The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-12

7 t1co tam installed IN Inc west Wing
tlnOw used as a warehouse. 1t will
then be Of 14-tons capacity. The 15-
horse motor drives a 9-ton Armstrong
1921 mode ammonia compressor,
And in the basement is also the brine
tank, to outward appearances a plain
wooden tank IL it. long, 6 it. wide and
4 it. deep But within this box is an
iron tank and within this is 400 feet
iof one-inch ammonia coils, through
which the compressor drives the
chemicals, and generates the zero
elements. w. S. Fleet of Spokane,
erecting engineer, who installed the
refrigerating system, will be in
charge during the three days open
house and explain the workings Of
the plant to visitors.
The basement, which has always
leaked during wet seasons has been
made perfectly dry, and the entire
for potatoes and other vegetables for
Moscow merchants.
1t might be of interest to the public
to know that the refrigerating system
requires nearly 1000 feet Of pipe.
That the completed plant will cost
between $35, 900 and $4,000. That it
Is pO0olD1O W JULIA q O466SA plum -
mot a better one; that the creamery
proper occupies the south part of the
first floor, and has a floor space OF
46xS5 feet. That the interior Of the
is finished in white enamel;
that a cup of water poured on the
cement floor at any part Of this large
room will flow, by gravity, to the CEN
ter of the room and run away into the
drain pipe; that the plant is equipped
with a large fire hose; that the retail
trade will be supplied from a 12-foot
three-compartment refrigerator cOun-
ter, and that one compartment will
be used for butter. eggs and cottage
cheese, one for milk and cream and
one for ice cream. Those who do
not care to come to the creamery will
be supplied Purity" products by the
Moscow merchants
The north half of the main floor
will be made into an egg storage
warehouse with a capacity of 80 car
loads, and will afford needed egg stOr-
age for Moscow and all surrounding
in the PaIouse and Potlatch
sections. Demand for this service is
already very large, and will be quick
taken as OOn as available.
Two of the biggest features of this
plant are yet not mentioned. One is
the cooling rooms. There are three.
without doubt the most re-
markable rooms in the entire state of
Idaho, and visitors will be shown /;
through them and their construction ,
Two of these rooms are !
10x8R feet each, and between them I
is a smaller room. The hardening !
room contains $50 feet of incl cooling /,
coil where the temperature will be +
held at five degrees below zero. The
milk and butter room is of the same =
size but contains less coils and will :
nave a temperature of 80 degrees
above zero. These three small rooms
cost $4,000. All are equipped with I
patent cold storage DOORS,
each room is lined with six inches
If cork, dipped in pitch and tar, and f
inside of this is plaster. Over the o
cork on the floor is a three-inch ce- Z
nent floor, making these rooms as T
as modern engineers can e
lesign S
The entire plant has a modern t
system, the center of which is r
10-horse power Creamery Package a
'oiler, occupying a fire proof room in
he basement under the west wing. n
heating system, which supplies S
he steam for all purposes, was in j;
by the c.. E. Witter company d
+ Mocow, and on it's trial test from s
cold start had steam in the pipes in 4
hirty minutes.
AS the plant stands today it repre-
ents an expenditure Of $25, 900, and
ives Moscow n of the most modern
and ice cream plants in
he United States. The plant is
oused in a building admirably To-
ated, with railroad sidetrack along
south side, and large loading plat
for receiving and shipping out
by team or truck. So COM
lete is this plant that every detail
well cared for. Take the packing
I cream, which, in warm weather. is
rather sloppy job. This will be
IN the Ice plant on the lower :