Evening star., 1922-11-04
S1,0D0,0OO PLANT
TO Be BUILT HERE
Cold and Dry Storage Project
Is Planned in Southwest
Washington.
WILL ALSO TURN OUT ICE
Pennsylvania Railroad Said to Be
interested in New I'm
dertaking.

Plans for the erection OF u sl,oVV'-
900 cold and dry storage plant. nine
stories high. at the intersection OF
A.. and d streets and Virginia ave-
nue. southwest, were made public to-
day by Wrisley Brown. president OF the
Terminal Refrigerating and Ware
housing Company. which will own and
operate the plant. 1t is understood
the project is closely affiliated with
the Pennsylvania railroad system.
Ground for the extensive structure
already has been broken. and con-
struction operations are expected to
begin shortly The plant will afford
almost unlimited cold and dry storage
facilities to local and out-of-town
shippers and dealers in food, mer-
chandise and other commodities. and
will supply Washington with an ad-
ditional source of ice from plant
with a daily capacity output of $50
tons.
Covers 10000 Feet.
The building will cover about 10000
square feet of ground, having a floor
ing will be about 900 feet long. The
property is situated on the main line
of the Pennsylvania railroad. and
tracks forming direct switching con-
nections will run from viaduct into
the warehouse. SO that an entire train
of cars can be run into the building.
There will be platforms and elevators
on each side Of the inclosed track
age to facilitate rapid loading and
unloading of freight cars.
The building is generally divided
into two sections. that on the north
being used for refrigeration. and that
on the south for the dry storage of
general merchandise.
The basement will contain electri-
cally driven machinery for refrigera-
tion and the manufacture Of ice. The
north side Of the basement will con-
tain an ice plant occupying room
about two hundred feet long. The
south side Of the building will be
used for storage.
Executive and Business Onices.
The first story will contain the ex-
ecutive and business Offices in the
western front. The main loading
platform for trucks for delivery will
extend the length of the building on
D street.
The dry storage side of the build
ing will have well lighted and venti-
lated storage rooms, some with heat
and others without. The space where
the cars will enter the building is
two stories in height. Along the
north side a gallery will extend the
length of the building. connecting
with the ice storage room on the
fsrst floor BY a conveyor, thus pro-
viding facilities for icing refrigera-
tor cars.
Mechanical Features.
The mechanical equipment will be
an interesting feature, comprising
four high-power electric elevators.
electric conveyors to transport goods
and piling machines.
The exterior o: the building will
he of red brick, with stone and terra
Gotta. The construction will be en-
tirely of reinforced concrete. brick
and steel
The plans for the building were
drawn by Appleton P. Clark. jr., ar
chitect, Of this city. while the en-
sineering and equipment plans were
prepared by Van Rensselaer, H.
Greene of New York city.
Contract for the construction work
has been awarded the Consolidated
Engineering Company Of Baltimore.
Officers of the newly organized
Terminal Refrigerating and Ware
housing Company are: Charles j.
Bell, chairman Of the board: Wrisley
Brown, president; William v. Cox.
vice president: Simeon T. Price. vice
president; Ralph w. Lee, treasurer,
and Robert D. Marshall, secretary
and auditor.