The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-10-06
|DU N CAN
 Agricultural District of Greenlee County
 Published Under the Auspices of

contained in the place will be finish ed in like manner, so that it will
 be the most sanitary possible.
 A feature of the cold storage de- partment will be a hardening room for ice cream. The ice cream will
 be placed in cans and then taken to this hardening room, where it will be left for a period of 12 hours. This insures a firmness and smooth
 ness not otherwise obtained. In
 connection with this hardening room is a packing department which eli
 minates any untidiness in any other
 portion of the building that of neces- sity accompanies the packing of this
 product.
 The meat storage department will have a capacity of between 15 ana 20 beeves a day. The refrigeration of the beef will result in the home grown product excelling any which
 may be shipped into the town from | outside points.
 The storage department will have
 a capacity to permit the storage of
 about 250 cases of eggs, besides am pie space for butter and ice storage.
 There will be provided a room for the storage of fruits and vegetables,
 where they will be received for grad
 ing and shipment daily.
 The ice machine is to be of the most
 modern design that can be obtained | and the ice is to be manufactured from distilled water. It will be
 driven by a 25-horsepower Corliss
 engine, which, at certain seasons of
 the year, can be used for driving the electric generator. The main load of h, l by a 5O-horsepower Corliss engine The steam for the plant will be ger erated in the boiler room, where there will be two S0-horsepower boilers, which will be operated alter l nately.
 The office is to be centrally located 1 so that it will have command oi
 everything entering or leaving the
 concern. Ample platform space is to be provided for the receiving and
 shipping of products.
 The floor of the plant will be
 three feet above the ground level
 thus doing away with any possibility
 of there being any damage done to l the machinery or plant from flooC 1 water. The plant Is to be located
 adjacent to the railroad, which vii
 be very convenient in receiving car
 load lots of supplies or in loading
 rail shipments.
 The raw materials, such as cream
 vegetables, eggs, dressed poultry ant other farm produce will be collected .. daily from the farmers in the val ley, and at the same time ice is t.
 be delivered to rural residences This method promises to be a grea | advantage to the farmers, as well a the customers of the plant. On tn
 one hand it will give to the rura : homes the convenience of receivin , ice daily, especially in hot weather
 and to the customers of the plan the freshest and best products ot tainable.
 ! Automobile trucks will be operate
 between the plant and Clifton, Mo { renci and Metcalf, as well as through | out the Duncan valley, for the deliN
 cry of the plants products. | The officers of the corporation, wh
 are considered as some of the lives and soundest business men of tn | valley, are leaving nothing undon 1 that would make the proposed plan one of the show places of Greenle 1 county. They are: President. J. E l Jones: secretary, George A. Lunt 1 Treasurer, J. F. McGrath. | In a recent interview with tn 1 president of the concern, he state | that it is the expectation of the cOl i poration to have the plant ill runnin | order within ninety days, now tha \ work on the construction of tn \ building has been commenced. II While the capacity of the plan | is considerably larger than what tn
 daily output will be at the start, tn
 officers nevertheless are of the b. F lief that the electric power and wa | CT service departments will pay tn expenses of fuel, labor and inciden als for the entire plant. thus leavin the cfeamery, ice cream. ice an storage departments practically g profit.
 l It is believed that every residel who has the welfare of the Dunca < ! valley at heart will get behind tn II project and boost by lending h moral and financial support. As dividend paying proposition it pr mises to be one of merit, in vie of the fact that there will be l competition within this section the country.
 | It is recognized that if we are keep the farmer in the valley
 must be provided with more than Ii bare necessitis of nie-a few of u | measure. Such an enterprise as u | foregoing will do this, besides beil
 means of finding sale for tl
 farmers products, thereby increa
 ing his earnings.