Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

toes are cooked whole and put up in
cans. in which shape they sell for ms
much as $40 or $50 bushel Some
OF the corn Is canned In the ear, ana
has only TO be warmed, when you cun
chew 1t from the cob In the heart of
the winter.
Another part OF the warehouse. ~
devoted to fresh fruits. This contains
apples and oranges and grapefruit, the
iatter now selling at 10 cents upiece.
IN the same place are potatoes I'm bulk,
which are bringing 81 bushel They
arc shipped here In crates and will
Keep all winter AT retail they sell
by the pound. In oiden days am told
that the company brought In rs much
as 10000 bushels OF potatoes In a sea-
son. The Imports are less now on ac-
count of the supply that is raised by
the farmers of Alaska.
GOODS SPECIALLY PACKED
FOR ALASKA TRADE;
Goods have to he carefully packed
ana put up in special ways for the
Alaskan trade. They must be so treat
Ell that they will stand the changes
of climate. the heat of the summer nnd
the cold OF the winter. Pcrishable
provisions, are coated with gelatin
Take hams. for instance. They must
be so protected that they will not he
ruined If lost in the snow or dropped
into river. Each ham is carefully
! cured, and Then sewed up in canvas,
which Is dipped In a gelatin that gives
ii sluelike coating, aud makes it
alright. Cheese Is packed the same
way. The cheeses are of every variety.
Including cartwheels from Switzerland.
put up in boxes; Camembert in tin foil,
ana cream cheese from Oregon. covered
with gelatin. The stores carry Rogue
fort. Gorgonzola and Limburger and
other varieties OF ill-smelling delica-
cies
was interested In lie furniture and
woodward. The company keeps bill
Hard tables and pool tables ready for
shipment. 1t has wagons and sleds,
and some of the latter will carry ten
tons at load, 1t has also dog
ter. and with them dog harness with
tugs, collars and back straps. The or
binary dog sled costs $40. Another
article of merchandise is dog feed. a
great deal of which IL ordinary tallow.
The dogs on the trail arc fed once II
day aud that at nightfall. Their usual
meal is fish and rice cooked together
with tallow. This firm will sell about
100000 pounds OF tallow next winter.
Another department is devoted to
mining supplies. including every min
ing machine and the fittings therefor.
There are great bales OF wire cable for
hosting the earth from the mines
steam engines. air cOmDreSsors and
steam points for thawing the earth
There are bales Of wire for chicken
yards and foN farms. The latter is
made of tough steel and is strong
There is wire Netting for fish wheels
and some of fine mesh for the gold re-
duction plants. There is, I venture, Il
half acre devoted to hardware This
includes all sorts OF farming machin-
cry. plows. reapers and mowers and
also plumbers supplies glass windows
and porcelain bathtubS
There Is warehouse devoted to
horse feed alone. This has now on
hand 1000 tons OF balcd hay. oats and
bran. The hay sells for 500 per ton.
and oats bring or & cents II pound
srEAM-HEATING
PLANT IN OPERATION
This establishment runs n steam
heating plant which warns the busi-
moss part of Fairbanks 1t has Il CEN
trail station, with the pipes running
from 1t through the chief buildings Of
the business section. including tho
most of those within cigh. or ten
blocks. The plant furnishes heat TO
It's customers at so much per mouth
throughout the year. II kcops the
stores and houses warm when the Their
momctcr goes down Ia Go ~ 10 degrees
hollow zero. The pipes run aide by sido
with the water pipes, so that the lat
ter are kept from freezing in tho heart
OF the winter
An interesting thing in connection
with the steam heating plant is that
IL burns wood only. II takes IOOOO
cords TO keep the plant going during
the season. and to-day there IL wood
pile on the edge OF tho town large
enough for next wintor's dcmand.
won't out TO SEQ IT, The wood is cut
IN cord-wood lengths aud ptled up to
n height 1t eight feet The pile covers
twelve acres, 7 walked around II, and
It was almost Sabbath days Journey.