IL is a
kingdom within itself and vast or.
ganlzation that Is perfect in IT'S work
ings because the many activities are
conferred and a skilled hand Is ever
at the wheel
The plants" wherein the ice is
made" are models OF sanitary and