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So much has been said and written about the preâ€"cooling of oranges . be: ore they are shipped from California that‘this has become rather an old togy in that great fruit growing wc‘ tion,. _ And yet, for va.ious reasons, but tes plants have as yet been etest> | ed for this purpose. . One thing that has operated to deter the Orange Growers‘ Associations from erecting their own plants has been the attitude of the railroads in attsmpting *~ disâ€" rourage this, because such plants might interfere to some extent with the icing business of the railroads, and also a pet theory of theirs, that by blowing some cold air throug) . a loaded refrigerator car for a few hours the fruit contain=d therein can . be properly preâ€"cooled. . But not many of those who. are seeking the best possible results are convinced | that the plan advocated by the railroad is the best one to follow, and still, beâ€" f *JF cause of the long drawn out litigation in connection with the â€" m.tter, and perhaps, for local reasons, few plants of this sort have been erected. However, in and near «Pomona, which is one of the great . centers of ‘ the orange industry, a number of -the‘ Orange Gfo’ten' Associations saw the dv antage of preâ€"cooling their fruit before kua:" g it into the cars, Sand Pomona Valley _ Ice platform on which View in coll showing frorted ammonia colls. â€"Cooling and Cold Storage Plant| at Pomona, California | Reprinted from Cold of February 1913 â€"cooling and cold California, Mountains a loaded Wago a mile Co. Preâ€"Cooling Plantâ€"Railroad. si@~ _ showl lee is brought from lco storage to the loft and into the bunkers of refrigerator cars. the further advantage of being able to hold in cold storage for a time, mome of their fruit instead of shipâ€" ping it all as fast as packedâ€" In this way a considerable business was offer» ed to the Pomona Valley Ice Company, which has a well equipped ice factory at this point. . Fera time the oranges sent to this concern for preâ€"cooling or storage were handled in one section of their ice: storage rooms, but as that space was needed for the storage of ice, the company decided about a year ago to erect a a preâ€"cooling and cold storage house »specially designed for the handling of oranges. Views of this plant are shown hereâ€" | with. â€" The building is -pproxinmely' sixtyâ€" by ninety feet, with a basement and two floors above ground. . It il‘ well constructed with cement foundaâ€" tions and brick walls which are nll! waterâ€"proofed and insulated. _ Jones Refrigerator Doors are used llmmgh-l out, and Alveyâ€"Ferguson Roller Conâ€" \ ve}on are used for: handling the fruit in and out of the basement and _ first| floor, and to and from the electric elevator, which handles the goods to and from the and floor. «_ Comâ€" modious haliways cross through the building from the wagon platform . to the railroad side of the building, and on‘either side of this hallway, in lhel basement, are two storage rcoms, each of a capacity of from five |o! seven carloads according to the height to which the boxes are piled. The same â€" arrangement of rooms occurs on the first floor. _ On one side of the hallway on the secound floor are two more storage rooms, and on the other side next to the |factory are four coil rooms. ‘The general arrangement of plant . is {shown by the plans and sectionts. At first it was the intention of the Company to refrigerate the cold storâ€" age house with the Madidon Cooper Brine System of refrigeration, but beâ€" ‘cause of the proximity of their refrigâ€" erating machinery, it was finally deâ€" cided to pump ammonia from the engine room through the cotls of pine in the coil rooms, but the whole arrangement is as similar as . possible to what it would have been, bad the Cooner Brine System been used. As will we seen in the accompany. ing photograph, each coil is made of a continuous bent pipe. . ‘The Cooper Forced Air Circulating Systim is used air being driven by a special 1 fan located in each coil room th airducts leading to the various age rooms, . In one of the View in orange pnfilg 4 storage room, equipped with the Cooper False Floor hh.'é‘.qhng System of Air Cireulation. T6 ts INDEPENDENT, boae » fSRY chilled after it has been somewhat warmed byâ€" doing its work of refrigerâ€" ation. _ The whole plant is so well designed and insulated that no diilâ€" culty is found in maintaining any deâ€" sired temperature. _ ‘There is a surâ€" prisingly small difference in temperaâ€" ture between the coil rooms and the storage rooms, and even when it is found desirable to not operate the urs, practically no rise of temperaâ€" e occurs in the storage rooms conâ€" ning fruit which has been thorâ€" ghly cooled, When this is to be me, chloride of calcium is not ced in the baskets shown above e coils, and thus frost forms on the ils which acts as a bank of ice, and nishes ample refrigeration for a msiderable period if the fans are in, even though the compressors are t pumping ammonia thro‘ the coils. scrating machinery _ for some O8TARIO Teanwepas acorion However, for quick cooling, it has|nusiness for the one {and furnishes been found very desirable to use the|very desirable facilitics tor the other Cooper Calcium Chloride Process in | and at storage rates which the e order to remove the frost, and thereâ€"| perienced manager of a refrigerating by get greater efficiency from the coils | piant can readily understand are less as well as to purify the air in *e storâ€"!than could be obtained by a fruit age roums during the early period of|shinping concerr which operates its storage when the truit is giving off! plant only , for. preâ€"cooling and is much of its gas lthem(m able to use its full capacity l ‘This arrangement of combined ice| during only a comparatively small making and vreâ€"cooling seems to bell‘°!‘,i°" of cach year. _ 2e & (a This arrangement of combined ice" making and preâ€"cooling seems to be a mutually advantageous arrangement foran ice plant located in a fruit growing district, and for growers . loâ€" cated near such a plant. _ It makes View in corridor in basoment gravity conveyor is shown i Canada Rex Spray Co. Ltd. BRIGHTON, ONT. COOK BROS., Agents at Grimsby The Rex Lime Sulphur and the Rex Arsenate of Lead sold at Grimsby last year gave the very BEST of SATISFACTION. Fruit {Growers are invited to hold their orders ti.l they see us. COOK BROS., Grimsby The Library or Den Should be the most inviting room in the house, and the Furniture if inviting and comfortable, must be well made to stand the hard wear that really comfortable furniture is sure to wet. _ And right there is where we are strong, quality has been our watchword. Quality first, design next and then price. We have a great assortment of Library and Den_Furâ€" niture to show you and we invite you to see our stock before purchasing, Furniture and Carpets Rex Lime and Sulphur Solution of the very best quality. Rex Arsenate of Lead Highest quality of Poison. ; basoment. _In the background, spiral of incoming is shown and sec tlions of roller couveyor leading to outgoing elevator. . BUCK, Beamsville Funeral Director Complete plans for the 1 msulation, arrangement and refr:geration were furnished by Madison Cooper Comâ€" pany, Refrigerating Engineers and Architects, Calcium, N. Y. z% _ _ WEDNESDAY